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Shoketta

Shoketta is a vocalist and composer from Okinawa, Japan, whose music is rooted in jazz, soul, R&B and gospel. She began singing at the age of 13 in a church on a U.S. military base in Okinawa, where she first encountered gospel and soul and discovered how music could connect people across languages and cultures.

As a young adult, Shoketta began performing professionally as a pianist in hotel lounges in Okinawa. Over time, she made a defining decision to make her voice her primary instrument. At 25, she moved to Tokyo on her own to pursue formal vocal training. Those years of study eventually led to a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston.