Akiakane

A 22-year-old female artist nicknamed “Singing Painter of the Heisei Period.” She publishes various works in collaboration with many artists on online posting sites. In 2011, she debuted from TOY’S FACTORY with the song “antinotice.” She released her first album “Boroborona Ikizawa” in April 2012 and her second album “DRAGONFLY” in November of the same year. She has aggressively performed her style of live music with live drawing overseas in France, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mexico. She is highly-praised as a painter. She has worked on CD jacket designs for folk duo Yuzu, Mayu Watanabe, and many more popular singers. Moreover, she has worked on the opening animation for the TBS program “Kinsma.” Recently, she produced an official MV for LORDE who won the 2014 Grammy for Song of the Year. She is a top ranked creator on the art community Pixiv and she attracts massive attention and expectations from the future painters whom she continues to inspire.