Geila Zilkha

Geila Zilkha (ギラ・ジルカ）
Jazz Vocalist, Songwriter/Lyricist, Jazz Educator and a mother.
Born in Kobe, Japan between an Israeli father and a Japanese mother.
She attended and graduated from Canadian Academy Kobe, and then graduated from
Berklee College of Music with a Music Bachelors degree(1991).

She studied Voice in college. Soon after coming back to Japan, she began singing in local Jazz clubs and she also appeared in TV as a host, and she was a DJ at FM802(`92-94) and InterFM(`97). After the 1995 earthquake that hit Kobe, she moved to Tokyo to find new paths in her career. 2021 marks her 30th year as a Vocalist and will be releasing 2 albums in January of 2022.


2018-Live album “Live at TheGlee”
2018-Begins tour with MISIA as her chorus member. Geila wrote “Jewelry” and “Aoi Tsukikage”for MISIA. Appeared on the “NHK KOHAKU” and “TBS Record Taisho” with MISIA the same year.
2018-20-Takes a position as a professor at OSAKA GEIDAI University of Arts.
2019-For her 50th birthday, she releases her first all Japanese original album “50” from Universal Music Japan.
2020-Continues performing with MISIA during COVID19. (TBS, NHK, BLUENOTE TOKYO...)
2021-celebrates her 30th year in her career as a Vocalist.
2022- January, Geila Zilkha & Super Soul Jazz will release 2 albums " COVERS" and "ORIGINALS"
JAZZ DUET GROUP “SOLO-DUO” with singing partner Ayumu Yahaba is releasing a new album “BURRITO” soon!! They are in their 15th year and will in tour all over Japan!