is a Japanese singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. She debuted in 1999 as the singer of the opening and ending themes to Key's

Key (company)

Key is a Japanese visual novel studio which formed on July 21, 1998 as a brand under the publisher Visual Art's and is located in Kita, Osaka, Japan. Key released their debut visual novel Kanon in June 1999, which combined an elaborate storyline, an up-to-date anime-style drawing style, and a...

 visual novel

Visual novel

A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...

 Kanon

Kanon

is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key and originally released as an adult game on June 4, 1999, playable on a Microsoft Windows PC. An all ages version for the PC was released in January 2000, and was later ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable...

. In 2000, she formed the two-member group Blue Velvet with Shūichi Aoki. She later became a guest vocalist for I've Sound

I've Sound

I've Sound, or simply called , is a Japanese techno/trance music production group based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Led by Kazuya Takase, it features the talents of seasoned "sound creators" and many different female vocalists, known as to their fans....

 and appeared at the Nippon Budokan

Nippon Budokan

The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in central Tokyo, Japan.This is the location where many "Live at the Budokan" albums were recorded...

 on October 15, 2005 at I've concert "I've in Budokan 2005: Open the Birth Gate". She sung two songs there: a remix version of "Verge" and the normal version of "Last regrets". In 2006, Ayana sung the remix version of Kanons opening and ending themes on the single "Last regrets / Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho". On June 20, 2007, she held her first live concert at Roppongi

Roppongi

is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike...

 in Tokyo. In October 2007, Ayana reported on her blog that she was married and was pregnant. She gave birth to a son on March 31, 2008.

Solo

• "Last regrets" (opening theme of Kanon
  Kanon
  is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key and originally released as an adult game on June 4, 1999, playable on a Microsoft Windows PC. An all ages version for the PC was released in January 2000, and was later ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable...
  
  ; June 1999) (ending theme of Kanon; June 1999)
• I've Girls Compilation vol.1 Regret (December 1999 with I've Sound
  I've Sound
  I've Sound, or simply called , is a Japanese techno/trance music production group based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Led by Kazuya Takase, it features the talents of seasoned "sound creators" and many different female vocalists, known as to their fans....
  
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  • "Last regrets"
  • "Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho"
• I've Girls Compilation vol.2 Verge (July 2000 with I've Sound)
  • "Freak of Nature：Start"
  • "Freak of Nature：End"
  • "Uneasy"
• Platinum Soundtrack (January 2002)
  • "White Distance"
• Aka Original Soundtrack (December 2003)

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• Feel So Good!! Feel Original Re-arrange/Remix Album #001 (December 2003)
  • "Sunagin ~City of the Night Mix~"
• Flower Feel Vocal Showcase:001 (December 2004)

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• Best of Verve-circle I've Found the Fountains of Paradise (August 2004)
  • "Sky Gray"
• I've Remix Stle Mixed up (December 2004 with I've Sound)
  • "Verge" (Mixed up ver.)
• Angel Type Soundtrack CD Legato (October 2005)
  • "Monologue"
  • "Catharsis"
  • "Loves"
• Live DVD I've in Budokan 2005: Open the Birth Gate (June 2006 with I've Sound)
• Live DVD I've in Budokan 2005: Complete Edit (November 2006 with I've Sound)
• "Last regrets / Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho" (December 2006)

With Blue Velvet

• First album Open~ (August 2000)
• Maxi single
  Maxi single
  A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...
  
  I Am Calling You (June 2001)
• Second album Rescue (August 2001)
• Second single (December 2002)
• Third album The Acoustic Side (April 2003)
• Fourth album Another World (December 2004)

External links

• Ayana's personal website
• Blue Velvet's official website
• Ayana on Anison Database