Lia (singer)
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Lia is a female Japanese
singer-songwriter
who is a former member of I've Sound
. Lia has also participated in happy hardcore
singing, producing four such albums with this style of singing; these albums have her name in all capital letters. She is notable as the singer for the opening and ending themes of two of Key's
visual novel
s: Air and Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life. Lia also performed the theme song for the MMORPG
RF Online
entitled "The Force of Love". She has also performed some Eurobeat
songs for Initial D 4th Stage
entitled "All Around" and "Sky High" under Avex Trax
production. Lia is fluent in English. On July 1, 2009, Lia announced on her blog that she was married and pregnant. On January 31, 2010, Lia gave birth to her child.
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-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...
who is a former member of 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....
. Lia has also participated in happy hardcore
Happy hardcore
Happy hardcore, also known as happycore, is a genre of music typified by a very fast tempo , often coupled with solo vocals and sentimental lyrics. Its characteristically 4/4 beat "happy" sound distinguishes it from most other forms of hardcore techno, which tend to be "darker". It is typically in...
singing, producing four such albums with this style of singing; these albums have her name in all capital letters. She is notable as the singer for the opening and ending themes of two of 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...
s: Air and Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life. Lia also performed the theme song for the MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
RF Online
RF Online
RF Online, originally named 'Rising Force', is a 3D MMORPG developed by CCR. The first version of the game was released in South Korea and was later followed by Chinese , Japanese, Portuguese and English translations. The North American/European version of the game launched its retail phase on...
entitled "The Force of Love". She has also performed some Eurobeat
Eurobeat
Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits....
songs for Initial D 4th Stage
Initial D
is a manga by Shuichi Shigeno which has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1995. It has been adapted into a long-running anime series by OB Planning, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, and A.C.G.T, and a live action film by Avex and Media Asia...
entitled "All Around" and "Sky High" under Avex Trax
Avex Trax
, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...
production. Lia is fluent in English. On July 1, 2009, Lia announced on her blog that she was married and pregnant. On January 31, 2010, Lia gave birth to her child.
Singles
- "Natsukage / Nostalgia" (December 24, 2001)
- "Shift: Sedai no Mukō" (December 29, 2001)
- "I'm Feeling" (July 1, 2003) - Analog single
- "Birthday Song,RequiemBirthday Song,Requiem-External links:*...
" (June 25, 2004) - "Spica/Hanabi/MoonSpica/Hanabi/Moon-External links:*...
" (June 25, 2004) - "Kimi no Yoin: Tōi no Sora no Shita de" (March 24, 2005)
- "Tori no Uta / Farewell Song" (May 23, 2006) - Analog single
- Opening/ending themes of Air
- "Pride: Try to Fight!" (June 21, 2006)
- The title song was used as an ending theme of Bakkyuu HIT! Crash B-Daman
- "Over the Future" (November 22, 2006)
- "Over the Future" was used as an ending theme of Bakkyuu HIT! Crash B-Daman
- "Doll / Human" (January 30, 2008) - Single with Aoi TadaAoi Tadais a Japanese singer-songwriter and former voice actress and musical actress. She formerly belonged to Gekidan Himawari. Her nickname is "Mamoru Tada".Her most noted voice role is that of Cowboy Bebops Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV...
#54 on Oricon- "Doll" and "Human" were used as ending themes for Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-Gunslinger GirlGunslinger Girl is an ongoing manga by Yu Aida. It first premiered in the November 2002 issue of the monthly shōnen magazine Dengeki Daioh. The chapters are also being published in tankōbon volumes by ASCII Media Works. 13 volumes have been released in Japan as of April 2011...
- "Doll" and "Human" were used as ending themes for Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-
- "Toki o Kizamu Uta / Torch" (November 14, 2008) #13 on Oricon
- Opening/ending themes of the Clannad After Story anime series
- "My Soul, Your Beats! / Brave Song" (May 26, 2010) - Single with Aoi Tada #3 on Oricon
- Performed "My Soul, Your Beats!", which was used as opening theme to the Angel Beats!Angel Beats!is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group Anant-Garde Eyes, with original character design by Na-Ga; both Maeda...
anime series
- Performed "My Soul, Your Beats!", which was used as opening theme to the Angel Beats!
- "Ashita Tenki ni Naare" (July 21, 2010)
- Title song was used as the first ending theme for Daimajin KanonDaimajin Kanonis a Japanese tokusatsu television drama produced by Kadokawa Pictures and broadcast on TV Tokyo. The series premiered on April 2, 2010. The series retells the story of the original Daimajin film in the modern Japanese setting. Planned to run for 26 episodes, the series was prefaced by a manga by...
and "Aruite Kaerō" was used for the second ending theme
- Title song was used as the first ending theme for Daimajin Kanon
- "Kizunairo" (October 27, 2010) #6 on Oricon
- Opening theme for the Fortune ArterialFortune Arterialis a Japanese adult visual novel, developed by August, released as a limited edition version on January 25, 2008 for a Microsoft Windows PC as a DVD. Fortune Arterial is August's sixth game, preceded by other titles such as Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary, and Yoake Mae yori...
anime series
- Opening theme for the Fortune Arterial
Original albums
- Prismatic, Released June 25, 2004
- Colors of life, Released May 25, 2005
- Gift, Released December 29, 2005
- Dearly, Released November 1, 2006
- Collection Album Vol.1 [Diamond Days], Released September 19, 2007
- Collection Album Vol.2 [Crystal Voice], Released October 17, 2007
- New Moon, Released September 2, 2008
- Key+Lia Best 2001-2010, Released June 24, 2011
Happy hardcore albums
- enigmatic LIAEnigmatic LIA"enigmatic LIA" is Lia's third studio album and first Happy Hardcore album. It was released and produced by queens label.- CD :#輝～HIKARI / Shine～HIKARI #NEW WORLD #Farewell Song...
, Released September 22, 2005 - enigmatic LIA 2, Released February 16, 2007
- Collection Album [Spectrum Rays], Released October 17, 2007
- enigmatic LIA 3 -worldwide collection-, Released April 1, 2009
- enigmatic LIA 4 -Anthemical Keyworlds- & -Anthemnia L's core-, Released June 22, 2011
Other songs
- "Akai Yakusoku" (Fortune ArterialFortune Arterialis a Japanese adult visual novel, developed by August, released as a limited edition version on January 25, 2008 for a Microsoft Windows PC as a DVD. Fortune Arterial is August's sixth game, preceded by other titles such as Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary, and Yoake Mae yori...
visual novel ending theme) - "Aozora" (Air insert song)
- "All Around" / "Sky High" (Initial D 4th StageInitial Dis a manga by Shuichi Shigeno which has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1995. It has been adapted into a long-running anime series by OB Planning, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, and A.C.G.T, and a live action film by Avex and Media Asia...
insert songs) - "Ana" (Clannad insert song)
- "Yakusoku" (Clannad filmClannad (film)is a Japanese anime film directed by Osamu Dezaki and based on the visual novel of the same name by Key. Toei Animation announced at the Tokyo Anime Fair on March 23, 2006 that an animated film would be produced, and was released in Japanese theaters on September 15, 2007...
image song) - "Light colors" (Opening theme of Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life)
- "Life is like a Melody" (Ending theme of Tomoyo After)
- "Last regrets -acoustic version-" (featured on the KanonKanonis 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...
arrange album Recollections) - "The Force of Love" (Theme song for MMORPG RF OnlineRF OnlineRF Online, originally named 'Rising Force', is a 3D MMORPG developed by CCR. The first version of the game was released in South Korea and was later followed by Chinese , Japanese, Portuguese and English translations. The North American/European version of the game launched its retail phase on...
) - "Girls Can Rock" / "Feel Like A Girl" (School Rumble: Second TermSchool Rumbleis a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
insert songs) - "Horizon" (featured in Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED, produced by Kosuke Saito aka kors k)
- "Ashita ni Mukatte Get Dream!" (ending theme of Bakkyuu HIT! Crash B-Daman)
- "Saya's Song" (Little Busters! EcstasyLittle Busters!is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key which was originally released, rated for everyone as a limited edition version, on July 27, 2007 playable on a Windows PC; a regular edition, also rated for everyone, followed on September 28, 2007. Little Busters! is Key's sixth game, along with other...
insert song) - "Tazunebito" (HoshiutaHoshiutais a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Front Wing which was released on December 26, 2008 playable on the PC as a DVD.Hoshiuta is Front Wing's twenty-first title and the third title of Uta series along with their previous titles Yukiuta and Sorauta.A manga adaptation illustrated by Fumio...
opening theme)- "Hoshikuzu no Kizuna" (Hoshiuta: Starlight Serenade opening theme)
- "Mado Kara Mieru" (Calling All DawnsCalling All DawnsCalling All Dawns is a classical crossover album by Christopher Tin released in 2009. The album won two Grammys at the 53rd Grammy Awards for Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist for the song, "Baba Yetu"...
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