AIKO YOSHIBA - Piano & Keys
鍵盤奏者。
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忍者の里・伊賀市出身。🥷
ポップス、コンテンポラリージャズ、アンビエント、映像音楽など幅広い領域で活動。オリジナル作品の制作を軸に、シンガーサポートやライブパフォーマンス、映像作品への楽曲提供など、ジャンルを越えたプロジェクトに参加している。
ヤマハ音楽教室アドバンスコース上級科卒業。ジャズピアノを木畑晴哉、堀越昭宏の両氏に師事。Matthew Fries、Kevin Haysからも学ぶ。元国際線地上職員という異色の経歴を経て、短期渡米後に本格的な音楽活動を開始。
オリジナル作品のクラウドファンディングでは複数のストレッチゴールを達成。国内外のリスナーから支援を集めるとともに、コンテンポラリー系ミュージシャンとの共演など、多様なプロジェクトに参加している。
フランスのラジオ局 JazzBox Radio International「KAWAII」では、横濱エアジンでのソロピアノ演奏 “Flying Humanoid” が複数回オンエア。
2019年、International Songwriting Competition Instrumental部門にて世界第3位を受賞（同年度TOP3入り唯一の日本人）。その後もGlobal Music Awards、Global International Music Competition、Unsigned Only Music Competitionなど、海外コンペティションで受賞を重ねる。
2025年、Dan Mitchell監督・主演による短編映画『A Love Story in The Summer』の劇伴音楽を担当。（2025年 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival Official Selection / イタリア映画祭Best Asia受賞、2026年東京国際短編映画祭(TISFF)に公式選出作品）
忍者の里で育ったため、先祖が忍者との説がある。真相は不明。
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Born in Iga City, the home of the ninja. 🥷
Active across a wide range of musical fields, including pop, contemporary jazz, ambient music, and music for visual media. Centered on the creation of original works, she takes part in genre-crossing projects as a singer accompanist, live performer, and composer for visual works.
She graduated from the Advanced Course of the Yamaha Music School. She studied jazz piano under Haruya Kihata and Akihiro Horikoshi, and has also learned from Matthew Fries and Kevin Hays. After an unconventional career as an international airline ground staff member, she began pursuing music professionally following a short stay in the United States.
Her crowdfunding campaigns for original works have achieved multiple stretch goals. Alongside receiving support from listeners in Japan and abroad, she has participated in a variety of projects, including collaborations with contemporary musicians.
Her solo piano performance, “Flying Humanoid,” recorded at Yokohama Airegin, has been aired multiple times on “KAWAII,” a program on the French radio station JazzBox Radio International.
In 2019, she won third place worldwide in the Instrumental category of the International Songwriting Competition, becoming the only Japanese artist to place in the Top 3 that year. She has since received further awards in international competitions including the Global Music Awards, Global International Music Competition, and Unsigned Only Music Competition.
In 2025, she composed the score for the short film A Love Story in The Summer, directed by and starring Dan Mitchell. The film was an Official Selection at the 2025 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, received the Best Asia Award at an Italian film festival, and was officially selected for the 2026 Tokyo International Short Film Festival (TISFF).
Having grown up in the home of the ninja, there is a theory that her ancestors may have been ninja. The truth remains unknown.