Nakanishi Rie(中西りえ)

In 1997, Nakanishi Rie(中西りえ) won Ise Cable Television(伊勢ケーブルテレビ)'s Spring Children's Karaoke Contest(春の子供カラオケ大会 Haruno Kodomo Karaoke Taikai).

In 1999, she won the NHK Junior Amateur Singing Contest(ジュニアのど自慢 Junia Nodo Jiman).

In 2002, she won the NHK Amateur Singing Contest for Suzuka City(鈴鹿市 Suzukashi).

In 2003, she won the "most talented" award for the "Triple Karaoke 2003(三重カラオケ2003 Mie Karaoke 2003)."

In 2011, she became a student studying under composer Sakurada Sei'ichi(櫻田誠一).

She made her professional debut in April of 2012 with the song "Hokkaido Man's Song(北海男節 Hokkai Otokobushi)."

(This blog post translates information from King Record's web page about the artist.)