Ai Kokiso is a vocal coach based in Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan.
She was a dancer and kids actress during age 3 years old to 15 years old in Japan played the part of Clara for “The Nutcracker”, “Boris Godunov” with Kirov Opera, Television drama, Movie, TV commercial. At the almost same time when she was 6 years old started study vocal and piano. Step by step got a interesting to music especially the voice.
Then after the graduated Musashino Academia Musicae Senior High School, traveled to UK and US studyed vocal with lots of Jazz, Soul and R&B singer in New York include Grammy award nominated Jazz singer and performed backing vocal for my friends of vocalists, visit to hospital. These experiences made the core of my music and art.
In 2010 she became SLS certified teacher then left the SLS in 2013 to become IVA certified teacher. She worked with almost 1,000 students include some of professional singers, backing vocalists, actor, voice actors and narrator in Japan. And also take a fun vocal class in the lifelong learning center in my local city and do a volunteering to teach for band club in high schools.
Now she enjoying a teaching and Soul, Jazz, Blues and Funk performance in Tokyo and Kanagawa music scene.