Artist
SAKI
SAKI made her debut by Tokuma Shoten Publishing on mixx while still a student at Keio University in 2010.
In 2013, she joined the metal band “Mary’s Blood” and made her second major debut from Nippon Columbia.
2013: Joined the metal band “Mary’s Blood” and made her second major label debut with Nippon Columbia.
Debut album “Countdown to Evolution” reached No. 8 on the Oricon Daily Ranking.
In 2016, with Luke Takamura (聖飢魔II), Masayoshi Yamashita (LOUDNESS), and Tadatsugu Honma (ANTHEM) performed at OzzFest 2016.
She is the only female member of the group Animetal the Second.
In 2019, she formed the girl band “NEMOPHILA”.
The band’s metal/loud rock music has gained popularity both in Japan and abroad, reaching 360,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Their first one-man show for a live audience sold out Line Cube Shibuya, and they performed at the Nippon Budokan in their fourth year of debut. Overseas, she was invited to perform at events such as the Aftershock Festival held in the United States.
In 2020, she formed a multinational metal unit, AMAHIRU, with Frédéric Leclercq of Kreator (DragonForce).
Their debut album “AMAHIRU” was released, featuring guest vocals by Elise Ryd (AMARANTHE)
2023: Joined Like~an~Angel, formed by tetsuya of L’Arc~en~Ciel, as a member.
In 2024, she began her career as a solo guitarist, releasing her solo single “BRIGHTNESS” in 2021.
Both her solo single “BRIGHTNESS” released in 2021 and “GERMINANS” released in 2024 were highly acclaimed on iTunes both domestically and internationally in the instrumental section.
In the last 10 years of her personal career, she has been the highest-ranked guitarist among women in the heavy metal specialty magazine “BURRN!”.
In addition, she was featured on the TV program “Matsuko no Shiranai Sekai (TBS)” as the highest-ranked guitarist by men’s poll in the heavy metal magazine BURRN!,
In her solo career, she has consistently ranked as the top female guitarist for 10 consecutive years in the readers’ poll of the heavy metal magazine BURRN!. She also appeared on the TV program Matsuko no Shiranai Sekai (TBS) 「マツコの知らない世界(TBS)」alongside Keiko Terada of SHOW-YA, introducing the world of girls’ bands.
