Geila Zilkha


Geila Zilkha is a half-Israeli half-Japanese jazz singer, choral director, and educator. Born and raised in Kobe, Japan.

Biography

A 1987 graduate of Canadian Academy, an international school in Kobe, A 1991 graduate of Berklee College of Music, Zilkha moved back to Japan to pursue a vocal career. She was a
survivor of the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, and between 1996 and 1999, she was a DJ for the show JAL Tokyo Balcony. She was also a guest vocalist on several dance-pop singles, including My Summer Love, featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution. She continues to live in Tokyo and teaches as a Jazz Vocal Instructor at Senzoku Music College in Yokohama, and has released two solo albums "all Me" in 2010 and "appearance" in 2011.
In 2001, she formed a gospel-style choir in Tokyo, called the Geila&Voissalot Choir. This group performed at the Apollo Theater in NewYork as an invited guest for Halem Hallelujah in March 2009. Voissalot choir remains as a group without her direction. This group has three albums released. "Crystal Aspiration" "With Your Life" and "Rose".
In 2005–2006, she sang a song, Return to Love , that was featured in an anime called SoltyRei. It can be found as song number 10 on the
SoltyRei Original Soundtrack Vol 2 CD. In 2012, she sang the songs, In a Moment's Time and Hitomi no Kioku, for the video game, Skullgirls
In 2019, She debuted with Ken-Chan as a Kayōkyoku singer.

Discography