Tigarah grew up in Tokyo, went to a Catholic girls' school run by French nuns and later studied political science and law. After that, she needed a place to speak her mind and found it: Music. Her goal is to impact society, she constantly escapes the comfortable spaces, expresses herself and wants to make people think. Influenced by the mp3 collections of her international friends, she started a worldwide music project and promptly embarked on a trip to Brazil to experience the local music scene. Since 2005, she recorded music with producer MR.D in Sao Paulo, Los Angeles, Berlin and Tokyo.

Being "outsiders" in the music industry (Tigarah has a degree in political science, MR.D went to medical school and studies economics), Tigarah's music is extremely fresh, bold, unconventional and international: Brazilian baile funk meets electro-tech, pop and trash rock elements. She was invited to tour in the US, Sweden, Brazil and Japan, and her music was featured in the EA games Need for Speed, Fifa 2007 and 2008, and Facebreaker. Tigarah drummed up impressive international media coverage: Highlights are The LA Times, MTV Brazil, Programma do Jo (Sao Paulo), NPR and Dazed & Confused Magazine (UK).

Tigarah fights against conformity, small-mindedness and arrogance. Heavy-handed attempts by the music industry to box her into the "sexy girl category" or the "Japanese manga stereotype" failed miserably and delayed the release of her first album "Revolution" by almost two years. However, Tigarah's label Universal is on course to release the record in November 2008 in Japan, with international releases to follow in 2009.

Tigarah lists as artistic influence and inspiration: Che Guevara, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Jackson, Blur, The Chemical Brothers, and Fatboy Slim.