There are 2 artists with the name Ala: 1. ala - was formally a seven-member Japanese rock band under the indie label, FREEKOUT RECORDS. They were made up of two vocalists (Yuki Arai & Seiji Sato), bassist (Tsukasa Sato), guitarist (Kentaro Miura), drummer (Teppei Seino), tenor saxophone (Takahiro Kuruma) and alto saxophone (Kana Koguchi). After the release of their mini-album in June 2008, Yuki, one of the bands lead vocalists began suffering from a throat condition and decided to leave the band.