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The Fujii household stands out for their love of all things music.

The family business, a jazz cafe run by father Fujii, are where his sons Kaze and Sola grew up listening to songs together.

While the two brothers are separated in age by over ten years, the affinity (and skill) for jazz music runs through both of their veins.

Who is Fujii Sola?

Fujii Sola is a professional Jazz trumpet and piano player. His name means “sky”, and complements his other family members – Riku (land), Umi (sea), and of course – Kaze (wind).

Much like his brother, Sola has a Youtube channel where he uploads covers of his favorite music.

He is known for his unique style of playing the piano and trumpet at the same time. At 1:30, you can see how he plays piano on one hand and trumpet in the other.

Here is his cover of Yoasobi’s Yoru ni Kakeru.

Along with being a professional concert musician and having a solo career, Sola loves raising birds.

He has another Youtube channel dedicated to showing them off called “Sola’s birdhouse“.

Sola’s First Music Video

This week, Sola released his first music video.

Of course, he plays both the trumpet and piano here.

Sola will be releasing his third album called “Sola’s Solo 41” soon.

While Sola and his brother share similar tastes in music and their kindness to all of earth’s creatures, Sola has made it very clear that he is not Kaze!

Sola, at age 41, has been a professional musician long before Kaze’s debut. He is stern about separating his brother’s fame and his own journey in music.

In a tweet, he politely sets a boundary with fans asking them to not sneak gifts for Kaze to his personal live shows. Understandably, he shouldn’t have to deliver anything to his little brother – or have to be grouped into his brother’s fame.

The brothers rarely mention each other publicly out of respect for their separate careers.

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If you love jazz, check out Sola’s music and his new album, そらのソロ 41, out tomorrow!

If you are interested in learning why Japan has so many jazz cafes, check out this other article I wrote on the topic.

Until next time!