The shining star of GIZA Studio is, without a doubt, Mai Kuraki, also known as Mai-K. After debuting in America with the song "Baby I Like", her Japanese debut "Love, Day After Tomorrow" was released on December 8th, 1999, and shot to the top of the Japanese charts. On April 10th of the year 2000, she held two spots in the top ten with that first single, and her second, "Stay by my Side" which helped to make her the break-out success story of the year in the Japanese music business . Another big name for Giza is Miho Komatsu, the recipient of the 12th annual "Japan Gold Disc New Artist of the Year" award in 1998. There are also the UK, guitar-pop-style bands, Wag, New Cinema Tokage and Rumania Montevideo.
Within Giza are several indies labels that search for and promote local talent from Osaka. Bands like Cocotto for instance are on the Garage Indies Zapping Association label. Garnet Crow and Jason Zodiac are on the Tent House label. And the Blue-Z label has released two compilation albums of the blues scene in Osaka and the rest of Japan, "J-Blues Battle volume 1 and 2."
At the GIZA Studio official internet home page (www.giza.co.jp ) and the GIZA USA home page you will find links to all the artists GIZA represents, as well as links to various private homepages, and official fan clubs. There are also media clips of all the products GIZA has to offer.