By the end of that year she was already reported to have Lyor Cohen, the CEO of Warner Music Group, clapping to her performance, comparing her talent to that of Mariah Carey and Hikaru Utada, and predicting her worldwide fame. Ayaka debuted in 2005, when, despite not yet having any releases, she was invited to do the theme for the TV drama (the song was titled "Mikazuki"). Born Ayaka Iida in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, in 1987, she began her career by playing cover songs at school concerts, but soon decided to go professional, began to write her own material, and enrolled in the music school in Fukuoka, another graduate of which was the popular J-pop singer/songwriter Yui. Ayaka is a J-pop artist specializing in acoustic music with bluesy elements - both Sheryl Crow and Japanese pop stars Hirai Ken and Dream Come True are often named as influences.
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