Mika Kobayashi
Mika Kobayashi is a Japanese singer song-writer who sings with the piano and is known worldwide as a vocalist who sings a number of theme songs for anime and games. The central theme of her original songs is women’s emotions. Her signature melody is reminiscent of classical music, while her talent as a vocalist is distinguished by her passionate and powerful voice when she sings songs on battles and conflicts.
Mika Kobayashi started to perform overseas in 2010 and has been touring overseas every year since then with a focus on European countries. She is a natural born live performance artist who travels anywhere in and out of Japan, and makes her live show a success every time. Whenever she joins in SAMURAI ARTIST KAMUI’s show in national theaters overseas as a featured singer, the venue is filled to capacity and she receives an ovation. Kobayashi has performed in a Jazz Hall of Fame, Blue Notes, in Poland, and in one of the three world’s most famous museums, the State Hermitage Museum, in Russia.
She established her own independent label “miccabose” in 2016 based on a determination to realize what she wants to achieve on her own. It was her choice to continue on the thorny path.
Her anime vocal works include “The Promised Neverland”, “Attack on Titan”(Shingeki no Kyojin), “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress”, “Gundam UC”, " Aldonoa Zero", among others. For video games her voice can be found in “FINAL FANTASY XI”, “Xenoblade X”, “Dragon’s Dogma:Dark Arisen”, “IDOLA PHANTASY STAR SAGA”, and “Honkai 3rd”. She’s also been featured in UCC full throttle, NHK TV series “Mare”, and “Iryu 3-Team Medical Dragon-”.