Ichigo

ichigo is a Japanese vocalist, primarily of the Japanese rock band. She performed "STONE OCEAN", the opening for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean and the tenth opening overall for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. For this song, she is credited as "ichigo from Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets" (ichigo from 岸田教団&THE明星ロケッツ).

As part of Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets, she sang the opening theme song of ' as well as several songs for the '. She is also a jewelry designer.

Biography
ichigo was born on June 1, 1982 in Fukuoka, Japan. Since she was in high school, she decided that she would be a singer or songwriter. In 2007, the musician Kisida recruited some of his acquaintances to form a band after he was invited to perform in Flowering Night, a yearly  live concert event. ichigo joined the band at that time, which they named Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets. Although they initially planned to disband after the concert, the band continues to perform songs several years later. Despite the band lasting for so long, ichigo has claimed that she doesn't actually get along with the other members.

ichigo and her band made their major debut in 2010 by performing the opening for . They performed the openings for other anime afterwards, including ', ', GATE II, ', Strike the Blood II, ', and . On January 29, 2020, they played the ending theme for .

On April 1, 2016, ichigo announced on Twitter that she got married to an office worker.

ichigo launched her jewelry brand named Geminy on January 1, 2020. After meeting someone named Tetsu who produced the for ichigo's live performances, the two worked together to launch a brand of decorative ear monitors.

She gave birth to her first child in early 2021.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
ichigo is a longtime fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. On May 5, 2010, she tweeted that when she hears about Yo-Yo Ma, the Stand from Stone Ocean first comes to mind rather than the musician. On April 17, 2011, she reacted with surprise to see the announcement of JoJolion and its protagonist. She also played the JoJo's Bizarre Hanafuda mobile app in 2011.

On September 13, 2011, she responded to a tweet from a hair stylist hoping to see (Ankh from ) act as Giorno Giovanna in a live action adaptation of Vento Aureo, saying that she would like to see that happen too. Her older sister drew a picture of Jolyne Cujoh resembling ichigo, which ichigo posted on November 24, 2012.

On May 18, 2014, ichigo responded to an announcement of a JoJo x collaboration, saying that she wants the shoes. On May 7, 2016, she tweeted that she wants to sing the opening for JoJo's sixth part. She visited the Hirohiko Araki JoJo Exhibition: Ripples of Adventure in September 2018.

She officially announced her involvement as the singer of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean's opening theme "STONE OCEAN" on November 28, 2021 on her Twitter, after its reveal in the online pre-distribution event stream.