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, Hyōgo. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer. From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime television and movies. She is especially well known for her songs from ''

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Biography

Okui began her music career as a concert backup singer for Yuki Saito in November 1989. Her first solo single "Dare Yori mo Zutto" was released in 1993, and was used as a theme song for the anime OAV ''The Girl from Phantasia''. She sang with voice actress

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for the anime television series ''

'' in 1995. In 2003, she teamed up with fellow artist

to form the group r.o.r/s, an acronym for "Reflections of Renaissance/Sounds". She also became a member of the supergroup

, which released the single "Little Wing" that served as the opening theme song for the anime television series ''

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and produced her own record label called "evolution", which lasted from 2003. In 2011, she ended her ''evolution'' label, left

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, and signed with Lantis. Okui is a regular performer in the

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annual concerts from "The Bridge" in 2005 to "Rainbow" in 2011. In October 2008, she went to Mexico with JAM Project where they performed at the Expo TNT 16. She also performed in 2012 for EXPO TNT GT 6.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Other albums

Singles

Videos

;Star Child # Ma-KING Concert '97 # Do-can Diary # A-Day # Live in Hibiya -no cut- # B-Day # Document '00 # Birth Live '01 # C-Day # Live Devotion ;King Records # V-mode −10th Anniversary- ;Evolution # GIGS 2004 ReBirth # GIGS 2005 Dragonfly # GIGS 2006 GodSpeed # GIGS 2006 Evolution

References

External links

* * record label
Masami Okui
at J-Music Italia {{DEFAULTSORT:Okui, Masami 1968 births Living people People from Itami, Hyōgo Anime musicians Japanese women pop singers Japanese women rock singers Japanese women singer-songwriters Osaka University of Arts alumni Musicians from Hyōgo Prefecture 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers JAM Project members