Gabriela Robin is a singer and lyricist, credited for nonsensical and broken language lyrics and vocals on many songs composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno. There is virtually no information available on Gabriela Robin, leading many to speculate that "Gabriela Robin" is a pseudonym used by Yoko Kanno herself. The fact that Robin seems to have done no work apart from Kanno or Kanno's former husband, Hajime Mizoguchi, as well as the fact that some lyrics and vocals are credited to both Kanno and Robin in different sources, seems to support this theory. One may also note Kanno's refusal to speak of Robin, and Mizoguchi's response to questioning that Robin's identity and language are a "company secret". However, vocalist Ilaria Graziano, who works frequently with Yoko Kanno, has been cited as saying that [LINK: http://members.shaw.ca/ykdb/resources/interviews/ilariagraziano_fr.html] Robin is a person separate from Kanno.

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