The second single, "Ai no Field," used in the anime Brain Powerd, was written by the famous soundtrack composer Yoko Kanno, but soon Kokia began to write songs herself, the first being the single "Arigatou." (1999), which had a TV drama tie-in and was well-received in Taiwan as well as Hong Kong, where it even brought her a local music award. Her debut song, "For Little Tail," was featured on the soundtrack for the Tail Concerto video game, and the same year she released her first single, "Aishiteiru Kara," used in the TV drama Brothers. She studied at the prestigious Toho Gakuen School of Music, and soon attracted scouts from Pony Canyon and debuted as a pop singer in 1998 as Kokia (which is an anagram of her real name). twice, the first time with her sister Kyoko, later a professional violinist.
Born Akiko Yoshida in 1976, she took up violin at the age of three, learned to play piano, and attended a music school in the U.S. Kokia never topped the Oricon charts, but her exquisite, honed brand of J-pop brought her a number of theme song contracts for video games, TV shows, and anime series, and won a devoted fan base, not just in Japan but overseas (particularly France) as well.
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