YURiKA

Height: 147 cm Profile Toho Entertainmenthttps://www.tohoent.co.jp/actor/1127 Websitehttps://www.yurika.com/ Bloghttps://lineblog.me/yurikaofficial/ Twitterhttps://twitter.com/YURiKA29 Wiki enhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurika40musician41 Wiki jphttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/YURiKA4041 Yurika Kobayashi mononymously known by the stage name YURiKA is a Japanese musician from Hasuda Saitama who is signed to Toho Animation Records. From an early age she had dreamed of becoming a musician. She started playing the piano at the age of 3 and she also listened to the music of Morning Musumehttps://anilist.co/staff/150336/ and its subgroup Minimoni. While in elementary school she heard the song Genesis of Aquarion by Akinohttps://anilist.co/staff/109335/ in a commercial which led her to become interested in anime music and a desire to perform songs for anime. Her desire to become an anime musician was also influenced by the popularity of the series Haruhi Suzumiyahttps://anilist.co/anime/849/ and KOnhttps://anilist.co/anime/5680/KON/ at the time. In high school she tried out for the Animax Anison Grand Prix and other animerelated singing competitions. In 2014 she placed 6th in a televised competition sponsored by Nippon TV and first in an anime music singing competition sponsored by NHK. In 2016 she won an audition sponsored by the media company Toho and signed a contract with label Toho Animation Records. She made her professional debut in 2017 with the release of her first single Shiny Ray on February 22 2017 the title track is used as the first opening theme to the anime television series Little Witch Academiahttps://anilist.co/anime/21858/.