was a Japanese singer from

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

, Japan. She graduated from the

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music or is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter ...

and both composed and sang not only classic but also pop and

world music "World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, Cross-cultural communication, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's broad nature and elasticity as a musical ...

. She was also friends with well-known video game composer

Yasunori Mitsuda is a Japanese composer and musician. He is best known for his work in video games, primarily for the '' Chrono'', '' Xeno'', '' Shadow Hearts'', and '' Inazuma Eleven'' franchises, among various others. Mitsuda began composing music for his own ...

and had collaborated with him on some of his works. She died on August 4, 2008, at age 43 after being hospitalized as the result of

liver cancer Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary in which the cancer starts in the liver, or it can be liver metastasis, or secondar ...

Discography

*''Wāzu Wāsu no Bōken'', Released May 17, 1996 *''Ao ni Sasageru'', Released in 1997 *''Prayer'', Released April 25, 2001 *''Animage'', Released November 22, 2001 *''Animage 2'', Released March 2, 2002 *

Kirite ''Kirite'' is a 2005 album composed by Yasunori Mitsuda based on ''The Five Seasons of Kirite'', a story by Masato Kato. Unlike their other previous major collaborations like ''Chrono Trigger'', ''Xenogears'' and ''Chrono Cross'', ''Kirite'' was n ...

, Released May 18, 2005 *''Madoromi no Rinne'', Released June 7, 2006 *''

Soma Bringer is a 2008 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The player, controlling one of the eight main characters, explores dungeons and fights enemies in real-time combat across three-dimensi ...

'', Released February 28, 2008 *''Kaze no Michi e'', Released December 17, 2008 *''Himawari'', Released December 24, 2008 *''Oriental Green'', Released August 26, 2009 And she also sang the song "Almateria" from the anime and game ''

Tales of Symphonia is an action role-playing video game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco for the GameCube. The seventh main installment of the ''Tales'' series, it was released in Japan on August 29, 2003, in North America on July 13, 2004 ...

'' as well as tracks for ''

Aria In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air (music), air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrument (music), instrumental or orchestral accompan ...

'' (see List of ''Aria'' soundtracks)

References

External links

Official website
* Deaths from liver cancer in Japan 1965 births 2008 deaths Singers from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers {{Japan-singer-stub