Nagi Yanagi
Nagi Yanagi | |
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| Born | May 31, 1987 Kansai, Japan |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, lyricist |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Geneon |
| Website | yanaginagi |
Nagi Yanagi (やなぎ なぎ, Yanagi Nagi, born May 31, 1987[1]) is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Kansai, Japan and is signed to Geneon. Initially, she sung and produced music independently beginning in 2005. Between 2009 and 2011, Yanagi was the vocalist for the music group Supercell. Yanagi is collaborating with composer Jun Maeda of Key to produce the original concept album Owari no Hoshi no Love Song to be released in spring 2012. Yanagi will release her single "Vidro Moyō" in February 2012, which is used as the ending theme to the anime Ano Natsu de Matteru.
Career
Nagi Yanagi began posting cover versions of songs online in 2005, and starting producing original dōjin music in 2006 under the name CorLeonis. She released four studio albums individually: EN (2006), Leonis (2007), Freirinite (2008), and Oort no Yume (オールトの夢) (2010).[2] Leonis was only released online via Yanagi's website.[3] Two more releases followed in 2011: the single "Hyōka no Kuni" (氷下の国) and the best of album Ame no Umi (雨の海).[2][4] In May 2006, she formed the music duo Binaria with female singer Annabel. Between 2007 and 2011, Binaria released two mini-albums (Alhaja (2007) and Forma (2007)), one best of album (Sonido (2010)), and four singles ("Epoca" (2008), "Alba" (2009), "Delightful Doomsday" (2010), and "Nachtflug" (2011)).[2] Binaria also collaborated with the singer Cassini for the single "Rueda" (2007).[2] In January 2007, Yanagi formed the musical unit Inochi Kokonotsu with composer KTG (an acronym of Ken The Garage), and the group put out a single album, Tortoiseshell (トーティシェル), on April 29, 2007 before dissolving in June 2007.[5]
As early as 2007, Yanagi began submitting cover versions of songs to the Nico Nico Douga video sharing website under the name Gazelle.[6][7] Roughly the next day after Supercell's songwriter Ryo uploaded the music group's first song "Melt" in December 2007, Yanagi uploaded a cover of her singing the song.[8] Yanagi, who was herself a fan of Ryo's music, contacted him and the two talked about someday collaborating.[9] Ryo, who had been a fan of Yanagi's voice even before uploading his own songs to Nico Nico Douga,[8] approached her to sing the vocals for Supercell's debut single "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (2009). Yanagi continued as the vocalist of Supercell until 2011, and in that time provided vocals for two more singles in 2010—"Sayonara Memories" and "Utakata Hanabi / Hoshi ga Matataku Konna Yoru ni"—and Supercell's second studio album Today Is A Beautiful Day (2011).
Later in 2011, Yanagi sung two songs on the original soundtrack for Key's visual novel Rewrite.[10] In December 2011, Yanagi began collaborating with Jun Maeda of Key to produce the original concept album Owari no Hoshi no Love Song to be released in spring 2012. A single from the album, "Killer Song", was released at Comiket 81 on December 29, 2011.[11] Yanagi will make her solo debut with the single "Vidro Moyō" (ビードロ模様) to be released on February 29, 2012. "Vidro Moyō" is used as the ending theme to the 2012 TV anime Ano Natsu de Matteru.[12]
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
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| 2006 | EN
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| 2007 | Leonis
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| 2008 | Freirinite
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| 2010 | Oort no Yume
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| 2012 | Owari no Hoshi no Love Song
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak Oricon chart positions | ||||||||||
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| 2011 | Ame no Umi
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Singles
| Year | Song | Peak Oricon chart positions |
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| 2011 | "Hyōka no Kuni" | — | ||||||||||
| "Killer Song" | — | Owari no Hoshi no Love Song | ||||||||||
| 2012 | "Vidro Moyō" | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
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| 2011 | "Killer Song" |
Other album appearances
| Year | Song | Album | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2011 | "Hitoshizuku" | Zone Tribute: Kimi ga Kureta Mono | Tribute album for the band Zone. "Hitoshizuku" is a cover of Zone's 2002 single. | [13] |
| "Koibumi" "Itsuwaranai Kimi e" |
Rewrite Original Soundtrack | Soundtrack to Key's visual novel Rewrite. The songs are in original and short versions. | [10] | |
| "Little Forest" "Reply" |
Branch | Remix album to tracks from Rewrite | [14] |
References
- ^ "*Murmur*" (in Japanese). Nagi Yanagi. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Discography" (in Japanese). CorLeonis. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ "Leonis" (in Japanese). CorLeonis. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
- ^ "雨の海" (in Japanese). Tsutaya Online. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "いのちここのつ" (in Japanese). Inochi Kokonotsu. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Supercell 1st single 「君の知らない物語｣" (in Japanese). Supercell. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "ネット界最強コラボが実現 supercell、注目の初シングル発売へ" (in Japanese). Oricon. May 31, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "supercell インタビュー pg. 1" (in Japanese). Hotexpress. August 12, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) Cite error: The named reference "hotexpress" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ "Exclusive supercell Interview". The-O Network Online. February 22, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ a b "Rewrite Original Soundtrack". VGMdb. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ ""Killer Song" Music Video by Jun Maeda, Nagi Yanagi Posted". Anime News Network. December 23, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
- ^ "グッズ" (in Japanese). Genco. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "ZONEトリビュート～君がくれたもの～" (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Rewrite Arrangement Album Branch". VGMdb. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
External links
- Official website Template:Ja icon
- Nagi Yanagi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia