Masami Okui Explained

Masami Okui
Background:	solo_singer
Native Name:	奥井 雅美
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	13 March 1968
Birth Place:	Itami, Hyōgo, Japan
Years Active:	1993–present

is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Itami, Hyōgo. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer. From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime television and movies. She is especially well known for her songs from Revolutionary Girl Utena, Tales of Eternia The Animation, Slayers, Sorcerer Hunters, Di Gi Charat, Magic User's Club, Jungle de Ikou!, Akihabara Dennou Gumi, Ray the Animation, He Is My Master and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. She has performed material for more than 50 singles and 20 albums to date (including her work with JAM Project and Chihiro Yonekura).Okui hosts @Tunes, an anime music news program, on the Japanese anime television network Animax.

Biography

Okui began her music career as a concert backup singer for Yuki Saito in November 1989. Her first solo single "Dare Yori mo Zutto" was released in 1993, and was used as a theme song for the anime OAV The Girl from Phantasia. She sang with voice actress Megumi Hayashibara for the anime television series Slayers in 1995. In 2003, she teamed up with fellow artist Chihiro Yonekura to form the group r.o.r/s, an acronym for "Reflections of Renaissance/Sounds". She also became a member of the supergroup JAM Project, which released the single "Little Wing" that served as the opening theme song for the anime television series Scrapped Princess. She left Starchild Records and produced her own record label called "evolution", which lasted from 2003. In 2011, she ended her evolution label, left Geneon Universal Entertainment, and signed with Lantis.

Okui is a regular performer in the Animelo Summer Live annual concerts from "The Bridge" in 2005 to "Rainbow" in 2011. In October 2008, she went to Mexico with JAM Project where they performed at the Expo TNT 16. She also performed in 2012 for EXPO TNT GT 6.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album information^[1]	Oricon peak position^[2] <	-- ADD LATER IF AVAILABLE	Sales^[3] -->
Gyuu	Release date: April 21, 1995 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-482^[4]	47^[5]
V-sit	Release date: September 21, 1996 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-586^[6]	19^[7]
Ma-KING	Release date: September 26, 1997 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-642^[8]	12^[9]
Do-Can	Release date: September 23, 1998 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-695^[10]	12^[11]
Her-Day	Release date: August 27, 1999 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-744^[12]	18^[13]
NEEI	Release date: August 23, 2000 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-822^[14]	11^[15]
Devotion	Release date: August 29, 2001 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-890^[16]	30^[17]
Crossroad	Release date: September 4, 2002 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-964^[18]	34^[19]
	Release date: May 1, 2003 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-1017^[20]	17^[21]
ReBirth	Release date: February 4, 2004 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-1061^[22]	49
Dragonfly	Release date: February 2, 2005 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0001^[23]	68^[24]
God Speed	Release date: February 24, 2006 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0002^[25]	111
Evolution	Release date: October 4, 2006 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0003^[26]	60
Masami Life	Release date: October 3, 2007 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0005^[27]	110
Akasha	Release date: February 25, 2009 Label: evolution Cat. No. EVCA-0010^[28]	68
Self Satisfaction	Release date: August 21, 2009 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0014^[29] 1st album full of self-cover songs	127
i-magination	Release date: February 23, 2010 Label: Dwango User Entertainment Cat. No.: DGEA-10001^[30]	95
Self Satisfaction II	Release date: February 2, 2011 Label: Dwango User Entertainment Cat. No.: DGEA-10002^[31] 2nd album full of self-cover songs	113
Love Axel	Release date: July 4, 2012 Label: Lantis Cat. No.: LACA-35215^[32]	43
Symbolic Bride	Release date: June 10, 2015 Label: Lantis Cat. No.: LACA-15487^[33]	65
Happy End	Release date: August 21, 2018 Label: Lantis Cat. No.: LACA-15740^[34]	74

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album information	Oricon Peak position<	-- ADD LATER IF AVAILABLE	Sales-->
BEST-EST	Release date: June 4, 1999 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-723/4^[35] 1st live album	21^[36]
Li-Book 2000	Release date: November 22, 2000 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-831^[37] 2nd live album	61^[38]
S-mode#1	Release date: March 21, 2001 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-873/4^[39] 1st compilation album	26^[40]
S-mode#2	Release date: February 25, 2004 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-1068/9^[41] 2nd compilation album	50^[42]
S-mode#3	Release date: February 23, 2005 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-1148/9^[43] 3rd compilation album	76^[44]
	Release date: February 6, 2008 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0006^[45]	78

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Year	Title / Notes^[48]	Oricon peak position	Album
	align=left		—	Gyuu
1993	align=left	"Yume ni Konnichiwa -Tanoshii Willow Town-"	—	BEST-EST
1994	align=left	"I Was Born To Fall in Love"	92	Gyuu
1994	align=left	"Reincarnation"	83
1994	align=left	"My Jolly Days"	92
1994	align=left	"It's Destiny"	80
1995	align=left	"Get Along" (featuring Megumi Hayashibara)	36	BEST-EST
1995	align=left	"Mask" (featuring Kasumi Matsumura)	48	V-sit
1996	align=left	"Shake It"	81
1996	align=left	"Jama wa Sasenai"	9
1996	align=left	"Naked Mind"	38	Ma-KING
1997	align=left	"J"	79
1997	align=left	"Rondo-Revolution"	26
1997	align=left	"Souda, zettai."	45
1998	align=left	"Birth"	32	Do-Can
1998	align=left	"Shu -Aka"	align=center		32
1998	align=left	"Never Die"	align=center	32	Her-Day
1999	align=left	"Key"	align=center	49
1999	align=left	"Tenshi no Kyuusoku"	align=center	20
1999	align=left	"Kitto Ashita wa"	align=center	51
1999	align=left	"Labyrinth/Toki ni Ai wa"	align=center	29
1999	align=left	"Sore wa Totsuzen Yattekuru"	align=center	44	NEEI
1999	align=left	"Only One, No. 1"	align=center	34
2000	align=left	"Over The End"	align=center	45
2000	align=left	"Turning Point"	align=center	47
2000	align=left	"Cutie"	align=center	45
2000	align=left	"Just Do It"	align=center	60
2001	align=left	"Sora ni Kakeru Hashi"	align=center	28	Devotion
2001	align=left	"Megami ni Naritai ~for a yours~"	align=center	43
2001	align=left	"Shuffle"	align=center	55
2001	align=left	"Deportation: but, never too late"	align=center	53
2002	align=left	"Happy Place"	align=center	86	Crossroad
2003	align=left	"Second Impact"	align=center	56	ReBirth
2004	align=left	"Olive"	align=center	69	Dragonfly
2005	align=left	"Trust"	align=center	37	God Speed
2006	align=left	"Mitsu"	align=center	79
2006	align=left	"Zero -G-"	align=center	64	Evolution
2006	align=left	"Wild Spice"	align=center	82
2007	align=left	"Remote Viewing"	align=center	96	Masami Life
2007	align=left	"It's My Life"	align=center	97
2007	align=left	"Ring"	align=center	160
2007	align=left	"Insanity"	align=center	57	Akasha
2008	align=left	"Melted Snow"	align=center	121
2009	align=left	"Starting Over"	align=center	92	i-magination
2009	align=left	"Miracle Upper WL" (featuring May'n)	align=center	67
2009	align=left	"Sparking/No Dream, No Life"	align=center	—	—
2010	align=left	"Renka Tairan"	align=center	35	Love Axel
2012	align=left	"Sora no Uta"	align=center	38
2015	align=left	"Takarabako -TREASURE BOX-"	align=center	15	Symbolic Bride
2017	align=left	"Innocent Bubble"	align=center	124	HAPPY END
2017	align=left	"Sophia"	align=center	152	HAPPY END

Videos

Star Child

1. Ma-KING Concert '97
2. Do-can Diary
3. A-Day
4. Live in Hibiya -no cut-
5. B-Day
6. Document '00
7. Birth Live '01
8. C-Day
9. Live Devotion

King Records

1. V-mode −10th Anniversary-

Evolution

1. GIGS 2004 ReBirth
2. GIGS 2005 Dragonfly
3. GIGS 2006 GodSpeed
4. GIGS 2006 Evolution

External links

• • record label
• Masami Okui at J-Music Italia

Notes and References

1. Web site: ALBUM. makusonia.com. August 25, 2016.
2. Web site: ja:奥井雅美のアルバム作品 . Masami Okui albums . http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/195021/products/album/ . Japanese . . August 24, 2016.
3. Web site: オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 . Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' . Japanese . . yes . May 21, 2014.
4. Web site: Gyuu – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
5. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/140281/1/ . ja:Ｇｙｕｕ / 奥井雅美 . Gyuu / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604104025/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/140281/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
6. Web site: V-sit. – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
7. Web site: V-sit / 奥井雅美 . V-sit / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604004612/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/140390/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
8. Web site: Ma-KING – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
9. Web site: Ma-King / 奥井雅美 . Ma-King / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604040234/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/140455/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
10. Web site: Do-can – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
11. Web site: Do-can / 奥井雅美 . Do-can / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604100012/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/140505/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
12. Web site: Her-Day – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
13. Web site: Her-Day / 奥井雅美 . Her-Day / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107164422/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/140557/1/ . November 7, 2012 . dead .
14. Web site: NEEI – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
15. Web site: NEEI / 奥井雅美 . NEEI / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604104040/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/140766/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
16. Web site: DEVOTION – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
17. Web site: Devotion / 奥井雅美 . Devotion / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604100111/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/453633/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
18. Web site: crossroad – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
19. Web site: Crossroad / 奥井雅美 . Crossroad / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604100115/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/484606/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
20. Web site: マサミコブシ – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
21. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/506112/1/ . ja:マサミコブシ / 奥井雅美 . マサミコブシ / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604040252/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/506112/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
22. Web site: ReBirth – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604040257/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/531076/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead.
23. Web site: Dragonfly – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
24. Web site: Dragonfly / 奥井雅美 . Dragonfly / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604040302/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/577759/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
25. Web site: God Speed – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
26. Web site: evolution – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
27. Web site: Masami Life – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
28. Web site: Akasha – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
29. Web site: Self Satisfaction – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
30. Web site: i-magination – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
31. Web site: Self Satisfaction II – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
32. Web site: Love Axel – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
33. Web site: SYMBOLIC BRIDE – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
34. Web site: HAPPY END– 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 21, 2018.
35. Web site: BEST-EST – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
36. Web site: BEST-EST / 奥井雅美 . BEST-EST / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604104030/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/140537/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
37. Web site: Li-Book 2000 – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
38. Web site: Li-Book 2000 / 奥井雅美 . Li-Book 2000 / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604104142/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/408064/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
39. Web site: S-mode #1～シングル集&セルフカバー集 – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
40. Web site: S-mode#1 / 奥井雅美 . S-mode#1 / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604040247/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/435686/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
41. Web site: S-mode#2 – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
42. Web site: S-mode#2 / 奥井雅美 . S-mode#2 / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604104212/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/534268/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
43. Web site: S-mode#3 – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
44. Web site: S-mode#3 / 奥井雅美 . S-mode#3 / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604040307/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/582195/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
45. Web site: 大奥 – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
46. Web site: ANGEL'S VOICE – 奥井雅美. oricon.co.jp. August 25, 2016.
47. Web site: Angel's Voice / 奥井雅美 . Angel's Voice / Miho Komatsu . Oricon . August 30, 2016 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604104207/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/493075/1/ . June 4, 2009 . dead .
48. Web site: Discography – Single . Makusonia (Masami Okui official website) . August 25, 2016.