[1] Her mentor was Japanese singer-songwriter Anmi Yamada, who taught Aoba the craft of the instrument.

[citation needed] In 2013, Aoba was asked to work for a theatre production of "9 Days Queen", a stage play by playwright Go Aoki.

She has also worked with Takahiro Fujita's Mum & Gypsy company in a production of "Cocoon", as well as a revival of "Lemming" by Shūji Terayama.

[2] Aoba features on the soundtrack of the 2019 Nintendo Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

[4] Aoba has collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Taylor Deupree, Cornelius, Haruomi Hosono, Mac DeMarco, Sweet William, and MahiToThePeople.