FictionJunction Yuuka explained

FictionJunction Yuuka
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Japan
Genre:Pop
Years Active:2003–2014, 2019
Label:Victor
Past Members:Yuki Kajiura
Yuuka Nanri
Spinoff Of:FictionJunction

is a pop duo from Japan consisting of Yuuka Nanri (vocals) and composer Yuki Kajiura (composition, lyrics and keyboards). It is part of Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction.

Biography

The pair first met at, a stage group for teenage girls where Kajiura wrote music for some of the plays and Nanri was a performer.

Their first recording was, an insert song in the popular mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, though their debut single was the opening of Madlax,, released on May 8, 2004.[1] On July 27, 2004, the ending theme to Madlax, "Inside Your Heart", was released. In the same year, because of its popularity and the fact that it was Gundam SEED's one-year anniversary, "Akatsuki no Kuruma" was released as a single, which at its peak placed at #10 on the Oricon weekly rankings and sold over 19,481 copies in the first week.

After a hiatus of exactly a year, an insert song for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, was released, becoming the first voice actor single to hit #1 on Oricon daily rankings.

On November 23, 2005, the duo released their debut album, Destination which placed on the Oricon weekly rankings at #9.

On May 10, 2006, FictionJunction Yuuka released their fifth single after approximately eight months. That year, they also recorded a song, "Aikoi", for the Tsubasa Chronicle anime series, which was not released as a single but instead included in the anime's fourth original soundtrack. In November of that same year, they released the opening theme for Sunrise's Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, .

FictionJunction Yuuka held their first live concert entitled Premium Live 2007 on February 8 and February 15 of 2007.[2] A new album, Circus was announced and it was released on July 4 of the same year.. As Kajiura is handling the music for upcoming anime El Cazador de la Bruja, their seventh single, "Romanesque", became the ending theme of the anime above. El Cazador de la Bruja was produced by Bee Train, whose anime productions FictionJunction Yuuka has also done songs for previously.

Discography

Singles

Information
1
  • Released: May 8, 2004
  • Opening song and insert song for the anime Madlax.
2Inside Your Heart
  • Released: July 27, 2004
  • Ending song and insert song for the anime Madlax.
3
  • Released: September 22, 2004 (May 8 2013 re-released)
  • Insert song for the anime Gundam SEED, which was at first released in SUIT CD vol. 4 Miguel Ayman × Nicol Amarfi, but because of the song's popularity and the fact that it September 2004 was Gundam SEEDs one-year anniversary, it was later released as a single.
4
  • Released: September 22, 2005 (May 8 2013 re-released)
  • Insert song for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
  • First voice actor single in Oricon history to become #1 on the daily rankings.[3]
5Silly-Go-Round
  • Released: May 10, 2006
  • Opening song for the anime .hack//Roots.
6
7Romanesque

Albums

Information
1Destination
  • Released: November 23, 2005 (May 8 2013 re-released)
2Circus[4]
  • Released: July 4, 2007 (May 8 2013 re-released)

DVD & Blu-ray Releases

YearTitleInformation
2009FictionJunction YUUKA ~Yuki Kajiura Live Vol. 4 Part I~ Everlasting Songs Tour 2009The limited edition came with a photo booklet, the PV for "Nostalgia", and an exclusive case.
2014Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#11 FictionJunction YUUKA 2days Special 2014.02.08~09 Nakano Sunplaza

FictionJunction

FictionJunction Yuuka performed alongside her fellow FJ peers in Yuki Kajiura LIVE Vol. #4 Everlasting Songs Tour 2009. She is credited as a vocalist for the FictionJunction Club single "sing a song" which was released on March 16, 2012.

Singles/Albums

Information
1Everlasting Songs (FictionJunction Album)[5] [6] [7]
2Parallel Hearts (FictionJunction Single)[9]
  • Release: April 29, 2009
  • FictionJunction YUUKA performed the second track in the album titled "Hitomi no Chikara"[10]
3Sing A Song / Silent Moon (FictionJunction Club Limited Single)
  • Release: June 16, 2012
  • FictionJunction YUUKA performed the second track in the album titled "Silent Moon"[11]

Appearances

TV

Concerts

External links

Notes and References

  1. Though their first single was "Hitomi no Kakera", "Akatsuki no Kuruma" was actually recorded and released in an anime soundtrack previously.
  2. http://blog.jvcmusic.co.jp/blog/fj_yuuka/ FJY blog
  3. [:zh:南里侑香|Yuuka Nanri]
  4. http://blog.jvcmusic.co.jp/blog/fj_yuuka/2007/04/post_72.html FJY blog
  5. [FictionJunction#Everlasting Songs]
  6. http://www.fictionjunction.com 2009/02、FictionJunction名義での初アルバム、「everlasting songs」がリリースされます。今までサントラ等に収録されたFJ名義曲、楽曲提供曲のセルフカヴァー等の他、YUUKAが歌うOVA [ツバサ 春雷記] のED、「記憶の森」も収録されます。
  7. http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/tsubaholi/tsubasa/cast.html Tsubasa Shunraiki Staff.
  8. http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/fj/everlastingsongs/ FictionJunction Official Website - Everlasting songs: Linear notes by Yuki Kajiura.
  9. [FictionJunction#Parallel Hearts]
  10. http://www.axive.jp/index.php/archives/2777 Axive - Parallel Hearts
  11. https://fictionjunction.com/discography/3623/ https://fictionjunction.com/discography/3623/FJC会員限定)sing a song / silent moon