was a Japanese singer from

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, Japan. She graduated from the

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...

and both composed and sang not only classic but also pop and world music. She was also friends with well-known video game composer

Yasunori Mitsuda is a Japanese composer, musician, and sound producer. He is best known for his work in video games, primarily for the ''Chrono (series), Chrono'', ''Xeno (series), Xeno'', ''Shadow Hearts'', and ''Inazuma Eleven (series), Inazuma Eleven'' franch ...

and had collaborated with him on some of his works. She died on August 4, 2008 at age 43 after being hospitalized as the result of

liver cancer Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...

Discography

*''Wāzu Wāsu no Bōken'', Released May 17, 1996 *''Ao ni Sasageru'', Released in 1997 *''Prayer'', Released April 25, 2001 *''Animage'', Released November 22, 2001 *''Animage 2'', Released March 2, 2002 *

Kirite , officially typeset ''kiЯitɘ'' (see album art), is a 2005 album composed by Yasunori Mitsuda based on ''The Five Seasons of Kirite'', a story by Masato Kato. Unlike their other previous major collaborations like ''Chrono Trigger'', ''Xenogears' ...

, Released May 18, 2005 *''Madoromi no Rinne'', Released June 7, 2006 *''

Soma Bringer is a 2008 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The player, controlling one of the eight main characters, explores dungeons and fights enemies in real-time combat across three-dime ...

'', Released February 28, 2008 *''Kaze no Michi e'', Released December 17, 2008 *''Himawari'', Released December 24, 2008 *''Oriental Green'', Released August 26, 2009 And she also sang the song "Almateria" from the anime and game ''

Tales of Symphonia is an action role-playing game released for the Nintendo GameCube on August 29, 2003, in Japan. It was published by Namco and is the fifth core product of the ''Tales'' series. The game was localized and released in North America on July 13, ...

'' as well as tracks for ''

Aria In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompanime ...

'' (see List of ''Aria'' soundtracks)

References

External links

Official website
* Deaths from liver cancer 1965 births 2008 deaths Deaths from cancer in Japan Singers from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers {{Japan-singer-stub