Kaira Gong

Kaira Gong
Kaira Gong during a concert in 2007
Background information
Chinese name	龔詩嘉 (traditional)
Chinese name	龚诗嘉 (simplified)
Pinyin	gǒng shī jiā (Mandarin)
Origin	Singapore
Born	(1981-07-25) 25 July 1981 (age 35) Singapore
Occupation	Singer
Genre(s)	Mandarin pop
Label(s)	HIM International Music (2005–2007)
Years active	2005–2009
Ancestry	Shanghai, China
Influenced by	David Tao

Kaira Gong (simplified Chinese: 龚诗嘉; traditional Chinese: 龔詩嘉; pinyin: gǒng shī jiā, born 25 July 1981 in Singapore) is a Singaporean singer whose family is of Shanghai, China descent. She is signed with Taiwanese HIM International Music, and is best known as the protégé of Taiwanese musician David Tao, as well as the label-mate of pop group S.H.E.

She sang the theme song for Singapore's National Day Parade, 2006, titled "My Island Home". On 25 December 2007, HIM International terminated its contract with Gong's management company.

Kaira was born and grew up in Singapore. She is the number two and the only female child in the family. Her father is an engineer while her mother is a housewife. She was highly active and rebellious during her childhood days and was involved in a fight with one of her standard 4 classmates. She has loved to sing since her childhood due to the influence of her elder brother but she never thought of becoming a singer. She was in the school choir from standard one until standard six. She also learned piano for six years. She later pursued her studies in English literature and planned to become a primary school teacher. Kaira studied at Pei Chun Public School, Nanyang Girls' High School, Raffles Junior College, and the National University of Singapore.

In the year 2000, Kaira's senior who wanted to participate in a songwriting competition at National University of Singapore approached her and asked if Kaira could sing on a music piece for him because he could not reach high notes in the song piece. Kaira agreed to help and she won the "Best Performance Award" in that competition. She was then invited by Goh Kheng Long (吳慶隆) to sign a recording contract for her debut album production in Taiwan. Kaira had never travelled outside Singapore before and she admitted that she was shy in nature. However, after some thoughts and encouragement from her family and friends, she accepted the offer 2 years after she was invited by Kheng Long and before her graduation in 2003. Since then, the senior whom Kaira only wanted to be identified as "Carl" has lost contact with her.