Raia creates and sings cinematic tracks which are both haunting and epic. Drawing on her roots as a Japanese-born classical pianist and harpsichordist, she fuses influences from various genres including metal, folk, pop, rock and cyber into songs which tell stories, real and imagined.

Raia is the music project of Mia Watanabe. Based in tropical North Queensland, Australia, she writes music inspired by fleeting things and the human struggle against power.

Raia creates and sings cinematic tracks which are both haunting and epic. Drawing on her roots as a Japanese-born classical pianist and harpsichordist, she fuses influences from various genres including metal, folk, pop, rock and cyber into songs which tell stories, real and imagined.

Raia is the music project of Mia Watanabe. Based in tropical North Queensland, Australia, she writes music inspired by fleeting things and the human struggle against power.