| Background: | person |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 2002 |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Instrument: | Vocaloid |
| Years Active: | 2020–present |
is a Japanese musician. After making their debut with the song "Hyakkisai" (2020), they rose to popularity with their next song "King", released three months later. She has also released two albums, King (2020) and Kanaria.code (2022).
Kanaria was born on 30 May 2002.[1] On 10 May 2020, twenty days before their eighteenth birthday, they made their career debut with their Hatsune Miku song "Hyakkisai", which Eimika Katsuya characterizes as having "a rhythmic wa melody like a Bon Odori dance" and lyrics as "mysterious, code-like [and a] Japanese-style song that will send shivers down your spine".[2]
Kanaria rose to popularity with their next song "King", released on 10 August 2020.[2] On 9 December 2020, their album King was released. On 7 May 2021, Kanaria appeared on Music Station as “the next big thing”.[3] She also wrote, composed, and arranged the song "Domestic De Violence" on Ado's 2022 debut album Kyōgen.[4]
In September 2022, Kanaria released a greatest hits album named "Kanaria.code". In November 2022, they released "", the ending theme for the Chainsaw Man episode "Kill Denji"; it was the first time they sang themself instead of using a Vocaloid bank.[5] In February 2023, their song "Yoidore Shirazu" topped Billboard Japan's Top User Generated Songs chart.[6]
In April 2023, Kanaria released "Requiem", a collaboration song with Hololive VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei.[7] In July 2024, they were the songwriter for "Champion", the last song for Pokémon and Hatsune Miku's Project Voltage collaboration.[8]
| Title | Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [9] | JPN Comb. [10] | ||||||
| King | 2020 |
| 44 | - | - | [11] | |
| Kanaria.code | 2022 |
| 18 | 26 | - | [12] | |
| Title | Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Dig. [13] | JPN Str. [14] | ||||||
| 2022 |
| — | 48 | - | |||
| 2022 |
| 33 | — | - | |||