(stylized as milet) is a Japanese singer signed to

SMEJ , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is opera ...

. She made her major debut in 2019 with ''Inside You EP''. The EP peaked at number 16 on the Oricon Albums Chart. After releasing five EPs, she released first studio album ''Eyes'' in 2020. The album hit

number one Number One most commonly refers to: * 1 (number) Number One, No. 1, or #1 may also refer to: Music Albums * ''Number 1'' (Big Bang album), and the title song * ''No. 1'' (BoA album), and the title song * ''No.1'' (EP), by CLC * ''n.1 ...

on both

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...

and Japan's '' Billboard'' chart, certified Gold by the

Recording Industry Association of Japan The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969. The RIAJ's activities include pr ...

for sales of 100,000.

Career

milet is a Tokyo-based Japanese singer-songwriter. She started her career in 2018. On March 6, 2019, her first live show, ''Milet Special Show Case @Billboard-Live Tokyo'', was held at Billboard Live Tokyo. In that same year, several of her songs were featured in various media. Her songs "Us" and "Again and Again" were used as the openings for Japanese TV dramas ''Gisou Furin'' and ''Joker x Face'' respectively, while her songs "Drown", "Prover" and "Tell me" were used as the second ending for the

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, 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 Japane ...

adaptation of '' Vinland Saga'' and the second ending of anime series '' Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia,'' respectively. On June 3, 2020, Milet released her debut album ''Eyes'', which hit

on Oricon Albums Chart. She collaborated on the album with guitarist

Toru TORU or Toru may refer to: * TORU, spacecraft system * Toru (given name), Japanese male given name * Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western ...

One OK Rock (stylized in all caps as ONE OK ROCK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. Originally five members, the band currently consists of vocalist Takahiro Moriuchi, guitarist and bandleader Toru Yamashita, bassist Ryota Kohama, a ...

and

Man with a Mission Man with a Mission, stylized as MAN WITH A MISSION or sometimes as MWAM, is a Japanese rock band which was formed in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, in 2010. The band currently consists of five band members, with stage names of Tokyo Tanaka (vocals, lead ...

member Kamikaze Boy. Starting from October 4, 2020, Milet became a DJ host for the radio series ''Music Freaks'', streaming every Sunday from 22:00 to 24:00 ( JST) on the Osaka radio station

FM802 (call sign JOFV-FM) is a commercial radio station based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, broadcasting on 80.2 FM from Mount Iimori to Kansai region. As a latecomer to the radio broadcasting market, it was a fo ...

from a studio in Minami-morimachi. The radio broadcasts are stated to last one year. Her single "Ordinary Days" was used as the ending theme for the live-action drama adaptation of

Police in a Pod is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miko Yasu. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Morning'' since November 2017. A television drama adaptation aired on Nippon TV from July to September 2021, and an anime television ...

, which aired from July 7 to September 15, 2021. On November 12, 2020, the song "Who I Am" premiered on YouTube and was subsequently featured as the title track of her sixth mini-album, which released on December 2, 2020. "Who I Am" and the song "The Hardest" were both respectively used as the opening and ending themes of the

Japanese television drama , also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thrill ...

''Shichinin no Hisho''. Milet debut in the popular annual TV music show, 71st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, on 31 December 2020 with the song "Inside You". On August 8, 2021, she performed at the

closing ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly-constructed location or the start of an event.

of the

2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. She covered the song "

Hymne à l'amour "" (; French for "Hymn to Love") is a popular French song originally performed by Édith Piaf. Édith Piaf The lyrics were written by Piaf and the music by Marguerite Monnot. It was written to her lover and the love of her life, the French boxer, ...

", originally sung by

Edith Piaf Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and var ...

. On November 18, 2021, she represented Japan in the 10th

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU or APBU), formed in 1964, is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has over 287 members in 57 countries and regions, reaching a potential audience of about 3 bil ...

(ABU) TV Song Festival, performing her first big hit "Inside You" remotely. On December 31, 2021, she participated in the " NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen" for the second consecutive year, performing "Fly High." On April 22, 2022, Milet released a teaser lyric video for a new single entitled "

Walkin' in My Lane "Walkin' in My Lane" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Milet, released May 25, 2022, by SME Records. The song served as the theme song for Japanese drama ''Involvement in Family Affairs'' and was Milet's first CD single. Upon its release, "Wa ...

", which serves as the theme song to the live-action drama adaptation of the manga Yangotonaki Ichizoku. It was pre-released on streaming services on April 29, and was fully released on May 25, 2022, along with "Love When I Cry" and "My Dreams Are Made of Hell."

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Awards

References

External links

* * (SME Records) * (Sony Music Artists) * {{Authority control Living people Japanese women singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters English-language singers from Japan 21st-century Japanese women singers Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists Year of birth missing (living people)