LEO Imai is a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, and synthesizer player born on July 24, 1981, in Suginami, Japan. Active since 2006, he works in Japan’s pop scene and has been associated with EMI Music Japan. The son of a Japanese father and Swedish mother, he moved to London in elementary school, later returned to Japan to begin his music career, and works in Japanese, English, Swedish, and French. He graduated from the University of London and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. His official website is leoimai.com.
He made his major-label debut from Virgin Music in 2007 with the single "Blue Technique", followed by the single "Metro" and his first major album FIX NEON in 2008, and the album Laser Rain in 2009. In 2010 he formed Kimonos with 向井秀徳, joined 高橋幸宏's METAFIVE in 2014, and moved to 日本コロムビア in 2017. After appearing at FUJIROCK FESTIVAL '21 in a special METAFIVE configuration with 砂原良徳, 白根賢一, and 永井聖一, he and 砂原良徳 began full live activities under the name TESTSET in 2022. In anime music, he performed "Bite", the opening theme for Megalo Box. On June 22, 2026, Yahoo! News reported that LEO IMAI and Enfants were scheduled to appear at PLAY VOL.171 in September.
