Ichiko Aoba | Artist

Ichiko Aoba is a Japanese folk singer and songwriter born 1990 in Urayasu, Chiba and raised in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. She releases music on her own label, hermine. Her main instrument is guitar, which most of her music is mainly composed of, and she also plays the piano, clarinet, accordion, and flute. Aoba began to learn classical guitar at the age of 17, and she cites Disney and Studio Ghibli as inspirations for her music. Critics have described her style as "very fine stripped back, softly presented, chamber-folk". Her evocative and picturesque minimalistic folk consists mainly of a symbiosis of a woman and a guitar with ambient and noise passages. Aoba released her first album, Razor Girl at the age of 19 in 2010. Since then, she has released ten studio albums, as well as several exquisite live albums. Standout albums include Kamisori otome (2010), O (2013), Mahoroboshiya (2016), qp (2018), Windswept Adan (2020) and "Gift" at Sogetsu Hall (2020). Aoba is also a member of two bands; Kensuke Ide & His Mothership, and NUUAMM. She was also featured in the soundtrack of the 2019 Nintendo Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and her arrangement was used to promote the game in Japan.

Artist Website: ichikoaoba.com

Featured Albums: Ichiko Aoba

Related Artists: NUUAMM, Kensuke Ide