KOKIA

KOKIA (Akiko Yoshida) (born July 22, 1976) is a Japanese singer-songwriter whose music blends folk, world, and new age influences. Renowned for her clear, emotive voice and spiritually infused lyricism, she writes, composes, and produces most of her own work, weaving recurring themes of love, faith, and human connection. Trained in classical opera at Toho Gakuen School of Music, she debuted in 1998 with Songbird. Her early single “Arigatō...