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Chiaki Ishikawa is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is also the lead vocalist of Japanese musical duo See-Saw. Many of her songs, both solo and with See-Saw, have been used as theme songs in various anime series. Since 2003, her popularity abroad as part of S ...

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; former member left the group in April 1994 to pursue a writing career. The group temporarily disbanded in 1995, but reunited in 2001. The duo of Ishikawa and Kajiura performed opening and ending themes in several anime series, including '' .hack//SIGN'' and '' .hack//Liminality'', two insert songs for '' Noir'', the first ending theme to ''

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Discography

A list of See-Saw’s works can be found at vocalis
Chiaki Ishikawa’s website
Soundtracks and various artist albums that the group has also appeared on are listed here.

Albums

* ''I Have a Dream'' (September 26, 1993) * ''See-Saw'' (October 26, 1994) * ''Early Best'' (February 21, 2003) ompilation* ''Dream Field'' (February 21, 2003) * ''See-Saw Complete Best "See-Saw-Scene"'' (June 10, 2020) ompilation

Singles

* "Swimmer" (July 25, 1993) * (September 23, 1993) * "Chao Tokyo" (March 24, 1994) * (August 1, 1994) * (September 24, 1994) * (February 1, 1995) * (May 22, 2002) #45 * (July 24, 2002) #30 * (October 23, 2002) #5 * (January 22, 2003) #18 * (August 3, 2005) #4

Soundtracks

* '' Noir Original Soundtrack 2'' (October 3, 2001) * (November 7, 2001) * '' .hack//SIGN Original Soundtrack 1'' (July 24, 2002) * '' .hack//Liminality Original Soundtrack'' (September 21, 2002) * ''

Original Soundtrack 1'' (December 4, 2002) * '' .hack//Legend of the Twilight Original Soundtrack'' (February 21, 2003) * ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Original Soundtrack 3'' (September 21, 2003) * ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Complete Best'' (September 26, 2003 / January 15, 2004) * ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Original Soundtrack 4'' (December 16, 2004) * ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Complete Best Dash'' (November 2, 2005 / May 7, 2006) * ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Suit CD, Volume 9: Athrun Zala × ∞ Justice Gundam'' (January 25, 2006) * ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Suit CD, Volume 10: Kira Yamato × Strike Freedom Gundam'' (April 21, 2006) * ''Mobile Suite Gundam SEED Remastered'' Soundtrack See-saw. Re track "あんなに一緒だったのに ''Anna ni Issho Datta no ni"'' ''"We Were So Close Together"''. this is going back to 2002 (February 22, 2012) *''Mobile Suite Gundam SEED Remastered'' Soundtrack See-saw feat Kalifina. Re track "あんなに一緒だったのに ''Anna ni Issho Datta no ni"'' ''"We Were So Close Together"''. this is going back to 2002 (February 22, 2012)

Various artist compilations

* ''Girls’ Kitchen'' (December 1993) * ''ILLUMINATED J’s SOUND I'' (February 2, 1994) * (March 1994) * ''Snow Kiss …Ing I'' (November 1994) * ''Snow Kiss …Ing II'' (November 1994) * (March 17, 1995) * ''ILLUMINATED J’S SOUND II'' (March 25, 1995) * ''Victor Anime Song Collection I'' (March 24, 2005) * ''Victor Anime Song Collection II'' (March 24, 2005)

External links

English

Chiakin.net (Unofficial fansite)

Japanese

See-Saw at Victor Entertainment

Yuki Kajiura at Victor Entertainment

Chiaki Ishikawa at Victor Entertainment

Yuki Kajiura's Official Website

Chiaki Ishikawa's Official Website

References

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