Nana Kitade

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Nana Kitade

Nana Kitade in San Francisco's Amoeba Music (August 2, 2006)
Background information
Birth name Nana Kitade
Also known as Nana Kitade, Ruby Gloom
Born May 2, 1987 (1987-05-02) (age 22)
Origin Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Genres Rock
Years active 2002–Present
Labels Sony Music Japan (SME Records)
Website http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/

Nana Kitade (北出 菜奈 Kitade Nana?, born May 2, 1987 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō) is a rock and pop singer-songwriter, musician. She is signed on with Sony Music Japan. She is particularly famous for dressing and designing Gothic Lolita fashion, something that many of her fans have in common with her. Many of her songs were used as anime, TV shows, doramas and movie opening/ending/image themes. After a long break, in September it was announced she would become vocalist of her new band Loveless.

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[edit] Biography

As a child, Kitade wanted to be a singer and or an anime artist. She started learning the piano at the age of three, and wrote her own lyrics at twelve. In junior high school, she became a fan of Ringo Shiina and learned to play the guitar, traveling frequently to Tokyo for singing lessons.

In February 2002 Kitade passed a Sony Music Japan audition and was chosen as the Sapporo area representative and was given the opportunity to debut as a singer.

In March, 2003, the demo which she submitted caught the attention of Susumu Nishikawa, session guitarist and Ringo Shina's sideman at the time of the debut. She signed a deal with SME Records, a subgroup of Sony Music Japan. In August 1 2005 Nana Kitade participated in the Hong Kong Comic Festival 2005.

On October 29, 2003, she debuted with the single Kesenai Tsumi, which was used as the first ending theme song of the popular anime Fullmetal Alchemist. The single was a success, gaining the #14 spot on Oricon and stayed on the charts for twenty-two weeks. With the success of Kesenai Tsumi, Kitade then released Kesenai Tsumi: Raw "Breath" Track, which was a slower version of the song which charted the Oricon charts and peaked at #87. Kesenai Tsumi is to date her most successful single yet.

After Kitade's debut single, her CD sales began to steadily decline on the Oricon charts. However, her first album 18: Eighteen sold fairly well reaching the #15 spot and charting for five weeks. Following the release of her album she released Nana Kitade: 18Movies, which contained videos of all her singles from her album, and live performances from her 1st One man Band Show, Showcasing her album.

After the release of Pureness/Nanairo (Pureness was used as the ending theme for the anime series Beet the Vandel Buster, Kitade's clothing style began to slowly switch to Gothic Lolita. Her new image was fully revealed with the release of Kiss or Kiss single, which is her highest ranking single, reaching #11. During the releases of Kiss or Kiss and Kanashimi no Kizu (ending theme song for PS2 game Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami wo Tsugu Shoujo her Gothic Lolita clothing was more subtle, but then changed drastically with the release of her eight single, Slave of Kiss, which contained a cover of Princess Princess' Kiss song, and an English version of her 5th single Kiss or Kiss.

Although by this time Kitade's popularity had dwindled, interestingly, she developed a small fan base in areas such as The United States, France, Germany, China and Tokyo, gaining the interest of Lolita clothing companies such as Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, of which she has repeatedly stated to be her favorite brand. Other than Baby, The Stars Shine Bright, Kitade is a regular model in the magazines Kera and the Gothic & Lolita Bible. She has become a fashion icon for many teenage girls and is popular among those of Lolita subculture.

In August 1, 2005 Nana Kitade participated in the Hong Kong Comic Festival 2005.

Beginning on April 27, 2006, Kitade released 13 singles in a row. These were available exclusively via cell phone downloads, each for 100yen. Each single was released on the 7th, 17th, or 27th of each month until August 27th, 2006. Most of the songs were covers of 1980's hit song, but a few tracks were new. In July 2006, Kitade released a her first mini cover album Cutie Bunny, containing six of her recent cell phone singles, including Moonlight Densetsu (opening theme for the popular anime series Sailor Moon) and Lum no Love song (from the anime series Urusei Yatsura).

She was one of the musical guests at Otakon 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her album 18: Eighteen was also released in the United States through Tofu Records on July 11th 2006 with the bonus track Kiss or Kiss (English Version).

The end of 2006 brought about Kitade's second album, I Scream which contained the single Kibou no Kakera (Opening theme for the anime series Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z) and Slave of Kiss A-side track sweet frozen kiss as well a remake of Greenday's Basket Case. The album had a more punk-rock feel on it than her previous work and the music for this record was more complex and elaborated than previous one, with a more dark, loud, and lively tune, but due a low promotion and publicity, the album did not do well (in the terms of marketing), only charting for a week, peaking at #150 on the oricon chart.

In 2007, Kitade found herself in the spotlight again, releasing her 9th single Antoinette Blue (Ending theme for the anime serie D.Gray-Man) which gained moderate success and reached #34 on the Oricon charts. The single lead-up to her first best of album entitled Berry Berry Singles which featured all of her singles including remakes of Kesenai Tsumi and Alice and a remake of Daisy Chainsaw's Love Your Money, which were all composed by ex-Megadeth member ,Marty Friedman. The album was not promoted that much and only peaked at #95 on the Oricon chart. In France, Kitade has also performed at Japan Expo9, which took place in Paris in 2007. Her best-of album Berry Berry Singles includes footage of her travel and performances there and was later released in Europe on March 5, 2008.

The Year 2008 found Kitade releasing the singles Suicides Loves Story (ending theme for the anime series Persona: Trinity Soul), Siren (theme song for the Japanese version of the Canadian series Ruby Gloom), which was composed once again for Megadeth's former member Marty Friedman with a fast, funny, metal-rock-pop sound, and Punk&Baby's, which were all charted lower than #60 on the Oricon chart. On July 23, 2008 a cover of Cyndi Lauper's 1983 hit "She Bop" was featured on We Love Cyndi - Tribute to Cyndi Lauper album, track # 9. In August 2008 Kitade was featured at the 10th anniversary of Animagic Convention in Bonn, Germany.

Recently Kitade's song 月華-tsukihana was featured as the opening theme for the anime series Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae by Aniplex which charted at #27 on the oricon chart, her highest in two years. Kitade later released her third full length album, Bondage (album), which debuted at #85 on the oricon weekly charts, higher then her previous releases. On May 5th 2009 it was announced on Kitade's official website that she had to cancel an upcoming live due to poor physical health. It was also announced a month later that she would be taking a break from all activities due to poor physical health, and that details would be posted on her site as soon as she recovers. Information on Kitade's condition is currently unknown.

On October 2nd 2009 it was announced on Kitade's official website that she would make her return as the vocalist of her new band, Loveless, though the official Loveless website had been open beforehand with a personal message from Kitade. She showcased live as "the eve" of her revival on the same day. Bassist HIROKI who is known as a tour member of bands, such as Penicillin and guitarist TAIZO (ex-Feel), and so on participated in this band. Currently TAIZO is the only member other than Kitade not listed as "Live support". Kitade held the revival live, titled the "Birth festival", at Shibuya eggman on October 7th. On October 11th a message on Loveless' site announced Kitade's contract with SME Records had come to an end. Loveless also participated in the large Visual kei festival, "V-ROCK FESTIVAL09" on October 25th. She performed and model during a fashion show.

[edit] Chronology

[edit] 2003

  • October 29 - Debuted with the single Kesenai Tsumi, which was featured as the first ending for the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi). It ranked #14 on the Oricon Charts and is her best selling single to date.
  • November 1 - Appeared on the NHK television program pop-jam.
  • July 25 - First national in-store tour was performed until August 15. She toured 7 cities, with 8 public performances.

[edit] 2004

  • February 4 - Release of her 2nd single Utareru ame. It ranked #55 on the Oricon Chart.
  • July 22 - Release of her 3rd single Hold Heart. It ranked #95 on the Oricon Chart.
  • September 30 - The song Pureness was featured as the ending theme of the anime Beet the Vandel Buster (Bouken'ou Beet).
  • November 17 - Release of her fourth single Pureness/Nanairo, which ranked #60 on the Oricon Chart.

[edit] 2005

  • June 1 - Released of her 5th single Kiss or Kiss, which ranked #11 on the Oricon Charts. It was the theme song of the Nippon Television drama anego.
  • July 20 - Release of her 6th single Kanashimi no Kizu, which ranked #26 on the Oricon chart. It was the theme song of PS2 game Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami wo Tsugu Shoujo.
  • August 1 - Participated in the Hong Kong Comic Festival 2005. She was the first Japanese person to participate in the festival.
  • August 24 - 1st Album 18: Eighteen was released. It ranked #16 on the Oricon chart. Track 6, Alice was used as the image song for the movie Shinku.
  • August 28 - Participated in Bokura no Ongaku Live on the Odaiba Bouken'ou specially installed stage. A part of this was shown to the public on Bokura no Ongaku 2
  • September 7 - Held her first one-man live show, which was entitled Nana Kitade Live Showcase '18: Eighteen', in Shibuya-Ax.
  • December 7 - Nana Kitade: 18Movies DVD released. The DVD consists of all her music videos up until this point, clips from her one-man live show, commercials for her releases, and a studio recording of Kesenai Tsumi.

[edit] 2006

  • February 8 - Release of her 7th single Slave of Kiss which ranked #79 on the Oricon Charts. Track #1, Kiss is a cover of a Princess Princess song of the same name. A month later the song was placed on the Princess Princess tribute album, 14 Princess: Princess Princess Children as track #2. The single includes an English version of Kitade's 5th single, Kiss or Kiss and also Sweet Frozen Kiss later included on her I Scream album.
  • June 6 - American anime convention Otakon announced that she would be a musical guest for Otakon 2006 in August.
  • July 12 - Release of her first mini-album Cutie Bunny.
  • August 2 - Made an in-store performance at San Francisco's Virgin Megastore. She did her first US radio interview with EigoMANGA's radio program, Shibuya Airwaves.
  • August 4 - Made her first East Coast performance at the Ram's Head Live at Otakon.
  • October 4 - Release of her 8th single Kibou no Kakera, which ranked #64 on the Oricon Chart. It was used as the opening theme song for the anime Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z.
  • December 6 - Release of 2nd full-length album I Scream in Japan which featured a cover of Greenday's Basket Case.

[edit] 2007

  • July 3- The song Antoinette Blue is the fourth ending theme for the anime D.Gray-man.
  • July 7- Performance at Japan Expo in Paris.
  • September 5 - Release of her 9th single, Antoinette Blue. It was used as an ending theme for the anime D.Gray-man.
  • November 14 - Release of her first compilation album Berry Berry Singles.

[edit] 2008

  • March 5 - Release of her 10th Single, Suicides Love Story, which ranked #64 on the Oricon Chart. It was used as the ending theme to the Aniplex anime Persona: Trinity Soul.
  • March 26 - Release of her 11th single Siren, which ranked #189 on the oricon chart. It was used as the theme song to the Japanese dub of Ruby Gloom. Nana Kitade used the alias Ruby Gloom for this song.
  • July 23 - Release of her 12th single, Punk&Baby's, which ranked #108 on the oricon charts. It was used as the introduction theme song to the TV program "Rank Okoku for June and July 2008.
  • July 23 - Cover Of Cyndi Lauper's 1983 hit "She Bop" was featured on "We Love Cyndi - Tribute to Cyndi Lauper" Album as Track # 9.
  • August 1 - Nana Kitade has been announced as a musical guest at the 10th AnimagiC convention in Bonn, Germany.
  • October 4 - The song 月華- tsukihana is the opening theme to the Aniplex anime Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae.

[edit] 2009

  • February 4 - Release of her 13th single, 月華-tsukihana which debuted at #22 on the oricon charts And Peaked At #27 on The Weekly Charts.
  • March 11 - Release of her Third Full Length Album Bondage which debuted at #85 on the oricon weekly charts
  • June 1 - Label announces Kitade is taking a break from all activities due to poor physical health. Details forthcoming.
  • October 2 - Label announces Kitade's new project, vocalist of new band Loveless.
  • October 11 - It is announced on Loveless' website that Kitade's contract with SME Records has come to an end.

[edit] Discography

Main article: Nana Kitade discography

[edit] Albums

  • Cutie Bunny Release date : July 12, 2006 Phone Singles : Moonlight Densetsu, Lum no Love Song

[edit] Singles

  1. Kesenai Tsumi (消せない罪 - Indelible Sin)
  2. Shunkan (瞬間 - Moment)
  3. Iryuuhin (遺留品 - Things Left Behind)
  4. Kesenai Tsumi (instrumental) (消せない罪 (instrumental))
  • Kesenai Tsumi: Raw “Breath” Track~ (消せない罪: Raw “Breath” Track) [December 3, 2003]
  1. Kesenai Tsumi: Raw “Breath” Track(消せない罪: Raw “Breath” Track)
  2. Shunkan: Raw “Pain” Track (瞬間: Raw “Pain” Track)
  3. Kesenai Tsumi: Raw “Breath” Track (消せない罪: Taw “Breath” Track　（instrumental）)
  1. Utareru Ame (撃たれる雨 - Defeating Rain)
  2. Akai Hana (赤い花 - Red Flower)
  3. Utakata (泡沫 - Transient)
  4. Utareru Ame ~ raw “break” track (撃たれる雨　～raw “break” track～)
  1. Hold Heart
  2. Blue Butterfly
  1. Pureness
  2. Nanairo (七色 - Seven Colours)
  3. Pureness (instrumental)
  4. Nanairo (instrumental) (七色 (instrumental))
  1. Kiss or Kiss
  2. Chouhatsu Girl (挑発ガール - Provoking Girl)
  3. Kiss or Kiss （Instrumental）
  1. Kanashimi no Kizu (悲しみのキズ - Scar of Sadness)
  2. Call Me
  3. Kanashimi no Kizu (instrumental) (悲しみのキズ（Instrumental）)
  1. Kiss
  2. Kiss wo Kudasai (キスを下さい - A Kiss, Please)
  3. Kiss or Kiss (English version)
  4. Sweet Frozen Kiss
  1. Kibou no Kakera (希望のカケラ - Pieces of Hope)
  2. This Is a Girl
  3. Kibou no Kakera (Original Karaoke) (希望のカケラ（オリジナルカラオケ）)
  1. Antoinette Blue (アントワネットブルー)
  2. Wish in the Blood
  3. Kamisama Hitotsu Dake (神様ひとつだけ - Only One God)
  4. Antoinette Blue (アントワネットブルー): D. Gray-man Ending Ver.
  5. Antoinette Blue (アントワネットブルー) (Instrumental)
  1. Suicides Love Story
  2. Setsuna no Kizuna (刹那の絆 - Bond of the Moment)
  3. Tsuiraku (墜落 - Crash)
  4. Suicides Love Story: Instrumental
  • Siren(サイレン) [March 26, 2008]
  1. Siren (サイレン)
  2. My Treasure
  3. Siren: Instrumental (サイレン: Instrumental)
  4. My Treasure: Instrumental
  1. Punk&Baby's
  2. Lamia
  3. Kesenai Tsumi: Punk&Baby's (消せない罪: Punk&Baby's): Air Guitar Mix
  4. Punk&Baby's: Instrumental
  1. 月華-tsukihana- Moonflower
  2. 鏡の国のアリア (Kagami no Kuni no Aria) - Mirrorland's Aria
  3. マノン (Manon)
  4. 月華-tsukihana-: 地獄少女 三鼎 オープニングVer. (Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae Opening Ver.)
  5. 月華-tsukihana-: Instrumental

[edit] Phone singles

  • Moonlight Densetsu [April 27, 2006]
  • Lum no Love Song [May 7, 2006]
  • Unknown [May 17, 2006]
  • Unknown [May 27, 2006]
  • Unknown [June 7, 2006]
  • Unknown [June 17, 2006]
  • Unknown [June 27, 2006]
  • Unknown [July 7, 2006]
  • Unknown [July 17, 2006]
  • Unknown [July 27, 2006]
  • Unknown [August 7, 2006]
  • Unknown [August 17, 2006]
  • Unknown [August 27, 2006]

(NOTE: Moonlight Densetsu and Lum no Love Song are two of six cell-phone exclusive releases that were featured on Nana Kitade's Mini-Album. Beginning on April 27th, 2006, Kitade released 13 singles in a row. These were available exclusively via cell phone downloads, each for 100 yen. Each single was released on the 7th, 17th, or 27th of each month until August 27th, 2006.)

[edit] DVD

  • Nana Kitade: 18Movies (December 7, 2005)
  • Cutie Bunny: Nana-teki Rock Daisakusen♡ Codename wa C.B.R. (Cutie Bunny ～菜奈的ロック大作戦＿ コードネームはC.B.R.～) [DVD DISC2] (July 12, 2006)

[edit] Magazines

  • In Japan, Nana Kitade has been featured in monthly prints of Kera Magazine regularly Since 2007, wearing gothic lolita styled clothes.
  • In Europe, Nana Kitade was featured in the 50th Issue of Neo Magazine in August 2008.
  • In USA, Nana Kitade did a cover feature interview in the February 2008 (vol 1) edition of Gothic & Lolita Bible. (US version)

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Radio

  • Kitade Nana no All Night Nippon R (February 13, 2004 — September 2, 2005 Nippon Broadcasting System etc...)
  • Kitade Nana no Ima Doko? (July 2, 2004 - HBC Radio)
  • Honny Bunny (April 1, 2005 - FM-Fuji)
  • Kitade Nana Tokeidai no Otona Relock (July 2, 2005 - Air-G')
  • Tales of Another Festival (live concert-type program for fans of the anime "Fullmetal Alchemist" in Tokyo's Osaka-jou Hall)
  • Shibuya Airwaves (August 1, 2006 - CBS Radio, American Radio Program)
  • In July 7, 2007 Nana Kitade performed at the Japan Expo in Paris.
  • In August 1, 2008 , Nana Kitade was featured in the 10th Annual AnimagiC.

[edit] Live

  • Kitade, Nana Performance and Autograph Signing (August 2nd, 2006) Virgin Megastore - San Francisco
  • Kitade, Nana Performance at Ram's Head, Autograph Signing, and Fashion Contest w/ guest judge Naoki Matsumura and hostess Lauren Goodnight(August 4-6, 2006) Otakon Anime Convention at BCC - Baltimore

[edit] Concerts

Following the release of her first album, Nana Kitade held her own one man show , showcasing her album "18 - Eighteen-". This was following the release of her : Nana Kitade: 18 Movies (December 7, 2005).

[edit] Notes


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