Akiko Urasaki

About

Okinawa-born Japanese hip hop artist who rose to fame after signing with Universal Music Japan in 2020. She performs under the name Awich. Her song "GILA GILA" has accumulated more than 30 million streams on Spotify. 

Before fame

She listened to Tupac Shakur songs as a young girl, which helped her to learn English.

Trivia

She posts photos of her live performances on her awich098 Instagram account, which has amassed over 700,000 followers.

Family life

She has a daughter.

Associated with

Ai Carina Uemura was featured in a December 11, 2020, post on her Instagram account.