Lia

Lia (born December 20, 1981, in Ikegami, Japan) is a Japanese singer and songwriter associated with J-pop, anime, and game music. Active since 2000 and linked to I've Sound, she moved to Kawasaki, Kanagawa, at age four. She studied classical ballet and vocal music, attended a university in Massachusetts for one year, then transferred to Berklee College of Music and graduated. She later worked in Los Angeles and is based in Hong Kong. Her official website is https://lia-music.jp/. Her breakthrough came with Key's Air. For it, she recorded the opening theme "Tori no Uta (鳥の詩)" and the ending theme "Farewell Song". She later performed "Toki wo Kizamu Uta (時を刻む唄)" and "TORCH" for Clannad, "My Soul, Your Beats!" for Angel Beats!, "Bravely You" for Charlotte, "daze" for Kagerou Project, "Hanabi" for Little Busters!, and "絆-kizunairo-色" for Fortune Arterial. Outside her anime theme work, she took part in the album Calling All Dawns, which won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album. In 2020, she marked her 20th anniversary with the release of Lia 20th BEST.