Quick Facts
Biography
Valshe (バルシェ, Barushe, born September 15), is a Japanese female singer, signed under the Being Inc. label. She is well known as a "Ryouseirui" (両声類?, lit. "both voice types"), being able to sing both male and female voice types.
Career
Valshe debuted as a Niconico singer in 2009. She and producer-utaite of Niconico, Tourai (also known as minato or Ryuusei-P) have collaborated on many projects and have hosted various live sessions together. Occasionally her songs are made by composer of Vocaloid, doriko. She is also known to be good friends with the illustrator of Niconico, Hakuseki, who does almost all of the artwork for Valshe's albums and utattemita videos.
In the beginning of her career as a professional singer, Valshe used to appear as an avatar illustration (drawn by Hakuseki) with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her first appearance as herself is on the cover of her 6th single, "Butterfly Core". She released her first music video showing her own face for the song "Butterfly Core" which was featured on her 4th album "V.D."
Valshe had her first live concert "LIVE THE JOKER 2013" in the Akasaka Act Theater on November 30, 2013.
Song Appearances
Valshe's second single, "JESTER", is the theme song of the PSP otome game Kannou Mukashibanashi and the ending theme of the TV variety show Akesaka Satomi no Aketere.
The song "Another Sky" in the single "JESTER" was used in the Xbox 360 game Ever17 as the grand ending theme.
Her song "Fragment" from her third single "AFFLICT" was the ending theme to the variety show Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable.
Her fifth single "BLESSING CARD" is the second ending theme of the TV anime Tanken Driland 1000-nen no Mahou,
Her sixth single, "Butterfly Core" is the 37th opening theme song of the anime Detective Conan.
Her most recent single, "Lie to You" is used as the 49th ending theme of the anime Detective Conan.
Discography
Singles
REVOLT e.p (April 27, 2011)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | REVOLT | VALSHE, minato | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 02 | Collar | VALSHE, minato | minato | FAITH-T |
| 03 | Paradise Cage | minato | doriko | doriko, Dr.Tyler |
| 04 | Haru no Hate | minato | minato | FAITH-T |
JESTER (July 27, 2011)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | jester | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 02 | Vessel | VALSHE | VALSHE | G'n- |
| 03 | Dead to the World | minato | doriko | G'n- |
| 04 | Another Sky | minato | minato | FAITH-T |
AFFLICT / Fragment (June 27, 2012)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | AFFLICT | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 02 | Fragment | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 03 | Ao no Natsu Ame | minato | minato | G'n- |
4 FELIDS (March 13, 2013)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Tigerish Eyez | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 02 | Leopardess | minato | minato | G'n- |
| 03 | Lion and Chocolate | VALSHE | doriko | G'n- |
| 04 | Shifty Cat | minato | minato | G'n- |
BLESSING CARD (August 21, 2013)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | BLESSING CARD | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 02 | Mr.Diorama | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 03 | Responsive | minato | minato | Maruyama Mayuko |
Butterfly Core(November 27, 2013)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Butterfly Core | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 02 | Red Thorn | minato | G'n- | G'n- |
| 03 | Star Gate | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
TRANSFORM / marvelous road (July 16, 2014)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | TRANSFORM | VALSHE | minato | Masato Nakayama |
| 02 | marvelous road | minato | minato | G'n- |
| 03 | Chewing Girl | VALSHE | VALSHE | G'n- |
TRIP×TRICK (September 24, 2014)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | TRIP×TRICK | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 02 | my name is… | minato | minato | Maruyama Mayuko |
Lie to You (February 4, 2015)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lie to You | VALSHE | doriko & minato | G'n- |
| 02 | microSOLDIER | VALSHE | minato | Maruyama Mayuko |
Albums
Valuable Sheaves (March 24, 2010)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Migikata no Chou | Yura Mizuno | Nori-P | |
| 02 | Crash! | VALSHE, minato | minato | minato, neko |
| 03 | Symmetric Target | timeflies | amyu | amyu |
| 04 | Nisoku Hokou | DECO*27 | DECO*27 | |
| 05 | THUNDERBIRD | Akio Inoue | Daisuke Asakura | high_note |
| 06 | Bokura no 16bit Sensou | sasakure.UK | sasakure.UK | |
| 07 | Soundless Voice | hitoshizuku-P | hitoshizuku-P | |
| 08 | Tokyo to Rock City | HainoKoton-P | Eko | |
| 09 | Arigatou, Kimi E | minato | minato | minato |
Storyteller(September 23, 2010)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | NEVERLAND | minato | minato | minato |
| 02 | Myself | VALSHE, minato | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 03 | Kousoku | VALSHE, minato | minato | FAITH-T, minato |
| 04 | Graffias | VALSHE, minato | minato | FAITH-T |
| 05 | Yours | minato | minato | FAITH-T |
| 06 | doubt | minato | doriko | doriko |
| 07 | Nameless Story | VALSHE | minato | FAITH-T |
| 08 | epilogue -graffias- | minato | FAITH-T | |
| 09 | SPICE! -Bonus Track- | minato | minato | minato |
PLAY THE JOKER(February 22, 2012)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Opening | G'n- | G'n- | |
| 02 | TIGHTROPE | minato | minato | G'n- |
| 03 | jester | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 04 | Collar -Hard Play Mix- | VALSHE, minato | minato | G'n- |
| 05 | Kimi ga Tame | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 06 | Vessel | VALSHE | VALSHE | G'n- |
| 07 | Moon -Reveal- | minato | minato | FAITH-T |
| 08 | REVOLT | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 09 | clematis | minato | VALSHE | Shinya Saito |
| 10 | vulgar gem | VALSHE | doriko | G'n- |
| 11 | Deserve | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 12 | PLAY THE JOKER | minato | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 13 | Moon -Sequel- | minato | minato | FAITH-T |
| 14 | shout of JOY -Bonus Track- | VALSHE, minato | minato | G'n- |
V.D.(February 19, 2014)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Overture | minato | G'n- | |
| 02 | RAGE IDENTITY | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 03 | Butterfly Core | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 04 | AFFLICT | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 05 | ASTRAEA | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 06 | Human Dolls | minato | minato | G'n |
| 07 | Mr.Diorama | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 08 | Blissful Jail | VALSHE | VALSHE | G'n- |
| 09 | Blessing Card | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 10 | Leopardess | minato | minato | G'n- |
| 11 | EVALUATION | minato | doriko | G'n- |
| 12 | Prize of Color | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 13 | Tigerish Eyez | VALSHE | minato | Shinya Saito |
| 14 | Fragment | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 15 | Sincerely | VALSHE | minato | FAITH-T |
Storyteller II ~The Age Limits~(September 24, 2014)
| Track No. | Title | Lyrics | Song | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | HIDE & LEAK | VALSHE | minato | G'n- |
| 02 | WISHLIST | VALSHE | DOITOKI | Mayuko Maruyama |
| 03 | Hatori Monogatari | minato | Yukarie Mochizuki & Ryo Matsuzawa | G'n- |
| 04 | Roma | VALSHE | minato | Goto Koji |
| 05 | CAINCOMPLEX | VALSHE | Yusuke Kuwabara | Masato Nakayama |
| 06 | Semi Stage | minato | VALSHE | G'n- |
| 07 | Separation | VALSHE | Yusuke Kikuchi | FAITH-T |