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Biography

Arai joined Victor Music Entertainment after graduating from university. She worked on collaborations with various artists there. Her first single, "Yakusoku" was released in 1986, and was used as an insert song for the anime '' Windaria''. She also released the album '' Natsukashii Mirai''. In 1988 she left her agency. In 1992, she released the singles "Kaze to Tori to Sora ~reincarnation~" and "Kooru Suna" which were used as songs for the '' Record of Lodoss War'' anime and '' The Weathering Continent'' drama CD, respectively. Her activity in anime continued with ''

''. In 1994, she sang "Voices" for the ''

'' OVA, where she also was the singing voice for Myung Fang Lone and Sharon Apple. She would later release her first compilation album ''Sora no mori'' in 1997. She wrote and performed the two ending songs for the 1998 anime ''

'' and contributed songs for ''Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight''. In 1999, she released "Kanaete" for the '' Puppet Master Sakon'' anime. In 2001, she released "Hana no katachi" as a song for the ''Daichis - Earth Defense Family''. "Kakusei Toshi" was released for ''

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'' in 2002, and "Natsukashii umi" was an opener song for '' Kurau: Phantom Memory''. In 2009, she performed the opening theme "Mitsu no Yoake" (蜜の夜明け) for the anime television series '' Spice and Wolf II'' in 2009, and the ending theme Unknown Vision for ''

'' in 2013. In 2012, she provided music for Shibuya International's 10th anniversary short film called ''Birth''. Arai has performed at many conventions, music festivals, and clubs. In 2005, she celebrated her 20th anniversary in her music career with the compilation album, '' Sora no Uta'', and went on tour to France and Germany in 2006. On March 24, 2013, she performed at

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as her first live concert appearance in Asia outside Japan. 4 December 2019 Arai has worked with many different music artists. In 1989, she joined Tomoko Tane on some of her albums. She also worked with

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and composed tracks for the latter's album. In 1998, she and Yayoi Yula released the album ''Goddess in the morning''. She joined a band called Marsh-mallow which released an eponymous album in 2001. In 2011, she worked with a new music group, releasing ''RuRu Chapeau''. Arai hosted a weekly hour-long radio show called ''Viridian House'' and has also named her website after that.

Discography

Older albums and singles were released by Victor (VDR, VICL, VIDL) label, later re-released under FlyingDog (VTCL) on April 25, 2012.

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Concept album

Live albums

Singles

Collaborations

References

External links

* * (Victor Entertainment) *French fan-website : https://www.akinoarai-fr.com/ * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arai, Akino 1959 births Anime musicians Japanese women singer-songwriters Living people Singers from Tokyo Outlaw Star 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singer-songwriters