小山絵里奈 (Erina Koyama), born in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese musician. Her
debut song, “Dance with Tarantula”, attracted the attention of Ryuichi Sakamoto,
who encouraged her to pursue music professionally. He executive-produced her
2007 mini-album Inly. She followed it with Vividrop (2007), featuring prominent
engineers including Ted Jensen, Sakamoto, ZAK, and Nobukazu Takemura, and Nommo
(2008), which she largely created herself. She performed at the LEX2009 festival
in Nîmes, France, and later appeared on German and French broadcaster Arte. Her
work also includes music for fi...