FictionJunction

FictionJunction
Origin Tokyo, Japan
Genres J-pop
Years active ????–present
Labels Victor Entertainment
Space Craft Group
Flying Dog
Associated acts Sound Horizon
Kalafina
Yuki Kajiura
Website http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/fj
Members
Yuki Kajiura
(Music, Composing)
Keiko Kubota, Wakana Ootaki, Kaori Oda, Yuriko Kaida (vocals)
Yuuka Nanri (vocals, FictionJunction YUUKA only)
Past members
Asuka Katou (vocals)

FictionJunction is Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura’s solo project. To date, all such collaborations have consisted of a (female) vocalist, with Kajiura on the keyboard or the piano. Most FictionJunction songs have been featured in an anime series (usually as insert songs), most notably Gundam Seed, Tsubasa Chronicle and recently Sacred Seven. Victor Entertainment is FictionJunction’s record label.

Contents

Collaborations

FictionJunction Asuka
Vocalist: Asuka Kato (加藤あすか Kato Asuka?)[1]) - Born August 28, 1981 (1981-08-28) (age 30)
They performed "Everlasting Song", an insert song from anime series Elemental Gelade. Originally sung in English, "Everlasting Song" was also recorded in Japanese and was released as a single (everlasting song, 2005), along with various instrumental versions. The single reached #53 on Oricon weekly chart and stayed in chart for 3 weeks. Asuka Kato is currently working on her solo projects as Aira Yuhki and no longer involved in FictionJunction.
FictionJunction Kaori
Vocalist: Kaori Oda (織田かおり Oda Kaori?)[1] - Born May 11, 1988 (1988-05-11) (age 23)
The duo performed two insert songs used in Tsubasa Chronicle, "Tsubasa" (first season) and "Dream Scape" (second season), as well as the ending theme "Calling" of the anime series Baccano! which was not credited as "FictionJunction Kaori" because the b-side song of the single, "Power in Me", isn't composed by Yuki Kajiura. The latest song performed was used in Hokuto no Ken: Toki Den, "Hanamori no Oka" (花守の丘 "Hill of the Flower Guardian"?).
FictionJunction Keiko
Vocalist: Keiko Kubota (窪田啓子 Kubota Keiko?)[1] - Born December 5, 1985 (1985-12-05) (age 26)
They recorded "Kaze no Machi e" (風の街へ?, "To the City of Wind"), which was used as an insert song in episodes 19 (partially) and 21 of Tsubasa Chronicle (first season), and in 2010 recorded the song "Nohara" (野原?, "Field") as b-side from the opening single for Ookami Kakushi. Vocalist Keiko Kubota is involved with Yuki Kajiura's Kalafina Project.
FictionJunction Wakana
Vocalist: Wakana Ootaki (大滝若菜 Ootaki Wakana?)[1] - Born December 10, 1984 (1984-12-10) (age 27)
They have performed two songs for the original soundtrack of Fist of the North Star True Saviour Legend, "Hikari no Yukue" (光の行方?, "Where the Lights Are") and the Japanese version of "Where the Lights Are" (a different song, despite title similarity with "Hikari no Yukue").[2] They have also recorded an insert song, "Paradise Regained", for El Cazador de la Bruja OST 2. In 2009, FictionJunction Wakana appeared in Kaijiura's soundtrack works for the anime series Pandora Hearts. Vocalist Wakana Ootaki is also involved with Yuki Kajiura's Kalafina Project.
FictionJunction Yuuka
Vocalist: Yuuka Nanri (南里 侑香 Nanri Yūka?)[1] - Born March 13, 1984 (1984-03-13) (age 27)
FictionJunction Yuuka was Kajiura’s first, longest and best-known collaboration under the FictionJunction name. They were originally called "FictionJunction featuring Yuuka", but the "featuring" part was later dropped to shorten the name.[3] They have released several singles and two full-length albums. Yuuka can also be heard in the Madlax OST.
Yuriko Kaida
Vocalist: Yuriko Kaida (貝田由里子 Kaida Yuriko?)[1] - (Born November 1, 197x)
Yuriko Kaida is a long-time Kajiura vocalist. Yuriko Kaida's first collaboration with Kajiura was for the Noir OST, in which she had sung the songs that helped launched Kajiura's career in the anime industry: "canta per me," "salva nos" and "lullaby." Since then, it has been not rare to hear Yuriko Kaida’s voice in Yuki’s works, especially in backing chorus parts. It should be noted that despite her participation in various songs in other FictionJunction projects, Yuriko Kaida has never been a main FictionJunction vocalist until 2009, upon the release of the album "Everlasting Songs" and the single "Parallel Hearts." In "Everlasting Songs", Yuriko Kaida performs lead vocals on two tracks “here we stand in the morning dew” and “Himitsu”, as well as providing backing vocals throughout the album.

Albums

For FictionJunction YUUKA discography, see FictionJunction Yuuka#Discography.

Everlasting Songs

Everlasting Songs
Studio album by FictionJunction
Released February 25, 2009 (Japan)
Label Victor Entertainment
Producer Yuki Kajiura
FictionJunction chronology
Everlasting Songs FictionJunction 2008-2010 The Best of Yuki Kajiura Live

Everlasting Songs, announced November 20, 2008,[4] features all FictionJunction vocalists: Yuuka, Keiko, Wakana, Kaori, Asuka, as well as Yuriko Kaida. It was released on February 25, 2009.[5]

Track listing[6][7][8]

All songs written and composed by Yuki Kajiura. 

Charts

Chart Peak
position		 Sales Time in
chart
Oricon Weekly Albums 27 10,427 4 weeks

FictionJunction 2008-2010 The Best of Yuki Kajiura Live

FictionJunction 2008-2010 The Best of Yuki Kajiura Live
Live album by FictionJunction
Released May 12, 2010 (Japan)
Label Victor Entertainment
Producer Yuki Kajiura
FictionJunction chronology
Everlasting Songs FictionJunction 2008-2010 The Best of Yuki Kajiura Live

The album contains recordings from Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#2: 5. Tracks 1-4 on Disc 1 are from Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#2. Tracks 5-8 are from Yuki Kajiura LIVE Vol.#3. Tracks 9-11 (FictionJunction Yuuka) and tracks 12-14 (FictionJunction) are from Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009. The whole tracks of Disc 2 are new performances that have never been heard on DVDs and are from Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#5: Japanese Seal SP Live. Hikaru of Kalafina and Yuriko Kaida performed the chorus in tracks 9-11 on Disc 1.

Track listing

Disc 1

All songs written and composed by Yuki Kajiura. 

Disc 2

All songs written and composed by Yuki Kajiura. 

Charts

Chart Peak
position		 Sales Time in
chart
Oricon Weekly Albums 23 4,211 3 weeks

Singles

Parallel Hearts

"Parallel Hearts"
Single by FictionJunction
Released April 29, 2009 (Japan)
Format CD
Label Victor Entertainment
Writer(s) Yuki Kajiura
Producer Yuki Kajiura
FictionJunction singles chronology
Parallel Hearts Toki no Mukou, Maboroshi no Sora

"Parallel Hearts" is a single featuring Yuriko Kaida, Keiko Kubota, Kaori Oda and Wakana Ootaki under the name FictionJunction. The title track was used as opening theme song for the anime Pandora Hearts.
Catalog Number

VTCL - 35065

Tracklisting[9]

  1. "Parallel Hearts" (Pandora Hearts Opening Theme)
    • Vocalist: Kaori Oda, Keiko Kubota, Wakana Ootaki, Yuriko Kaida
  2. "Hitomi no Chikara" (ひとみのちから?, "Strength of the Eyes")
  3. "Parallel Hearts: Instrumental"
  4. "Hitomi no Chikara: Instrumental"

Charts

Chart Peak
position		 Sales Time in
chart
Oricon Weekly Singles 20 14,546 12 weeks

Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora

"Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora"
Single by FictionJunction
B-side Nohara
Released January 27, 2010 (Japan)
Format CD
Label Victor Entertainment
Writer(s) Yuki Kajiura
Producer Yuki Kajiura
FictionJunction singles chronology
Parallel Hearts Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora stone cold

"Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora" is FictionJunction's second single. The title track was used as opening theme song for the anime Ookami Kakushi.[10]

Tracklisting

  1. "Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora" (時の向こう 幻の空?, "sky of illusions beyond time")
    • Vocalist: Kaori Oda, Keiko Kubota, Wakana Ootaki, Yuriko Kaida
  2. "Nohara" (野原?, "field")
    • Vocalist: Keiko Kubota (FictionJunction Keiko)
  3. "Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora: Instrumental"
  4. "Nohara: Instrumental"

Charts

Chart Peak
position		 Sales Time in
chart
Oricon Weekly Singles 19 9,952 8 weeks

stone cold

"stone cold"
Single by FictionJunction
B-side Hitorigoto
Released August 3, 2011 (Japan)
Format CD
Label Victor Entertainment
Writer(s) Yuki Kajiura
Producer Yuki Kajiura
FictionJunction singles chronology
Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora

"stone cold" is FictionJunction's third single. The title track was used as opening theme song for the anime Sacred Seven.[11]

Tracklisting

  1. "stone cold" (Sacred Seven Opening Theme)
    • Vocalist: Kaori Oda, Keiko Kubota, Wakana Ootaki, Yuriko Kaida
  2. "Hitorigoto" (ひとりごと?, "soliloquy")
    • Vocalist: Kaori Oda, Keiko Kubota
  3. "stone cold -Instrumental-"
  4. "Hitorigoto -Instrumental-"

Charts

Chart Peak
position		 Sales Time in
chart
Oricon Weekly Singles 16 12,444 7 weeks

Live DVD

Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#2 2008.07.31

Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#2 2008.07.31
Video by FictionJunction
Released December 24, 2008 (Japan)
Label Victor Entertainment
Producer Yuki Kajiura
FictionJunction video chronology
Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#2 2008.07.31 FictionJunction Yuuka: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part I: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009

Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#2 is Yuki Kajiura’s first live concert featured on DVD. The DVD features the vocals of Yuriko Kaida, Kaori, Keiko and Wakana with guest vocal Eri Itō.

All songs written and composed by Yuki Kajiura. 

FictionJunction Yuuka: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part I: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009

FictionJunction Yuuka: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part I: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009
Video by FictionJunction Yuuka
Released October 21, 2009 (Japan)
Label Victor Entertainment
Producer Yuki Kajiura
FictionJunction Yuuka video chronology
Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#2 2008.07.31 FictionJunction Yuuka: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part I: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009 FictionJunction: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part II: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009

FictionJunction Yuuka: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part I: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009 features Yuuka as main vocalist and Yuriko Kaida and Hikaru of Kalafina on chorus. The limited edition comes with a photo booklet and PV version of "Nostalgia". The DVD reached #49 on Oricon charts and stayed in charts for 2 weeks.

All songs written and composed by Yuki Kajiura. 

FictionJunction: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part II: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009

FictionJunction: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part II: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009
Video by FictionJunction
Released December 23, 2009 (Japan)
Label Victor Entertainment
Producer Yuki Kajiura
FictionJunction video chronology
FictionJunction Yuuka: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part I: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009 FictionJunction: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part II: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009

FictionJunction: Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4 Part II: Everlasting Songs Tour 2009 features vocals of Wakana, Keiko, Kaori and Yuriko Kaida. The limited edition comes with a photo booklet and the PV version of "Parallel Hearts".

All songs written and composed by Yuki Kajiura. 

Others

FictionJunction also did the Main Theme song of the PSP game 戦律のストラタス (Senritsu no Stratus) developed by KONAMI, the song is titled Eternal Blue and is currently featured in the opening sequence of the game, that's available to watch at the game's official site. A single release for the song hasnt been announced yet. [12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Canta-per-me.net: Yuki's Vocalists". http://canta-per-me.net/yukis-vocalists. Retrieved 2009-02-22. 
  2. ^ "FictionJunction News" (in Japanese). FictionJunction.com. 2007-02-21. http://www.fictionjunction.com/fjcom/fictionjunction.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07. 
  3. ^ Yuki Kajiura's 2004/02/19 diary entry — She wrote: "前はfeaturingが入っていたんですが、長いので止めました……" (translation: "Previously, 'featuring' was included (in the name), but as it was long it was cut......")
  4. ^ Yuki Kajiura Announced the new FictionJunction Album
  5. ^ a b http://www.fictionjunction.com/ 2009/02、FictionJunction名義での初アルバム、「everlasting songs」がリリースされます。今までサントラ等に収録されたFJ名義曲、楽曲提供曲のセルフカヴァー等の他、YUUKAが歌うOVA [ツバサ　春雷記] のED、「記憶の森」も収録されます。
  6. ^ Comment and Liner Notes by Yuki Kajiura
  7. ^ FictionJunction｜Everlasting Songs｜@Victor Entertainment
  8. ^ canta-per-me.net - A Yuki Kajiura Fansite  » FictionJunction - Everlasting Songs
  9. ^ axive - Parallel Hearts Single Tracklisting http://www.axive.jp/index.php/archives/2777
  10. ^ FictionJunction to sing for Ookami Kakushi http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Information/A022369.html
  11. ^ http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/flyingdog/-/Information/A022369.html#news
  12. ^ http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/stratus/

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