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, real name
, born May 13, 1984, is a female Japanese singer-songwriter
from Utsunomiya. She is mostly known for her songs used in Japanese television shows, including several that had made the Oricon
charts.
She works for the record company EMI Music Japan, record labels Virgin Music and Pure Music
.
Post-indies
, born May 13, 1984, is a female 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...
from Utsunomiya. She is mostly known for her songs used in Japanese television shows, including several that had made the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
charts.
She works for the record company EMI Music Japan, record labels Virgin Music and Pure Music
Pure Music
Pure Music was the third and final album by jazz-rock fusion band Chase. The failure to sell the Ennea LP on a mass market forced Bill Chase to re-group several times and come up with a new musical approach, the result was 'Pure Music.' Though much of the music released on the album had been...
.
Singles
(March 30, 2005)- Break the Cocoon (July 21, 2005) — Speed GrapherSpeed Grapheris a 2005 anime series created by Gonzo. The series ran for 24 episodes from April to October 2005 on TV Asahi. In 2006, it was licensed for release in North America by Funimation Entertainment and aired on the Independent Film Channel between March 7 and August 15, 2008...
anime ending theme song (November 2, 2005)- HIKARI — ending theme song
- Daia no Hana — Black CatBlack Cat (manga)is a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. It was originally serialized in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. It was later collected in twenty tankōbon volumes from January 11, 2001 to October 9, 2004. The series was adapted into a twenty-four episode anime...
anime opening theme song (January 18, 2006) (November 14, 2007)
Albums
Indies (then known as より子。) (March 29, 2002, reissued: July 24, 2002) highest Oricon ranking: 26th-
- Tracks were used on several TV shows on Fuji TVFuji Televisionis a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
channels: - : used on (theme song), and (insert song)
- "Plume Radio": (ending theme song)
- "No name"： (insert song)
- Tracks were used on several TV shows on Fuji TV
- gap (November 29, 2002, mini album) highest Oricon ranking: 86th. Oricon indies chart: 4th
- "gap": TBSTokyo Broadcasting System, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
show Count Down TVCount Down TVis a Japanese late night music television show, originally broadcast on TBS from 1993 onwards. The program is shown weekly, and features a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, live performances from musicians and music information...
(ending theme song)
- "gap": TBS
Post-indies
- Cocoon (January 26, 2005) highest Oricon ranking: 24th
- second VERSE (February 16, 2006) highest Oricon ranking: 78th (January 16, 2008)