Full name:
Aya Hirano (平野 綾, Hirano Aya)
Birth Date:
October 8, 1987
Birth Place:
Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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Biography:
Aya Hirano is a seiyū and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan.

Aya’s first anime voicing role was Momo in Tenshi no Shippo Chu! in 2001. She then voiced Lumiere on the anime Kiddy Grade.

After Kiddy Grade came her big break – the lead role and the singer of the theme songs on the ultra popular anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.The anime took Japan by storm. Based on the hit novel series, the anime details the adventures of Haruhi Suzumiya, voiced by Aya, and her fellow S.O.S. Brigade members, who are also voiced by popular seiyū.

Since The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Aya has gone on to voice roles in popular anime series, including (but not limited to), Mahiro Muto in Busou Renkin , Misa Amane Death Note, Mamori in Eyeshield 21, Reira Serizawa in NANA, Yoko Sasakura in School Rumble Nigakki, and Konata Izumi in Lucky Star.

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Also known as:
Dong Bang Shin Ki, Ton Vang Xien Qi, TVXQ, TVfXQ, 東方神起
Members:
U-know Yunho (leader, bass baritone), Hero Jaejoong (main vocals), Max Changmin (tenor), Micky Yoochun (bass), Xiah Junsu (baritone)

Formed: January, 2004
Labels:
Korea: SM Entertainment
Japan: Avex Trax & Rhythm Zone

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Profile:
Dong Bang Shin Ki is a five member boyband from South Korea. Produced by SM Entertainment and beginning as a dance and acappella group, Dong Bang Shin Ki’s sound now blends together pop, R&B and dance with occasional heavier, rockier elements to create an easily marketable style, along with their trademark ballads and acappella versions of their songs. Popular in not only Korea and Japan, Dong Bang Shin Ki are also very well known throughout the rest of Asia, especially in China, Taiwan and Thailand.

Debuting in 2003 and recently celebrating their third anniversary, Dong Bang Shin Ki have so far released three Korean albums and two Japanese singles.

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Anime: One Piece
Title: Character Songs - Sanji
Release: 18 September, 2003
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320kbps
Tracks: 4
Size: ~ 53mb

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Anime: One Piece
Title: Character Songs - Roronoa Zoro
Release: 18 September, 2003
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320kbps
Tracks: 4
Size: ~ 48mb

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Full name:
Yoko Kanno, Kanno Yōko, 菅野よう子
Birth Date:
March 19, 1964
Birth Place:
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

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Biography:
Yoko Kanno (Yoko Kanno, Kanno Yōko, 菅野よう子), born March 19, 1964 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She is a famous composer and keyboardist known for her performances and musical scores in anime titles, including Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus, The Vision of Escaflowne, Turn A Gundam, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and many others.

Some of her most famous soundtrack themes include “Voices” (Macross Plus), “Tank!” and “The Real Folk Blues” (Cowboy Bebop), “Yakusoku wa Iranai” (Escaflowne), “Gravity” (Wolf’s Rain), and “Inner Universe” (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex). She was the lead member of a band called The Seatbelts, which regrouped in the year of 2004 to compose the soundtrack of the Cowboy Bebop game, scheduled for a 2006 US release. It is also rumored that Yoko Kanno will be making the opening theme for the live-action series Kamen Rider Kabuto, with the song being titled “FIRE”.

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Anime: Macross Frontier
Title: Macross Frontier Original Soundtrack - Nyan Furo
Release: June 4, 2008
Format: mp3
Bitrate: 320kbps
Tracks: 24
Size: ~185mb

Note:
This is the OST that everyone is talking about. Nyan Furo is the title for the original soundtrack for the highly acclaimed anime, Macross Frontier. Trust my words, this anime OST is the absolute best OST album ever.

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Title: FLOW
Members:
Kōshi Asakawa (elder, vocals.), Takeshi Asakawa (younger, guitar.), Keigo Hayashi (vocals), Yasutarō Gotō (bass), Hiroshi Iwasaki (drums)
Formed: 1998
Birth Place: -

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FLOW is a part of Sony Music Japan’s Kioon Records label. FLOW is most notable for music contributions to anime such as “Naruto”, “Eureka Seven”, and “Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion“. Their song, ANSWER, was used as the first opening theme song for the live action version of “Tantei Gakuen Q”. FLOW is a diverse rock band with music consisting of rock, indie, alternative rock, pop-punk and ska-punk with a bit of hip-hop and reggae influences.

Biography:
Brothers Koushi and Take started their band activities in 1993 when they were still students. Koushi’s biggest idol was hide (X JAPAN) and the two soon started their own X JAPAN cover band, WYBURN. Koushi played hide’s role while Take took PATA’s.

With the end of X JAPAN, WYBURN changed from an X JAPAN cover band to a hide cover band, and they changed their name to Pinking. Around this time they also started writing some of their own songs and the band soon evolved from a cover band to an independent band.

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