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 musicMili tagged their music in Bandcamp as electronic classical, contemporary classical, electronica, and post-classical. in Japanese, English, Chinese, and French. Apart from releasing their own songs, Mili has also contributed their music, lyrics, and/or songs to various media such as video games, commercial video, and for other artists. Mili is labeled under Saihate Records; as of October 2019 and announced in April 2020, they have separated from their music management company.
Three of their released CDs placed first in the Oricon Indies chart, and they appeared in Summer Sonic 2017 and 2018. The group is named after the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "Dear Mili." The band has also released music under the name AWAAWA.
Members Mili consists of the following five members:
or HAMO – main composer, main arranger, secondary lyricist, and guitarist. Cassie Wei, or momocashew – lead vocalist and main lyricist. Born May 8, 1993, in Beijing, China, she was raised in Canada before relocating to Japan. Prior to co-founding Mili in 2012, she operated as an independent Vocaloid producer under the name momocashew, utilizing voicebanks such as OLIVER. She is married to fellow member Yamato Kasai. Following a public pregnancy announcement in November 2023, she gave birth to her first child in May 2024. – bassist. Joined Mili in December 2013. – drummer. Joined Mili in December 2013. – illustrator and animator. Joined Mili in September 2014.
Former members
Ame Yamaguchi (山口雨) – stylist, designer, and art director. Joined Mili in May 2014; left in August 2019 to work on personal projects.
History and works
2012 Founded (August) Contributed in Sound On Our Palms -TENORI-ON Compilation- (October 28) Songs for Cytus (November) Composed song for "Kaitai no Zōkei" (December)
2013 Music for RICOH's commercial video (September 2) Music for Yamayuri (September 17) Song effect for "A lighthouse and a lilium auratum" and "A flower sings" (September 17) MuNiCa - Cry of Pluto was sent to Tokyo Game Show 2013 for display (September 27) Songs for Deemo (November 13) Arranged music for Sakevisual's otome game Backstage Pass (November 30) Arranged and composed song for voice comic "Gomen ne" (December 13)
2014 Registered to ARTISTCROWD (January 8) Song for "Ye Hu Ba Zhong Zou+" (March 8) Music for Toto's Washlet commercial video (June) Music for Fuji Kyuko's La ville de Gaspard et Lisa (June 26) Song arrangement for Ferri's 2nd album "∞": "rusty chandelier" and "eternal return" (November 5)
2015 Music for Combi's commercial video "Branding Movie" (January) Arrangement for DAOKO's 1st album "DAOKO": "Nai Mono Nedari" (March 25) Arrangement & composition for Astell & Kern's AK100II Kana Hanazawa Edition collaboration song, "Tadoritsuku Basho" (August)
2016 Song for anime Bloodivores, "NENTEN" (October) Live tour (November 5–12)
2017 Mini live (May 27, June 11, & June 24) Performing at Summer Sonic 2017 (August 18) 5th anniversary live tour "Mag Milk All Songs" (September 30, October 1, October 9, & November 11)
2018 Live Tour 2018 "Mommy, Where's My Left Hand Again?" at Osaka (May 19), Nagoya (May 20), Taipei, Taiwan (June 9), Tokyo (June 15), Guangzhou (November 8), Beijing(November 10) and Shanghai (November 11) Song for television anime series Goblin Slayer, "Rightfully" (October) Song for television anime series Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle "Origin" and arrangement & composition for its ending theme sung by Inori Minase, "Bottleship" (October) Performed at C3AFA 2018 Singapore (December 2)
2019 双島乳業 presents Mili 1st Live 2019 "Mother Ship Gi6pon" (February 3) Music in charge for Fuji TV's original drama Yuri Dano Kan Dano (May) New song, "Sloth" (September) Guest artist at Anime Festival Asia: I LOVE ANISONG Matsuri Malaysia 2019 (June 8, 9) Mili Tour 2019-2020: AJIWAIIAJI (December 2019–January 2020)
2020 Song for anime film Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown, "Static" (February) Song for the animated webseries Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045, "sustain++" (February) Song for mobile game Promise of Wizard, "Cast Me a Spell" (April) Song for television anime series Gleipnir, "Rain, body fluids and smell" (April) Original soundtrack for video game ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights (September)
2021 Album for video game Library of Ruina, "To Kill a Living Book -for Library of Ruina-" (October) Song for the video game Limbus Company, "In Hell We Live, Lament", in collaboration with Kihow of Myth & Roid (November)
2022 Song for video game DEEMO II, "Bento Box Bivouac" (January) Song for the video game Welcome to Dreamland, "Sideshow Duckling" (February) Opening theme for the video game Thy Creature, "My Creator" (February) Song for the second part of mobile game Promise of Wizard, "Skin-Deep Comedy" (March) Opening theme for the anime adaptation of The Executioner and Her Way of Life, "Paper Bouquet" (April) Ending theme for the anime adaption of Vermeil in Gold, "Mortal With You" (July) Theme for the Mystery Novel NOIR DOLL, "Dancing Ghost's Ball Jointed Darling" (December)
2023 Boss theme for Canto III of video game Limbus Company, "Between Two Worlds" (March) Song for video game DEEMO II, "Gunners in the Rain" (May) Boss theme for Canto IV of video game Limbus Company, "Fly, My Wings" (June) Performed at Anime Expo 2023 (July 2) Preinstalled song for Sony Xperia 5 V, "Sleep Talk Metropolis" (September) Song for the second season of television anime series Goblin Slayer, "Entertainment" (October 31) Boss fight theme for Canto V of video game Limbus Company, "Compass" (November)
2024 Song for video game Goblin Slayer Another Adventure: Nightmare Feast, "Duetting Solo" (February 29) Original Soundtrack for video game Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (March 25) Boss fight theme for Canto VI of video game Limbus Company, "Through Patches of Violet" (April) Promotional theme for video game Arknights, "Grown-up's Paradise" (April 26) OST for video game Snowbreak: Containment Zone (May) Boss fight theme for Canto VII of video game Limbus Company, "Hero" (October) Image Song for Promise of Wizard, "Life We Sow" (November)
2025
Song for the video game Limbus Company, "Tian Tian" (stylized as TIAN TIAN) for Canto VIII (June 1) Song for the video game Osu! "Peach Pit and Cyanide" (November 24th)
2026 Song for the video game Limbus Company, "SAIKAI" for Canto IX (January 16th) Song for the video game Arknights, "TIE HUA FEI" (February) Song for the video game "Hell Maiden", "Not My Paradiso" (July 15th) Song for the video game Limbus Company, "Rendezvous" for Canto X (October 4th)
Honours In 2025, scientists named a fossil barklouse †Psyllipsocus mili. The species is from the Cretaceous and its name was given in honor to the band's "incredible music and art".
Discography
Albums
Studio albums Title Album details Track listing Peak chart positionsJPNOricon JPNBillboard Mag MellReleased: September 17, 2014 Label: Saihate Records Formats: CD, digital download13 tracks
A Turtle's Heart Nine Point Eight Utopiosphere Friction Chocological YUBIKIRI-GENMAN Sacramentum: Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino Ephemeral Imagined Flight Fable Rosetta Maroma Samsa Witch's Invitation 31 21 Miracle MilkReleased: October 12, 2016 Label: Saihate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download19 tracks
Red Dahlia Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery RTRT Unidentified Flavourful Object Meatball Submarine Vulnerability Nenten (与我共鳴-NENTEN-) Bathtub Mermaid Cerebrite Space Colony world.execute(me); Utopiosphere -Platonism- Painful Death for the Lactose Intolerant Yubikiri-Genman -special edit- Sl0t Past the Stargazing Season Colorful Komm, süsser Tod (cover of movie The End of Evangelion'''s insert song) Shitty Flowers (hidden track)
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20 tracks
Boys in Kaleidosphere Camelia Summoning 101 Vitamins feat. World's End Girlfriend Lemonade Milk (奶水) world.search(you); Mushrooms Gertrauda Tokyo Neon Extension of You Mirror Mirror With a Billion Worldful of <3 feat. DÉ DÉ Mouse Every Other Ghost Fossil Rubber Human Excαlibur Let the Maggots Sing Nine Point Eight -special edit- Still Alive (cover of Portal's'' ending theme) 17 12
Mini albums Title Album details Track listing Peak chart positionsJPNOricon JPNBillboard HueReleased: May 24, 2017 Label: Saihate Records Formats: CD, digital download6 tracks
Rubber Human world.search(you); DK
Opium Excαlibur 25 21 To Kill a Living Book -for Library Of Ruina-Release: October 9, 2021 Label: Saihate Records Format: CD, Cassette, Vinyl, digital download Soundtrack from the video game Library of Ruina8 tracks
String Theocracy From a Place of Love And Then is Heard No More Iron Lotus Children of the City Gone Angels Poems of a Machine Salt, Pepper, Birds, and the Thought Police - - Let's LamentReleased: Jan 21, 2024 Label: Saihate Records Format: Digital download, Vinyl Piano remixes of music from Limbus Company2 tracks
In Hell We Live, Lament (Let's Lament) Between Two Worlds (Let's Lament) - -
Single Title Year Track listing Peak positions AlbumJPNOricon "Rightfully" 20185 tracks
Rightfully (opening theme for television anime Goblin Slayer) Mob Mentality Region Though Our Paths May Diverge Rightfully (instrumental) 24 rowspan="3" "Intrauterine Education" 20206 tracks
sustain++; (ending song for television anime Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045) Petrolea War of Shame sustain++; (instrumental) Petrolea (instrumental) War of Shame (instrumental) 30 20204 tracks
Ame to Taieki to Nioi (ending song for television anime Gleipnir) Static(ending song for anime movie Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown) Ame to Taieki to Nioi (instrumental) Static (instrumental) 28
Others Title Release date Notes Track Listing Source "Chocological" October 28, 2012 Included in compilation album Music on Our Palms1 track
Chocological MuNiCa – Cry of Pluto [Original Soundtrack] April 7, 2013 Soundtrack for the video game MuNiCa - Cry of Pluto8 tracks
Main Theme A Wonderful Tale The Cathedral Which Burns In Imperial Cathedral Unexpected Madism Main Theme (Piano Version) Outro H△G×Mili November 27, 2013 Split album with H△G4 tracks
Witch's Invitation Sacramentum:Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino Nine Point Eight 星見る頃を過ぎても -Canon and Gigue in Plectrum Remix- "Klavier" March 8, 2014 Piano album by Yamato Kasai5 tracks
A Flower Sings 999 L.O.V. Flashback Ephemeral "Holy and Darkness 1" December 22, 2014 Collaboration with Tasuku Arai1 track
Holy and Darkness 1 H△G×Mili vol.2 May 9, 2015 Split album with H△G4 tracks
Cerebrite Space Colony Inhibition Colorful ENDER LILIES:Quietus of the Knights Original Soundtrack June 22, 2021 Original soundtrack for Binary Haze Interactive's Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights50 tracks Key Ingredient June 2, 2022 Piano Cover album of previously released songs, instrumental version also released13 tracks
A Turtle's Heart world.execute(me); Iron Lotus RTRT TOKYO NEON Rubber Human Birthday Kid String Theocracy Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery Lemonade Summoning 101 From a Place of Love Chocological
References
External links
Mili on YouTube