Pile (パイル) | |
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Personal Information | |
Birthday | May 2, 1988 (age 35) |
Hometown | Tokyo, Japan |
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2.2 in) |
Blood Type | O |
Professional Information | |
Agency | Freelancer |
Debut Year | 2010 |
Status | Active |
Social Medias | |
Website | pile.asia |
Blog | Official blog |
@pile_eric | |
@pi_channnn52 | |
Hori Eriko (堀 絵梨子, born May 2, 1988), better known by her stage name Pile (パイル), is a Japanese-Korean singer, actress, and seiyuu from Tokyo. She was a member of the now mostly inactive seiyuu idol unit μ's (mu's) and the 3-member subgroup BiBi which are part of the Love Live! mixed media franchise. Her father is Japanese and her mother is Korean.
After 2017, she focused primarily on her solo music career.
Music career[]
Starting around late 2010, she also was part of the popular seiyuu idol unit μ's (mu's) and the subgroup BiBi. The larger group technically ended their official activities in 2016, but has appeared several times since in Love Live! reunion events and released a new single in 2020. With the group she has released 8 albums with 5 reaching the top 10 of the Oricon album charts (including two #1s) and 2 reaching the top 20. Her solo album (Love Live! Solo Live! from μ's Maki Nishikino (Pile) SCARLET PRINCESS 2014) as Maki with the μ's reached #31. The group released 7 non-anime related singles with the last two reaching the top 10 of the Oricon singles charts and the previous two reaching #31 and #30. Of their 18 anime related singles, half of them reached the top 5 of the Oricon singles charts with five peaking at #2 (「all the time」, 「Angelic Angel」/「Hello, counting the stars」, 「SUNNY DAY SONG」/「?←HEARTBEAT」, 「We are one light」/「Future style」, & 「A song for You! You? You!!」), two peaking in the top 10, and two just outside the top 10 at #11 and #12. With BiBi, she released 4 singles, three reached the top 10 of the Oricon singles charts with 「A Premonition of Winter」 (2013) and 「Illusion CROSSROADS」 (2016) both peaking at #2.
In 2013, she formed a duo with Kusuda Aina (under the stage name AINA) called Please&Secret. This status of this group is unknown after 2014, although an album was released in 2015. They did release 3 singles and an album. In 2014, she formed a duo with Iida Riho called 4to6 which released 1 single, but they only seemed to be active that year.
As solo singer she has been very successful and held a solo live at Budokan in late 2017. She has released 5 albums, the first three of which all reached the top 20 of the Oricon album charts. She has released 9 singles, 3 of which reached the top 10, 3 others reached the top 20, and 2 reached the top 40 of the Oricon singles charts with 『ドリームトリガー』 (dream trigger, 2015) peaking at #7. She has performed 7 anime tie-in songs and 6 other tie-in songs for CMs, games, TV shows, and other reasons. From 2015 to 2023, she has held 20 one-man lives. She has participated in 17 joint lives including Animelo Summer Live in 2015 and 2016.
Anime roles[]
Main roles[]
- Aira in Devidol! (2018 shorts)
- Aira in KochinPa! (2015 shorts, Dainiki 24 ep 2016 shorts)
- Maki Nishikino in ''Love Live! (School Idol Project 2013, OVA School Idol Project 2013 short, School Idol Project 2 S2 2014, School Idol Project: μ's →NEXT LoveLive! 2014 - Endless Parade Makuai Drama 3 ep special 2014 shorts, School Idol Project: μ's →NEXT LoveLive! 2014 - Endless Parade Encore Animation special 2014 short, School Idol Project Movie 2015 movie, School Idol Project Movie: Theater Manner CM 4 ep 2015 movie shorts, ONA School Idol Festival All Stars 2018 short)
Notable supporting roles[]
- Ria "Kamihate" Iwamura in King's Game (2017)
Other roles[]
- Kokoa Takeda in World Trigger (2014)
Images[]
Videos[]
See also[]
- Pile at the Japanese Music Wiki
- Pile at the Love Live! Wiki
External links[]
- Official website
- Official music artist page
- Official Twitter: @pile_eric
- Official Instagram
- Official Blog
- Other info