Career
She is primarily known as the vocalist of the New York City group Cibo Matto. She is also known for her work with virtual band Gorillaz, as she is the first person to provide the voice of animated member Noodle. Hatori expressed an early interest in music while growing up in Japan.
She worked in a record shop where she was exposed to many different styles of music, and sometimes performed as a club DJ. Miho moved to the United States, New York circa 1993 to study art
The first New York band she was in was a punk band called Leitoh Lychee for which she provided the vocals, and also played violin through a distortion effects pedal. Cibo Matto went on to release two albums, Viva! Louisiana Woman in 1996 and Stereo ★ Type A in 1999.
She also contributed vocals to Cibo Matto band-mate Sean Lennon"s solo album, Into the Sun in 1998. Cibo Matto broke up in 2001, but came back with a reunion tour in 2011.
While Cibo Matto was touring with Beck, Hatori and Beck guitarist Smokey Hormel discovered a shared love of bossa nova and samba, which eventually resulted in their Brazilian-styled musical project Smokey & Miho.
Other artists she has worked with include Handsome Boy Modeling School on the album Southern How"s Your Girl?, DJ Towa Tei, Stephin Merritt"s The 6ths, The Baldwin Brothers, Beastie Boys, Blackalicious, Peter Daily, Greg Kurstin (Action Figure Party), Forró in the Dark, John Zorn, and The Incredible Moses Leroy. Miho has also performed solo and on October 21, 2005 her first solo album, Ecdysis was released in Japan, later to the American and European market.
The song, "Birthday Cake," from the first Cibo Matto album was used in the Xbox game, Jet Secretariat Radio Future.
Radio Radio Interview - November 2006 - 3SYN 90.7FM Melbourne, Australia -- Uncut Interview Post KCRW In-studio performance - February 2007 Santa Monica, California Spinning on Air.