is a Japanese musician and

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. She began her artist activities as a

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artist, uploading songs on the video-sharing website Nicovideo, before making her major debut in 2015 with the release of her single "Stella-rium". Her songs have been featured in

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series such as ''

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Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Take. It has been serialized through Niconico Seiga's ''Dra Dra Sharp'' website since December 2017 and collected in nine ''tankōbon'' volumes by Fujimi Shobo as of September 2022. In No ...

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Career

Kano's music activities began in 2010 when she began uploading songs on the Japanese video-sharing website Nicovideo. In 2015, she made her debut as a major artist with the release of her single "Stella-rium" on May 20; the title song is used as the opening theme of the

series ''

''. Her second single, , was released on November 18, 2015; the title song was used as the first ending theme of the anime series ''

''. Kano released her first major album, ''Nowhere'', on May 11, 2016. Her third single, "Nameless", was released on September 7, 2016, with the title track being used as the ending theme of the anime series ''

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''. Her fourth single "Day by Day" was released on May 24, 2017; the title song is used as the ending theme of the anime series ''

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''. Her second album, , was released on December 20, 2017. In 2018, it was announced that she would provide the voice bank for the Japanese version of the Chinese

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. On December 19, 2018, she released her third album, ''Rye''. On September 25, 2019, Kano released the mini-album . This was followed by the release of the single on November 27, 2019; the title track was used as the ending theme of the anime series ''

''. In 2020, Kano announced that she would debut as a

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, with her 3D image being based on an avatar called "Bambi" that she has used on various media such as official artwork. This was followed by the release of her fourth album, ''Yuanfen'', on March 4, 2020. She released the single on September 2, 2020; a duet version with voice actress

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is used as the opening theme of the anime series ''

''.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Mini-albums

References

External links

Official website
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