Maon Kurosaki

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Maon Kurosaki
黒崎 真音

Maon Kurosaki at Anime Expo 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
Background information
Born January 13
Genres J-rock
Occupations Singer, lyricist
Years active 2008–present
Labels Geneon Universal Entertainment
Associated acts Altima
Website Official website

Maon Kurosaki (黒崎 真音 Kurosaki Maon, born January 13) is a female Japanese singer-songwriter from Tokyo signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She released her debut album H.O.T.D. in September 2010, which features the ending themes of the anime series Highschool of the Dead. Her two singles that followed, "Magic∞World" and "Memories Last", were used as the ending themes for the anime A Certain Magical Index II. Kurosaki has also performed at many events including Lis Ani 2010, and she performed twice at Anime Expo 2011 in Los Angeles, California. She also performed at Animelo Summer Live 2011 and 2012.

Career

Kurosaki began her singing career in Akihabara at the performance venue and bar Dear Stage, where she had been singing since at least January 2008.[1] Music producer Akihiro Tomita noticed her singing talent, and he subsequently became her producer when she made her major debut signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. Kurosaki first announced her major debut to her fans in January 2010.[2] Before she had her major debut, Kurosaki posed as a gravure model for the cover of Yūsaku Kitano's novel Maid Road Reload sold on April 26, 2010 by ASCII Media Works under their Media Works Bunko imprint.[3][4]

Her first music release was her debut album H.O.T.D. on September 22, 2010, which contains the ending theme songs used in the 2010 anime series Highschool of the Dead. To commemorate the album and the broadcast of the anime, she performed songs from the album once a week at Dear Stage from July 7 to September 22, 2010. Another event to commemorate the album was held at Animate in Yokohama on October 16, 2010. Kurosaki has been a regular host for the Thursday broadcast of the radio program A&G Artist Zone 2h since October 7, 2010. Her debut single "Magic∞World" was released on November 24, 2010, and she performed at Dear Stage on that day to commemorate the release. Kurosaki's second single "Memories Last" (メモリーズ・ラスト) was released on March 2, 2011. Both "Magic∞World" and "Memories Last" were used as ending theme songs to the 2010 anime series A Certain Magical Index II.

Kurosaki had her first solo live event called "Maon Kurosaki Live 2011 Spring: Memories First" on March 4–5, 2011 in Harajuku. She made her North American debut at Anime Expo 2011 in Los Angeles, California where she performed on July 1 and July 3.[5][6] She released the mini-album Goshiki Uta: Immortal Lovers on August 10, 2011, which contains the ending theme songs used in the 2011 original video animation series Hakuōki Sekkaroku. She made her first appearance at the 2011 Animelo Summer Live on August 28.[7] Kurosaki released her second studio album Butterfly Effect on November 30, 2011.

In 2011, Kurosaki formed the band Altima with Move's Mototaka "Motsu" Segawa and fripSide's Satoshi "Sat" Yaginuma.[8] Kurosaki released three more singles in 2012: "Hell:ium" on May 9, "Reimei" (黎鳴) on August 8, and "Under / Shaft" on October 17. "Reimei" is used as the opening theme for the 2012 Hakuōki Reimeiroku anime series, and "Under / Shaft" is used as the opening theme for the 2012 Jormungand: Perfect Order anime series. Kurosaki's third studio album Vertical Horizon was released on April 10, 2013. Her single "X-Encounter", released on November 6, 2013, is used as the opening theme for the 2013 Tokyo Ravens anime series.

Discography

Albums

Year Album details Peak Oricon
chart positions
2010 H.O.T.D.
  • Released: September 22, 2010
  • Label: Geneon (GNCA-1260)
  • Format: CD
 25[9]
2011 Goshiki Uta: Immortal Lovers
  • Released: August 10, 2011
  • Label: Geneon (GNCA-1305)
  • Format: CD
 51[10]
Butterfly Effect
  • Released: November 30, 2011
  • Label: Geneon (GNCA-1316, GNCA-1317)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
 43[11]
2013 Vertical Horizon
  • Released: April 10, 2013
  • Label: Geneon (GNCA-1353, GNCA-1354)
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
 25[12]

Singles

Year Song Peak Oricon
chart positions		 Album
2010 "Magic∞World" 20[13] Butterfly Effect
2011 "Memories Last" 14[14]
2012 "Hell:ium" 61[15] Vertical Horizon
"Reimei" 40[16]
"Under / Shaft" 36[17]
2013 "X-Encounter" 13[18]

Music videos

Year Song Director
2010 "Magic∞World"
2011 "Memories Last"
"Vanishing Point"
2012 "Hell:ium"
"Reimei"
"Under / Shaft"
2013 "X-Encounter"

Other album appearances

Year Song Album Notes Ref.
2010 "Kimi to Taiyō ga Shinda Hi" Highschool of the Dead Original Soundtrack Short version theme song to Highschool of the Dead anime TV series. [19]
2011 "Magic∞World" A Certain Magical Index II O.S.T 1 Short version theme song to A Certain Magical Index II anime TV series. [20]
"Memories Last" A Certain Magical Index II O.S.T 2 Short version theme song to A Certain Magical Index II anime TV series. [21]
2013 "Snap out of it!!" Toaru Majutsu no TV Songs Sung with Mami Kawada. [22]

References

  1. ↑ "まおんです!" [I'm Maon!] (in Japanese). Dear Stage. January 19, 2008. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  2. ↑ "新曲「メモリーズ・ラスト」をリリースする黒崎真音さんインタビュー" [Interview of Maon Kurosaki Who Will Release Her New Song "Memories Last"] (in Japanese). Animate. March 3, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2011. 
  3. ↑ "黒崎真音表紙!「メイド・ロード・リロード」4/26発売!" [Maon Kurosaki Front Cover! Maid Road Reload Sold on April 26!] (in Japanese). Dear Stage. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  4. ↑ Kurosaki, Maon (April 23, 2010). "メイド・ロード・リロード" [Maid Road Reload] (in Japanese). Ameblo. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  5. ↑ Kurosaki, Maon (July 5, 2011). "AX!!!" (in Japanese). Ameblo. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  6. ↑ "AX to Host Singer Maon Kurosaki, Orange Road's Matsumoto". Anime News Network. June 2, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  7. ↑ "黒崎真音" [Maon Kurosaki] (in Japanese). Animelo Summer Live. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  8. ↑ "What's ALTIMA" (in Japanese). Warner Home Video. Retrieved November 5, 2011. 
  9. ↑ "H.O.T.D." (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  10. ↑ "五色詠－Immortal Lovers－" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Butterfly Effect" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 16, 2011. 
  12. ↑ "Vertical Horizon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 29, 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Magic∞World" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  14. ↑ "メモリーズ・ラスト" [Memories Last] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  15. ↑ "Hell:ium" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 1, 2012. 
  16. ↑ "黎鳴-reimei-" [Reimei] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 1, 2012. 
  17. ↑ "Under / Shaft" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 5, 2012. 
  18. ↑ "X-Encounter" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 13, 2014. 
  19. ↑ "学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD オリジナルサウンドトラック" [Highschool of the Dead Original Soundtrack] (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  20. ↑ "「とある魔術の禁書目録II」O.S.T 1" [A Certain Magical Index II O.S.T 1] (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  21. ↑ "「とある魔術の禁書目録II」O.S.T 2" [A Certain Magical Index II O.S.T 2] (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  22. ↑ "とある魔術の楽曲目録" [Toaru Majutsu no TV Songs] (in Japanese). Neowing. Retrieved August 30, 2013. 

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