The 2001 single, released on Sony Music, scored number three on the Oricon charts and went on to sell 600,000 units, and its follow-up, the limited-release single "Crescent Moon" (2001), sold all its 100,000 copies within a day. Born in 1983, she shot straight to the top at the age of 17, when she won an audition of 3,000 to star in the TV drama Kizudarake No Love Song, getting the chance to sing the drama's theme song, "Stars," to boot. Nakashima's rise to stardom was something in the way of a blitzkrieg. And there's little coincidental about her success, too, considering that she went for a musical career from a young age, skipping high school and college for its sake. While not dethroning her, Nakashima still made a name for herself during the 2000s, achieving massive sales as well as critical acclaim with her brand of pop music that eschewed the teen bubblegum sound in favor of a pronounced smooth jazz influence.
Mika Nakashima became one of the prime challengers to Ayumi Hamasaki, the undisputed queen of Japanese pop of the '90s.
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