K. Juno ( Japanese: K.ジュノ) is a

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singer and songwriter from Japan. She is known for lyricist in

Voices of a Distant Star is a Japanese science fiction original video animation (OVA) short film created and animated by Makoto Shinkai. It follows the lives of two close childhood friends, a boy and a girl, who get separated once the girl is sent into space to f ...

Filmography

Music style

As a

vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, Juno sings like a 1980s

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singer, while she writes rather 1970s

flavored music. Juno also wrote the lyrics to the theme song for the Japanese CG

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'' by

Makoto Shinkai , known as , is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, author, and manga artist. Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) ' ...

, titled "Through the Years and Far Away (Hello, Little Star)".

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Love Me'' (2000, mini album, 5 tracks) * ''Juno Vol. 1 plus Fate'' (2005, 10 tracks) * ''Amazing Grace (Out of the Holy Hands of Fate)'' (2007, CD-R, 4 tracks) (sung in Japanese)

Singer/songwriter albums

Wave (Morrigan)

* ''Feline Groove II'' (2003, 1 new / 16 tracks) * ''Voyager'' (2004, 1 new / 1 remix / 10 tracks plus bonus) * ''Mo Nakanaide'' (2004, 2 new / 9 tracks) * ''Avalon'' (2004, 3 new / 16 tracks; album arranged for ''

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'') * ''Caldes'' (2005, 3 new / 16 tracks) * ''Aria'' (2006, 1 new / 14 tracks) * ''White Avalon'' (2006, 4 new / 22 tracks) * ''Yoru o Koete'' (2007, 1 new / 2 remix / 8 tracks) * ''Archiv-East'' (2007, 1 remix / 38 tracks) * ''Message'' (2007, 4 new/9 remix/13 tracks, all sung by K. Juno)

Cranky

* ''Rave-Slave'' (2003, 1 remix / 14 tracks)

PsG System Laboratory

* ''Artifact'' (2003, 3 new / 39 tracks; ''Tsukinosabaki'' & '' Typing Moon Online'' original soundtrack) * '' Typing Moon'' (2003, online typing game)

Fusion Works

* ''Aura - 12 Pieces of Remedy'' (2006, 1 new / 12 tracks)

Kenichi Kitakata

* ''Believe'' (2007, CD-R, backup vocals)

As a lyricist

* ''

'' soundtrack CD, DVD

References

External links

K. Juno on sure rock.net

K. Juno on IMDB

Juno's Rock and Roll Paradise!
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