Milet

Biography

Milet (ミレイ, Mirei) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress. She made her major debut in 2019 with Inside You EP. The EP peaked at number 16 on the Oricon Albums Chart. After releasing five EPs, she released first studio album Eyes in 2020. The album hit number one on both Oricon and Japan's Billboard chart, certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 100,000.

Career

Milet is a Tokyo-based Japanese singer-songwriter. She started her career in 2018.
On March 6, 2019, her first live show, Milet Special Show Case @Billboard-Live Tokyo, was held at Billboard Live Tokyo. In that same year, several of her songs were featured in various media. Her songs "Us" and "Again and Again" were used as the openings for Japanese TV dramas Gisou Furin and Joker x Face respectively, while her songs "Drown", and "Prover"/"Tell me" were used as the second ending theme for the anime series adaptation of Vinland Saga and Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, respectively.
On June 3, 2020, Milet released her debut album Eyes, which hit number one on Oricon Albums Chart. She collaborated on the album with guitarist Toru of One OK Rock and Man with a Mission member Kamikaze Boy.
Starting from October 4, 2020, Milet became a DJ host for the radio series Music Freaks, streaming every Sunday from 22:00 to 24:00 (JST) on the Osaka radio station FM802 from a studio in Minami-morimachi. The radio broadcasts are stated to last one year.
Her single "Ordinary Days×Ordinary days2 August 2021 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Ordinary days4:312Time Is On Our Side3:153Castle3:564Hit the Lights2:55" was used as the ending theme for the live-action drama adaptation of Police in a Pod, which aired from July 7 to September 15, 2021.
On November 12, 2020, the song "Who I Am×Who I Am30 November 2020 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Who I Am3:232The Hardest3:473One Touch3:584Ashes4:245Grab the air -Reprise- Remixed by Masayuki Nakano5:12" premiered on YouTube and was subsequently featured as the title track of her sixth mini-album, which released on December 2, 2020. "Who I Am" and the song "The Hardest" were both respectively used as the opening and ending themes of the Japanese television drama Shichinin no Hisho.
Milet debut in the popular annual TV music show, 71st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, on 31 December 2020 with the song "Inside You".
On August 8, 2021, she performed at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She covered the song "Hymne à l'amour", originally sung by Edith Piaf. On November 18, 2021, she represented Japan in the 10th Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) TV Song Festival, performing her first big hit "Inside You" remotely. On December 31, 2021, she participated in the "NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen" for the second consecutive year, performing "Fly High×Fly High30 November 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Fly High4:08."
On April 22, 2022, Milet released a teaser lyric video for a new single entitled "Walkin' in My Lane", which serves as the theme song to the live-action drama adaptation of the manga Yangotonaki Ichizoku. It was pre-released on streaming services on April 29, and was fully released on May 25, 2022, along with "Love When I Cry" and "My Dreams Are Made of Hell."
On September 29, 2023, Milet released her single "Anytime Anywhere×Anytime Anywhere29 September 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Anytime Anywhere3:50", which was used as the ending theme for season one of the anime adaptation of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. Her song "Bliss," from the same EP, was used as the special ending theme for the two hour special premieres of the two cours of the anime.
In 2025, she made her film debut in the remake of the French-Belgian film Love at Second Sight, titled My Beloved Stranger.