Geila Zilkha
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Geila Zilkha (ギラ・ジルカ) (born August 15, 1969 [1]) is a half Israeli-half Japanese jazz singer and choral director.
A 1991 graduate of Berklee College of Music [2], 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.