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Biography
Yuki Kajiura (梶浦 由記, Kajiura Yuki, born August 6, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese composer and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as the final Kimagure Orange Road movie, Noir, .hack//Sign, Aquarian Age, Madlax, My-HiME, My-Otome, Pandora Hearts, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, Sword Art Online, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and the Kara no Kyoukai movies (amongst others). She also assisted Toshihiko Sahashi with Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Kajiura has also composed for video games, including the cutscene music for Xenosaga II and the entire Xenosaga III game soundtrack. She composed the music for NHK's April 2014 morning drama (asadora) "Hanako to Anne".
Biography
In 2002, See-Saw participated in another Mashimo's project, .hack//Sign During the production of the series, Kajiura met Emily Bindiger and impressed by her vocals, offered her to perform over 10 of the series' insert songs. She has also jokingly called Bindiger "her English teacher" at Anime Expo 2003.
One of Kajiura's solo projects include FictionJunction. The project involves collaboration with artists such as Yuuka Nanri, Asuka Kato, and Kaori Oda. FictionJunction Yuuka, with Nanri as the vocalist, is the most prolific of these collaborations. In 2004, the duo produced the opening and ending songs for Kōichi Mashimo's Madlax and in the next year, published their first collaborative album, Destination.
In October 2007, it was announced that Yuki Kajiura would be attending the performances of the Eminence Orchestra's concert, 'A Night in Fantasia 2007 – Symphonic Anime Edition', as a special guest.
The 2014 series Aldnoah.Zero's opening theme "Heavenly Blue" was composed by Kajiura and was performed by Kalafina.
On July 2016, Aniplex of America announced that the “Yuki Kajiura LIVE ~featuring SWORD ART ONLINE~” concert that took place on March 2016 in Japan would be having an additional date on January 14, 2017 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Discography
Anime soundtracks
| Anime title | Year of release | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning | 1996 | Osamu Kobayashi |
| Eat-Man | 1997 | Kōichi Mashimo |
| Noir | 2001 | Kōichi Mashimo |
| Aquarian Age | 2002 | Yoshimitsu Ohashi |
| .hack//Sign | 2002 | Kōichi Mashimo |
| .hack//Liminality | 2002 | Kōichi Mashimo |
| Le Portrait de Petit Cossette | 2004 | Akiyuki Shinbo |
| Madlax | 2004 | Kōichi Mashimo |
| My-HiME | 2004 | Masakazu Obara |
| My-Otome | 2005 | Masakazu Obara |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle | 2005–2006 | Kōichi Mashimo Hiroshi Morioka |
| Elemental Gelade | 2005 | Shigeru Ueda |
| My-Otome Zwei | 2006 | Masakazu Obara |
| Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior | 2007 | Toyoo Ashida |
| El Cazador de la Bruja | 2007 | Kōichi Mashimo |
| Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations | 2007–2008 | Shunsuke Tada |
| Tsubasa Shunraiki | 2009 | Shunsuke Tada |
| Pandora Hearts | 2009 | Takao Kato |
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica | 2011 | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto |
| Fate/Zero | 2011–2012 | Ei Aoki |
| Sword Art Online | 2012 | Tomohiko Itō |
| Sword Art Online II | 2014 | Tomohiko Itō |
| Boku Dake ga Inai Machi | 2016 | Tomohiko Itō |
| Zaregoto Series | 2016–2017 | Akiyuki Shinbo Yuki Yase |
| Princess Principal | 2017 | Masaki Tachibana |
Game soundtracks
| Game title | Game platform | Year of release | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Cast (ダブルキャスト, Daburukyasuto) | PlayStation | 1998 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Meguri-aishite (めぐり愛して) | PlayStation | 1999 | SME |
| Blood: The Last Vampire | PlayStation 2 | 2000 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Movie scenes) | PlayStation 2 | 2004 | Namco |
| Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra | PlayStation 2 | 2006 | Namco |
Movie soundtracks
| Movie title | Year of release | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo-Kyodai | 1995 | Jun Ichikawa |
| Ruby Fruit | 1995 | Takumi Kimiduka |
| Rainbow | 1999 | Naoto Kumazawa |
| Boogiepop and others | 2000 | Ryu Kaneda |
| Moon | 2000 | Takumi Kimiduka |
| Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Movie: Princess in Birdcage Kingdom | 2005 | Itsuro Kawasaki |
| Kara no Kyoukai movies | 2007–2009, 2013 | Ei Aoki, Takuya Nonaka, Mitsuru Oburai & Tomonori Sudou |
| Achilles and the Tortoise | 2008 | Takeshi Kitano |
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings | 2012 | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto |
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal | 2012 | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto |
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion | 2013 | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto |
| Sword Art Online: Extra Edition | 2013 | Tomohiko Itō |
| L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties | 2016 | Guo Jingming |
| Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale | 2017 | Tomohiko Itō |
| Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel | 2017 | Tomonori Sudou |
Musicals
| Title | Year of release |
|---|---|
| Sakura-Wars | 1998 |
| Fine | 1998 |
| Funk-a-Step | 1998 |
| Funk-a-Step II | 1999 |
| Christmas Juliette | 1999–2000 |
| High-School Revolution | 2000 |
| Christmas Juliette | 2000 |
| Shooting-Star Lullaby | 2001 |
| Love's Labour's Lost/Set | 2002 |
| Angel Gate | 2006 |
Solo albums
| Title | Year of release |
|---|---|
| Fiction | 2003 |
| Fiction II | 2011 |
Produced albums
| Title | Artist | Year of release |
|---|---|---|
| I have a dream | See-Saw | 1993 |
| See-Saw | See-Saw | 1994 |
| Early Best | See-Saw | 2003 |
| Dream Field | See-Saw | 2003 |
| melody | Saeko Chiba | 2003 |
| everything | Saeko Chiba | 2004 |
| Destination | FictionJunction Yuuka | 2004 |
| Circus | FictionJunction Yuuka | 2007 |
| Re/oblivious | Kalafina | 2008 |
| Everlasting Songs | FictionJunction | 2009 |
| Seventh Heaven | Kalafina | 2009 |
| Red Moon | Kalafina | 2010 |
| After Eden | Kalafina | 2011 |
| Consolation | Kalafina | 2013 |
| Elemental | FictionJunction | 2014 |
| far on the water | Kalafina | 2015 |
Compilation albums
| Title | Year of release |
|---|---|
| The Works for Soundtrack | 2011 |
Other involvements
| Genre | Project | Involvement | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anime | Jura Tripper | Ending theme | 1995 |
| Anime | Mobile Suit Gundam Seed | Closing theme & insert songs | 2002 |
| Anime | Chrono Crusade | Closing theme song (Sayonara Solitaire) | 2003 |
| Game | .hack//Quarantine | Song "Yasashii Yoake" (also used in .hack//Sign) | 2003 |
| Anime | The World of Narue | Closing theme | 2003 |
| Anime | Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny | Closing theme & insert songs | 2004 |
| Anime | .hack//Legend of the Twilight | Closing theme | 2004 |
| Anime | Loveless | Theme song | 2005 |
| Anime | Shōnen Onmyōji | Opening theme song | 2006 |
| Anime | .hack//Roots | Opening theme song | 2006 |
| Anime | Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto | Opening theme song | 2006 |
| Anime | My-Otome Zwei | Ending theme songs 2–3 | 2007 |
| Anime | Baccano! | Ending Theme song | 2007 |
| Anime | Amatsuki | Ending Theme song | 2008 |
| TV Drama | Negima (Live Action) | Ending Theme song | 2008 |
| Anime | Kuroshitsuji | Ending Theme Song | 2008 |
| Documentary | Unknown Episodes of History – Historia | Soundtrack | 2009 |
| Anime | So Ra No Wo To | Opening Theme song | 2010 |
| Anime | Ōkami Kakushi | Theme song | 2010 |
| Anime | Eve no Jikan | Ending Theme Song | 2010 |
| Game | Nobunaga's Ambition | Theme song | 2010 |
| Anime | Kuroshitsuji II | Insert theme song | 2010 |
| TV Drama | 15 Sai no Shiganhei | Music | 2010 |
| Game | .hack//Link | Previously written songs contributed: Edge, (from .hack//Liminality Volume 1: In the Case of Mai Minase) Obsession from .hack//Sign and Silly-Go-Round. (from .hack//Roots) | 2010 |
| Documentary | Unknown Episodes of History – Historia 2 | Soundtrack | 2011 |
| Anime | Sacred Seven | Opening theme song | 2011 |
| Game | Senritsu no Stratus | Opening theme song | 2011 |
| Anime | Fate/Zero | Opening theme song | 2011 |
| TV Drama | Hanako to Anne | Music | 2014 |
| Anime | Aldnoah.Zero | Opening theme song | 2014 |
| Anime | Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | Guest Composer, Ending theme song | 2014 |
| Anime | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel | Theme Song | TBA |