ICHIKO AOBA
ICHIKO AOBA
Genres: folk, singer-songwriter, japanese, chamber folk, contemporary folk
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About ICHIKO AOBA
青葉市子 (Ichiko Aoba) is a Japanese folk singer/songwriter born in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan and raised in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Taking inspiration from Disney and Studio Ghibli music, most of her music is primarily performed using a classical guitar. She also takes a lot of inspiration from her dreams in order to create a story. Aoba began composing at the age of 17, and was mentored by Japanese singer/songwriter Anmi Yamada. She then released her debut album at age 19. In addition to the classical guitar, she also plays the piano, clarinet, accordion and flute. To date, Aoba has released seven studio albums and five live albums: 剃刀乙女 ("Kamisori Otome"), 2010; かいぞくばん ("Kaizokuban"), 2011; 檻髪 ("Origami"), 2011; うたびこ ("Utabiko"), 2012; 0, 2013; 0%, 2014 マホロボシヤ ("Mahoroboshiya"), 2016; Pneuma, 2017 qp, 2018; "Gift" at Sogetsu Hall, 2020. Windswept Adan, 2020. "Windswept Adan” Concert at Bunkamura Orchard Hall (Live), 2021 Amiko (Original Soundtrack), 2022 Ichiko Aoba has released seven singles: 守り哥 ("Amuletum"), 2020 花束 ("Bouquet"), 2020 海底のエデン ("Seabed Eden"), 2020 アンディーヴと眠って ("Asleep Among Endives"), 2021 もしもし (“Hello”), 2022 うちゅうのみなしご ("Space Orphans"), 2023 Meringue Doll, 2023 Ichiko Aoba has an official homepage at https://ichikoaoba.com/.
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