Adeyto Explained

Adeyto Rex Angeli
Birth Date:	3 December 1976
Birth Place:	Strasbourg, France
Genre:	French pop/Alternative/Art rock
Years Active:	1999–present
Label:	AVEX Trax
Website:	http://adeyto.com/

Adeyto (also known as Adeyto Rex Angeli and Laura Windrath; born 3 December 1976) is a French artist, singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, university professor and fashion designer based in Japan.

Biography

Adeyto was born in Strasbourg, France, to a French mother and German father.^[1]

Adeyto started acting at the age of 8. She moved to Japan in 1998^[1] and has appeared in Japanese TV serials, movies and was a regular^[2] on major variety shows like Waratte Iitomo and Sma-Station.^[3]

As a photographer^[4] and cinematographer,^[5] Adeyto Rex Angeli works behind the camera. She was responsible for the cover photography for Akino Arai's 2008 single "Kin no nami sen no nami".^[6]

In 2005, she designed the stage costumes for the La Stella players of the opera La bohème presented the same year in Tokyo.^[7]

From July 2009, Adeyto became a professor at the University of Creation; Art, Music & Social Work.^[8]

As of 2012, producer Sir Ridley Scott chose Adeyto to be co-director & cinematographer for the upcoming film 『JAPAN IN A DAY [ジャパン イン ア デイ]』 to be released worldwide in 2013.^{[9] [10]} The film reflects the life in Japan on 3.11.2012, a year after the east Japan earthquake and will be nationwide in cinemas from 11.3.2012.^[11] Japan in a Day is also the opening film for the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival.^[12]

Music

Adeyto has released music video DVDs, including Greed (2007) and End of the Word, The Mortal and The Bridge (all in 2006). She was also the lead singer and songwriter for a band named Genetic Sovereign, based in Tokyo, which recorded the albums Luminary in 2004 and Tempus Aurum in 2005.

Her album Adeyto – Temptation de l'Ange was released by AVEX Trax in November 2008. In 2008, she also appeared as a DJ on the stage at the Tokyo Dome for X Japan's World Tour I.V Towards Destruction and sang for AVEX 20th Anniversary Club Legend Juliana's Tokyo.^[2]

Filmography

Films

• Meoto Manzai (2001) as Emma^[13]
• Hi wa mata noboru (2002) as secretary^[14]
• Returner (2002) as future technician (credited as Laura Windrash[sic])^[15]
• College of Our Lives (2003) aka Collage of Our Lives and Renai Shashin (Japan) as girl in NY church^[16]
• Get Up! (2003) as Marilyn Monroe^[17]
• Umizaru (2004) aka Sea Monkey (USA) as fashion model^[18]
• Peanuts (2006) as Itetsu's wife Toscania^[19]
• Die Silbermaske (2006) as Elis^[20]
• Sushi King Goes to New York (2008) as blonde judge^[21]
• Detroit Metal City (2008) as Jack Ill Dark's (Gene Simmons) girlfriend^[22]
• Japan in a day (2013) as Adeyto^[23]

Video games

• Ever17 (2011)^[24]
• Arms (2017) as Twintelle^[25]

Television appearances

Drama

• Namida wo Fuite (2000) as Catherine – FujiTV^[26]
• A side B – Simulation Garage (2001) as Susannah – BS-i
• A side B – Counseling Booth (2001) as Susannah – BS-i
• The Apartment (2002) as Nancy – TBS
• Hatsu Taiken (2002) as Movie Star – FujiTV
• Yanpapa (2002) as Jessica – TBS
• Jiku Keisatsu 2 (2002) as Marilyn Monroe – NTV
• A side B – Simulation Garage (2003) as Susannah – TBS
• Kanjo ga shinjatta (2004) as Italian lady – NTV
• Yonimo kimyō na monogatari: Aki no tokubetsu hen (2005) as "Bijo Kan" no Bijo – FujiTV
• Primadam (2006) as Prof. Sophie – NTV
• Ikiru (2007) as Anna – TV Asahi^[17]
• Yama Onna Kabe Onna (2007) as on-set French coach – FujiTV
• Mop Girl (2007) as Dr. Nastazia – TV Asahi^[17]
• First Kiss (2007) – FujiTV
• Yūkan Club (2007) as Sophie-Catherine – NTV
• Scrap Teacher (2008) as Claudia – NTV

Variety shows

• Waratte Iitomo – Fuji TV^[1]
• SMAP×SMAP – Fuji TV^[1]
• Sma-Station – TV Asahi^[27]
• Out and About^[28] (2008) – NHK
• Terebi de Furansugo^[2] (2008) – NHK
• Out and About^[29] (2009) – NHK

External links

• Official Site
• Adeyto at AVEX Trax
  • Adeyto Photographer Site

Notes and References

1. http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2008_04/g2008041605_all.html ルックス最高…フランス人演歌歌手の人気急上昇中
2. http://www.avexnet.or.jp/coverland/ Adeyto profile by AVEX Entertainment
3. http://www.barks.jp/artist/?id=2000201960&m=bio Adeyto artist bio by Barks news
4. http://www.christian-plouvier.com/gallery.htm Christian Plouvier Flutissimo album
5. http://www.adeyto.com/index.htm/Design.php?currDir=./Print&pageType=image&image=Interview-for-Kigyoujyuku_Mag.jpg Kigyoujuku Magazine interview
6. http://akino.arai.free.fr/singles_kane_no_nami.html Arai Akino "Kin no nami Sen no nami" single
7. http://www6.big.or.jp/~geige/hoshi/laboheme/index.html Information page
8. http://souzou.ac.jp/teacher_all.html 創造学園大学 Souzou Gakuen University
9. http://japan-in-a-day.gaga.ne.jp/ Japan in a Day official site
10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2273319/ Japan in a Day IMDb
11. http://cinema.pia.co.jp/title/img-160458/cs/2/ Yomiuri Shimbun
12. http://2012.tiff-jp.net/news/ja/?p=9577 第25回東京国際映画祭
13. [IMDbTitle:0305823|"Meoto manzai"]
14. [IMDbTitle:0329177|"Hi wa mata noboru"]
15. http://www.jtnews.jp/cgi-bin/review.cgi?TITLE_NO=4336 Returner／リターナー みんなのシネマレビュー
16. [IMDbTitle:0370425|"Renai Shashin"]
17. http://blog2.morinaga.co.jp/biscuit/2008/04/post-b9ca.html Simple Biscuit Life
18. [IMDbTitle:0426275|"Umizaru"]
19. http://www.wowow.co.jp/movie/movie_top/report/4181.html ウッチャンが映画監督・内村光良としてデビューした「ピーナッツ」内村監督のもと、“内P”組が大奮闘した野球映画に注目！
20. http://www.silverkamen.com/silverkamen/sil_s_c.html Die Silbermaske cast list
21. [IMDbTitle:1086384|"Ginmaku ban Sushi ōji!: Nyūyōku e iku"]
22. [IMDbTitle:1142972|"Detroit Metal City"]
23. [IMDbTitle:2273319|"Japan in a day"]
24. Web site: ADEYTO Works. adeyto.com. 30 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170708023551/http://adeyto.com/index.htm/Works.php. 8 July 2017. dead.
25. アナウンス：ARMSファイターたちの「声」は、ご覧の皆様にご協力頂いています。お気に入りファイターの声をどんな方が担当しているのか…チェックしてみてください！|number=880621930037903360. ARMS_Cobutter. 29 June 2017. 29 June 2017.
26. [IMDbTitle:0657131|Ep.Tabidachi IMDb]
27. http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ss/100/girl/top.html "Sma-Station" TV Asahi
28. http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/outabout/archives080526.html "Out & About" NHK International
29. http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/outabout/archives090707.html NHK World "Out & About"