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Nana Mizuki (水樹 奈々)

Posted in Japanese Music on March 24, 2009 by Yukari

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Mizuki

Nana Mizuki is a singer and voice actress (seiyū) in Japan. Born in Niihama, Ehime, Japan, she initially aimed to become an enka singer but eventually became a popular seiyū singer.[1]

She was the winner of the “Best Musical Performance” award in the first Seiyū Awards. Many of the characters whom she has voiced were initially very shy/soft-spoken (however, after interactions with other people, they gradually opened up (e.g. Fate, Lili, Nyamo, Hinata, and Wrath), six of her characters have romantic feelings for the main characters (e.g. Oboro from Basilisk, Hinata Hyūga from Naruto, Colette Brunel from Tales of Symphonia, Tamao Tamamura from Shaman King and Moka Akashiya from Rosario + Vampire), some of her characters craved maternal attention (e.g. Fate Testarossa from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and it’s sequels A’s and StrikerS, Wrath and Maria), and she was also part of the seiyu quartet “Prits”, alongside Yumiko Kobayashi, Natsuko Kuwatani and Hisayo Mochizuki (all four voiced characters in the anime Sister Princess).

 

TV anime series

Leading roles in bold.

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  • White Album as Rina Ogata
  • Minami-ke: Okaeri as Tōma Minami
  • Rideback as Rin Ogata
  • Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Crimson S as Yugiri Perserte

Ahh she’s done a lot! Maybe she’s known best for Hoshina Utau and her songs in Shugo Chara and As the homunculi Wrath in Fullmetal alchemist, Hinata in Naruto and Nyamo in Love hina. I love her voice. Its one of the best japanese voices i’ve ever heard

Yeah Nana Mizuki is the best!

aww she’s cute!

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Changin’ My life

Posted in Japanese Music on March 14, 2009 by Yukari

 

Changin’ My Life (also known as CML) was a J-pop band which consisted of myco (vocals), Shintarō Tanabe (guitar), Noritaka Henmi (keyboard). They debuted in 2001, and broke up in 2003.

The band is well-known for providing most of the songs for the popular Japanese anime series called Full Moon wo Sagashite (Searching for the Full Moon). Their lead singer, myco, was also the seiyū for Mitsuki Kōyama, the main character in the series. The songs featured in the series are Myself, Love Chronicle, ETERNAL SNOW, and New Future. Two other songs were also used in the series, but did not play as prominent a role (a few lines of Focus appear at the very beginning of Episode 1, and SMILE plays during a Christmas scene midway through Episode 37).

Their lead singer “myco”, now 24, has left the band and is a solo vocalist.

I liked this band. 

Long entry! watch out

 

Singles

  • Their 1st debut Single, Luv. Remix (TOCT-4305) [05/30/2001], contains:
  1. Luv. Remix
  2. Crazy For You
  3. Luv. Remix [Original Karaoke]
  • 2nd Single, Star Dust (TOCT-4320) [10/31/2001] contains:
  1. Star Dust
  2. Embraced Love
  3. Star Dust（Instrumental）
  • 3rd Single, Myself (TOCT-4356) [06/12/2002] contains:
  1. Myself
  2. New Future
  3. Myself（Original Karaoke）
  • 4th Single, ETERNAL SNOW (TOBT-4431) [11/07/2002] contains:
  1. ETERNAL SNOW
  2. SMILE
  3. ETERNAL SNOW ～diamond dust mix～
  4. ETERNAL SNOW（instrumental）
  5. SMILE（instrumental）
  • 5th Single, エトランゼ／Love Chronicle (TOCT-4451) [02/13/2003] contains:
  1. エトランゼ (etoranze)
  2. Love Chronicle
  3. エトランゼ（Instrumental）
  4. Love Chronicle（Instrumental）
  • 6th Single, IN FUTURE (TOCT-4481) [05/21/2003] contains:
  1. IN FUTURE
  2. TOKYO
  3. IN FUTURE ～planet dawn remix～
  4. TOKYO～nocturnal jupiter remix～
  • 7th Single, クリスマスにくちづけを (TOCT-4586) [11/19/2003] contains:
  1. クリスマスにくちづけを (Christmas ni kuchidzuke wo)
  2. Confession
  3. クリスマスにくちづけを（Instrumental）
  4. Confession（Instrumental）
  • This 8th Single was performed by “myco”, また恋しよう (TOCT-4687) [02/18/2004] contains:
  1. また恋しよう (Mata koi shiyou)
  2. 赤い糸
  3. また恋しよう（Instrumental）
  4. 赤い糸（Instrumental）
  • This 9th Single also performed by “myco”, HIBARI (TOCT-4748) [07/28/2004] contains:
  1. HIBARI
  2. lily
  3. HIBARI (Instrumental)
  4. lily (Instrumental)

        Albums

  • Their 1st Album, Changin’ My Life (TOCT-24815) [07/26/2002], contains the following songs:
  1. Myself
  2. Luv. Remix
  3. Star Dust (Album Version)
  4. Confidence
  5. Embraced Love (Album mix)
  6. SAYONARA はわたしから (SAYONARA ha watashi kara)
  7. Focus
  8. Crazy For You
  9. Nostalgia
  10. New Future (Album Version)
  • Their 2nd Album, Caravan (TOCT-24973) [03/19/2003] contains:
  1. ETERNAL SNOW
  2. エトランゼ (etoranze)
  3. ジャカルタの風 (Jakarta no kaze)
  4. Love Chronicle
  5. IN FUTURE
  6. アジサイ (ajisai)
  7. ダリヤ (Dahlia)
  8. SMILE～caravan version～
  9. グラナダの瞳 (Korutoba no hitomi)
  10. TOKYO
  11. Myself～acoustic version～
  • Their “best of” Album, The Best of My Life (TOCT-25201) [12/17/2003], released contains:
  1. Confidence
  2. Myself
  3. ETERNAL SNOW
  4. Luv.Remix
  5. アジサイ (ajisai)
  6. Star Dust
  7. エトランゼ (etoranze)
  8. New Future
  9. Love Chronicle
  10. クリスマスにくちづけを(plan:it-b remix) (Christmas ni kuchidzuke wo)
  • This 4th Album was performed by “myco”, my-collage (TOCT-25360) [08/18/2004], contains:
  1. lily ～el viajero blanco y puro～
  2. Da Capo
  3. HIBARI
  4. また恋しよう (Mata koi shiyou)
  5. 赤い糸
  6. MALDIVES
  7. Dear a Friend
  8. Confession
  9. クリスマスにくちづけを (Christmas ni kuchidzuke wo)
  10. Your Song
  11. ミルクティー (MILKTEA)

      Video/DVD

  • Their 1st video release, CML Video Clips 1 (TOBF-5233) [09/26/2003] contains:
  1. Luv. Remix
  2. Luv. Remix ～making scene～
  3. Star Dust ～making scene～
  4. Star Dust
  5. Myself
  6. Myself ～making scene～
  7. ETERNAL SNOW ～making scene～
  8. ETERNAL SNOW
  9. エトランゼ (etoranze)
  10. エトランゼ ～making scene～ (etoranze ～making scene～)
  11. IN FUTURE ～making scene～
  12. IN FUTURE
  13. Special TV Sport

 

I Loved their songs!

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On/Off

Posted in Japanese Music on March 14, 2009 by Yukari

ON/OFF are composed of twins brothers by the name of Naoya & Kazuya Sakamoto. Naoya is the older twin. They made their debut when they starred in Fuma no Kojiro as Kou & Shoryu. 

They are famous for both of the opening themes for Vampire Knight 

Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi – Opening 1

Rondo – Opening 2

Their voices are great and considering they are just new to the entertainment world, they have many fans. 

This is going to be a short entry  as I’m in a hurry, so…. this is all

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High and Mighty color (ハイ・アンド・マイティ・カラー)

Posted in Japanese Music on March 13, 2009 by Yukari

Well, this is a Japanese rock band. I don’t really listen to rock but these guys are good. They have sung for the opening of ‘Mobile suit Gundam seed Destiny’ “Pride” and the 3rd opening for Bleach “Ichirin no Hana” and “Enrai: Toku ni Aru Akari” was used as the ending theme for Mobile Suit Gundam Seed destiny: Special edition. 

They have too many songs for Bleach and GSD so I won’t mention all of them. Their lead singer Makii is just….. great. I just love her. But she’s leaving, or already left and they have found a new vocalist. Makii left because she was getting married. 

Works for Anime

Pride – Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny 

Ichirin no Hana – Bleach (3rd opening)

Enrai: Toku ni Aru Akari : Mobile suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Special Edition

Style: Get glory in this hand: Deathnote: The Last Name

Resistance: Bleach (Game)

Dreams: Darker Than Black (2nd ending)

That’s all for their works FOR anime.

 

Members:

 

 

The girl is Makii and not the new vocalist.

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