Lyricist/composer/arranger/track maker, she is a Japan’s female No.1 multi talented singer songwriter. Under the name “AILI”, she produces many artists and put them out as “Thanks to so and so” series. She also was hired to produce the total of 6 Samantha Thavasa’s TV adverts’ songs. Finally, she made a debut with Verbal of m-flo in AILI ft. VERBAL (m-flo) /「Memories Again」using EXILE’s “Lovers Again”. It accomplished No1 for 4 consecutive days on Reco Choku and became a top 1 “most inquired song” of November. December 8th saw a release of the long-awaited 1st album “Future”. She made a cover version of Warren G’s “This D.J.” together with Warren himself and both cover versions (English and Japanese) are drawing massive attention.
-Biography-
Born in Yokosuka, Yokohama. Her blood is Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese. She was raised in San Diego and her background is quite international. Since she was little, she’s been influenced by her dad who was a drummer. She started taking classical piano lessens at the age of 3 and has performed as an alto sax player at various concerts.
Inspired by various musical environments, she started focusing on track making, arrangement, and composing. Besides writing songs, she activated herself as a singer-songwriter. She keeps an outstanding position as a female sound producer in Japan.
Her musical inspiration varies from progressive rock such as Pink Floyd to west coast A&B music. She has become a charisma in the Japanese music scene.
A lot of top artists in Japan find her outstanding talent and she came to collaborate with those prominent artists such as Toho Sshinki、 May J., EMI MARIA, Kyushu Otoko, Thelma Aoyama, JAMOSA, SoulJa, Maki Goto, twenty4-7, ARIA, LUNA, GIPPER, Satomi Sugisato, HYENA、DESTINO, Mr LOW-D and more.
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