Kanako ItÅ
Kanako ItÅ (ã„ã¨ã† ã‹ãªã“, ItÅ Kanako, born March 28, 1973) is a female Japanese singer from Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. She has sung many songs that have appeared in video games and anime. One of her notable songs in games is "Kanashimi no MukÅ e" (悲ã—ã¿ã®å‘ã“ã†ã¸), the "bad end" ending theme to the visual novel School Days. ItÅ has also sung songs for a drama CD and anime adaptations of School Days. She has sung songs for the games Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer, Saya no Uta, Demonbane, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri, Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, and Robotics;Notes, along with the anime series Please Twins!, Myself ; Yourself, and HatenkÅ YÅ«gi. Her song "DD" on her single "A Wish For The Stars" has her singing in French. In April 2012, she made her American performance debut at Anime Boston.
Discography
Singles
- "Ethereal Echo", released April 28, 2006
- "Rise on Green Wings" (Kishin HishÅ Demonbane opening theme)
- "Angel's Ladder" (Kishin HishÅ Demonbane ending theme)
- "Roar" (Kishin HishÅ Demonbane theme song)
- "Rise on Green Wings" (instrumental)
- "Escape", released February 22, 2007
- "Escape" (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri ending theme)
- "Friend" (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri ending theme)
- "Escape" (off vocal)
- "Friend" (off vocal)
- "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to" (ã‚ミã¨å¤œç©ºã¨å‚é“ã¨), released October 24, 2007
- "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to" (Myself ; Yourself anime ending theme)
- "Ivy" (Myself ; Yourself visual novel second opening theme)
- "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to" (off vocal)
- "Ivy" (off vocal)
- "Heartbreaking Romance", released February 20, 2008
- "Heartbreaking Romance" (HatenkÅ YÅ«gi opening theme)
- "Take you as you are" (HatenkÅ YÅ«gi image song)
- "Heartbreaking Romance" (off vocal version)
- "Take you as you are" (off vocal version)
- "Find the blue", released May 7, 2008
- "Find the blue" (Chaos;Head game opening theme)
- "Desire Blue sky" (Chaos;Head game ending theme)
- "Find the blue" (off vocal)
- "Desire Blue sky" (off vocal)
- "TsuisÅ no Despair" (追想ã®ãƒ‡ã‚£ã‚¹ãƒšã‚¢), released June 26, 2008
- "TsuisÅ no Despair" (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Tatari opening theme)
- "ToppÅ«" (çªé¢¨) (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna: Tatari image song)
- "TsuisÅ no Despair" (off vocal)
- "Toppū" (off vocal)
- "Tsuioku no Kaze" (追憶ã®é¢¨), released July 16, 2008
- "Tsuioku no Kaze" (Togainu no Chi True Blood ending theme)
- "Still Alter ego version" (Togainu no Chi ending theme rearranged)
- "Tsuioku no Kaze" (off vocal)
- "Still Alter ego version" (off vocal)
- "A Wish For The Stars", released August 6, 2008
- "A Wish For The Stars" (Blassreiter second ending theme)
- "DD" (Blassreiter insert song)
- "A Wish For The Stars" (off vocal)
- "DD" (off vocal)
- "F.D.D.", released October 29, 2008
- "F.D.D." (Chaos;Head anime opening theme)
- "Fly to the sky" (Chaos;Head anime image song)
- "F.D.D." (off vocal)
- "Fly to the sky" (off vocal)
- "Fake Me", released February 25, 2009
- "Fake Me" (Chaos;Head Noah Xbox 360 game opening theme)
- "A Will" (Chaos;Head Noah Xbox 360 game ending theme)
- "Fake Me" (off vocal)
- "A Will" (off vocal)
- "Skyclad no Kansokusha" (スカイクラッドã®è¦³æ¸¬è€…, Skyclad Observer), released October 28, 2009
- "Skyclad no Kansokusha" (Steins;Gate opening theme)
- "Another Heaven" (Steins;Gate ending theme)
- "Skyclad no Kansokusha" (off vocal)
- "Another Heaven" (off vocal)
- "Fetishism Ark", released June 30, 2010
- "Fetishism Ark" (Chaos;Head Noah PSP game opening theme)
- "Kono Sora no Kanata ni" (ã“ã®ç©ºã®å½¼æ–¹ã«) (Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu! ending theme)
- "Fetishism Ark" (off vocal)
- "Kono Sora no Kanata ni" (off vocal)
- "A. R. / Star-Crossed", released July 28, 2010
- "A. R." (Steins;Gate PC game image song)
- "Star-Crossed" (Starry Sky: in Spring PSP game ending theme)
- "A. R." (off vocal)
- "Star-Crossed" (off vocal)
- "Hacking to The Gate", released April 27, 2011
- "Hacking to The Gate" (Steins;Gate anime opening theme)
- "Reliance" (リライアンス)
- "Hacking to The Gate" (off vocal)
- "Reliance" (off vocal)
- "Chaos Logic", released November 28, 2012
- "Chaos Logic" (Chaos;Head Noah PS3 game opening theme)
- "D.P." (Chaos;Head anime Blu-ray box set theme)
- "Chaos Logic" (off vocal)
- "D.P." (off vocal)
- "Anata no Eranda Kono Toki wo" (ã‚ãªãŸã®é¸ã‚“ã ã“ã®æ™‚ã‚’, The Moment You Had Chosen), released April 24, 2013
- "Anata no Eranda Kono Toki wo" (Steins;Gate: Fuka RyÅiki no Déjà vu opening theme)
- "resolution"
- "Anata no Eranda Kono Toki wo" (off vocal)
- "resolution" (off vocal)
Albums
- Puzzle (パズル, Pazuru), released February 27, 2004
- "Puzzle" (パズル, Pazuru)
- "KassÅ" (滑走)
- "Hoshi no Umi Yori" (星ã®æµ·ã‚ˆã‚Š)
- "Garasu no Kutsu" (ガラスã®ãã¤) (Saya no Uta ending theme)
- "Blaze Up" ("Hello, world." ending theme)
- Sign (サイン, Sain), released May 27, 2005
- "Sign" (サイン, Sain) (Jingai MakyŠending theme)
- "Thrill" (スリル, Suriru)
- "Kazaguruma" (風車)
- "Aoi Tori" (é’ã„é³¥)
- "Ride"
- "SotsugyÅ ShÅsho" (å’æ¥è¨¼æ›¸)
- "KagerÅ" (陽炎) (Jingai MakyÅ ending theme)
- "Yakusoku no Ishi" (ç´„æŸã®çŸ³)
- "Still" [Japanese version] (Togainu no Chi ending theme)
- Largo, released October 4, 2006
- "Moonstruck"
- "Heaven"
- "Rise"
- "Lamento" (Lamento: Beyond the Void theme song)
- "Modern Rose" (モダンãƒãƒ¼ã‚º, Modan RÅzu) (Kishin HishÅ Demonbane anime ending theme)
- "Nijiiro no Tsubomi" (虹色ã®ã¤ã¼ã¿)
- "KÅtetsu Some Time" (鋼鉄サムタイム, KÅtetsu Samu Taimu)
- "Maigo no Puppy" (è¿·åã®ãƒ‘ピー, Maigo no Papii)
- "GentÅ" (å¹»ç¯) (GekkÅ no Carnevale theme song)
- "Voltage"
- "Shinku" (深紅)
- "Kaguya" (月衣) (Night Wizard! drama CD ending theme)
- Another Best, released December 10, 2008
- "Kago no Tori no Kodoku" (ç± ã®é³¥ã®å¤ç‹¬) (Shinju no Yakata opening theme)
- "La Liberte" (7 online gamers ~offline~ opening theme)
- "Kami no Setsuri ni Idomu Monotachi - Ma o Tatsu Tsurugi wa Mada Orezu" (神ã®æ‘‚ç†ã«æŒ‘む者é”ï¼é”ã‚’æ–ã¤å‰£ã¯æœªã 折れãš) (Kishin HishÅ Demonbane image song)
- "Trigger in My Heart" (Chaosic Rune radio drama second opening theme)
- "Kanashimi no MukÅ e" (悲ã—ã¿ã®å‘ã“ã†ã¸), (School Days game ending theme)
- "Yakusoku: Girlhood's End-" (ç´„æŸã€œgirlhood’s end〜) (School Days Little Promise drama CD theme song)
- "Waltz" (ワルツ), (School Days anime ending theme)
- "Friend"
- "Ai wa Koko ni" (æ„›ã¯æ¤å‡¦ã«) (Kishin HishÅ Demonbane DVD image song)
- "Heartbreaking Romance"
- "Shizukanaru Moon Sign" (é™ã‹ãªã‚‹Moon sign) (Shamana Shamana: Tsuki to Kokoro to TaiyÅ no MahÅ opening theme)
- "Kohaku no Kioku" (ç¥ç€ã®è¨˜æ†¶) (Shamana Shamana: Tsuki to Kokoro to TaiyÅ no MahÅ ending theme)
- "From This Place" (Please Twins! anime image song)
- "Even Though You Left"
- "Paradise"
- <<<Stargate>>>, released August 26, 2009
- "Open The <<<STARGATE>>>"
- "Liberty"
- "Sunday Sunshine!"
- "Dear my stars"
- "eureka" (εüÏηκα)
- "technovision" (Steins;Gate insert song)
- "Ruiran" (ルイラン)
- "Ame no Hi no Sayonara" (雨ã®æ—¥ã®ã‚µãƒ¨ãƒŠãƒ©, Rainy Day's Goodbye)
- "Maboroshi" (å¹», Illusion)
- "Hoshikuzu" (星屑, Stardust)
- "déjà vu"
- ChaosAttractor, released January 27, 2010
- "TsuisÅ no Despair" (追想ã®ãƒ‡ã‚£ã‚¹ãƒšã‚¢)
- "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to" (ã‚ミã¨å¤œç©ºã¨å‚é“ã¨)
- "fake me"
- "Find the blue"
- "escape"
- "A WILL"
- "friend"
- "ivy"
- "F.D.D"
- "Kurai" (クライ) (Chaos;Head PC game ending theme)
- "Desire Blue sky"
- "Skyclad no Kansokusha" (スカイクラッドã®è¦³æ¸¬è€…)
- "Another Heaven"
- "ToppÅ«" (çªé¢¨) (hidden bonus track)
- "Fly to the sky" (hidden bonus track)
- Spark, released March 28, 2012
- "Yume no Arika" (夢ã®ã‚ã‚Šã‹)
- "spark!"
- "Break Beats" (ブレイクビーツ)
- "Minazuki" (風待月)
- "Unbalance" (アンãƒãƒ©ãƒ³ã‚¹)
- "Taiyou to Futari" (太陽ã¨ãµãŸã‚Š)
- "Murasaki no Goro" (ムラサã‚ã®é ƒ)
- "Nigaoe Nyoubou" (似顔絵女房)
- "Lullaby"
- "Niji ga deru made" (虹ãŒã§ã‚‹ã¾ã§)
- "Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999 - SAYONARA" (ã•ã‚ˆãªã‚‰éŠ€æ²³é‰„é“999 - SAYONARA)
Single songs in compilations
- "Reichin Rin'inshan" (涙尽鈴音響), ending theme to Kikokugai: The Cyber Slayer (2002)
- "Aoi Kioku" (é’ã„記憶), "Kiraboshi" (煌星), "There's The Earth Link Somewhere", opening, ending, and insert songs to "Hello, world." (2002)
- "Ten'i YÅ«kyÅ«" (天æ„æ‚ ä¹…), ending theme to Zanma Taisei Demonbane (2003)
- "Saya no Uta" (沙耶ã®å”„) ending theme to Saya no Uta (2003)
- "Koi ni Oitsukenai" (æ‹ã«è¿½ã„ã¤ã‘ãªã„), from Please Twins! Image Vocal Album: Esquisse (2003)
- "I Myself Am Hell", ending theme to Phantom: The Animation OVA (2004)
- "Shadow in the dark", theme song to Kishin HÅkÅ Demonbane PS2 game (2004)
- "Ohisama ni Yakusoku" (ãŠã²ã•ã¾ã«ç´„æŸ), "Mirai Kitto Zutto!" (未æ¥ãƒ»ãã£ã¨ãƒ»ãšã£ã¨!), and Te o Hanasanai de (手を離ã•ãªã„ã§), opening and ending themes to Chibi Mama (2004)
- "KokÅ no Tama" (å¤é«˜ä¹‹é‚é„), opening theme to Jingai MakyÅ (2005)
- "Hotarubi" (è›ç«), ending theme to Hanachirasu (2005)
- "Toaru RyÅ« no Koi no Uta" (ã¨ã‚ã‚‹ç«œã®æ‹ã®æŒ), ending theme to Dra+KoI (2006)
- "Mayoi no Mori" (è¿·ã„ã®æ£®), "Tataeshi Tatakai no Uta" (è³›ãˆã—é—˜ã„ã®è©©), "When The End", "DenshÅ no Uta: Verum" (ä¼æ‰¿ã®è©© -Verum-), insert songs to Lamento: Beyond the Void (2006)
- "Happy blue sky trip", ending theme to the PC game Sumaga (2008)
- "Miracles May", ending theme to sweet pool (2008)
- "Kohaku no Inori" (ç¥ç€ã®ç¥ˆã‚Š), an insert song to the PC game Amber Quartz (2009)
- "Hacking To The Gate", opening theme to "Steins;Gate" animation series (2011)
- "Maris Stella", ending themes to the Are You Alice? PSP game (2011)
- "Call of the Dungeon", opening theme to Cladun x2, the sequel to the Cladun: This is an RPG PSP game (2011)
- "Nageki no Ancient Machine" (嘆ãã®Ancient Machine), opening theme to the Labyrinth Tower: Legasista PlayStation 3 game (2012)
- "Immer Sie" and "Tears", ending themes to the PC game Dramatical Murder (2012)
- "Chaos Logic", opening theme of PS3 version of Chaos;Head Noah (2012)
- "Crystalline" and "At Last", ending themes to the PC game Dramatical Murder re:connect (2013)
- "By My Side" and "Lullaby Blue", special ending themes to the Dramatical Murder anime series (2014)
- "Scarlet" and "Voyage Lucid", ending themes to the Dramatical Murder drama CDs, volumes 1 and 2 (2014)
- "Reaching out for our future", opening theme to Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: The Fafnir Knight , a video game in the Etrian Odyssey series (2014)
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