Mili is a classical Japanese indie music group founded in August 2012, consisting of Momocashew, Yamato Kasai, Yukihito Mitomo, Shoto Yoshida, Ame Yamaguchi, and Ao Fujimori. Mili covers electronic classical, contemporary classical, and post-classical genre to their music and is not limited to songs in Japanese, but also in English, Chinese, Gujarati and French. Aside from releasing their own songs, Mili has also contributed their music, lyrics, and/or songs to various media such as the rhythm gamesCytus and Deemo, commercial video, and for other artists. Mili was labeled under Saihate Records until October 2019; as of April 2020 it is independent. The group's YouTube channel is considered exceptional within the indie world, exceeding 370,000 YouTube subscribers. Three of their released CDs took the first places in Oricon Indies chart, as well as appearing in Summer Sonic for 2 consecutive years since 2017.
Members
Mili consists of the following five members:
Yamato Kasai or HAMO – main composer, main arranger, sub lyricist, guitarist
Cassie Wei, better known by her stage name momocashew – vocalist, main lyricist. Canadian-Chinese, born in China, 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
The list below does not include any of songs listed on their discography. ;2012
Founded
Contributed in Sound On Our Palms -TENORI-ON Compilation-
Songs for Cytus
Composed song for "Kaitai no Zōkei"
;2013
Music for RICOH's commercial video
Music for Yamayuri
Song effect for "A lighthouse and a lilium auratum" and "A flower sings"
Live Tour 2018 "Mommy, Where's My Left Hand Again?" at Osaka, Nagoya, Taipei, Taiwan, Tokyo, Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai
Song for television anime seriesGoblin Slayer, "Rightfully"
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"
Performed at C3AFA 2018 Singapore
;2019
双島乳業 presents Mili 1st Live 2019 "Mother Ship Gi6pon"
Music in charge for Fuji TV's original drama Yuri Dano Kan Dano
New song, "Sloth"
Guest artist at Anime Festival Asia: I LOVE ANISONG Matsuri Malaysia 2019
Mili Tour 2019-2020: AJIWAIIAJI
;2020
Song for anime filmGoblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown, "Static"
Song for animated webseries , "sustain++"
Song for mobile gameMahōtsukai no Yakusoku, "Cast Me a Spell"
Song for television anime series Gleipnir, "Rain, body fluids and smell"
