generasia:Featured article for 2016 week 52
Pile
Pile (パイル), born Hori Eriko (堀絵梨子), is a singer and seiyuu of both Japanese and Korean descent represented by SPACEY. In 2006, Hori was chosen from a total of 700 applicants in the Japan-wide Asian Dolls Audition. She later wrote that she wanted to be seen as "warm and enveloping, an artist who can be loved by everyone", so she chose her stage name Pile after the pile towels are made from.
She is known for her role as Maki Nishikino in the Love Live! multimedia franchise. Her first roles were minor parts in TV series and films during 2006. She debuted as a singer after she was selected in a 2006 Japan-wide audition, and she made her voice acting debut in Love Live! in 2010.
Her fifth major single "Subarashiki Sekai" is released this week on December 28th.
