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Ikuta Lilas

Ikuta Lilas (幾田りら) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter under Sony Music Entertainment. She is also a member of the duo YOASOBI under the name ikura.
Profile
- Stage Name: Ikuta Lilas (幾田りら) (solo), ikura (YOASOBI)
- Birth Name: Ikuta Lilas (幾田りら)
- Birthdate: September 25, 2000
- Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
- Bands / Groups:
Information
Born in Japan, Ikuta moved to Chicago, Illinois, United States shortly after and lived there until the age of three. Due to the influence of her family, she came into contact with music from an early age and gradually aspired to become a singer-songwriter. She wrote and composed lyrics for the first time in the sixth grade of elementary school, and she started her activities in earnest from the third grade of junior high school.
In 2015, Ikuta participated in the artist section of the TOKYO GIRLS AUDITION and advanced to the third screening. She was also a finalist in "SINGIN'JAPAN" sponsored by Sony Music.
In January and February 2016, she participated in the new artist training course "the LESSON" sponsored by Sony Music as a fourth-year student. She released her 1st demo album 15 no Omoi on August 26th.
In July 2017, Ikuta joined the acoustic session unit PLUSONICA. In the unit, she was in charge of vocals, guitar, trumpet, and keyboard.
She appeared on TV Asahi's music variety show Konya, Tanjou! Ongaku Champ on February 4, 2018. She held a live concert on April 21st, and released her first mini-album Rerise only at the live venue. She passed her college entrance exams from September to October and entered college in April 2019.
On July 2, 2019, the TV commercial of Tokyo Kaijou Nichidou Anshin Seimei Hoken, in which she covered Sukima Switch's "Zenryoku Shounen", started airing. In November, she formed YOASOBI, a unit that "makes novels into music" with Ayase of Vocaloid-P, and is in charge of vocals under the name of "ikura". The unit's first single "Yoru ni Kakeru" released the following month, and its music video recorded a cumulative total of 100 million views. On November 16th, the one-man live "bouquet" was held at Harajuku STROBECAFE, and her second mini-album Jukebox was released only at the live venue. The music video for Ikuta singing "Love in Color" was released December 15th on the official YouTube channel of the camera app SNOW.
The nationwide distribution of Jukebox started on March 11, 2020. She appeared on TV Asahi's Kan Jam Kanzen Nen SHOW on August 16th. Ikuta was selected to perform the Japanese version of the end credit song "Rocket to the Moon ~Shinjita Sekai e~" for the Netflix film Over the Moon directed by Glen Keane. She delivered a limited one-man recording LIVE at the "Online Wakasugi Matsuri" of Nippon Kougyou Daigaku on November 14th. She made her first appearance at the end of the year program NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen as a member of YOASOBI on December 31st.
Ikuta's song "Romance no Yakusoku" was used as the theme of the 2021 reality program Kyou, Suki ni Narimashita. Himawari-hen. On August 13, 2021, she graduated from PLUSONICA, which she belonged to for four and a half years.
Discography
Albums
- [2023.03.08] Sketch
Mini-Albums
Other Mini-Albums
- [2016.08.26] 15 no Omoi (15の想い) (Demo)
- [2019.11.16] Jukebox (Limited Venue)
Digital Singles
- [2020.09.25] Rocket to the Moon ~Shinjita Sekai e~ (ロケット・トゥ・ザ・ムーン〜信じた世界へ〜)
- [2020.12.25] Hikari (ヒカリ)
- [2021.03.09] Answer
- [2021.08.14] Romance no Yakusoku (ロマンスの約束)
- [2021.12.17] Omokage (produced by Vaundy) (おもかげ) (milet × Aimer × Ikuta Lilas)
Compilations/Other
- [2018.05.03] Tetsu Compilation Vol.4 2018 Nen Live Ban (#6 "Yume Oibito (Live Rokuon)")
- [2020.10.28] Kato Miliyah - INSPIRE (#2 "Ikuta Lilas 'Aitai'")
- [2021.02.23] Fujifabric - I Love You (#4 "Tarinai Sukunai (feat. Ikuta Lilas)")
- [2021.11.10] TXT - Chaotic Wonderland (#1 "0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) [Japanese Ver.] feat. Ikuta Lilas")
- [2023.11.01] Ghibli wo Utau (#3 "Inochi no Namae (Eiga Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi yori)" / Ikuta Lilas)
- [2024.02.14] IKIMONOGAKARI meets (#2 "Nostalgia")
Filmography
Television
- [2020.11.28] BS Nippon Television Kaikyoku 20-nen Special Bangumi "Mirai e Idomu Kanojo-tachi ~Next Generations~" (BS日テレ開局20年スペシャル番組「未来へ挑む彼女たち〜Next Generations〜」)
Theatrical Anime
- [2021.07.16] Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime (as "Hiro-chan" / Betsuyaku Hiroka)