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Origa
Birth name Ol'ga Vital'evna Yakovleva
Born October 12, 1970 (1970-10-12) (age 38)
Russian flag Novosibirsk
Origin Russia
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1993-present
Label(s) Gemmatika
Associated acts Yoko Kanno
Website Official Site

Origa (real name Ol'ga Vital'evna Yakovleva (Russian: Ольга Витальевна Яковлева), born October 12, 1970 in Kochenёvo, Novosibirsk oblast, Russia) is a Japanese singer of Russian descent.

After graduating from music school in 1990, she took an opportunity to visit Japan in 1991 and finally contracted with the ROAD&SKY Organization [1] in 1993. Origa has since participated in several projects with various artists in addition to the Radio Japan Series and being part of the chorus for the Kobe earthquake disaster charity single. Origa married Iranian producer Zhian Saedi in 1998. They met at a party where she was singing. She gave birth to a son, Alyosha, in 2000.

As of 2005, Origa has released seven solo albums, two mini-albums, and 3 singles. She gained popularity outside of Japan with the release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and the subsequent original soundtracks, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 2.

These were written by long-time friend and composer Yoko Kanno, and both the first season's theme song, Inner Universe (featuring boy soprano Ben Del Maestro) and the second season's theme song, Rise used Origa's vocals. Origa first performed with Kanno for ∀ Gundam, singing Gabriela Robin's "Moon" with the Gey's AX chorus.

In 2005, Origa performed songs for the anime series Fantastic Children, most notably the ending theme "Mizu no Madoromi".

In 2006 Origa was involved in lyrics & vocal performance for the opening song ("Player") and the ending theme ("date of rebirth") from the movie Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society.

In 2007, Origa performed with Yoko Kanno for the Ragnarok 2 Concert. There, she performed all three Ghost in the Shell opening themes, "Player" for Solid State Society, "Inner Universe" for the first season, and "Rise" for 2nd Gig respectively, and substituted for Ilaria Graziano on "Yoru_Vo", Pierre Bensusan on "ELM", and Gabriela Robin on "Torukia".

She also performed alongside fellow vocalists Maaya Sakamoto and Mai Yamane and joined in singing selected songs originally performed only by Maaya.

It should be noted that Origa is no longer active in Russia, but does tours over the world.

[edit] Solo Discography

  • The Songwreath (2008)
  • Hana Gumori [Single] (2007)
  • Leleyala [Single] (2006)
  • Land of Love [Single] (2006)
  • Spiral [Single] (2006)
  • Aurora (2005)
  • Mizu no Madoromi [Single] (2004)
  • Era of Queens (2003)
  • The Best of Origa (1999)
  • Eternal (Eien) (1998)
  • Le Vent Vert—Le Temps Bleu (Полюшко Поле) [Single] (1998)
  • Lira Vetrov (1996)
  • Aria [Mini-Album] (1996)
  • Illusia (1995)
  • Kaze no Naka no Soritea [Single] (1995)
  • Crystal Winter [Mini-Album] (1994)
  • ORIGA (1994)
  • Olga [Demo] (1991)
  • Electra's Song [Single] (Release year unknown)

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