Rurutia
Rurutia (ルルティア) is a truly unique and enigmatic female musician from Japan who sings and composes J-Pop. She began her career in 2001 with the release of 'Itoshigo yo' when she was signed to Toshiba-EMI. Her unique music style kept her from reaching instant success, but has gained tremendous amounts of popularity in the last four years. Rurutia, a pseudonym, has not released to the public anything private about her life: from how she got a record deal, to her name, to her age. Yet her fans adore her, and her music continues to rise in popularity across Japan and in the United States.
Career
All that is known about Rurutia are the statistics of her current rising career. In 2001, on a deal with Toshiba-EMI, she released her first single "Itoshigo Yo" on October 6th. The single did fairly well due to a music video, and was followed soon after with "Lost Butterfly", which would become her best-selling single. With two hit songs under her belt, Rurutia launched her first album "R°" on March 6th, 2002.
Even with only two released singles from the album, "R°" did extremely well in the Japanese music market. Rurutia quickly released her third single, "Yuruginai Utsukushii Mono" on June 26th, a beautiful and dramatic song that became an instant hit. Three months after this, she released "Suzaku no Sora", a more rock oriented song for her style. Featured on the CD single was a short film directed and written by Rurutia, adding even more talents to her resume. In January 2003, Rurutia released "Shine", which was soon followed by her second full length album, "Water Forest".
Ten months after the release of "Water Forest", a long wait for many Rurutia followers, the single "Toroimerai" hit the market with two stunning songs. The song "Tsuki Senicha" breaks through most Jpop barriers, creating a trademark sound that is hard to immitate and easily recognizable. "Toroimerai" is the only single from "Water Forest", and disappeared rapidly from music stores across Japan.
After a ten month wait, Rurutia released a new single, "Primary", followed closely by her next album, "Meme". The album saw less success than previous albums, but still sold generally well.
With the help of arranger Taka Satoh, Rurutia and Satoh collaborate on "Kazuo Umezu Kyofu Gekijo", a musical soundtrack for a Japanese short horror film, featuring Rurutia songs redone and remixed.
In mid 2005, Rurutia made the decision to leave Toshiba-EMI for a lesser known record company, Phoenix Records, due to creative differences and lack of control. Her first single on the new label, "スピネル", was released November 11th, 2005, to an anxious fanbase.
Rurutia maintains her mystery by doing no TV interviews, photoshoots (except for albums), and limited music videos. This intrigues her fans and keep people guessing for what is coming next.
Discography
Singles
- 'Itoshigo yo' (6 October 2001)
- 'Lost Butterfly' (6 December 2001)
- 'Yuruginai Utsukushii Mono' (26 June 2002)
- 'Suzaku no Sora' (30 September 2002)
- 'Shine' (22 January 2003)
- 'Toroimerai' (29 October 2003)
- 'Primary' (2 March 2005)
- 'スピネル' (11 November 2005)
Albums
- 01 Elements - 02 Chie No Mi(Fruit of Knowledge) - 03 Itoshii Ko Yo(To My Lovely Baby) - 04 Lost Butterfly - 05 Akai Rousoku(Red Candle) - 06 Ame No Hate(End of Rain) - 07 Boku No Uchuu Kimi No Umi(My Cosmos, Your Ocean) - 08 Bokura No Hakoniwa(Our Plastic Garden) - 09 Ginn No Honou(Silvery Flame) - 10 Heart Dance
- Water Forest (26 February 2003)
- 01 Pavanne - 02 Suzaku No Sora(Sky of Pheonix) - 03 O-Ru - 04 Hoshi No Tamasii(Spirit of Star) - 05 Sanctuary - 06 Yuruginai Utsukusiimono(Unwavering Beautiful Thing) - 07 Kannkaku No Kaze(Wind of Illusion) - 08 Shine - 09 Michiru Mori(Filling Forest) - 10 Shiki(Thinking Seasons)
- 01 Hallulujah - 02 neo - 03 Arabesque - 04 Sincere - 05 Traumerei - 06 Jizeru - 07 Nagareboshi(Shooting Star) - 08 Merry - 09 GOLA - 10 Tsukisenichiya(Moon of 1001 Nights) - 11 maururu roa(means 'thank you very much')
- 01 Dancing Meme - 02 tone - 03 Rira Ga Chittemo(Even if lilac falls) - 04 Primary - 05 Signal - 06 Scarlet - 07 Selenite - 08 Hisu No Rakuenn (Paradise of Hisu, probably means Hidden Paradise) - 09 Aoi Bara (Blue Rose) - 10 Chou No Mori (Forest of Butterflies) - 11 Cobalt No Hoshi( Cobalt Star) - 12 Sleeping Meme
- 01 蝶ノ森（オープニングテーマ-cinema track-) - 02 ハレルヤ - 03 トロイメライ - 04 蝶ノ森 - 05 知恵の実 - 06 パヴァーヌ - 07 エレメンツ - 08 満ちる森 - 09 僕の宇宙 君の海 - 10 僕らの箱庭 - 11 neo - 12 コバルトの星 - 13 エレメンツ - 14 サンクチュアリ - 15 コバルトの星（エンディングテーマ－cinema track-)
External link
- RURUTIA - The official website