is a pop duo from Japan consisting of Yuuka Nanri (vocals) and composer Yuki Kajiura (composition, lyrics and keyboards). It is part of Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction.
Biography The pair first met at , a stage group for teenage girls where Kajiura wrote music for some of the plays and Nanri was a performer.
Their first recording was , an insert song in the popular mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, though their debut single was the opening of Madlax, , released on May 8, 2004.Though their first single was "Hitomi no Kakera", "Akatsuki no Kuruma" was actually recorded and released in an anime soundtrack previously. On July 27, 2004, the ending theme to Madlax, "Inside Your Heart", was released. In the same year, because of its popularity and the fact that it was Gundam SEED's one-year anniversary, "Akatsuki no Kuruma" was released as a single, which at its peak placed at #10 on the Oricon weekly rankings and sold over 19,481 copies in the first week.
After a hiatus of exactly a year, an insert song for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, was released, becoming the first voice actor single to hit #1 on Oricon daily rankings.
On November 23, 2005, the duo released their debut album, Destination, which placed on the Oricon weekly rankings at #9.
On May 10, 2006, FictionJunction Yuuka released their fifth single after approximately eight months. That year, they also recorded a song, "Aikoi", for the Tsubasa Chronicle anime series, which was not released as a single but instead included in the anime's fourth original soundtrack. In November of that same year, they released the opening theme for Sunrise's Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, .
FictionJunction Yuuka held their first live concert entitled Premium Live 2007 on February 8 and February 15 of 2007.FJY blog :January 29, 2007 entry. Retrieved 2007-02-03. A new album, Circus was announced and it was released on July 4 of the same year.. As Kajiura is handling the music for upcoming anime El Cazador de la Bruja, their seventh single, "Romanesque", became the ending theme of the anime above. El Cazador de la Bruja was produced by Bee Train, whose anime productions FictionJunction Yuuka has also done songs for previously.
Discography
Singles #Information1Released: May 8, 2004 Opening song and insert song for the anime Madlax.2Inside Your Heart Released: July 27, 2004 Ending song and insert song for the anime Madlax.3Released: September 22, 2004 (May 8 2013 re-released) Insert song for the anime Gundam SEED, which was at first released in SUIT CD vol. 4 Miguel Ayman × Nicol Amarfi, but because of the song's popularity and the fact that it September 2004 was Gundam SEEDs one-year anniversary, it was later released as a single.4Released: September 22, 2005 (May 8 2013 re-released) Insert song for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. First voice actor single in Oricon history to become #1 on the daily rankings.Yuuka Nanri @ Chinese Wikipedia5Silly-Go-Round Released: May 10, 2006 Opening song for the anime .hack//Roots.6Released: November 22, 2006 Opening song for the anime Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto.7Romanesque Released: April 18, 2007 Ending song for the anime El Cazador de la Bruja.
Albums #Information1Destination Released: November 23, 2005 (re-released May 8, 2013)2CircusFJY blog : April 27, 2007 entry. Retrieved 2007-04-30. Released: July 4, 2007 (re-released May 8, 2013)
DVD & Blu-ray Releases YearTitleInformation2009FictionJunction YUUKA ~Yuki Kajiura Live Vol. 4 Part I~ Everlasting Songs Tour 2009The limited edition came with a photo booklet, the PV for "Nostalgia", and an exclusive case.2014Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#11 FictionJunction YUUKA 2days Special 2014.02.08~09 Nakano Sunplaza
FictionJunction FictionJunction Yuuka performed alongside her fellow FJ peers in Yuki Kajiura LIVE Vol. #4 Everlasting Songs Tour 2009. She is credited as a vocalist for the FictionJunction Club single "sing a song" which was released on March 16, 2012.
Singles/Albums #Information1Everlasting Songs (FictionJunction Album)FictionJunction#Everlasting Songs FictionJunction First Albumhttp://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。http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/tsubaholi/tsubasa/cast.html Tsubasa Shunraiki Staff. Released: February 25, 2009 Yuuka Nanri performed the Ending Song of Tsubasa Shunraiki "Kioku no Mori" (Forest Of Memories) in this album as FictionJunction (YUUKA, WAKANA, KEIKO, KAORI, YURIKO KAIDA, and ASUKA), And Cazador del amor from El Cazador de la Bruja.http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/fj/everlastingsongs/ FictionJunction Official Website – Everlasting songs: Linear notes by Yuki Kajiura.2Parallel Hearts (FictionJunction Single)FictionJunction#Parallel Hearts First Single Release: April 29, 2009 FictionJunction YUUKA performed the second track in the album titled "Hitomi no Chikara"http://www.axive.jp/index.php/archives/2777 Axive – Parallel Hearts3Sing A Song / Silent Moon (FictionJunction Club Limited Single)
Release: June 16, 2012 FictionJunction YUUKA performed the second track in the album titled "Silent Moon"https://fictionjunction.com/discography/3623/ https://fictionjunction.com/discography/3623/FJC会員限定）sing a song / silent moon
Appearances
TV NHK – Pop Joins the World NHK – PopJam
Concerts – (December 23, 24, and 25, 2006 – Year-end concert for Victor Entertainment artists. Premium Live 2007 (February 8 and 15, 2007) – First solo concert. Yuki Kajiura Live Vol. #4 Everlasting Songs Tour 2009 – Part 1 of 2 part performance (July 7–12, 2009) Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#10 "Kaji Fes.2013″ (May 13, 2013) Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#11 "elemental" FictionJunction Yuuka 2Days Special (February 8–9, 2014) FlyingDog 10th Anniversary Live "Inu Fes." (February 2, 2019)
References and notes
External links Official site Official blog
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