Noam Kaniel

Noam Kaniel was born in 1962 in Tel Aviv

Kaniel was born on August 18, 1962, in Tel Aviv. His parents were musicians, and his father was the pianist and composer Eli Kaniel. He began singing as a child and became known in 1971 with the song "Gali" at the second Children's Song Festival.

During the 1973 Yom Kippur War he sang for soldiers with Mike Brant, who helped him start a career in France. His first French song, "Difficile de Choisir", reached first place on the charts. In 1975 he released an album in Japan with 12 songs in Japanese and toured in Tokyo and Johannesburg.

In 1978 he sang the theme song of Goldorak, the first anime series shown in France. At the end of that year he moved to Los Angeles, where he studied music and performed theme songs for animated series produced by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy. In 1980 he starred in the Israeli film Morning Star.

His wife Kira died of cancer, and in 1988 he released "My Butterfly" in her memory, after which he recorded little. In 1998 he formed the group Miranda. He later wrote for French singers and for television, including the Power Rangers franchise from 2011 and Glitter Force in 2015.

Kaniel lives in Paris. He is married for a second time and has a daughter.