Luiza

There are multiple artists named Luiza, including 1) a French singer, 2) a Japanese singer, 3) a Brazilian bossa nova singer from the 60s, and 4) a video game remixer. 1) Born in Rennes to a Brazilian mother and French father, Luiza came into contact with music at an early age. She studied classical music at the Conservatoire, then left for Brazil, where she discovered different musical practices, before studying at the Beaux-Arts de la Réunion. Back in Paris, she embarked on a musical career full of collaborations, recording a dub EP with Khoe Wa and lending her voice to Fakear, Mahom and Flavia Coelho. As a solo artist, she has released a number of tracks combining French pop, South American music and tropical rhythms, creating crossovers with cumbia on Demain demain, baile funk on Oxalà, maloya on Wadidadu and Latin pop on Chica. In 2025, she released the Fantastik EP, followed by a tour of summer festivals. 2) Luiza, born on September 28, 1988, is a singer-songwriter hailing from Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Her father is Japanese and her mother is Romanian. Her interest in music sparked during her childhood when she played around with the piano in her living room. She had a fondness for pop icons like Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. However, her exposure to Evanescence introduced her to the world of bands and sparked her interest in various genres, ranging from classical and Western pop to R&B, game music, electronic, jazz, and rock, drawing influences from anything with captivating melodies. Luiza started her music career as the vocalist of the pop rock band The Winking Owl, which formed in 2010. Her joining in the band occurred in a serendipitous manner, as she was invited by Yoma, the band's founding guitarist.