Aira Yuki
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is a female Japanese
singer attached to record label Lantis
and belongs to the Space Craft Group agency. She began her career in 2007 and since then has primarily sung songs that were used for theme music
in anime
. She has put out seven singles
and released her debut album Reflection on July 2, 2008. Her second album Eternalize. was released on June 9, 2010. Her latest single, is the ending theme of the OVA
Armored Trooper Votoms
Case;Irvine was released on October 27, 2010.
. The single went on to enter the Oricon charts eleven times with the peak ranking at 44th place. Her second single was released on August 8, 2007 with the title track, being the second opening theme for the anime Idolmaster Xenoglossia. The single charted four times with its peak ranking on the 49th.
Yuhki then started 2008 with the release of her third single, on February 6, 2008 as the ending theme of True Tears
. Like her second single, Sekai no Namida charted four times on the Oricon chart with the peak ranking at the 48th place. On July 2, 2008, she released her first album, Reflection. The album only entered the charted once, ranking at 148th place.
There were no further releases from her until April 22, 2009 with her fourth single, Blue sky, True Sky being the first ending theme of the anime adaptation, Tears to Tiara
. The single charted twice with the peak ranking at the 75th place. Yuhki later joined 9 other female artistes from Lantis to perform at the Lantis Presents: twilight listening party vol.6 on July 25, 2009. Weeping Alone, the second ending theme for Tears to Tiara was released on August 26, 2009. It charted once with the ranking at the 135th place.
She released another single, Dominant Space on February 10, 2010 before releasing her second album. The single's title track was used as the second ending theme for the anime adaptation of Tatakau Shisho
: The Book of Bantorra. The single only entered the Oricon charts once with the peak ranking of 193rd place. Her second album, Eternalize. was released on June 9, 2010. The album charted once at the 169th place.
Not long after the release of her second album, Yuhki released her seventh single titled, on July 21, 2010. The title track was used as the first opening theme for the anime adaptation, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
. The single entered the Oricon charts five times and peak ranked at 64th place. The single was an Oricon "Pick" on their 2010 Anime Theme Songs/Summer editorial. She also performed live at the first run of Lantis' "Rock'N Lan Carnival" together with Sayaka Sasaki, Yōsei Teikoku and Hironobu Kageyama
.
3 months after releasing her seventh single, Yuhki released her eighth single, on October 27, 2010. The title track was the theme song for the OVA Armored Trooper Votoms
Case;Irvine.
As of February 2011, Yuhki is currently involved in a unit called FairyStory with Yuuka Nanri
. The unit already announced an album that was slated to be released in spring 2011. The unit were scheduled to perform at the Chiba TV Anime Carnival on April 3, 2011. Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
, the event and her appearance with Yuuka Nanri as FairyStory at the Chiba TV Anime Carnival has been suspended. To aid victims, Yuhki has also appeared in a charity event, to raise funds for the victims of the disaster. She has been scheduled to appear at the charity live, that will raise funds to be sent to the education board of the elementary schools in Miyagi Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture as well as elementary schools in Niigata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture.
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 attached to record label Lantis
Lantis (company)
is a Japanese company that specializes as a music publisher label for Japanese musicians, anime soundtracks and video game soundtracks. It was established on November 26, 1999, and in May 2006, it was bought by, and became a subsidiary of, Bandai Visual...
and belongs to the Space Craft Group agency. She began her career in 2007 and since then has primarily sung songs that were used for theme music
Theme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
in 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....
. She has put out seven singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
and released her debut album Reflection on July 2, 2008. Her second album Eternalize. was released on June 9, 2010. Her latest single, is the ending theme of the 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...
Armored Trooper Votoms
Armored Trooper Votoms
is a 52-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara. The series originally aired in Japan from April 1, 1983 to March 23, 1984 on TV Tokyo...
Case;Irvine was released on October 27, 2010.
About
Aira Yuhki made her debut with the release of her first single on April 25, 2007, colorless wind as the opening theme for the anime, SolaSola (manga)
Sola is a Japanese work originally conceived by Naoki Hisaya with original character design by Naru Nanao . Sola is a mixed media project, first unveiled through the prologue of the manga featured in the Japanese manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on December 21, 2006, published by MediaWorks...
. The single went on to enter the Oricon charts eleven times with the peak ranking at 44th place. Her second single was released on August 8, 2007 with the title track, being the second opening theme for the anime Idolmaster Xenoglossia. The single charted four times with its peak ranking on the 49th.
Yuhki then started 2008 with the release of her third single, on February 6, 2008 as the ending theme of True Tears
True Tears
is a Japanese visual novel developed by La'cryma, a collaboration between Broccoli, Circus, GameCrab and Rei Izumi, and was originally released on March 31, 2006 for the PC as a DVD in Japan rated for everyone, followed by a Hong Kong and Taiwanese release on March 31, 2007...
. Like her second single, Sekai no Namida charted four times on the Oricon chart with the peak ranking at the 48th place. On July 2, 2008, she released her first album, Reflection. The album only entered the charted once, ranking at 148th place.
There were no further releases from her until April 22, 2009 with her fourth single, Blue sky, True Sky being the first ending theme of the anime adaptation, Tears to Tiara
Tears to Tiara
Tears to Tiara is a Japanese eroge tactical role-playing game developed by Leaf. It was first released for PC on April 28, 2005 in Japan. Then it was followed by 12 years old and up version released for the PlayStation 3 platform on July 17, 2008 in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in which the...
. The single charted twice with the peak ranking at the 75th place. Yuhki later joined 9 other female artistes from Lantis to perform at the Lantis Presents: twilight listening party vol.6 on July 25, 2009. Weeping Alone, the second ending theme for Tears to Tiara was released on August 26, 2009. It charted once with the ranking at the 135th place.
She released another single, Dominant Space on February 10, 2010 before releasing her second album. The single's title track was used as the second ending theme for the anime adaptation of Tatakau Shisho
Tatakau Shisho
The series is a collection of Japanese light novels by Ishio Yamagata, with illustrations by Shigeki Maeshima. The series started with the release of the first volume on September 22, 2005, and as of January 22, 2010, ten volumes have been published by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko label...
: The Book of Bantorra. The single only entered the Oricon charts once with the peak ranking of 193rd place. Her second album, Eternalize. was released on June 9, 2010. The album charted once at the 169th place.
Not long after the release of her second album, Yuhki released her seventh single titled, on July 21, 2010. The title track was used as the first opening theme for the anime adaptation, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
is a Japanese light novel series by Takaya Kagami, with illustrations by Saori Toyota which was published by Fujimi Shobo in Dragon Magazine from February 25, 2002 to October 25, 2006, and has 11 volumes. Its sequel, began publishing on October 25, 2007 and currently has 9 volumes...
. The single entered the Oricon charts five times and peak ranked at 64th place. The single was an Oricon "Pick" on their 2010 Anime Theme Songs/Summer editorial. She also performed live at the first run of Lantis' "Rock'N Lan Carnival" together with Sayaka Sasaki, Yōsei Teikoku and Hironobu Kageyama
Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese musical artist prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game, and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the pop group Lazy. By the early '80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo...
.
3 months after releasing her seventh single, Yuhki released her eighth single, on October 27, 2010. The title track was the theme song for the OVA Armored Trooper Votoms
Armored Trooper Votoms
is a 52-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara. The series originally aired in Japan from April 1, 1983 to March 23, 1984 on TV Tokyo...
Case;Irvine.
As of February 2011, Yuhki is currently involved in a unit called FairyStory with Yuuka Nanri
Yuuka Nanri
, commonly referred to as Yuuka, is a seiyū and also a known Japanese pop singer. She is contracted to Space Craft Entertainment of Space Craft Group.-Biography:Yuuka Nanri first debuted on NHK's in 1995, as a child star....
. The unit already announced an album that was slated to be released in spring 2011. The unit were scheduled to perform at the Chiba TV Anime Carnival on April 3, 2011. Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
, the event and her appearance with Yuuka Nanri as FairyStory at the Chiba TV Anime Carnival has been suspended. To aid victims, Yuhki has also appeared in a charity event, to raise funds for the victims of the disaster. She has been scheduled to appear at the charity live, that will raise funds to be sent to the education board of the elementary schools in Miyagi Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture as well as elementary schools in Niigata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture.
Singles
- "Colorless Wind", released April 25, 2007
- , released August 8, 2007
- , released February 6, 2008
- "Blue sky, True sky", released April 22, 2009
- "Weeping Alone", released August 26, 2009
- "Dominant Space", released February 10, 2010
- , released July 21, 2010
- , released on October 27, 2010
Compilations
- Oratorio, released August 8, 2007
- Metamorphoses, released March 12, 2008
- Tears for truth: True Tears Image Song Collection, released April 16, 2008
- Shina Dark: Kuroki Tsuki no Ō to Sōheki no Himegimi Vocal Album, released November 26, 2008
- Brilliant World, released January 7, 2009
- Tears to Tiara Prologue Sound Track "origo cunctarum rerum", released March 4, 2009
- Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai Inspired Album, released March 25, 2009
- Gundam Tribute from LantisGundam Tribute from Lantisis a tribute album featuring Lantis artists covering songs from the popular Gundam metaseries. It was released in Japan on December 9, 2009, as part of Gundam's 30th anniversary celebrations.-Track list:-External links:**...
, released December 9, 2009 - Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu no Radio Omatome'ban 1, released September 22, 2010
- Mojūtsukai to Ōji-sama Character Song Album, released October 20, 2010
- Aijō Kakyoku, released October 27, 2010
- Fortissimo Songs, released October 27, 2010
- Mojūtsukai to Ōji-sama & Mojūtsukai to Ōji-sama: Snow Bride Shudai Kashū, released February 23, 2011
- Yunosagi Relations, released June 8, 2011
- Memories: The Last Leaf, to be released on November 23, 2011
Radio
, Nippon Cultural Broadcast's Chou!A+G since October 2010 The radio show ended on April 2, 2011 with a total of 26 episodes.- Tokyo→Niigata Music Convoy, since October 2011 on every Thursday
TV animation
- Toaru Majutsu no Index II - Amakusa Girl (episode 14)
Drama CDs
- Anikoi -anime mitaina koi shitai- - Female student
- Vomic - Katekyō Hitman Reborn!Reborn!Reborn!, known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Akira Amano. The plot revolves around the life of a young boy named Tsunayoshi Sawada, who finds out that he is next in line to become the boss of the most powerful Mafia organization called Vongola, the Vongola Family...
- Adelheid Suzuki - Strobe EdgeStrobe Edgeis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka. It began serialization in 2007 in the shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret and ended in 2010...
- Tamaki
External links
- Aira Yuhki at Space Craft Group
- Aira Yuhki at LantisLantis (company)is a Japanese company that specializes as a music publisher label for Japanese musicians, anime soundtracks and video game soundtracks. It was established on November 26, 1999, and in May 2006, it was bought by, and became a subsidiary of, Bandai Visual...
- Aira Yuhki at Twitter
- Aira Yuhki at Oricon
- Fairy Story Nanri Yuuka & Yuhki Aira
- Aira Yuhki and Yuuka Nanri at 'Yuuka to Aira no Radio Hako'iri Hime' blog
- Interview with Aira Yuhki for Lantis Festival