Singer-songwriter Miliyah Kato was born on June 22, 1988, in Aichi Prefecture. She began writing lyrics at the age of 10 and passed the Sony Music audition at age 13. She later began composing music as well. During middle school, she traveled from Nagoya to Tokyo on weekends to take singing lessons. She made her major debut in her first year of high school with the single "Never let go/Yozora." Her realistic, down-to-earth lyrics and sense of melody earned her popularity as a "high school girl celebrity." Her first album, "Rose," released the following year, debuted at No. 2 on the Oricon charts. In 2009, her single "Aitai" achieved 1.8 million downloads, and her collaboration with Shimizu Shota, "Love Forever," achieved 2.8 million downloads, making her an icon of the digital age.

His high fashion sense has always been noted, and in 2006 he started his own fashion brand, "Kawi Jamele," which he designs himself, and since 2011 he has been active as a novelist.

In April of this year, Kato Miliyah and Shimizu Shota released their greatest hits album, "THE BEST." On the 13th of this month (local time), he appeared with Nakashima Mika at the FIFA Fan Fest, a World Cup-related event held in Brazil, and performed the official World Cup song, "Fighter," in front of approximately 100,000 soccer fans.