| Riko Azuna | |
| Native Name: | 安月名 莉子 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Japan |
| Years Active: | 2018 - present |
| Label: | KADOKAWA |
is a Japanese singer and songwriter who is affiliated with KADOKAWA.[1] She made her major debut in 2018 with the song, which was used as the opening theme to the anime series Bloom Into You. Her music has also been featured in , Boogiepop and Others, Astra Lost in Space, , Isekai Quartet, So I'm a Spider, So What?, Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose, Police in a Pod, and Made in Abyss. She officially announced her debut as a voice actress on April 1, 2022. She signed a contract with EARLY WING agency.[2]
Azuna was born on December 3, 1993. She had an interest in music and performing since her youth, and she participated in musicals from her second year of elementary to her third year of high school.[3] While performing in musicals, she engaged in singing, dancing, and acting, but enjoyed singing the most out of the three. Because of this, she decided to focus on singing, and upon entering university, she began performing at various live venues in Tokyo.
Azuna's professional music career began after she first learned of an audition to perform a song for the anime television series Bloom Into You. At the time, she only knew that the series was about love between two girls, and only read the original manga series later. She passed the audition, and the resulting song, which was used as the series' opening theme song,[4] was released as her 1st single on November 28, 2018.[5] She also performed the song "Memories", which was used as an insert song in the original video animation Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Memory Snow.[6] Her 2nd single "Whiteout" was released on February 27, 2019;[7] the title track was used as the ending theme song to the anime series Boogiepop and Others.[8] Her 3rd single "Glow at the Velocity of Light" was released on August 21, 2019; the title track was used as the ending theme song to the anime series Astra Lost in Space.[9] Her 4th single "be perfect, plz!" was released on November 6, 2019; the title track was used as the ending theme song to the anime series .[10] Her 5th single "keep weaving your spider away" was released on January 27, 2021;[11] the title track was used as the first opening theme song to the anime series So I'm a Spider, So What?.[12] [13] Her 6th single "Chance! & Revenge!" was released on April 28, 2021; the title track was used as the opening theme song to the anime series Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose.[14] Her 7th single was released on January 26, 2022; the title track was used as the opening theme song to the anime series Police in a Pod.[15] Her 8th single "selfish" was released on May 11, 2022; the title track was used as the ending theme song to the anime series .[16] Her 9th single was released on August 24, 2022; the title track was used as the opening theme song to the anime series Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun,[17] while its coupling track was used as the ending theme song to the video game Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness.[18]
| Title | Album details | Peak | Sales | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [19] | |||||||||||||
| Blue Moon | 141 | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
| Release date | Title | Peak chart position | Album[20] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | November 28, 2018 | 39 | Blue Moon | ||||||||||
| 2nd | February 27, 2019 | Whiteout | 91 | ||||||||||
| 3rd | August 21, 2019 | Glow at the Velocity of Light | 79 | ||||||||||
| 4th | November 6, 2019 | be perfect, plz! | 128 | ||||||||||
| 5th | January 27, 2021 | keep weaving your spider way | 56 | ||||||||||
| 6th | April 28, 2021 | Chance! & Revenge | 62 | ||||||||||
| 7th | January 26, 2022 | 83 | |||||||||||
| 8th | May 11, 2022 | selfish | 89 | ||||||||||
| 9th | August 24, 2022 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 10th | October 29, 2023 | Azu is | — | rowspan="2" | |||||||||
| 11th | April 28, 2024 | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot 100 | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | — | Blue Moon | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memories | 2018 | Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu OVA: Memory Snow OST by Kenichiro Suehiro | 134 |
| Via Lactea | 2022 | Over The Galaxy 2 Trilogy by Asami Imai, Riko Azuna, Jin Ogasawara | rowspan="4" |
| Over The Galaxy Trilogy Union Song - ver. Al Di La with Asami Imai, Jin Ogasawara | |||
| Over The Galaxy Trilogy Union Song - ver. Will go on with Asami Imai, Jin Ogasawara | |||
| Dream to you... -original fu11 length- | 2024 | Apo11o program Rhythm Game Music Selection Vo.2 by Apo11o program |