is a Japanese singer, songwriter, lyricist and

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Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

. From 2016 to 2019, she performed under the stage name Minami. Her involvement in the game and anime ''

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'', where she voiced the role of one of the characters, Haruka Suzumiya and performed and penned the theme songs and other songs relating to the series, has brought her much attention. Her single "Precious Memories", used as the opening theme song for the series' animated version was a success; it had a peak ranking of 17th place on the

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charts and charted for 14 weeks."Precious Memories", listed at Oricon Style
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, including series such as ''

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'', and '' School Days''. Kuribayashi has performed as part of the group Wild 3nin Musume, whose other present members are Joy Max (a.k.a. Joy Max Maximum) and Kisho Taniyama (a.k.a. Jackie Yang). She also once paired with Chiaki Takahashi to form the group exige, where Takahashi was known as CT. Veronica. Also, she is part of

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Filmography

TV animation

* ''

'' (Haruka Suzumiya) * '' Mai Otome'' ( Erstin Ho) * '' School Days'' (Minami Obuchi)

OVAs

* ''

Akane Maniax is a visual novel released for the PC by âge. It is a prequel of sorts to ''Muv-Luv'' and side story to ''Kimi ga Nozomu Eien'', and features Akane Suzumiya from ''Kimi ga Nozomu Eien'' as its main heroine. Like ''Muv-Luv Extra'' and unlike ...

'' (Haruka Suzumiya) * '' Ayumayu Gekijou'' (Haruka Suzumiya, Kasumi Yashiro) * ''

~Next Season~'' (Haruka Suzumiya) * ''

My-Otome Zwei is a Japanese OVA anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it consists of four episodes, which were released across three-month intervals and is the sequel to the original ''My-Otome'' anime ...

'' (Ribbon-chan) * '' School Days ~Magical Heart Kokoro-chan~'' (Minami Obuchi)

Internet animation

* '' Ayumayu Gekijou'' (Haruka Suzumiya, Kasumi Yashiro)

Games

* ''Age Maniax'' (Susie, Fumino) * (Priere) * ''

'' (Haruka Suzumiya) * '' School Days'' (Minami Obuchi) * '' School Days L x H'' (Minami Obuchi) * ''"Hello, world."'' (Haruka Tomonaga) * ''

'' (Kasumi Yashiro) * ''

Alternative'' (Kasumi Yashiro, Haruka Suzumiya) * ''

Altered Fable'' (Kasumi Yashiro, Haruka Suzumiya) * ''My-Otome: Otome Butoushi!!'' (Erstin Ho)

Discography

Solo

Singles

Albums

= Studio albums

= Best albums

DVDs

* Kuribayashi Minami in BASXI Secret Live "Birthday eve" * 2003-11-27: Kuribayashi Minami Music Clip "Precious Memories" * 2008-02-27: Kuribayashi Minami 1st Live Tour 2007 "Fantastic Arrow"

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuribayashi, Minami Living people Voice actresses from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese voice actresses Japanese women pop singers Japanese women singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters Anime musicians Avex Group artists Lantis (company) artists Musicians from Shizuoka Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 1976 births