OLIVIA

オリヴィア

Olivia Lufkin, professionally known as OLIVIA, is a Japanese American bilingual singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of an American father and a Japanese mother. Her two younger siblings are Jeffrey Lufkin, a musician she regularly collaborates with, and Caroline Lufkin, an independent musician. Lufkin launched her solo career after leaving the Japanese girl group D&D. She achieved mainstream success in 2006 by writing songs for the fictional band Trapnest under the alias Olivia Inspi' Reira (Trapnest); these tracks were featured in the popular anime adaptation of Nana. Mangaka Ai Yazawa personally asked her to provide the singing voice for Reira.
She is married to musician Owen Vallis, and they had their first son, Atlas, in 2014.