is a Japanese singer and vocalist. She is best known for being the lead vocalist of the band

Ikimonogakari The romanization of the group's name does not have the hyphen according to Sony's websites for their albums. is a Japanese pop rock musical duo, duo from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan consisting of Yoshiki Mizuno and Kiyoe Yoshioka. The group starte ...

since its founding in 1999. She has also been active as a solo singer, releasing her first album ''Utairo'' in 2018. In 2022 her song "Dekoboko" was used as the first opening theme to the

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

series '' A Couple of Cuckoos''.

Biography

Yoshioka was born in

Shizuoka Shizuoka can refer to: * Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture * Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture * Shizuoka Airport * Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain, a predecessor of Shizuoka Prefecture ...

on February 29, 1984. She moved to Atsugi,

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...

when she was five years old. She had an interest in music from an early age, learning to play the piano at the age of five. She would go on to study music at the Showa University of Music Junior College. Yoshioka's music career began in 1999 when she became vocalist of the band

. The band would temporarily disband the following year, but would reform in 2003. It made its major debut in 2006 with the release of the single " Sakura", with Yoshioka as vocalist. In 2010, Ikimonogakari performed the song "Egao", which was used as the theme song to the

film '' Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened''. Yoshioka made a vocal cameo in the film, voicing an

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. Yoshioka started a solo career after Ikimonogakari went on hiatus in 2017. Her first solo release, an album titled , was released on October 24, 2018. While Ikimonogakari resumed its activities later that year, Yoshioka would continue her solo career. Yoshioka released her first solo single on December 22, 2021. Her second single, , was released on June 15, 2022; the title song was used as the first opening theme to the anime television series '' A Couple of Cuckoos''.

Personal life

In 2020, Yoshioka announced that she had married a person outside the entertainment industry. In June 2022 she announced that she was pregnant with her first child.

Discography

Albums

* (Release date: October 24, 2018)

Singles

* (Release date: December 22, 2021) * (Release date: June 15, 2022)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshioka, Kiyoe 1984 births Anime musicians Japanese rock musicians Living people Musicians from Shizuoka Prefecture Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists