Hanatan Explained

(born January 18, 1986, in Nagoya, Aichi) is a Japanese video creator, utaite and dojin vocalist. Her second moniker is which she usually uses working on collaboration albums.

Seven of her released albums managed to enter the Japanese music charts.[1]

Career

Hanatan started her musical career in 2008 when she began to upload her cover versions of well-known Japanese songs on Nico Nico Douga and YouTube.[2] Within the utaite scene she is known for her wide vocal range. Songs released by Hanatan feature musical elements from hard rock and "candy" pop but she has also released various dance remixes.

Between 2011 and 2016 she released seven studio albums which were able to enter the official Japanese music charts by Oricon. In 2016, she and Japanese musician Kikuo started a musical project called Kikuohana and released the first collaborative album on March 30, 2016.[3] A second album was published on March 31 the following year.[4]

In 2018, she was one of 25 utaite singers who performed in front of 5,000 attendees at Chang-Gero Sonic in Tokyo.[5] Hanatan performed the opening theme song Arc-en-Ciel for fantasy anime series The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady as well as the ending theme song for The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor.[6] [7] She performed guest vocals for the song UMBRA by Japanese dojin music circle ELFENSJóN which was used as third ending theme song from the ninth to twelfth episode of the fantasy anime series Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?.[8] [9] Prior to her involvement in the creation of UMBRA she worked with the project as a guest vocalist on the albums Ephemera and Zenith as well on the remake EP Reincarnate.

Music

In her music, Hanatan often uses the flower language such as in naming her albums after flowers like her album EriCa which was named after the same-named botanic name. Several music albums were produced in collaboration with various Vocaloid producers. On her 2015's album Flower Rail involved Vocaloid producers included Darvish P, 40mP, Marasy and buzzG.[10] On the same album, voice actor Hiroyuki Yoshino was featured guest vocals. Hanatan described herself as a fan of Yoshino.

In an 2017 interview with the German-languaged Rock Hard magazine, American rock guitarist Doug Aldrich stated that his publisher contacted him with a request to write some songs for Hanatan, which he described were "similar to Lady Gaga."[11]

Discography

Comiket releases

Doujin albums

Major albums

Kikuohana albums

Musical involvement

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hanatan's albums . . ja . November 8, 2024.
  2. Web site: YURiCa/花たん、"二面性"がテーマの新アルバム『ERiCa』ではどのように演じ歌ったのか . Emi Shibayama . Spice.eplus.jp . November 24, 2016 . ja . November 8, 2024.
  3. Web site: きくお×花たんが新ユニット結成、1stアルバムには劇団イヌカレーが . . January 15, 2016 . ja . November 8, 2024.
  4. Web site: きくお×花たん、全12曲入り「第二幕」発表 . Natalie.mu . March 27, 2017 . ja . November 8, 2024.
  5. Web site: Utaite Singers Awe Their Fans With Live Stage Performance! [Chang-Gero Sonic 2018 Report] ]. Otakumode.com . June 4, 2018 . November 8, 2024.
  6. Web site: The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess Anime's 2nd Video Unveils More Cast, Opening Song, January 2023 Debut . Joanna Cayanan . . October 10, 2022 . November 8, 2024.
  7. Web site: The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor Anime Reveals Theme Songs, New Video . Crystalyn Hodgkins . Anime News Network . September 9, 2024 . November 8, 2024.
  8. Web site: ELFENSJóN/ TVアニメ「なぜ僕の世界を誰も覚えていないのか？」エンディング主題歌「UMBRA」 . . ja . November 8, 2024.
  9. Web site: Why Nobody Remembers My World? Anime Reveals Theme Song Artists, Composer, July 13 Premiere . Alex Mateo . Anime News Network . June 5, 2024 . November 8, 2024.
  10. Web site: YURiCa/花たん「Flower Rail」インタビュー . Takahiko Kurashima . Natalie.mu . October 20, 2015 . ja . November 8, 2024.
  11. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190829213733/https://www.rockhard.de/artikel/doug-aldrich-_the-dead-daisies__135158.html . THE DEAD DAISIES - Doug Aldrich (The Dead Daisies) . Alexandra Michels . . August 29, 2019 . January 25, 2017 . de . November 8, 2024.
  12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20200617145934/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/539754/products/1098564/1/ . 魔法少女28 . Oricon . June 17, 2020 . ja . November 8, 2024.
  13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20200617145939/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/539754/products/1089881/1/ . The Flower of Dim World . Oricon . June 17, 2020 . ja . November 8, 2024.
  14. Web site: Ephemera . Elfensjon.site . ja . November 8, 2024.
  15. Web site: Reincarnate . Elfensjon.site . ja . November 8, 2024.
  16. Web site: ELFENSJóN prereleases enchanting track "ZENITH" from upcoming album . NBT . Jrocknews.com . March 21, 2024 . November 8, 2024.

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