is a female Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 singer from Utsunomiya, Tochigi

Utsunomiya, Tochigi

is the capital and most populous city of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. In October 2010 the city had an estimated population of 510,416 and a population density of 1,224.49 people per square kilometer. The total area is 416.84 km². had a population of 888,005 in the 2000 Census...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. She has sung many songs that have appeared in video games and anime. One of her notable songs in games is , the "bad end" ending theme to the visual novel School Days

School Days (visual novel)

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by 0verflow and published by Stack, and was originally released for the PC on April 28, 2005. It was subsequently released as a DVD TV game by Stack, followed by an all-ages port titled School Days L×H published by Interchannel for the PlayStation 2, in...

. Itō has also sung songs for a drama CD and anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 adaptations of School Days. She has sung songs for the games Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer

Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer

is a Japanese action and horror visual novel by Nitroplus. It's Nitroplus' third game, and the script is written by Gen Urobuchi. Kikokugai takes place in a dystopian future China.-External links:*...

, Saya no Uta

Saya no Uta

is a visual novel by Nitroplus with horror elements. The original plot is written by Gen Urobuchi.Like Nitroplus' heavily Mythos-inspired Demonbane series, Saya no Uta's plot is somewhat Lovecraftian...

, Demonbane

Demonbane

is a series by Nitroplus with mecha and Cthulhu Mythos elements. Beginning as an eroge for the PC, it was ported into a PlayStation 2 non-eroge remake, a sequel visual novel, a prequel novel, a television anime adaptation and a conversion to manga...

, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

, known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs...

, Chaos;Head

Chaos;Head

, stylized as ChäoS;HEAd, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus that was released on April 25, 2008 for the PC. A port of the game, named , for the Xbox 360 console was released on February 26, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a...

, and Steins;Gate

Steins;Gate

is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, and was released on October 15, 2009 for the Xbox 360. This is the two companies' second time collaborating together after Chaos;Head. A port to the Windows operating system on the PC was released on August 26, 2010 and a port for Sony's...

along with the anime series Please Twins!

Please Twins!

, is an anime television series, scripted by Yousuke Kuroda and produced by Bandai Visual, which was later adapted into a light novel and one-volume manga series. It centers on a family of three teenagers in high school all living together who are unsure which two of them are related to each other...

, Myself ; Yourself

Myself ; Yourself

is a Japanese visual novel developed by Yeti which was released on December 20, 2007 for the PlayStation 2. Myself ; Yourself is the second original game published by Regista, the first being I/O. Takumi Nakazawa, the main scenario writer for the infinity series , is the principal writer for Myself...

, and Hatenkō Yūgi

Dazzle (manga)

is a Japanese manga by Minari Endoh. There have been eleven volumes published in Japan as of December 25, 2007. The series was being published in English in North America by Tokyopop, however, when Tokyopop closed, 10 out of the current 12 volumes were published in English. The license has not been...

. Her song "DD" on her single "A Wish For The Stars" has her singing in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

.

Singles

• "Ethereal Echo", released April 28, 2006
  1. "Rise on Green Wings" (Kishin Hishō Demonbane
     Demonbane
     is a series by Nitroplus with mecha and Cthulhu Mythos elements. Beginning as an eroge for the PC, it was ported into a PlayStation 2 non-eroge remake, a sequel visual novel, a prequel novel, a television anime adaptation and a conversion to manga...
     
     opening theme)
  2. "Angel's Ladder" (Kishin Hishō Demonbane ending theme)
  3. "Roar" (Kishin Hishō Demonbane theme song)
  4. "Rise on Green Wings" (instrumental)

• "Escape", released February 22, 2007
  1. "Escape" (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri
     Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
     , known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs...
     
     ending theme)
  2. "Friend" (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri ending theme)
  3. "Escape" (off vocal)
  4. "Friend" (off vocal)

, released October 24, 2007

• 1. "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to" (Myself ; Yourself
     Myself ; Yourself
     is a Japanese visual novel developed by Yeti which was released on December 20, 2007 for the PlayStation 2. Myself ; Yourself is the second original game published by Regista, the first being I/O. Takumi Nakazawa, the main scenario writer for the infinity series , is the principal writer for Myself...
     
     anime ending theme)
  2. "Ivy" (Myself ; Yourself visual novel second opening theme)
  3. "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to" (off vocal)
  4. "Ivy" (off vocal)

• "Heartbreaking Romance", released February 20, 2008
  1. "Heartbreaking Romance" (Hatenkō Yūgi
     Dazzle (manga)
     is a Japanese manga by Minari Endoh. There have been eleven volumes published in Japan as of December 25, 2007. The series was being published in English in North America by Tokyopop, however, when Tokyopop closed, 10 out of the current 12 volumes were published in English. The license has not been...
     
     opening theme)
  2. "Take you as you are" (Hatenkō Yūgi image song)
  3. "Heartbreaking Romance" (off vocal version)
  4. "Take you as you are" (off vocal version)

• "Find the blue", released May 7, 2008
  1. "Find the blue" (Chaos;Head
     Chaos;Head
     , stylized as ChäoS;HEAd, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus that was released on April 25, 2008 for the PC. A port of the game, named , for the Xbox 360 console was released on February 26, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a...
     
     game opening theme)
  2. "Desire Blue sky" (Chaos;Head game ending theme)
  3. "Find the blue" (off vocal)
  4. "Desire Blue sky" (off vocal)

, released June 26, 2008

• 1. "Tsuisō no Despair" (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Tatari
     Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
     , known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs...
     
     opening theme)
  2. (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Tatari image song)
  3. "Tsuisō no Despair" (off vocal)
  4. "Toppū" (off vocal)

, released July 16, 2008

• 1. "Tsuioku no Kaze" (Togainu no Chi True Blood
     Togainu no Chi
     is a Japanese BL visual novel created by Nitro+CHiRAL. The plot centers on Akira, a young man who was made to participate in a deadly game called "Igura" in post-apocalyptical Japan in exchange for being freed from jail. His goal is to beat "Il Re" , the strongest person in Igura...
     
     ending theme)
  2. "Still Alter ego version" (Togainu no Chi ending theme rearranged)
  3. "Tsuioku no Kaze" (off vocal)
  4. "Still Alter ego version" (off vocal)

• "A Wish For The Stars", released August 6, 2008
  1. "A Wish For The Stars" (Blassreiter
     Blassreiter
     is a 2008 Japanese anime from the animation studio Gonzo and the multimedia studio Nitro+. The title is pseudo-German and literally means "Pale Rider"...
     
     second ending theme)
  2. "DD" (Blassreiter insert song)
  3. "A Wish For The Stars" (off vocal)
  4. "DD" (off vocal)

• "F.D.D.", released October 29, 2008
  1. "F.D.D." (Chaos;Head
     Chaos;Head
     , stylized as ChäoS;HEAd, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus that was released on April 25, 2008 for the PC. A port of the game, named , for the Xbox 360 console was released on February 26, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a...
     
     anime opening theme)
  2. "Fly to the sky" (Chaos;Head
     Chaos;Head
     , stylized as ChäoS;HEAd, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus that was released on April 25, 2008 for the PC. A port of the game, named , for the Xbox 360 console was released on February 26, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a...
     
     anime image song)
  3. "F.D.D." (off vocal)
  4. "Fly to the sky" (off vocal)

• "Fake Me", released February 25, 2009
  1. "Fake Me" (Chaos;Head Noah
     Chaos;Head
     , stylized as ChäoS;HEAd, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus that was released on April 25, 2008 for the PC. A port of the game, named , for the Xbox 360 console was released on February 26, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a...
     
     Xbox 360
     Xbox 360
     The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
     
      game opening theme)
  2. "A Will" (Chaos;Head Noah
     Chaos;Head
     , stylized as ChäoS;HEAd, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus that was released on April 25, 2008 for the PC. A port of the game, named , for the Xbox 360 console was released on February 26, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a...
     
     Xbox 360
     Xbox 360
     The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
     
      game ending theme)
  3. "Fake Me" (off vocal)
  4. "A Will" (off vocal)

, released October 28, 2009

• 1. "Skyclad no Kansokusha" (Steins;Gate
     Steins;Gate
     is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, and was released on October 15, 2009 for the Xbox 360. This is the two companies' second time collaborating together after Chaos;Head. A port to the Windows operating system on the PC was released on August 26, 2010 and a port for Sony's...
     
     opening theme)
  2. "Another Heaven" (Steins;Gate
     Steins;Gate
     is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, and was released on October 15, 2009 for the Xbox 360. This is the two companies' second time collaborating together after Chaos;Head. A port to the Windows operating system on the PC was released on August 26, 2010 and a port for Sony's...
     
     ending theme)
  3. "Skyclad no Kansokusha" (off vocal)
  4. "Another Heaven" (off vocal)

• "Fetishism Ark", released June 30, 2010
  1. "Fetishism Ark" (Chaos;Head Noah PSP
     PlayStation Portable
     The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
     
      game opening theme)
  2. (Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu!
     Chaos;Head
     , stylized as ChäoS;HEAd, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus that was released on April 25, 2008 for the PC. A port of the game, named , for the Xbox 360 console was released on February 26, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a...
     
     ending theme)
  3. "Fetishism Ark" (off vocal)
  4. "Kono Sora no Kanata ni" (off vocal)

• "A. R. / Star-Crossed", released July 28, 2010
  1. "A. R." (Steins;Gate PC game image song)
  2. "Star-Crossed" (Starry Sky: in Spring PSP game ending theme)
  3. "A. R." (off vocal)
  4. "Star-Crossed" (off vocal)

• "Hacking to The Gate", released April 27, 2011
  1. "Hacking to The Gate" (Steins;Gate anime opening theme)
  3. "Hacking to The Gate" (off vocal)
  4. "Reliance" (off vocal)

Albums

, released February 27, 2004

• 4. (Saya no Uta
     Saya no Uta
     is a visual novel by Nitroplus with horror elements. The original plot is written by Gen Urobuchi.Like Nitroplus' heavily Mythos-inspired Demonbane series, Saya no Uta's plot is somewhat Lovecraftian...
     
     ending theme)
  5. "Blaze Up" ("Hello, world." ending theme)

, released May 27, 2005

• 1. (Jingai Makyō
     Jingai Makyo
     is a Japanese adult visual novel game developed by Nitroplus that was released on June 24, 2005. According to sources it is defined as a "Romantic Adventure". As the game has not been translated into English, very little is known about it to English readers...
     
     ending theme)
  5. "Ride"
  7. (Jingai Makyō ending theme)
  9. "Still" [Japanese version] (Togainu no Chi
     Togainu no Chi
     is a Japanese BL visual novel created by Nitro+CHiRAL. The plot centers on Akira, a young man who was made to participate in a deadly game called "Igura" in post-apocalyptical Japan in exchange for being freed from jail. His goal is to beat "Il Re" , the strongest person in Igura...
     
     ending theme)

• Largo, released October 4, 2006
  1. "Moonstruck"
  2. "Heaven"
  3. "Rise"
  4. "Lamento" (Lamento: Beyond the Void theme song)
  5. (Kishin Hishō Demonbane
     Demonbane
     is a series by Nitroplus with mecha and Cthulhu Mythos elements. Beginning as an eroge for the PC, it was ported into a PlayStation 2 non-eroge remake, a sequel visual novel, a prequel novel, a television anime adaptation and a conversion to manga...
     
     anime ending theme)
  9. (Gekkō no Carnevale
     Gekko no Carnevale
     is a Japanese eroge visual novel developed by Nitroplus that was released on January 26, 2007. Gekkō no Carnevale has been adapted into a manga and there is also a light novel based on an alternate story...
     
     theme song)
  10. "Voltage"
  12. (Night Wizard!
      Night Wizard!
      is a Japanese contemporary fantasy role-playing game designed by Takeshi Kikuchi and FarEast Amusement Research released in 2002. In the modern-day earth campaign setting, player characters called Wizards fight against the world enemy named Emulators and their lords Maō and explore the dungeons...
      
      drama CD ending theme)

• Another Best, released December 10, 2008
  1. (Shinju no Yakata opening theme)
  2. "La Liberte" (7 online gamers ~offline~ opening theme)
  3. (Kishin Hishō Demonbane
     Demonbane
     is a series by Nitroplus with mecha and Cthulhu Mythos elements. Beginning as an eroge for the PC, it was ported into a PlayStation 2 non-eroge remake, a sequel visual novel, a prequel novel, a television anime adaptation and a conversion to manga...
     
     image song)
  4. "Trigger in My Heart" (Chaosic Rune radio drama second opening theme)
  5. , (School Days
     School Days (visual novel)
     is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by 0verflow and published by Stack, and was originally released for the PC on April 28, 2005. It was subsequently released as a DVD TV game by Stack, followed by an all-ages port titled School Days L×H published by Interchannel for the PlayStation 2, in...
     
     game ending theme)
  6. (School Days Little Promise drama CD theme song)
  7. , (School Days anime ending theme)
  8. "Friend"
  9. (Kishin Hishō Demonbane
     Demonbane
     is a series by Nitroplus with mecha and Cthulhu Mythos elements. Beginning as an eroge for the PC, it was ported into a PlayStation 2 non-eroge remake, a sequel visual novel, a prequel novel, a television anime adaptation and a conversion to manga...
     
     DVD image song)
  10. "Heartbreaking Romance"
  11. (Shamana Shamana: Tsuki to Kokoro to Taiyō no Mahō opening theme)
  12. (Shamana Shamana: Tsuki to Kokoro to Taiyō no Mahō ending theme)
  13. "From This Place" (Please Twins!
      Please Twins!
      , is an anime television series, scripted by Yousuke Kuroda and produced by Bandai Visual, which was later adapted into a light novel and one-volume manga series. It centers on a family of three teenagers in high school all living together who are unsure which two of them are related to each other...
      
      anime image song)
  14. "Even Though You Left"
  15. "Paradise"

• <<>>, released August 26, 2009
  1. "Open The <<>>"
  2. "Liberty"
  3. "Sunday Sunshine!"
  4. "Dear my stars"
  6. "technovision" (Steins;Gate insert song)
  11. "déjà vu"

• ChaosAttractor, released January 27, 2010
  3. "fake me"
  4. "Find the blue"
  5. "escape"
  6. "A WILL"
  7. "friend"
  8. "ivy"
  9. "F.D.D"
  10. (Chaos;Head
      Chaos;Head
      , stylized as ChäoS;HEAd, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus that was released on April 25, 2008 for the PC. A port of the game, named , for the Xbox 360 console was released on February 26, 2009. The game is described by the development team as a...
      
      PC game ending theme)
  11. "Desire Blue sky"
  13. "Another Heaven"
  14. (hidden bonus track)
  15. "Fly to the sky" (hidden bonus track)

Single songs in compilations

, ending theme to Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer

Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer

is a Japanese action and horror visual novel by Nitroplus. It's Nitroplus' third game, and the script is written by Gen Urobuchi. Kikokugai takes place in a dystopian future China.-External links:*...

(2002), , "There's The Earth Link Somewhere", opening, ending, and insert songs to "Hello, world." (2002), ending theme to Zanma Taisei Demonbane

Demonbane

is a series by Nitroplus with mecha and Cthulhu Mythos elements. Beginning as an eroge for the PC, it was ported into a PlayStation 2 non-eroge remake, a sequel visual novel, a prequel novel, a television anime adaptation and a conversion to manga...

(2003) ending theme to Saya no Uta

Saya no Uta

is a visual novel by Nitroplus with horror elements. The original plot is written by Gen Urobuchi.Like Nitroplus' heavily Mythos-inspired Demonbane series, Saya no Uta's plot is somewhat Lovecraftian...

(2003), from Please Twins!

Please Twins!

, is an anime television series, scripted by Yousuke Kuroda and produced by Bandai Visual, which was later adapted into a light novel and one-volume manga series. It centers on a family of three teenagers in high school all living together who are unsure which two of them are related to each other...

 Image Vocal Album

Image song

An image song or character song is a song on a tie-in single or album for an anime, game or dorama that is usually sung by the seiyū or actor of a character, in character...

: Esquisse (2003)

• "I Myself Am Hell", ending theme to Phantom: The Animation
  Phantom of Inferno
  Phantom of Inferno is a visual novel game created by Nitroplus, and distributed by Hirameki International . It came out in Japan in 2000, and then was distributed in America as an AnimePlay title in 2003...
  
  OVA
  Original video animation
  , abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...
  
   (2004)
• "Shadow in the dark", theme song to Kishin Hōkō Demonbane
  Demonbane
  is a series by Nitroplus with mecha and Cthulhu Mythos elements. Beginning as an eroge for the PC, it was ported into a PlayStation 2 non-eroge remake, a sequel visual novel, a prequel novel, a television anime adaptation and a conversion to manga...
  
  PS2 game (2004), , and , opening and ending themes to Chibi Mama (2004), opening theme to Jingai Makyō
  Jingai Makyo
  is a Japanese adult visual novel game developed by Nitroplus that was released on June 24, 2005. According to sources it is defined as a "Romantic Adventure". As the game has not been translated into English, very little is known about it to English readers...
  
  (2005), ending theme to Hanachirasu
  Hanachirasu
  is a Japanese eroge visual novel by Nitroplus released September 30, 2005. Like many Nitroplus titles it is both an action and graphically dark visual novel.-Plot and Setting:...
  
  (2005), ending theme to Dra+KoI (2006), , "When The End", , insert songs to Lamento: Beyond the Void (2006)
• "Happy blue sky trip", ending theme to the visual novel Sumaga (2008), an insert song to the visual novel Amber Quartz (2009)
• "Call of the Dungeon", opening theme to Cladun x2, the sequel to the Cladun: This is an RPG
  Cladun: This is an RPG
  is an action role-playing game for the PlayStation Portable. It was developed by System Prisma, a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software and released on September 21, 2010 in Japan. It features cooperative and competitive gameplay with up to three other players. Dungeons are randomly generated and the...
  
  PSP
  PlayStation Portable
  The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
  
  game (2011)

External links

• Kanako Itō's personal website