is a Japanese singer from
Osaka Prefecture and is signed to
Lantis.
Career
ChouCho initially formed the band ''Lotus Lotus'' in 2007 when still in high school and performed covers of songs from anime. Starting in June 2008, ChouCho began submitting videos of her singing on the
Nico Nico Douga video sharing
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website.
On July 27, 2011, she made her major debut with her single , which is used as the opening theme to the 2011 anime ''
Heaven's Memo Pad
is a Japanese light novel series written by Hikaru Sugii, with illustrations by Mel Kishida. ASCII Media Works published nine volumes between January 2007 and September 2014 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation illustrated b ...
''. Her second single "Authentic symphony" was released on October 26, 2011 and is used as the opening theme to the 2011 anime ''
Mashiroiro Symphony''. In August 2011, she released the album ''Lapis'' with the producer Junky. ChouCho's third single was released on November 23, 2011 and is used as the ending theme to the 2011
original video animation
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series ''
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky''. Her fourth single "Million of Bravery" was released on March 21, 2012 and is used as the theme song to the 2012 video game ''
Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur
is a Japanese media franchise created by Square Enix, consisting primarily of a series of video games. The first release was an online free-to-play card battle game titled , which was released for iOS and Android (operating system), An ...
''.
Her fifth single was released on May 2, 2012 and is used as the opening theme to the 2012 anime ''
Hyōka
is a 2001 Japanese mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa. It is the first volume of the series. Five additional volumes have been published between 2002 and 2016. A manga adaptation drawn by Taskohna began serialization in the March ...
''. ChouCho released her debut solo album ''Flyleaf'' on August 8, 2012, containing all previously released singles. Her sixth single "DreamRiser" was released on October 24, 2012 and is used as opening theme to the 2012 anime ''
Girls und Panzer
, abbreviated as ''GuP'' or ''Garupan'' , is a Japanese anime franchise created by Actas which depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsuto ...
''. Her seventh single was released on May 22, 2013 and is used as the ending theme to the 2013 anime ''
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and directed by Kazuya Murata, and aired between April and June 2013. A manga adaptation began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Newtype Ace'' magazine in January 2013.
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''. Her eighth single "Starlog" was released on July 31, 2013 and is used as the opening theme to the 2013 anime ''
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
is a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Hiroyama (also known as KALMIA), serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comp Ace'' magazine from 2007 to 2008. It is an alternate universe spin-off of the '' Fate/stay night'' visual novel by Type-Mo ...
''. ChouCho's second studio album ''Secretgarden'' was released on December 25, 2013, containing her sixth through eighth singles.
Her ninth single was released on February 26, 2014 and is used as the ending theme to the 2014 anime ''
Buddy Complex''. Her tenth single was released on August 6, 2014 and is used as the opening theme to the 2014 anime ''
Glasslip''. Her 11th single "Bless Your Name" was released on April 15, 2015 and is used as the opening theme to the 2015 anime ''
High School DxD BorN
The third season of the '' High School DxD'' anime television series, , was directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa and produced by TNK. Its first nine episodes adapts material from the fifth to the seventh volumes of the light novels by Ichiei Ishibumi a ...
''. Her 12th single "Piece of Youth" was released on November 25, 2015; the song is used as the theme song to the 2015 anime film ''
Girls und Panzer der Film''. ChouCho's 13th single was released on February 24, 2016; the song is used as the ending theme to the 2016 anime ''
Haruchika
, also called ''Haruta & Chika'', is a Japanese mystery novel series by Sei Hatsuno. Kadokawa Shoten has published five novels since October 2008. A manga adaptation published by Kadokawa Shoten in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' began serializa ...
''. Her 14th single "Asterism" was released on July 27, 2016; the song is used as the opening theme to the 2016 anime ''
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!''. ChouCho's 15th single "Elemental World" was released on February 15, 2017; the song is used as the ending theme to the 2017 anime ''
Masamune-kun's Revenge''. Her 16th single "Kaleidoscope / was released on August 26, 2017. Her 17th single was released on October 25, 2017; the song is used as the opening theme to the 2017 anime ''
A Sister's All You Need''. Her 18th single ; the title song is used as the ending theme to the 2018 anime ''
Tsurune''.
In 2019 she released the album ''Naked Garden'', which featured acoustic covers of her songs as well as songs by other artists. She released a compilation album titled ''ChouCho the Best'' on December 8, 2021.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Mini albums
Singles
Limited singles
Music videos
Other album appearances
References
External links
Official website
Official websiteat
Lantis
ChouCho's blog
Published videosat
Nico Nico Douga
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Anime musicians
Lantis (company) artists
Living people
Musicians from Osaka Prefecture
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese women singers
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