Music like Ichiko Aoba

Ichiko Aoba (Japanese: 青葉市子) is a Japanese folk singer and songwriter who was born in Urayasu, Chiba and raised in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. She releases music on her own label, hermine. Her main instrument is guitar, which most of her music is mainly composed of, but she also plays the piano, clarinet, accordion, and flute on her own. Aoba is known for her acoustic sound and songwriting, which is inspired by her dreams.

Ichiko Aoba began to learn how to play classical guitar at the age of 17, and her music has been inspired by Disney music and Studio Ghibli, both of which she listened to growing up. Her mentor was Japanese singer-songwriter Anmi Yamada, who remotely taught Aoba the craft of the instrument. Aoba's albums 0 and qp each feature two covers of Anmi's songs.