(born June 28, 1974, in

Kamakura , officially , is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 people per km2 over the tota ...

, Japan) is a Japanese-American singer. Due to her upbringing, she is

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and has performed in both English and (more commonly) Japanese. She attended

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, Massachusetts, US. She is a member of Reggae Disco Rockers and has a solo career. She sang both the opening and ending theme songs of ''Infinite Ryvius'', the ending theme for ''The Twelve Kingdoms'' and the ending theme songs of ''Phantasy Star Online 2'', "Living on like stars" and "Crying Your Phantasy", from EPISODE 2 and EPISODE 6's normal ending, respectively. With her career taking off, more chances to showcase her singing finally came. She is the vocalist for the second ending theme for ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', "Life Goes On". This song was ranked top in Oricon daily single chart on first day of its release, and later ranked fourth in Oricon weekly single chart that same first week. She was featured on

Jazztronik Jazztronik is a Japanese music group by the Tokyo-based DJ/producer/pianist Ryota Nozaki, that does not have fixed members. Jazztronik has released two albums and two EPs since 1998 on label Flower Records. In 2001 Jazztronik also released ...

's album GRAND BLUE, on the track "Sanctuary," which came out in June 2007 from

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Records, Japan. She also performed during the opening ceremony of Pride Shockwave 2006, a Mixed Martial Arts event. She led a gospel choir in a rendition of " The Hymn of Joy".

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Reggae Disco Rockers Official Web Site

Traveling Water – 楽天ブログ（Blog）
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有坂美香Reggae Disco Rockers on MySpace Music
*Kawasaki, Naoko. "Mika Arisaka packs her seven-year career into ''TV Song Book 1999–2006''". (January 2007) ''Newtype USA''. p. 121. {{DEFAULTSORT:Arisaka, Mika Japanese women musicians Japanese musicians Berklee College of Music alumni Living people People from Kamakura American women musicians of Japanese descent 1974 births Japanese emigrants to the United States American musicians of Japanese descent Singers from Kanagawa Prefecture Musicians from Kamakura Anime musicians 21st-century American women musicians