Aira Yuhki

Aira Yuhki
結城アイラ
Born August 28, 1981
Origin Japan
Genres J-pop
Occupations Singer
Years active 2007 – present
Labels Lantis
Website spacecraft.co.jp/yuuki_aira/index.html

Aira Yuhki (結城アイラ Yūki Aira?, born August 28, 1981[1]) is a female Japanese singer attached to record label Lantis and belongs to the Space Craft Group agency. She began her career in 2007 and since then has primarily sung songs that were used for theme music in anime. She has put out seven singles and released her debut album Reflection on July 2, 2008.[2] Her second album Eternalize. was released on June 9, 2010.[3] Her latest single, "Hoshi o Motomete" (星を求めて?) is the ending theme of the OVA Armored Trooper Votoms Case;Irvine was released on October 27, 2010.[4]

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About

Aira Yuhki made her debut with the release of her first single on April 25, 2007, colorless wind as the opening theme for the anime, Sola. The single went on to enter the Oricon charts eleven times with the peak ranking at 44th place.[5] Her second single was released on August 8, 2007 with the title track, "Zankoku yo Kibō to Nare" (残酷よ希望となれ?) being the second opening theme for the anime Idolmaster Xenoglossia. The single charted four times with its peak ranking on the 49th.[6]

Yuhki then started 2008 with the release of her third single, "Sekai no Namida" (セカイノナミダ?) on February 6, 2008 as the ending theme of True Tears. Like her second single, Sekai no Namida charted four times on the Oricon chart with the peak ranking at the 48th place.[7] On July 2, 2008, she released her first album, Reflection. The album only entered the charted once, ranking at 148th place.[8]

There were no further releases from her until April 22, 2009 with her fourth single, Blue sky, True Sky being the first ending theme of the anime adaptation, Tears to Tiara. The single charted twice with the peak ranking at the 75th place.[9] Yuhki later joined 9 other female artistes from Lantis to perform at the Lantis Presents: twilight listening party vol.6 on July 25, 2009.[10] Weeping Alone, the second ending theme for Tears to Tiara was released on August 26, 2009. It charted once with the ranking at the 135th place.[11]

She released another single, Dominant Space on February 10, 2010 before releasing her second album. The single's title track was used as the second ending theme for the anime adaptation of Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra. The single only entered the Oricon charts once with the peak ranking of 193rd place.[12] Her second album, Eternalize. was released on June 9, 2010. The album charted once at the 169th place.[13]

Not long after the release of her second album, Yuhki released her seventh single titled, "Lament (Yagate Yorokobi o)" (LAMENT〜やがて喜びを〜?) on July 21, 2010. The title track was used as the first opening theme for the anime adaptation, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes. The single entered the Oricon charts five times and peak ranked at 64th place.[14] The single was an Oricon "Pick" on their 2010 Anime Theme Songs/Summer editorial.[15] She also performed live at the first run of Lantis' "Rock'N Lan Carnival" together with Sayaka Sasaki, Yōsei Teikoku and Hironobu Kageyama.[16]

3 months after releasing her seventh single, Yuhki released her eighth single, "Hoshi o Motomete" (星を求めて?, "Seeking for the Stars") on October 27, 2010. The title track was the theme song for the OVA Armored Trooper Votoms Case;Irvine.[4]

As of February 2011, Yuhki is currently involved in a unit called FairyStory with Yuuka Nanri. The unit already announced an album that was slated to be released in spring 2011.[17] The unit were scheduled to perform at the Chiba TV Anime Carnival on April 3, 2011.[18] Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the event and her appearance with Yuuka Nanri as FairyStory at the Chiba TV Anime Carnival has been suspended.[18] To aid victims, Yuhki has also appeared in a charity event, "Ganbarou Nippon! Todoke Anison Tamashii" (頑張ろうNIPPON！届けアニソン魂?) to raise funds for the victims of the disaster.[19] She has been scheduled to appear at the charity live, "(Anime Song) Smile Anison de Dekiru koto o Shitai dake" ((AnimeSong)Smile　アニソンで　できることをしたいだけ?) that will raise funds to be sent to the education board of the elementary schools in Miyagi Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture as well as elementary schools in Niigata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture.[20][21]

Discography

Singles

  1. "Colorless Wind", released April 25, 2007[22]
  2. "Zankoku yo Kibō to Nare" (残酷よ希望となれ?), released August 8, 2007[23]
  3. "Sekai no Namida" (セカイノナミダ?), released February 6, 2008[24]
  4. "Blue sky, True sky", released April 22, 2009[25]
  5. "Weeping Alone", released August 26, 2009[26]
  6. "Dominant Space", released February 10, 2010[27]
  7. "Lament (Yagate Yorokobi o)" (LAMENT〜やがて喜びを〜?), released July 21, 2010[28]
  8. "Hoshi o Motomete" (星を求めて?, "Seeking for the Stars"), released on October 27, 2010[4]

Albums

  1. Reflection, released July 2, 2008[2]
  2. Eternalize., released on June 9, 2010[3]

Compilations

Appearances

Radio

TV animation

Games

Drama CDs

Miscellaneous

References

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