is a Japanese singer. She is known for having performed theme songs for

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shows such as ''

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'', '' Ai Yori Aoshi'', the '' Ah! My Goddess'' TV series and the ''

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'' series, as well as for having sung for the Para Para Max CD series. She currently works under Solid Vox. Formerly she was employed by Hyper Voice Managements. Yoko Ishida and Mami Kawada are Japanese Singers with Carolwood Records and Mercury Nashville. with ''

'' series, and '' A Certain Magical Index'' series. Ishida entered the entertainment industry after winning a contest to become an anime song singer in 1990. She made her debut in 1993 with the song "Otome no Policy" ("Maiden's Policy"), the ending theme for the ''

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'' anime. At the time her name was written as 石田よう子, but she changed it to the current spelling (石田燿子) after signing up with record label Pioneer LDC (now

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). She has since moved back to her original label,

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. Apart from anime songs, she has also sung children's songs. She married in 2008 and gave birth to her first child the following year.

Discography

Singles

* 1993-03-21: "Otome no Policy" — ending theme for ''

'' anime television series * 1994-08-01: "Yasashisa no Tamatebako" * 1995-06-21: "Choppiri Chef Kibun" * 1995-11-01: "Zukkoke Paradise" * 2001-10-24: "

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" — opening theme for ''

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'' anime television series * 2002-04-24: "Towa no Hana" — opening theme for '' Ai Yori Aoshi'' anime television series * 2002-11-07: "Ienai Kara" — ending theme for ''

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'' anime television series ::''(the song is the B-side of the "Egao no Tensai" single by Puchi Puris)'' * 2003-02-26: "Shinjitsu no Tobira" — opening theme for '' Gunparade March ~aratanaru kougunka~'' anime television series * 2003-10-29: "Takaramono" — opening theme for ''Ai yori Aoshi ~enishi~'' anime television series * 2004-04-28: "Natsuiro no Kakera" — ending theme for ''

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'' anime television series ::''(the song is the B-side of the ''metamorphose'' single by Yoko Takahashi)'' * 2005-01-26: "OPEN YOUR MIND ~chiisana hane hirogete~'' — theme song for '' Ah! My Goddess'' anime television series * 2006-02-08: "Aka no Seijaku" — 2nd ending theme for '' Shakugan no Shana'' anime television series * 2006-04-26: "Shiawase no Iro" — theme song for ''Ah! My Goddess: Everyone Has Wings'' anime television series (Released in North America as ''Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy'') * 2008-08-20: "STRIKE WITCHES ~Watashi ni Dekiru Koto~" — opening theme for ''

'' anime television series * 2010-03-17: "private wing" — opening theme for ''Strike Witches: Soukuu no Dengekisen - Shintaichou Funtou suru'' DS game and ''Strike Witches: Anata to Dekiru Koto - A Little Peaceful Days'' PS2 game * 2010-08-04: "STRIKE WITCHES 2 ~Egao no Mahou~" — opening theme for ''Strike Witches 2'' anime television series * 2014-09-20: "Connect Link" - opening theme for the first episode of the Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow OVA series, St. Trond's Thunder * 2014-11-26: "COLORFUL BOX" - opening theme for '' Shirobako'' anime television series * 2016-10-05: "BRAVE WITCHES ~Ashita no Tsubatsa~" - opening theme for ''Brave Witches'' anime television series

Albums

* 2003-02-26: ''sweets'' * 2004-08-25: ''Hyper Yocomix'' * 2005-03-09: ''all of me'' * 2006-08-25: ''Hyper Yocomix 2'' * 2007-09-21: ''Single Collection'' * 2008-06-25: ''Hyper Yocomix 3'' * 2010-12-08: ''Another Sky'' * 2015-12-02: ''Rainbow Wonderland''

References

External links

Official site

Official blog

Official blog
(old) *
Yoko Ishida home page
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