Valshe Explained

Valshe
Birth Date:	15 September 1986
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Genre:	J-pop
Occupation:	Singer, lyricist
Years Active:	2009–present
Label:	5pb., Oth, Being Inc.

is a Japanese singer, signed under the Being Inc. label. She is well known as a "Ryōseirui" (両声類?, lit. "both voice types"), being able to sing both "male" and "female" voice types.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Valshe debuted as a Niconico singer in 2009. Occasionally her songs are made by the Vocaloid producer, doriko. She is also known to be good friends with the illustrator of Niconico, Hakuseki, who does almost all of the artwork for Valshe's albums and utattemita videos.

In the beginning of her career as a professional singer, Valshe used to appear as an avatar illustration (drawn by Hakuseki) with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her first appearance as herself is on the cover of her 6th single, "Butterfly Core".^{[3] [4]} She released her first music video showing her own face for the song "Butterfly Core", which was featured on her 4th album V.D.

Valshe held her first live concert "Live the Joker 2013" at the Akasaka Act Theater on November 30, 2013.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Valshe voiced Hayato in the Japanese version of Fire Emblem Fates.

In August 2017 Valshe collaborated with Vocaloid producer Doriko on his compilation album Doriko 10th Anniversary Tribute with the song "Ame ka Yume" .^{[10] [11] [12]}

Song appearances

• Valshe's second single "Jester" is the theme song of the PSP otome game Kannou Mukashibanashi and the ending theme of the TV variety show Akesaka Satomi no Aketere.
• The song "Another Sky" on the single "Jester" was used in the Xbox 360 game Ever17 as the grand ending theme.
• The song "Fragment" from her third single "Afflict" was the ending theme to the variety show Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable.
• Her fifth single "Blessing Card" is the second ending theme of the TV anime Tanken Driland 1000-nen no Mahou,^[13]
• Her sixth single "Butterfly Core" is the 37th opening theme song of the anime Detective Conan.^[14]
• Her ninth single "Lie to You" is used as the 49th ending theme of the anime Detective Conan.^[15]
• Her tenth single "Montage" is used as the second opening theme song of the anime Nobunaga no Shinobi.^[16]
• Her eleventh single "Lapis Lazuli" is used as the ending theme of the otome game Majestic☆Magical.^[17]

Discography

Albums

• Valuable Sheaves^[18] (March 24, 2010)
• Storyteller^[19] (September 23, 2010)
• Play the Joker^[20] (February 22, 2012)
• V.D.^{[21] [22] [23] [24]} (February 19, 2014)
• Storyteller II: The Age Limits^[25] (September 24, 2014)
• Jiroku・Kumonoito^[26] (June 24, 2015)
• Display: Now&Best^[27] (September 23, 2015)
• Riot^[28] (July 27, 2016)
• Wonderful Curve^[29] (August 23, 2017)
• This Life, Is Gorgeous^[30] (August 22, 2018)

Singles

No.	Release date	Title	Catalog no.				Oricon rank
			Ltd. edition A	Ltd. edition B	General release	Musing edition
1st	2011-4-27	"Revolt e.p."	MHCL-1883		MHCL-1885		13th
2nd	2011-7-27	"Jester"	MHCL-1941		MHCL-1943		24th
3rd	2012-6-27	"Afflict / Fragment"	COCA-3801	COCA-3802	COCA-3803		16th
4th	2013-3-13	"4 Felids"	JBCZ-4001	JBCZ-4002	JBCZ-4003	JBCF-1001	17th
5th	2013-8-21	"Blessing Card"	JBCZ-4004		JBCZ-4005	JBCF-1002	30th
6th	2013-11-27	"Butterfly Core"	JBCZ-4006	JBCZ-4007	JBCZ-4008	JBCF-1003	23rd
7th	2014-7-16	"Transform / Marvelous Road"	JBCZ-4009	JBCZ-4010	JBCZ-4011	JBCF-1004	13th
8th	2014-9-24	"Trip×Trick"	JBCZ-6009		JBCZ-6010		27th
9th	2015-2-4	"君への嘘" (Lie to You)	JBCZ-6015	JBCZ-6016	JBCZ-4013	JBCF-1005	14th
10th	2017-2-8	"Montage"	JBCZ-4029	JBCZ-4030	JBCZ-4031	JBCF-1007	19th
11th	2018-3-21	"激情型カフネ/ラピスラズリ" (Passionate Cafuné / Lapis Lazuli)	JBCZ-4040	JBCZ-4041	JBCZ-4042		21st
12th	2019-5-22	"Sym-Bolic XXX"	JBCZ-4048	JBCZ-4049	JBCZ-4050		21st
13th	2019-11-20	"紅蓮" (Crimson)	JBCZ-6112		JBCZ-6113		23rd

Digital-exclusive singles

See also

• Niconico
• Vocaloid
• Being Inc.
• 5pb. Records
• J-pop Artists starting with V

External links

• Website
• Barutoku Radio
• 5pb. Records Valshe

Notes and References

1. Web site: VALSHE.
2. Web site: バルバルにしてやんよ。 . ameblo.jp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090712043101/http://ameblo.jp/valshe9 . 2009-07-12.
3. Web site: VALSHE OFFICIAL BLOG Powered by Ameba . Ameblo.jp . n.d.. October 25, 2013.
4. Web site: VIDEO: Mysterious Nico Singer VALSHE Unveils Her Appearance.
5. Web site: Over the Horizon First Contact "Live the Joker 2013" . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929234819/http://valshe-oth.jp/info/livethejoker2013.html . 2018-09-29.
6. Web site: 「Live the Joker 2013」 Valsheが自身初のライブで見せた素顔 . December 3, 2013 .
7. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.
8. Web site: Valshe、3年越し初ライブで「Play the Joker」再現.
9. Web site: VALSHE 趣向を凝らした初ライブに歓喜の声 (VALSHE Shouts of joy at the elaborate first live show) . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001937/http://www.animate.tv/news/details.php?id=1387965662 . 2016-03-04.
10. Web site: dorikoトリビュートアルバム「doriko 10th anniversary tribute」発売決定！！. Doriko Official Website.
11. Web site: doriko、初音ミク10周年祝した新作＆自身の10周年記念したトリビュート盤を同時発売. natalie.mu.
12. Web site: VALSHEが、dorikoのトリビュートアルバムに参加決定！. valshe.jp.
13. Web site: VALSHE's first Anime-Tie-Up Single! – musicJAPANplus -Pick up . Musicjapanplus.jp . n.d.. October 25, 2013.
14. Web site: VALSHE、11月27日発売シングルは名探偵コナンOPテーマ！本人実写ジャケット盤で初の顔出しも！ – musicJAPANplus -Pick up . Jp.musicjapanplus.jp . October 3, 2013 . October 25, 2013.
15. Web site: VALSHE's Discography. n.d.. valshe.jp. December 30, 2014.
16. News: VALSHE OFFICIAL WEBSITE. August 30, 2017. ja.
17. Web site: VALSHE OFFICIAL WEBSITE. valshe.jp. ja. February 2, 2018.
18. Web site: Ofurotaimu Valuable Sheaves Tracklist.
19. Web site: VALSHE「storyteller」クロスフェード映像作ってみました。 . YouTube . September 13, 2010 . October 25, 2013.
20. Web site: VALSHE 1st FULL ALBUM「PLAY THE JOKER」クロスフェード【OFFICIAL】 . YouTube . February 10, 2012 . October 25, 2013.
21. Web site: VALSHE 2nd Album「V.D.」 クロスフェード【OFFICIAL】. YouTube.
22. Web site: VALSHE 2nd ALBUM発売決定！｜VALSHE OFFICIAL BLOG Powered by Ameba . ameblo.jp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204907/http://ameblo.jp/valshe9/entry-11735276065.html . 2014-01-04.
23. Web site: Valshe、2年ぶりフルアルバム「V.d.」リリース決定.
24. Web site: VALSHE's 2nd full album announced! "V.D." to be released on February 19, 2014!. December 2013.
25. Web site: storytellerII〜the Age Limits〜 全曲目発表！｜VALSHE OFFICIAL BLOG Powered by Ameba . ameblo.jp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120923/http://ameblo.jp/valshe9/entry-11914735481.html . 2014-08-26.
26. News: VALSHE OFFICIAL WEBSITE. August 30, 2017. ja.
27. News: VALSHE OFFICIAL WEBSITE. August 30, 2017. ja.
28. News: VALSHE OFFICIAL WEBSITE. February 2, 2018. ja.
29. Web site: VALSHE OFFICIAL WEBSITE. valshe.jp. ja. February 2, 2018.
30. Web site: VALSHE. VALSHE. ja. September 1, 2018.