Kataomoi Rider w/ Kokoro Yoho

[Machine Translation] A 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Hiroshima Prefecture. Her song "Kokoro Yoshi" (Kokoro Prediction), for which she wrote the lyrics, was selected as the theme song for Hiroshima Home Television's "Ame-nochi Hare" (Rain and Sunshine), and has been attracting attention in Hiroshima and other parts of Japan. He also gained national attention through TV Asahi's music program "music TV," and his activities outside of Hiroshima are expanding. Such activities caught the attention of the local government, which commissioned him to write a tourism theme song for Aki Ota Town, the smallest town in Hiroshima Prefecture. She was impressed by the rural town and nature that gently embraced her, which had changed since she was in elementary school, and wrote the song "Sky," which brought healing to the people of Aki Ota. Her voice from such a small town reached outside of the prefecture, and she was asked to compose the official song for Saitama Prefecture's "LOVE bicycle SAITAMA". The official song she wrote, "Katamari Rider," was chosen as the theme song for Hiroshima Home Television's new program, "Ashita Kinenhi (Ashita Anniversary). Offers from all over the prefecture and beyond poured in, as they heard about her singing at various local events, large and small, and creating soothing theme songs for them. Riko Marumoto has been receiving offers from all over the prefecture and beyond. Riko Marumoto is an unpretentious and natural singer who sings in various regions.

広島県出身22歳のシンガーソングライター。広島ホームテレビ「雨のち晴れ」の主題歌に抜擢され、自身が作詞作曲を手がけた「ココロ予報」は広島を中心に話題を集める。更にはテレビ朝日の音楽番組「musicるTV」で、全国的にも注目され広島以外での活動の場が広がる。そんな活動が地元自治体の目にとまり、広島県で最も小さな町、安芸太田町から観光テーマソングを手掛けることになる。小学生の時以来訪れた安芸太田町で、大人になって変わってしまった自分を優しく包み込んでくれる田舎町と自然に感銘を受け書いた曲「空」は、安芸太田町の人々に癒しを届けた。そんな小さな町から発信した彼女の歌声が県外にも届き、埼玉県「LOVE bicycle SAITAMA」公式ソングの作曲依頼が舞い込んできた。手掛けた公式ソング「片思いライダー」は、広島ホームテレビ新番組「あした記念日」のテーマソングにも抜擢された。大小問わず、様々な地域のイベントにおいて、癒しとなるテーマソングを手掛けては歌い歩く彼女の噂を聞きつけて、県内外各所からオファーが殺到。「月並みだけど、歌を聴いてくれた人に元気を与えられるようなアーティストになりたい。」丸本莉子は、様々な地域を歌い歩く飾らない自然体(ナチュラル)シンガーである。