Mili (musical group)

Mili is a Japanese indie music group founded in August 2012, consisting of Cassie Wei, Yamato Kasai, Yukihito Mitomo, Shoto Yoshida, and Ao Fujimori. Mili covers electronic classical, contemporary classical, and post-classical genres of music and is not limited to songs in Japanese, but also in English, Chinese, and French. Aside from releasing their own songs, Mili has also contributed their music, lyrics, and/or songs to various media such as video games, commercial video, and for other artists. Mili is labeled under Saihate Records; as of October 2019 and announced in April 2020, they have separated from their music management company.

The group's YouTube channel is considered exceptional within the indie world, exceeding 500,000 YouTube subscribers. Three of their released CDs took the first places in Oricon Indies chart, as well as appearing in Summer Sonic for two consecutive years since 2017. The group is named after the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "Dear Mili."

Members
Mili consists of the following five members:


 * Yamato Kasai or HAMO – main composer, main arranger, sub lyricist, guitarist
 * Cassie Wei, or momocashew – vocalist, main lyricist. Canadian-Chinese, born in China, raised in Canada, now living in Japan
 * Yukihito Mitomo – bassist. Kasai's friend, joined Mili in December 2013
 * Shoto Yoshida – drummer. Kasai's friend, joined Mili in December 2013
 * Ao Fujimori – illustrator, animator. Joined Mili in September 2014

Former members

 * Ame Yamaguchi – stylist, designer, art director. Joined Mili in May 2014; left in August 2019 to work on personal projects

History and works

 * 2012
 * Founded (August)
 * Contributed in Sound On Our Palms -TENORI-ON Compilation- (October 28)
 * Songs for Cytus (November)
 * Composed song for "Kaitai no Zōkei" (December)


 * 2013
 * Music for RICOH's commercial video (September 2)
 * Music for Yamayuri (September 17)
 * Song effect for "A lighthouse and a lilium auratum" and "A flower sings" (September 17)
 * MuNiCa - Cry of Pluto was sent to Tokyo Game Show 2013 for display (September 27)
 * Songs for Deemo (November 13)
 * Arranged music for Sakevisual's otome game Backstage Pass (November 30)
 * Arranged and composed song for voice comic "Gomen ne" (December 13)


 * 2014
 * Registered to ARTISTCROWD (January 8)
 * Song for "Ye Hu Ba Zhong Zou+" (March 8)
 * Music for Toto's Washlet commercial video (June)
 * Music for Fuji Kyuko's La ville de Gaspard et Lisa (June 26)
 * Song arrangement for Ferri's 2nd album "∞": "rusty chandelier" and "eternal return" (November 5)


 * 2015
 * Music for Combi's commercial video "Branding Movie" (January)
 * Arrangement for DAOKO's 1st album "DAOKO": "Nai Mono Nedari" (March 25)
 * Arrangement & composition for Astell & Kern's AK100II Kana Hanazawa Edition collaboration song, "Tadoritsuku Basho" (August)


 * 2016
 * Song for anime Bloodivores, "NENTEN" (October)
 * Live tour (November 5–12)


 * 2017
 * Mini live "15158775" (イチゴ壱号バナナ七号) (May 27, June 11, & June 24)
 * Performing at Summer Sonic 2017 (August 18)
 * 5th anniversary live tour "Mag Milk All Songs" (September 30, October 1, October 9, & November 11)


 * 2018
 * Live Tour 2018 "Mommy, Where's My Left Hand Again?" at Osaka (May 19), Nagoya (May 20), Taipei, Taiwan (June 9), Tokyo (June 15), Guangzhou (November 8), Beijing(November 10) and Shanghai (November 11)
 * Song for television anime series Goblin Slayer, "Rightfully" (October)
 * Song for television anime series Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle "Origin" and arrangement & composition for its ending theme sung by Inori Minase, "Bottleship" (October)
 * Performed at C3AFA 2018 Singapore (December 2)


 * 2019
 * 双島乳業 presents Mili 1st Live 2019 "Mother Ship Gi6pon" (February 3)
 * Music in charge for Fuji TV's original drama Yuri Dano Kan Dano (May)
 * New song, "Sloth" (September)
 * Guest artist at Anime Festival Asia: I LOVE ANISONG Matsuri Malaysia 2019 (June 8, 9)
 * Mili Tour 2019-2020: AJIWAIIAJI (December 2019–January 2020)


 * 2020
 * Song for anime film Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown, "Static" (February)
 * Song for the animated webseries Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045, "sustain++" (February)
 * Song for mobile game Promise of Wizard, "Cast Me a Spell" (April)
 * Song for television anime series Gleipnir, "Rain, body fluids and smell" (April)
 * Original soundtrack for video game ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights (September)


 * 2021
 * Album for video game Library of Ruina, "To Kill a Living Book -for Library of Ruina-" (October)
 * Song for the video game Limbus Company, "In Hell We Live, Lament", in collaboration with Kihow of Myth & Roid (November)


 * 2022
 * Song for the video game Welcome to Dreamland, "Sideshow Duckling" (February)
 * Opening theme for the video game Thy Creature, "My Creator" (February)
 * Song for the second part of mobile game Promise of Wizard, "Skin-Deep Comedy" (March)
 * Opening theme for the anime adaption of The Executioner and Her Way of Life, "Paper Bouquet" (April)
 * Ending theme for the anime adaption of Vermeil in Gold, "Mortal With You" (July)
 * Theme for the Mystery Novel NOIR DOLL, "Dancing Ghost's Ball Jointed Darling" (December)


 * 2023
 * Boss theme for Canto III of video game Limbus Company, "Between Two Worlds" (March)
 * Song for video game DEEMO II, "Gunners in the Rain" (May)
 * Boss theme for Canto IV of video game Limbus Company, "Fly, My Wings" (June)
 * Performed at Anime Expo 2023 (July 2)
 * Preinstalled song for Sony Xperia 5 V, "Sleep Talk Metropolis" (September)
 * Song for the second season of television anime series Goblin Slayer, "Entertainment" (October 31)
 * Boss fight theme for Canto V of video game Limbus Company, "Compass" (November)


 * 2024
 * Song for video game Goblin Slayer Another Adventure: Nightmare Feast, "Duetting Solo" (February 29)
 * Original Soundtrack for video game Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (March 25)
 * Boss fight theme for Canto VI of video game Limbus Company, "Through Patches of Violet" (April)
 * Image theme for video game Arknights, "Grown-up's Paradise" (April 26)
 * OST for video game Snowbreak: Containment Zone (May)