MARIKA HIRAGA & TOMOMI FUKUI DUO

 She released her first jazz standard collection, 'My Shining Hour.' Afterwards, she honed her skills in New York through voice training and sessions.

The album 'Faith,' featuring the trio of Eric Alexander (sax) and Harold Mavern (piano), earned a Gold Disc selection by Swing Journal and marked their breakthrough. It quickly attracted attention.

The album also received the highest honor for a domestically produced vocal album, the 41st (2007) Swing Journal Jazz Disc Award for Vocal Artist (Domestic Category).

As a memorial album marking the 50th anniversary of Bossa Nova, they released the epic 'Batucada ~Jazz Bossa~', featuring a star-studded lineup led by Gil Goldstein (arr), AOR's Michael Franks (vocals), Marcos Valli (vocals), Phil Woods (sax), Kenny Garrett (sax), Randy Brecker (drums), and more. He won her third 'Swing Journal Gold Disc' and also received the '42nd Jazz Disc Awards for Vocal (Domestic Category)'.

They released 'Sing Once More' as a memorial album marking the 40th anniversary of the Carpenters' formation.

In January, received the Grand Prize at the 25th Jazz Vocal Awards hosted by Jazz World. she also received the 43rd Jazz Disc Awards for Vocal Performance (Domestic Category). she achieved the remarkable feat of winning the award for three consecutive years.

Released 'Mona Lisa ~Tribute to Nat King Call~', a tribute to Nat King Cole. In the fall of the same year, three of his past works were released in Taiwan, and the following summer, she was invited to perform at the Taipei International Jazz Festival 2012.

On the album 'Things with the Duke Ellington Orchestra,' a historic big band with over 80 years of history, she took on her first full big band album, performing with a historic big band. In November 2013, during the Duke Ellington Orchestra's Japan tour, they performed together at the Sapporo Civic Hall performance.