Saori Atsumi
| Saori Atsumi アツミサオリ |
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| Birth name | Saori Atsumi (渥美佐織) |
| Born | February 2 |
| Origin | Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Genres | J-Pop, Indie |
| Occupations | Singer, song-writer, lyricist |
| Instruments | Guitar, Vocals |
| Years active |
1999 - September 2007 August, 2010 - present |
| Labels | Lantis (Major) B-Gram Records (Independent) |
| Website | Official site |
Saori Atsumi (アツミサオリ Atsumi Saori) is a Japanese singer. She is inactive as from September 2007 under her major label. Although her name is written in katakana, her birth name in kanji is Atsumi Saori (渥美佐織).
Her latest release is the digital single, Namida no Riyū which was released on November 26, 2008 while her latest collaboration was with Kanae Itō by providing the lyrics and composition of 2 tracks from her single Yume・Miru・Kokoro (ユメ・ミル・ココロ) titled Setsuna Rabu Reta (セツナラブレター, Juncture Love Letter) and Yūwake Māmarēdo (誘惑マーマレード, Marmalade Temptation).[1]
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[edit] About
[edit] Personal
Saori Atsumi is born on February 2[year missing] at Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture. When she was young, her mother used to sing lullabies to her and use the organ during her kindergarten lessons; this had a lot of influence for her interest in music. She admired Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi and decided to take up the guitar during middle school. During high school, she started to write music.[2]
It is implied that she can paint and draw as well. She designed the cover of her self-produced single. Her official site features the cover of her latest single, Namida no Riyū. This became evident when the singer participated in a charity event and contributed a tote bag featuring her artwork on it.[3]
[edit] Career
Before her commercial debut, she often did live in-house performances at different places such as Apia in Shibuya, Tokyo as well in-store performances at various Tower Records stores.
She self-produced a cassette that contains two songs in October 1999 titled Mayonaka no Radio. The title track was later included in her first self-produced CD titled Tasogare Ryūseigun with an acoustic version of it. The CD was released on July 27, 2002.
Then she officially debuted with her single, "Mōsukoshi… Mōsukoshi…" as the ending theme of Midori Days in 2004. Later in November, she released her second major single, "Bīdama". The title track became the ending theme for the anime series Genshiken. The single contains a hidden track titled Nagare Hoshi (流れ星). It is a cover version of a song by Magokoro Brothers.
On Christmas Day that year, she also released her first album under an independent label, B-gram Records, titled Anata to Watashi to Kimi to Boku. Her second album Sora Iro Nostalgie was released in April 2006. Her third major single, "Ai", was released, and the title track was opening theme for the 2006 remake of the series Kujibiki Unbalance. It also contained her cover of Kazuyoshi Saitō’s Tatoeba Kimi no Koto
It was not until 2007 that she released her first major album. Tokyo Cramzy Days, which was released on March 21, also contains a few tracks from her other major singles as well as her other independent albums.[2] Except for her three singles, her albums never went on the Oricon charts.
According to an advertisement in Animedia’s September 2007 issue, she as well as other artistes such as rino of CooRie are invited to Sakura Nogawa’s concert Sakura Nogawa Nyaho~♪ Tour 2007 Love Note. Her last few interviews can be found in Voice Newtype, Seiyū Grand Prix, Seiyū Animedia, with the latest report on April 2007 in Music Freak Magazine which is circulated in CD shops free in Japan.
Her latest releases Suki ni Naritai and Namida no Riyū are exclusively available on iTunes Music Store. They are released under her independent label. Her first digital single, Aoi Sora ga Mienai was released on April 11, 2006 was only available in Indie Rise. The single is from her second independent album, Sora Iro no Nostalgie.
She does live in-house performances as well as being a part of the Tote as Canvas Charity Event with Masao Kida, Maroon 5 along with other celebrities.[4]
[edit] Collaborations
In her career, she composed and wrote lyrics for other artistes. She wrote lyrics for Uso (嘘, Lie) in Sayuri Iwata's Sayuri Iwata BEST+ album. She also composed the music for tears and January 28 ~two of us~ in Aya Kamiki's independent mini album, Rock On which is track 5 and 8 respectively.
As for Sakura Nogawa, she wrote the song (あっという間) and lyrics of this song Akashia (アカシア) which can be found in the singer's album, Kazeiro Renshō and Potechi respectively. She also wrote lyrics for Bon-Bon Blanco's song, La La Kuchibue Fuite Ikō (La La 口笛吹いて行こう).
The arrangement for Suki ni Naritai and Namida no Riyū, are done by Daisuke Ikeda.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
[edit] Albums
[edit] Albums of independent label
[edit] Digital singles
[edit] Self-produced singles
[edit] Self-produced CDs
[edit] Compilations
- Tears...for truth
This album was released on April 16, 2008. It contains image songs for the characters of True Tears.
The singer has participated in the compilation and writes the music and lyrics for track 3 titled, Takarabako (宝箱, Treasure Box). It is Shinichirō Nakagami's image song for the series.
- Neo Generation Vol.1
This compilation features 13 artistes and contains Saori Atsumi’s Mayonaka no Radio.
[edit] References
- ^ "ユメ・ミル・ココロ - TVアニメ『大正野球娘。』 - 伊藤かな恵". Lantis. http://lantis.jp/new-release/data.php?id=504f46b4a4661046e40efa3a5e7e04d7. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ a b "Official Website’s Profile Section". http://www.geocities.jp/atsumisaori/aboutme.html. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ "TOTE AS CANVAS "Special " Exhibition and Charity Auction - Saori Atsumi". http://www.superplanning.co.jp/rootote/designaward/charity/2009/work/name/atsumi_saori/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "TOTE AS CANVAS "Special " Exhibition and Charity Auction". http://www.superplanning.co.jp/rootote/designaward/charity/2009/work/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
[edit] External links
- Official site (Japanese)
- Saori Atsumi @ Lantis (Japanese)
- Saori Atsumi at Twitter (Japanese)
- Saori Atsumi @ Neo Generation (Japanese)
- Saori Atsumi @ MusicBrainz
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