Minawo

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みなを/Minawo
Origin	Kitakyushu, Japan
Genre(s)	Pop Shibuya-kei Pop-folk Electronic
Years active	1999-present
Label(s)	Mona Records
Members
Minako Yamaguchi Mitsuwo Matsuura

Minawo (みなを, minawo^?) is a Japanese band comprised of singer and song writer, Minako Yamaguchi (山口みなこ, Yamaguchi Minako^?) and musical composer Mitsuwo Matsuura (松浦みつを, Matsūra Mitsuwo^?) currently signed to Mona Records. The band name "Minawo" is a portmanteau of the given names of the bandmates, Minako, and Mitsuwo. Minawo is known to the anime community for performing the ending themes to both D.N.Angel and Melody of Oblivion.

Minawo formed in 1999 after Matsuura and Yamaguchi met in a club while both were attending University of Kitakyushu.^[1]

1 Discography
2 Singles
3 Compilations
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Discography

自主製作 (jishu seisaku, literally, independent production) (demo) (1999)
プラスチックワールド (purasutikku wārudo, plastic world) mini album, (2001)
mon・mon, (2002)
あしあと (ashiato, footprints), (2004)
VALB NEXT, (2004)
あくび工房 (akubi kōbō, yawn workshop) mini album (2007)

[edit] Singles

眠り (nemuri, literally, sleep), (2001)
GROOVE ROCK vol. 1, (2002)
やさしい午後 (yasashii gogo, gentle afternoon) - D.N.Angel, ending theme 1. (2003)
はじまりの日 (hajimari no hi, the day it begins} - D.N.Angel, ending theme 2. (2003)
てのひらの光 (tenohira no hikari, palm of light) - Melody of Oblivion ending theme. (2004)
ピアノ楽譜 (piano gakufu, piano score) 2004