Geila Zilkha

Geila Zilkha (ギラ･ジルカ) (born August 15 1969 [http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~warapon/data00/birth-0815.htm] ) is a half Israeli-half Japanese jazz singer and choral director.

A 1991 graduate of Berklee College of Music [http://www.berklee.edu/alumni/an_list.cgi] , Zilkha moved to Japan to pursue a vocal career after being raised in the United States. 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 (usually credited simply as Geila), including "My Summer Love", featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution.

In 2001, she formed a gospel-style choir in Tokyo, called the Voissalot Choir, and currently remains the director.

In 2005-2006, she sang a song, Return to Love (Jazz Version), that was featured in an anime called "SoltyRei". It can be found as song number 10 on the SoltyRei Original Soundtrack Vol 2 CD.

Discography (Bemani Related)

*My Summer Love with mitsu-O (Naoki Maeda). Featured in Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Plus (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (Japan), (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution GB 3 (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution (United States), Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix (Japan), Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection (Japan), and (United States).
*My Summer Love (Tommy's Smile Mix) with mitsu-O (Naoki Maeda). Featured in Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (Japan).

External links

* [http://www.geilajazz.com/ Geila Zilkha official website (Japanese)]
* [http://voissalot.jp/ Voissalot Choir website (Japanese)]
* [http://www.bemanistyle.com/artist/index.php?artist_id=1037 Bemanistyle.com link to songs by her]