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FictionJunction YUUKA
Kajiura and Nanri during Kōya Ruten (2006)
Kajiura and Nanri during Kōya Ruten (2006)
Background information
Origin Japan Japan
Genre(s) J-pop
Years active 2003—present
Label(s) Victor
Website FictionJunction YUUKA
Members
Yuki Kajiura
Yuuka Nanri

FictionJunction YUUKA (フィクションジャンクション・ユウカ Fikushon Jankushon Yūka?, though it is usually in English) is a Japanese pop duo, part of Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura’s solo project FictionJunction, consisting of Yuuka Nanri (vocals) and Kajiura (composition, lyrics and keyboards).

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[edit] Biography

The pair first met at Minami Aoyama Shōjo Kagekidan (南青山少女歌劇団 South Aoyama Female Opera Group?, also called Nanshō), a stage group for teenage girls where Kajiura wrote music for some of the plays and Nanri was a performer.

Their first recording was "Akatsuki no Kuruma" (暁の車 Wheels of Dawn?), an insert song in the popular mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, though their debut single was the opening of Madlax, "Hitomi no Kakera" (瞳の欠片 Fragments of the Pupil?), released on May 8, 2004. [1] On July 27, 2004, the ending theme to Madlax, "inside your heart", was released. In the same year, because of its popularity and the fact that it was Gundam SEED's one-year anniversary, "Akatsuki no Kuruma" was released as a single, which at its peak placed at #10 on the Oricon weekly rankings and sold over 19,481 copies on the first week.

After a hiatus of exactly a year, Honoh no Tobira, an insert song for Gundam SEED DESTINY, was released, becoming the first seiyū single to hit #1 on Oricon daily rankings.

On November 23, 2005, the duo released their debut album, Destination which placed on the Oricon weekly rankings at #9.

On May 10, 2006, FictionJunction YUUKA released their fifth single after approximately eight months. That year, they also recorded a song, "aikoi", for the Tsubasa Chronicle anime series, which was not released as a single but instead included in the anime's fourth original soundtrack. In November of that same year, they released the opening theme for Sunrise's Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, "Kōya Ruten" (荒野流転 Wilderness Vicissitudes?).

FictionJunction YUUKA held their first live concert entitled Premium Live 2007 on February 8 and February 15 of 2007. [2] A new album was announced for release later this year, and two new songs, set to be released on the new album, "Rokugatsu wa Kimi no Eien" (6月は君の永遠?) and "Piano" (ピアノ?) were sung at the concert (the first on February 8 and the second on February 15). As Kajiura is handling the music for upcoming anime El Cazador de la Bruja, their 7th single, "romanesque", will become the ending theme of the anime above. El Cazador de la Bruja is produced by Bee Train, which FictionJunction YUUKA has also done songs for previously.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

# Cover Information
1
Hitomi no Kakera (瞳の欠片 Fragments of the Pupil?)
2
inside your heart
  • Released: July 27, 2004
  • Ending song and insert song for the anime Madlax.
3
Akatsuki no Kuruma (暁の車 Wheels of Dawn?)
  • Released: September 22, 2004
  • Insert song for the anime Gundam SEED, which was at first released in SUIT CD vol. 4 Miguel Ayman × Nicol Amarfi, but because of the single's popularity and the fact that it September 2004 was Gundam SEED's one-year anniversary, it was later released as a single.
4
Honoh no Tobira (焔の扉 Door of Flame?)
5
Silly-Go-Round
6
Kōya Ruten (荒野流転 Wilderness Vicissitudes?)
7
romanesque

[edit] Albums

# Cover Information
1
Destination
2
TBA

[edit] Appearances

[edit] TV

  • NHK - Pop Joins the World
  • NHK - PopJam

[edit] Concerts

  • VICTOR Dreaming' Xmas ☆ 2006 in Omotesandō (VICTOR Dreamin' Xmas ☆ 2006 in 表参道?) - (December 23, 24, and 25, 2006 - Year-end concert for Victor Entertainment artists.
  • PREMIUM LIVE 2007 (February 8 and 15, 2007) - First solo concert.


[edit] External links

[edit] References & Notes

  1. ^ Though their first single was "Hitomi no Kakera", "Akatsuki no Kuruma" was actually recorded and released in an anime soundtrack previously.
  2. ^ January 29th 2007 blog entry mentions the concert. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
  3. ^ Yuuka Nanri @ Chinese Wikipedia


FictionJunction YUUKA
Members: Yuki Kajiura | Yuuka Nanri
Discography
Singles: Hitomi no Kakera | inside your heart | Akatsuki no Kuruma | Honoh no Tobira | Silly-Go-Round | Kōya Ruten | romanesque
Albums: Destination | TBA
See also
FictionJunction | See-Saw | tiaraway
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