Artist

SAKI made her debut through 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 label debut with Nippon Columbia.

Their debut album Countdown to Evolution reached No. 8 on the Oricon Daily Ranking.

In 2016, she performed at OzzFest Japan alongside Luke Takamura (聖飢魔II), Masayoshi Yamashita (LOUDNESS), and Tadatsugu Honma (ANTHEM).

She is the only female member of the group Animetal the Second.

In 2019, she formed the all-girl metal band NEMOPHILA.

With their unique metal/loud rock style, the band has gained popularity both in Japan and internationally, amassing over 360,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Their first solo show with a live audience sold out at Line Cube Shibuya, and in their fourth year after debut, they performed at the legendary Nippon Budokan.

Internationally, they were invited to perform at events such as the Aftershock Festival in the United States.

In 2020, she formed the multinational metal unit AMAHIRU with Frédéric Leclercq of Kreator (formerly DragonForce).

Their debut album AMAHIRU featured guest vocals by Elise Ryd (AMARANTHE).

In 2023, she joined Like~an~Ange, a project formed by tetsuya of L’Arc~en~Ciel.

She began her solo guitarist career with the release of her single BRIGHTNESS in 2021.

Both BRIGHTNESS and her 2024 solo release GERMINANS were highly acclaimed on iTunes, both domestically and internationally, in the instrumental category.

Over the past 10 years, she has been consistently ranked as the top female guitarist in the readers’ poll of the heavy metal magazine BURRN!.

She was also featured on the TV program Matsuko no Shiranai Sekai (TBS) 「マツコの知らない世界(TBS)」, where she was introduced as the top-ranked guitarist in the male readers’ poll of BURRN!.

In the same program, she appeared alongside Keiko Terada of SHOW-YA, introducing the world of girl bands.