Kiyoe Yoshioka (February 29, 1984) is a Japanese singer, better known as the
main vocalist of J-pop duo Ikimonogakari. Born in the city of Shizuoka, she
moved to Atsugi in the Kanagawa Prefecture at the age of 5. In 1999, Hotaka
Yamashita and Yoshiki Mizuno, two of her brother's classmates, invited her to
sing in their musical project Ikimonogakari which, at the time, consisted mainly
of cover versions. Between 2009 and 2014, the group managed to land five
consecutive albums at the top of the Oricon charts, and their music was featured
in everything from commercials to anime seri...