Cocco ??? is a female Japanese pop folk rock singer Cocco went to many ballet auditions hoping to become a professional ballerina She went to singing auditions to earn the traveling expenses for a ballet audition in Tokyo She did not pass it but after impressing the judges she was later signed by Victor Entertainment Cocco made her debut on an indie label under the name Cocko with a selftitled EP Cocko on November 21 1996 A track from the EP Sing a Song No Music No Life was used in an advertising campaign for Tower Records Japan On March 21 1997 Cocco changed the official spelling of her name to Cocco and released her major label debut single Countdown A fulllength album followed shortly after It was not until 1998 when she scored a big hit in Japan with Tsuyoku Hakanaimonotachi which sold more than 250000 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia