Mili | |
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Origin | Japan |
Genres | Indie |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Saihate Records [1] |
Members | Cassie "Momocashew" Wei Yamato "Hamo" Kasai Yukihito Mitomo Shoto Yoshida Ao Fujimori |
Past members | Ame Yamaguchi |
Website | Official website |
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 [2] 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 the rhythm games Cytus and Deemo , other games like Library of Ruina , Limbus Company , Promise of Wizard , Arknights , and ENDER LILIES , commercial video, and for other artists. [3] Mili is labeled under Saihate Records; as of October 2019 and announced in April 2020, they have separated from their music management company. [1] [4]
The group's YouTube channel is considered exceptional within the indie world, exceeding 500,000 YouTube subscribers. [5] 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. [6] The group is named after the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "Dear Mili." [7]
Mili consists of the following five members: [3] [8]
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Title | Album details | Track listing | Peak chart positions | |
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JPN Oricon [58] | JPN Billboard | |||
Mag Mell |
| 13 tracks
| 31 | 21 [59] |
Miracle Milk |
| 19 tracks
| 12 | 9 [61] |
Millennium Mother |
| 20 tracks
| 17 | 12 [62] |
Title | Album details | Track listing | Peak chart positions | |
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JPN Oricon [58] | JPN Billboard | |||
Hue |
| 6 tracks
| 25 | 21 [63] |
To Kill a Living Book -for Library Of Ruina- |
| 8 tracks
| - | - |
Let's Lament |
| 2 tracks
| - | - |
Title | Year | Track listing | Peak positions | Album |
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JPN Oricon [64] | ||||
"Rightfully" | 2018 | 5 tracks
| 24 | Non-album single |
"Intrauterine Education" | 2020 | 6 tracks
| 30 | |
"Ame to Taieki to Nioi/Static" (雨と体液と匂い/Static) | 2020 | 4 tracks
| 28 |
Title | Release date | Notes | Track Listing | Source |
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"Chocological" | October 28, 2012 | Included in compilation album Music on Our Palms | 1 track
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MuNiCa – Cry of Pluto [Original Soundtrack] | April 7, 2013 | Soundtrack for the video game MuNiCa - Cry of Pluto | 8 tracks
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H△G×Mili | November 27, 2013 | Split album with H△G | 4 tracks
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"Klavier" | March 8, 2014 | Piano album by Yamato Kasai | 5 tracks
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"Holy and Darkness 1" | December 22, 2014 | Collaboration with Tasuku Arai | 1 track
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H△G×Mili vol.2 | May 9, 2015 | Split album with H△G | 4 tracks
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ENDER LILIES:Quietus of the Knights Original Soundtrack | June 22, 2021 | Original soundtrack for Binary Haze Interactive's Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights | 50 tracks | |
Key Ingredient | June 2, 2022 | Piano Cover album of previously released songs, instrumental version also released | 13 tracks
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