Sowelu, born Aki Harada (原田亜希, harada aki), is a J-pop singer. She was born on November 6, 1982 in Tokyo to a Japanese father Yoshitaka Shimada (嶋田吉隆, shimada yoshitaka) and a half-Irish half-Japanese mother. Her career started in 2002 with the release of her first single Beautiful Dreamer, a soft love ballad which did very well in the charts, and was later featured on the Relaxin’ with Japanese Lovers compilation album.
Mika Nakashima (中島美嘉, Nakashima Mika, born February 19, 1983) is a Japanese singer, model, and actress.
