Featured Guests
We have gathered a selection of esteemed guests, who would be joining us in the festivities.
Star-studded artistes would be showcasing their performances and giving exclusive messages as well.
Look forward to enjoying what they have prepared.
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Artiste showcases
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SPECIAL GUEST
Aimu Sora
Aimu Sora is a Japanese and English bilingual Virtual Youtuber who debuted in June 2019 and was designed by famous illustrator and manga artist Utako Yukihiro. He likes strawberries, anime, singing, and even made his debut music performance at C3 AFA Singapore in 2019!
He aims to be a bridge between Japan and the world by introducing viewers to Japanese entertainment and culture through his show, "Sora's Senpai Club."
So far, his guests include stars like Shinichiro Kamio, Kensho Ono, Yuki Ono, Megumi Ogata, Kumi Koda, and more to come!
He hopes to encourage others to follow their dreams, hence his motto "The sky is the limit!"
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SPECIAL GUEST
Amaki Sally
When she was in junior high school, she watched the TV animation "Gintama" and decided to become a voice actor and applied for the audition for "22/7". Aside from English, she speaks Spanish and French under the influence of her family. She is active in various fields such as TV shows and event MCs with her English skills. She is also active as a YouTuber.
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ARTISTE SHOWCASE
May'n
May’n is a vocalist who was a finalist in the 2003 HoriPro Talent Scout Caravan “Love Music Audition”. In 2005, she made her major debut at 15 years old, performing music in a range of genres, including Pop, Rock, Dance and R&B.
Since 2008, she has provided the theme songs for many TV anime, dramas, movies and games.
In addition to holding five solo performances at Nippon Budokan and Yokohama Arena, she also completed a world tour in 2010. She has had over 80 worldwide performances including solo performances in San Francisco, Los Angeles and France. She has also participated in events in 14 cities and countries worldwide including Germany, Korea, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. She has also headlined overseas festivals in 9 cities spread over 7 countries.
She welcomed her 10th anniversary as “May’n” in 2018 with a nationwide tour, “May’n Hall Tour 2018” in 5 cities in spring 2018, with additional performances in the summer and her first outdoor concert at the Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall.
In October 2018, she was selected to be the heroine of the musical “Ikiru”, which was created to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the passing of Akira Kurosawa and received good reviews for her performance.
She received the best Rock singer award, at the WEIBO Account Festival in Japan 2018, organized by the biggest SNS service in China, and was awarded the best live performance award at the 2019 edition of the same event. She was also the first Japanese award winner at the Asian Music Festival 2019.
With her impressive singing power and high vocals, she has continued to attract people from Japan and around the world.
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of her debut, she released, "15Colors -soul tracks-", "15Colors -unplugged-" and "15Colors -nu skool-", all on 11 November.
Furthermore, a concert featuring those themes, "May'n Concept LIVE 2020 『15Colors 』" will be held on 26 December.
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SPECIAL GUEST
Artgerm
From 3dSense Media School
Born and bred in Hong Kong, the multifaceted Stanley wears different hats as an illustrator, designer, concept artist, creative director and co-founder of Imaginary Friends Studios — a world acclaimed digital art studio that produces high-quality artworks for the likes of Capcom, DC Comics, Marvel Comics and other giants in the entertainment and gaming industry.
Formally trained in graphic design and advertising, Stanley's art is imbued with a strong sense of aesthetics and visual fluidity. It is a perfect blend of eastern and western art styles. Better known by his handle Artgerm, Stanley's art continues to infect and inspire new generations of artists and his ever-growing fan base around the world. To this date, Stanley's online art gallery on DeviantArt has been viewed for more than 50 million times and have close to a million followers on social media.
Stanley is very active in the international art community. He has been invited to varies educational institutions & conferences to share his passion in art in many countries such as the USA, Canada, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore. On top of that, Stanley has enjoyed coverage on interior features with international art publications like 2D Artist, ImagineFX and international art annuals such as Spectrum & Expose. Stanley was also featured frequently on newspapers, online media, in addition to appearances on TV shows, radio segments & news programs.
Presently, Stanley and the 2 other partners of IFS (Kendrick & Kai) are running a full-time diploma course in Digital Design & Illustration for aspiring artists worldwide, in collaboration with 3dsense Media School Singapore.
Special Guest
Asaka
Asaka is an up-and-coming anime song singer. She made her debut in 2016 when she was seventeen.
Asaka was born in October 1999 and spent 5 years in Michigan, US since she was three. She is therefore fluent in English and Japanese.
Her strong voice, perfect pronunciations of English, and abundant ability of expression fascinate not only anime fans but also people around the world.
Asaka’s name means a flower blooming in Asia. She is now continuing her energetic career as her name suggests.
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SPECIAL GUEST
KANAME☆
He is active as an official cosplayer for various Japanese anime and games. Besides being the cosplay model, he also creates and supervises the making of costumes and weapon props.
As a prominent male cosplayer from Japan, he is active overseas as well – KANAME☆ has been invited to many events in other countries for fan meetings, live performances, to be a judge at numerous competitions, and more. He has also appeared in many overseas events as a famous male cosplayer of Japan.
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Special Guest
Koji Saito
General Producer of Animelo Summer Live
In 2005, Animelo Summer Live (also known as：Anisama）was created and he joined as a producer. In 2013, Anisama expanded to a 3-day event, held at the Saitama Super Arena, making it the best anime song concert in the world in both name and reality.
He is involved in the supervision, creative presentation and overall production of the event.
"Saito-P" is widely familiar with music regardless of the genre, and is admired by many artists and creators.
Special Guest
Moona Hoshinova
A university student who is also a model and idol.
She became a VTuber as she was attracted to the virtual world.
She seems to be calm and cool-headed, but scary things are not her cup of tea.
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SPECIAL GUEST
Nekota Ashu
In order to faithfully replicate the image of a character as well as the world the character inhabits, she puts great effort into her expression, make-up and posing. She is a cosplayer with a motto of bringing a character to life. She wants everyone to know the fun in cosplaying and is working to make that happen. Apart from playing the piano, she can tuck in her belly by a huge degree.
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SPECIAL GUEST
Rachta
Heya! My name's Rachta, and I have been in love with art since I was young. That love made me pursue my aspiration as an artist! I have been working in the creative industry for many years. My experience ranges from graphic design, user interface design, digital marketing, multimedia, advertising to illustration and drawing.
With my passion in art growing from a childhood fascination with manga, game and animation, drawing will always have a special place in my heart and it's something that I truly enjoy. I've recently quit my job to pursue my dream in doing what I love: drawing! I want to bring fun into your life, everyday, and share my love of geek culture. So if my creations bring you happiness, that would be my greatest joy! Your support goes a long way and it would keep me motivated to do more. I would love you to join and take part in my creative journey!
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SPECIAL GUEST
Rithe
Rithe is a cosplayer based in Singapore under the Anime licensing company, Muse Communication SG Pte Ltd
Rithe started her cosplay journey in 2015 and soon started to make her own costumes in 2016. She specialises in making armours and in 2018 won the Chara Expo Cosplay competition and represented Singapore in Tokyo Game Show 2018 which was held in Japan and in 2018 passed the Singapore preliminaries for World Cosplay Summit 2019 and flew to Japan to participate WCS 2019 representing Singapore.
She is now known for being a cosplayer that is able to pull off a wide range of characters as well as being the face of Muse Asia channel’s weekly live streams and other pre-recorded videos.
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SPECIAL GUEST
Shogo Yano
Born 19 March in Tokushima. He is managed by Super Eccentric Theater.
He made his debut as a voice actor in 2014 with a role in the TV anime Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.
In Paradox Live, he plays the role of Reo Murayama, of the group Akan Yatsura.
His representative works include:
• Nao Okumura – THE [email protected] SideM
• Nanao Kisaragi – Tsurune
• Mafuyu Sato – Given
SPECIAL GUEST
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Born 28 April in Tokyo. He is managed by Super Eccentric Theater.
In his youth, he was a stage performer and has broadened his activities since to not only include the stage but TV anime, games, as well as movies.
As a voice actor, he made his debut in 2002 with the OVA, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou -Quiet Country Cafe-
In Paradox Live, he plays the role of Nayuta Yatonokami, of the group cozmez.
His representative works include:
• Mikado Ryugamine – Durarara!!
• Popp-Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
• Yuri Katsuki – Yuri!!! on ICE
• Flit Asuno – Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
As an artiste, he is involved in the writing of lyrics, composition as well as performing. He released an album as an independent artiste in 2014, and subsequently made a major record label debut in December of the same year. In 2015, his 2nd single, “Day you laugh” was used as the theme song of the TV Anime, Durarara!!x2 Ten. In October 2017, he set up his own record label.
ARTISTE SHOWCASE
22/7
22/7 (Nana Bun no Nijuni) is a digital voice actor idol project produced by Akimoto Yasushi, Sony Music and ANIPLEX. They consist of characters created by famous Japanese creators and voice actor idols that are recruited through an audition.
The members are: Miu Takigawa (CV: Nagomi Saijo), Reika Sato (CV: Chiharu Hokaze), Nicole Saito (CV: Uta Kawase), Ayaka Tachikawa (CV: Reina Miyase), Mikami Kamiki (CV: Moe Suzuhana), Yuki Tojo (CV: Rei Takatsuji), Sakura Fujima (CV: Sally Amaki), Jun Toda (CV: Ruri Umino), Miyako Kono (CV: Kuraoka Mizuha), Tsubomi Hiiragi (CV: Aina Takeda) and Akane Maruyama (CV: Shirosawa Kanae).
Their 6th single “Kaze wa fuiteruka?” was ranked No. 2 in the Oricon Weekly Ranking for 2 weeks. Currently the second season of their TV program ”22/7 Keisanchu” is also being broadcast on TOKYO MX and BS11 every Saturday at 11PM.
“Kaze wa fuiteruka?” LISTEN HERE
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Ami Sakaguchi
In 2015, when she began creating songs at the age of 13, she stood on the stage of Mikunigaoka FUZZ and performed singing while playing the guitar for the first time.
Following that, she performed actively in live houses and on the streets in Osaka and Kyoto. Her first self-made demo CD “Ohanashi” successfully sold-out at 1,000 copies and she also created a cross band concert on 19th September at the Mikunigaoka FUZZ following the release of her demo CD. In 2016, she released her first indies singles “Ohanashi/Chikyu-maru-” through Tower Records.
In 2017, her 2nd indies single “Atsuzoko/15-sai no uta” was released through Tower Records.
She also performed in her first solo concert in Tokyo and performed again at Mikunigaoka FUZZ. Both concerts were sold out. In July of the same year, she made major debut with the single “Joshi” through Epic Record.
In December, she performed at her concert tour “Hitori December” at Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya. All performances were sold out immediately.
In March 2018, her 1st full album “blue signs” was released. Following the album release, she began her first national tour “blue signs”, visiting Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka. All tickets were sold out again.
She has charmed many with her warm but sad voice, as well as her lyrics that depict her thoughts distinctly.
A petit 19-year-old who loves singing, rock and potato, filled with many possibilities.
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Anly
Straight out of high school, made her major debut with ”Taiyo Ni Warae”. She won the Hong Kong-Asian Pop Music Festival 2018 Asian Supernova Award. She uses looper pedals in her music drawing attention to her unique playing style. Her music encapsulates a wide range of sounds, word choices and voice expressions that captures the heart of her fans. She chooses her performance style, band or looper pedal by impression and venue making each show unique. She released her 3rd album “Sweet Cruisin’ “ in April 2020 which includes songs from her 5 consecutive-month releases.
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ASCA
Born on 5th September 1996 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. In November 2017, ASCA made her debut with her first single, “KOE” which was the second ending theme song of television anime, “Fate/Apocrypha”.
In 2019, her 4th single, “RESISTER” - the second opening theme song of “Sword Art Online: Alicization” and “Hibari” - the ending theme song for one of the “Fate” series TV Anime which was a smash hit, and her 1st album 'Hyakka Ryoran' received continuous playback.
In November 2020, she released “Howling”, the opening theme of television anime “The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc”. Her 2nd album 'Hyakki Yakou' will be released on January 27, 2021!
Her first fan community "ASCA Music Entertainment" has also been launched and is now recruiting employees (i.e. members)!
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Ayaka Ohashi
Finalist of the “36th HoriPro Talent Scout Caravan Next Generation Voice Actor Artist Auditions”. In 2014, she made her solo debut with “YES!!”, the opening theme of the TV anime “Sabagebu!” which she also stars in. In 2019, she successfully completed her 2nd solo concert at the Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall. She is well-known around the world for both her voice acting work and for her work as a musical artiste.
Her third album, “WINGS” will be released on 16 December. The lead song “START DASH” is composed by Yoshiki Mizuno of Ikimonogakari, with other contributions from DECO*27 and e-ZUKA of GRANRODEO.
Following that, on 13 January, “Inu to Neko to Ayaka”, the new theme song for the TV anime “With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun” will be released.
She will also be holding a solo concert on 1 May 2021. There are plans for livestream, further details will be released on the official site.
Notable voice acting roles
- Uzuki Shimamura - THE [email protected]: Cinderella Girls
- Sāya Yamabuki - BanG Dream!
- Akino Kaede - Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
- Yu Mira- THE GOD OF HIGH SCHOOL
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BLUE ENCOUNT
BLUE ENCOUNT is a four-piece band hailing from Kumamoto, Japan. Known for their heartfelt and energetic style, BLUE ENCOUNT has built a reputation for connecting emotionally with their audience. BLUE ENCOUNT made their major debut with the EP TIMELESS ROOKIE (2014), and have released three full-length albums (≒, THE END, and VECTOR). BLUE ENCOUNT has also released numerous anime theme songs including “Polaris” for My Hero Academia (2019), “FREEDOM” for BANANA FISH, VS” for Gintama (2017), “Survivor” for Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans (2016), and “DayXDay” for Gintama (2015). Including many smash-hit anime tie-ins as well as new original songs, they just released their latest album “Q.E.D” worldwide on Nov.18th.
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Burnout Syndromes
A rock band about youth and literature from Osaka, formed in 2005.
The lyrics and vocals emphasize the beauty of the Japanese language and the melodies are arranged in detail too. They are always challenging their limit as a 3-piece band.
In 2010, they achieved runner-up in “Senkou Riot”, an event organized by TOKYO FM’s “SCHOOL OF LOCK!”. In March 2016, 10 years after the band was formed, they made their major debut with “FLY HIGH!!” through Epic Records Japan. Their national concert tour coupled with the release of their latest album “Myoujou” was fully sold out.
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COALAMODE.
COALAMODE. is a Japanese unit formed in 2013, by a vocalist Annu and a sound creator Yasuhiro Obata.
From 2015 the unit released a first single “Nanairo Symphony” which was the opening theme of “四月は君の嘘 (Your Lie In April)”,
and then keep expanding the musical activities with TV tie-ins and tours since then.
The filming of this music video “Kachofugetsu” took place in Prague/Czech Republic back in 2018.
The latest single “Andante” is available here:
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DISH//
An original dance-rock band formed in 2011 with members Takumi（Vo./Gt.）, Masaki（Cho.／Gt.）, To-I（Fling Dish/RAP/DJ/Key.), Daichi（Dr.), DISH// was named to mean "We want to be your main dish”. In 2013 they made their major debut with single "I Can Hear" from Sony Music Records. In 2015 they held their first live at the Nippon Budokan which sold out in 5 minutes. In 2016, Takumi, also an actor, starred in the movie " I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" which was a mega hit and was awarded "The Best Next Actor Award" at the Japan Academy Awards. In April 2020, they took part in the YouTube channel "The First Take" with "Neko" (written by Aimyon) , which now has over 70 million views, and the digital release combined with the original "Neko" has surpassed 100million streams.
Anime tie-ins
- Naruto Shippuden: "I Can Hear", "Flame"
- Gintama: "Katteni MY SOUL" (勝手にMY SOUL)
- Zoids Wild: ”Starting Over"
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Eir Aoi
Eir Aoi was born on 30th November in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. She made her major debut in October 2011 with her single “MEMORIA”. She has received much support from fans worldwide and has gathered more than 500,000 likes on her official Facebook page. After releasing 13 singles, 3 original albums, her best album “BEST -E-“ and “BEST -A-” were released in October 2016. On 22nd June 2018, her 14th single “Ryusei/Yakusoku” was released. On 16th August of the same year, her first solo concert after returning from the hiatus was held at the Nippon Budokan. On 12th August, her latest single “I will…” (Ending theme of TV Anime ”Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld“ 2nd Season) was released.
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EXiNA
EXiNA is a solo project by Shiena Nishizawa.
Born on 23rd February 1997 (22 years old) in Saitama prefecture.
Horoscope: Pisces / Blood type: B / Height: 148cm
Shiena Nishizawa made her major debut in 2015 when she was in her 3rd year of high school.
With her petit 148cm height, she has performed with unimaginable aggressive style. She continues to refine her singing ability and challenge herself to a new height.
The project name “EXiNA” is the anagram of XI (Shi) E (e) Na(na), and it represents her will to rearrange and reposition herself.
In Summer 2019, the new solo project “EXiNA” begins under SACRA MUSIC (Sony Music Labels inc.)
Listen to “XiX” here
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FLOW
FLOW is a five-piece rock band made of up KOHSHI (Vocals), KEIGO (Vocals),TAKE (Guitar), GOT’S (Bass), and IWASAKI (Drums). KOHSHI (Vocals) and his brother, TAKE (Guitar), have been making music together since 1993. They formed FLOW in 1998 and eventually joined by KEIGO (Vocals) and GOT’S (BASS) in 1999 and IWASAKI (Drums) in 2000.
In 2003, they had their major debut with the single “Blaster” and ever since, they’ve unleashed their brand of music with their melodic and powerful double vocals throughout the world.
Their music was an excellent fit for anime so they went on to do many anime songs such as “GO!!!” as an opening song for the anime Naruto; “Colors,” an opening song for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion; and the opening song for Tales of Zesteria the X, “Kaze no Uta.”
They started performing overseas in 2006 and have now performed 58 shows in 19 countries all over the world including countries in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe, proving that their powerful live performances can cross borders.
In 2018, they held a concert tour entitled 15th Anniversary TOUR 2018 “Anime Shibari” focusing only on the anime theme songs and anime-related songs they have sung and toured in Japan and 5 countries in Central and South America.
In January 2019, they successfully held their concert at the Nippon Budokan for the second time after their first performance 10 years ago and released the album “TRIBALYTHM” in April. They then held FLOW LIVE TOUR 2019 “TRIBALYTHM” in 7 cities throughout Japan. Moreover, at the end of September 2019, the opening song for Naruto Shippuden, “Sign,” exceeded 30 million plays on the subscription service Spotify and all of their songs exceeded a total of 100 million plays.
Listen to “FLOW Chokaigi 2020 Anime Shibari Returns LIVE at MakuhariMesse Event Hall” here:
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halca
halca was the runner-up for “Utakatsu! Audition”, a nationwide audition specialized in vocaloid and anisong.
On 30th May 2018, she made her major debut under SACRA MUSIC with “Kimi no Tonari”, the ending theme for Fuji TV Noitamina anime “Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku”.
After her major debut, she also sang theme songs for for a few show, such as her 2nd single “Starting Blue” (ending theme for TV anime “Ace Attorney: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igiari!”), 3rd single “Sentimental Crisis” (ending theme for TV anime “Kaguya-sama: Love Is War”), 4th single “Hokago no Liberty” (ending theme for TV anime “We Never Learn”), 5th single “Toki toshite Violence” (opening theme for TV anime “Jyashin-chan Drop Kick’” etc.
On 12th February 2020, she released her first album “Assortrip”.
Also, she has released her 6th single “Kokuhaku Bungee Jump”, the ending theme of the much discussed Tv anime “Rent-A-Girlfriend”.
On 3rd October, her solo concert with 3 performances at O-WEST was sold out.
halca also sings the acoustic version of her songs and other Anisong on her YouTube channel. “playground” is available for view on YouTube.
Listen to “Assortrip” here
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JUNNA
Born on November 2, 2000, in Japan
In the TV anime “MacrossΔ Delta” which began broadcasting in April 2016, she is the singing voice behind Battle Music Unit, Walkure’s ace vocalist, Mikumo Guynemer, and has attracted fans with her overwhelming voice.
In 9th December 2020, her 2nd album “20x20” will be released.
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KISIDAKYODAN & THE AKEBOSIROCKETS
He created KISIDAKYODAN in 2004 as a solo project, and was creating instrumental arrangements of works by Key and Ragnarok. Soon after he was deeply impressed by the music from Touhou, and began to create his own arrangements.
In 2005, he began to sell those works at doujin conventions like Comic Market.
In 2007, he was invited to a concert featuring Touhou musical arrangements, known as the Flowering Night, during which, KISIDAKYODAN AND THE AKEBOSIROCKETS with other members, which was originally meant to be a one-off occasion…
However they continued as a band since then and in 2010, they made their major label debut, and have been placed in charge of the theme songs for several TV anime since.
Even now, he continues to exist, overcoming challenges in a life that does not have many significant changes.
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KOEDA
KOEDA made her solo debut in 2015 after being a guest vocalist for supercell.
She released her 1st Mini Album "Nice to meet you.", and 2nd Mini Album "Monshirocho", and tickets for her first live concert were sold out immediately.
In 2020, while working on her new album, her new song "Little Daisy" will be released on Wednesday, December 9.
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LiSA
Dubbed as J-Pop's "rock heroine," LiSA is a singer from Gifu, Japan who is breaking down genre and language barriers with her powerful live performances and catchy melodies. Having gained both domestic and global prominence through a string of hit anime theme songs for fan-favorite anime titles such as "Fate/Zero", the "Sword Art Online" series, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" etc., she also proved to be a hit on the live circuit, drawing in fans from all genres thanks to her voice and stage persona. As the only singer of her kind to headline both anime and rock festivals, she constantly tops the charts and sells out arena venues in Japan, and has also performed in numerous countries around the world, including two solo tours in Asia.
For her upcoming online concert, please check out the link below!
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Liyuu
A singer and cosplayer from Shanghai, China.
The photogenic look of her has gathered over 740,000 followers on Weibo, 500,000 followers on Twitter, 500,0000 followers on Instagram, not only from China, but around the world.
She has appeared as a cosplayer in many events. On 22nd January 2020, she made her artiste debut under the Lantis label with “Magic Words”, the opening theme for TV anime “Hatena Illusion”.
Her 2nd single “Carpe Diem” was released on 25th November, and is featured as the ending theme of TV anime “I'm Standing on a Million Lives”.
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Lozareena
She has a cute look and produces edgy sounds, and also an unforgettable voice. Staff and creators who have worked with her are often impressed by the talents of the singer-songwriter - Lozareena. With her smoky and rough voice, as well as her lyrics, she brings an unforgettable experience to recreate the reality in a fantasy world. In the year 2019, she has created a song for NHK’s “Minna no Uta”, announced her feature in the 4-man band - THE ORAL CIGARETTES’s “Don’t you think feat Lozareena” as well as collaborated in live concert. She also released “Hyakuoku Kounen”, which was the ending theme of TV anime “Case File nº221: Kabukicho” produced by Seiji Kameda, and it has gathered lots of attention on social media. She will also be singing the insert song and ending theme of “Poupelle of Chimney Town”, a movie scheduled to release in December 2020. Her mini-album “Lozareena II” will be released on 23rd December.
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Miki Sato
She made her major debut from SACRA MUSIC on 2 December 2020 with the single “Namonai Hana”.
Receiving attention for her silky voice that has strength amidst its softness, the song is used as the ending theme song for the TV anime, The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc.
In her youth, she lived overseas and was exposed to multiple languages, including English and Chinese. She is a solo artiste to look out for, regarding her activities as well as her lyrical and musical style.
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ORESAMA
A music unit consisting of vocalist PON and sound creator HIDEYA KOJIMA. They deliver music that reflects the sound of 80s' Disco with electro and funk music. Their creative works create a great synergy with illustrator Utomaru's artwork and music videos, and it has captured the hearts of the young generation. Their music has been featured on various fields such as TV animations and commercials, also producing music for various artists and voice actors.
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PELICAN FANCLUB
PELICAN FANCLUB is a new rising three-piece rock band known for their unique sounds influenced by Shoegaze, dream pop, post-punk and Anri Endoh’s (vocal & guitar) transparent one and only pure voice and poetic lyrics riming as like music itself. They have been having gigs since 2018 in Taiwan and Guangzhou and performed at major festivals such as “DELTA MUSIC PARK 2019” in Shanghai. In 2019 they released “Primary Colors” a tie-in song to the TV animation Dr.STONE and in 2020 they just released a new song “Desire”, an ending theme to latest season of the smash-hit animation Fire Force.
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Pellek
From WACAVA Project
WACAVA stands for World Anisong Cover Association by Various Artists. It is a global cover song project launched by SACRA MUSIC, one of the various labels under Sony Music Labels. It hopes to give fans a deeper understanding of Japanese music, with localized covers of songs, from anisong to JPOP in general.
Currently you can find covers of popular songs like LiSA’s Catch the Moment, EGOIST’s Departures, Sangatsu No Phantasia’s Pink Lemonade and more, from various cover artistes like PelleK and Rainych Ran.
Per Fredrik "PelleK" Åsly is a singer, songwriter and actor known for his vocal range which spans four octaves, and for having millions of dedicated subscibers on YouTube. Per Fredrik grew up in the small coastal city of Sandefjord, Norway, where from an early age, he acted in several kids and teen-television shows. After finishing school he worked many jobs while writing music at night, sharing his work with the world via the internet and through extensive touring in the U.S and Europe. PelleK quickly became Norway's most subscribed musician on YouTube. PelleK has acted in several TV-series and movies, including HBO's "Vikings", and has also lent his voice to many TV-series and game-companies from around the world, such as Saban's Power Rangers, Path of Exile, League of Legends and Lord of Vermillion. PelleK has stated in several interviews that his number one passion and focus will always be music, and YouTube.
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ReoNa
ReoNa is not a supporter, but an advocate that does not “push you from the back” or “pull you from the front. She’s an up and rising female artiste with the “despair-style”.
In Spring 2018, she became the singing voice behind Elsa Kanzaki, a character featured in the TV anime “Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online”.
In July 2018, she made her solo debut with “SWEET HURT”, the ending theme for TV anime “Happy Sugar Life”.
From thereon, she has sung for many TV anime and game theme songs for “Sword Art Online”. She also sang for the theme song to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the original novel release.
ReoNa also made top rankings in the CD and streaming charts.
She’s also known for her “Quiet” lifestyle and the attention from it has made her first Zepp Tokyo solo concert sold out almost immediately.
In October 2020, her first full album “unknown” was released.
Please look forward to the performance of this female anisong singer.
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Ryokuoushoku Shakai
The band was formed in 2012 by Nagaya, Kobayashi, Peppe, who went to the same high school, and Anami, a childhood friend of Kobayashi.
In 2013, They started their band career when they won second place at “Senko Riot,” a rock festival of teenage artists.
In 2018, They released their 1st album “Ryokuoushoku Shakai” and performed at several famous music festivals. In November, they released the 3rd mini album “Afureta Mizu no Yukue” from Epic Records Japan. Leading to all tickets for the live tour after the release selling out.
In 2019, their songs were chosen as the theme for the movie “Love’s Stoppage Time” and the tv series “You and I on the G string.” Since then, their career moved to the next stage.
In 2020 they released their first TV anime theme song “Shout Baby” (Ending theme of “My Hero Academia”) and new album “SINGALONG.” These albums were the point of breakthrough, and they have kept sweeping charts ever since.
Their various music style and pop sound created by each member who has different musical roots and personalities, together with clear and powerful vocals of Haruko Nagaya is taking young people by storm.
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Seven Billion Dots
Seven Billion Dots is a Japanese rock band formed in Feb. 24th, 2018 by vocalist Masafumi, who lived in NY, and twin brothers, guitarist Ken and drummer Lyo.
In 2018, the band won auditions for a Japanese rock festival and performed at "SUMMER SONIC" and "COUNTDOWN JAPAN 18/19".
In 2019 spring, their song "Harukaze (春風)" was chosen as a theme song for a special TV Program for Japanese High School Baseball Championship "Minna No Koshien" in MBS, which was a first to be chosen as an Indie Band.
"Stay With Me" was the opening theme for anime "GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation Season 2" which started from Oct. 2019. They released their debut EP "Stay With Me" from Sony Music, which included title track "Stay With Me" and 3 original songs. In Sept 2020 they released their first single “Maybe I” which was the ending theme song for anime “BORUTO-NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS”
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SPYAIR
4-piece rock band from Japan. The year 2020 marks 15 years since they came together and 10 years since their debut.
They have released 22 singles and 5 original albums and in recent years every summer they hold a large 15,000 capacity outdoor event that sells out. In 2018 they had their first world tour going to 3 continents, 23 cities around the globe in 3 months .
With many anime tie-ins (Haikyu!, Gintama, BLEACH, Gundam) their popularity spreads out not only in Japan but across the world.
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SUKIMASWITCH
A unit formed by 2 songwriters - Takuya Ohashi and Shintaro Tokita.
They made their debut in 2003 with “view”. With Ohashi’s warm and unique voice and the music created by Tokita, they have successfully made many hit songs, such as “Kanade” and “Zenryoku Shonen”.
On 9th July 2018, they celebrated their 15th anniversary, and on 10th, 11th November, they performed at their first solo 2-days concert “SUKIMASWITCH 15th Anniversary Special at YOKOHAMA ARENA ～Reversible～” at Yokohama Arena.
On 3rd July, they released their 26th single “Seishun”.
Following that, they performed at their national concert tour “SUKIMASWITCH TOUR2019-2020 POPMAN'S CARNIVAL vol.2” from October 2019 to February 2020.
In conjunction of “Zenryoku Shonen” being used as the ending song for the Japanese version of Disney and Pixar’s movie “Onward”, a limited stream of “Zenryoku Shonen Remastered” was released.
On 19th August, the selection album “SUKIMANOHANATABA ～Smile Song Selection～” was released.
From December, the “SUKIMASWITCH TOUR 2020-2021 “Smoothie”” will be held at 12 locations in Japan.
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the peggies
the peggies is a 3-person girls band.
Formed by schoolmates of the same middle school, they have been actively performing in live houses since high school.
“Glider”, the lead song for NEW KINGDOM, was released in November 2015 and has achieved more than 1 million views. Their solo concert at Shibuya club asia in July 2016 was sold out. On 10th May 2017, they made their major debut with “Dreamy Journey” and followed with their nationwide concert tour “the peggies Dreamy Journey Tour 2017~Yasei no peggies ga arawareta~” in June. In 2018, their mini album “super boy! super girl!!” was released and ranked 2nd on iTunes rock album chart. In the same year, their 3rd single “Kimi no sei” was released and achieved 13th on iTunes singles chart and 1st on rock singles chart. In February 2019, their first major album “Hell like Heaven” was released and featured many songs for advertisements. Apart from the theme song “Suru” for the movie “Seiri-chan”, starring Fumi Nikaido, many of their works have been chosen for tie-ups.
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Tomori Kusunoki
Born 22 December 1999. She received the special award during Anistoteles Vol.5, an audition for voice actors held by SMA in 2016. She subsequently made her debut as a voice actress in 2017, and landed her first lead role in Märchen Mädchen. She received the best female newcomer award at the 13th Seiyuu Awards in 2018.
In August 2020, she made her major label debut as a performing artiste with the EP ‘Hamidashimono’, which got sixth place on the Oricon Weekly Charts.
Some of her notable roles:
- Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club – Setsuna Yuki
- Decadence – Natsume
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy – Misha Necron
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens – Romin Kirishima
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yanaginagi
Singer-songwriter who has been active since 2006.
Her aim is to create sounds that portray everyday life, nostalgic landscapes and fairy-tale scenes.
In 2009, she received an offer from supercell to be a guest vocal under the name "nagi".
In 2011, the collaboration project "Jun Maeda x yanaginagi" started.
On February 29, 2012, she made her major solo debut with "Vidro Moyou", the ending theme of the TV anime "Ano Natsu de Matteru", and has released 21 singles, 4 original albums, and best album to date.
Her first album "euaru" was released on July 3, 2013, and ranked 4th in the Oricon Weekly chart.
On December 9, 2020, she will release her fifth original album "emeralotype".
In addition to the release of many songs, she has been active to have nationwide tours and live concerts.
Her delicate voice and impressive worldview of her songs are well received and she is expanding her activities.
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YOASOBI
YOASOBI became 2020’s Breakout Japanese Act with their first single “Yoru ni kakeru” which has been taking various Japanese music rankings by storm. The male-female duo Ayase (composer) and ikura (vocals) formed for a project by the online creative writing site monogatary.com, and its unique concept is to produce music inspired by stories submitted to the site.
“Yoru ni kakeru” first took off on the short video platform TikTok and other social media, leading Spotify’s Viral Top 50 (Global and 19 countries) ranking in January. YOASOBI made a big success also on Billboard Japan Hot 100 and ranked No.1 on Oricon weekly total single chart. Until July 2020, their video has been streamed more than 100 million times in total. Most recently they just announced their coming new song “Kaibutsu” to be the theme song for the smash-hit anime series BEASTARS.
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Yui Ninomiya
Winner of the Special Prize for the Next Generation Seiyuu Miracle Audition, Yui Ninomiya hails from Kanagawa Prefecture and made her debut as a voice actor in April 2018 with a role as in Aikatsu Friends!
In July 2020, she played the lead for the first time, in the TV anime Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time.
She is also performing as a singer. She released her debut album on lantis in January 2020, known as “Ai toka Kanjo”, which involved a great group of spirited music creators. She also wrote songs for the album.
Her first single, “Tsuranuite Yuuutsu”, was used as the opening for Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time.
As a singer, she looks to make use of the dark part of her personality, and is aiming to be the supportive shadow character of everyone.
On 23 December, she will be releasing her first mini album, “Aijou Kairi”, consisting of several rock tracks.
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