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さユり | |
Born | Fukuoka, Japan | June 7, 1996
Died | September 20, 2024 28) | (aged
Other names | Sanketsu Shōjo Sayuri (酸欠少女さユり) |
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Years active | 2010–2024 |
Height | 149 cm (4 ft 11 in) |
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Labels | Ariola Japan [1] |
Website | www |
Sayuri [lower-alpha 1] (さユり [lower-alpha 2] , June 7, 1996 – September 20, 2024) was a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. After winning the Music Revolution Grand Prix in 2012, she left school and started her music career. In 2015, she released her debut single "Mikazuki", the ending theme of Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace , and she later sang theme songs for the anime series Erased , Scum's Wish , Fate/Extra Last Encore , Golden Kamuy , My Hero Academia , Sing "Yesterday" for Me , and Lycoris Recoil .
Sayuri, a native of Shika Island in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, was born on June 7, 1996. [2] [3] Inspired by the idol boy band Kanjani Eight, Sayuri took up guitar as a hobby and began composing music during her second year of middle school. [4] Afterwards, she performed in the band Muu (as guitarist and vocalist) and the acoustic duo Longtal (under the name Asuka), and she did street performances and live house appearances in places like Hiroshima, Osaka, and Nagoya. [2]
In 2012, Sayuri won the Grand Prix at the 5th Music Revolution finals, where she was their youngest contestant. [5] She left school and moved to Tokyo the next year; [2] despite dropping out of high school, she later tweeted in January 2015 that she took the exam for the Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates. [6] Despite performing at live houses, she preferred performing on the more-open streets for a more diverse range of people; [2] she said in an interview with Kai-You that these street performances were originally intended for training. [7] In March 2015, Sayuri held her first solo concert, "Yoake no Shitaku", at Tsutaya O-East in Tokyo. [8] On August 26, 2015, she released her first single "Mikazuki", making her major debut at 19; the song was also the ending theme for the anime series Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace . [9]
She sang "Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna", the ending theme of the Erased anime; composed and written by Yuki Kajiura, it was released as her second single on February 24, 2016. [10] On April 23, 2016, she held a solo concert "Mikazuki no Koukai" at the Shibuya WWW; tickets were sold out only seconds after they went on sale. [11] [2] On June 3, 2016, she re-released her Music Revolution song "Ru-Rararu-Ra-Rurararu-Ra" as her digital-only third single; the song was later included in a four-track EP of the same name, released on June 24. [2] [12] On December 7, 2016, she and Yojiro Noda of Radwimps collaborated for her fourth single "Furaregai Girl". [13] On March 1, 2017, Sayuri released her fifth single "Parallel Line," which was featured as the ending song to both the anime and live-action adaptations of Scum's Wish , becoming her first Japanese television drama ending song. [14]
On March 23, 2017, it was announced that she would release her first album Mikazuki no Koukai on May 17. [15] The day after her album was released, it reached first on Oricon's Daily Album Chart, [16] and it later ranked third on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart. [17] On August 23, the full-length music video for one of the album's songs, "Jū-oku-nen", was released. [18] On May 19, 2017, she held her first street performance in over a year in Shinjuku, with approximately 2,000 fans in attendance. [19] [20] On November 24, 2017, Sayuri's solo concert at Tokyo Dome City Hall became her largest up to this point. [21]
Sayuri released her sixth single "Tsuki to Hanataba" (月と花束, lit. 'Moon and Bouquet') on February 28, 2018; the song was the ending theme of the anime Fate/Extra Last Encore . [22] She performed at Anisong World Matsuri at Anime Expo on July 6, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. [23] She collaborated with My First Story for the song "Reimei" (レイメイ, lit. 'Dawn'), released on November 27, 2018; [24] the song is used as the second opening theme of anime series Golden Kamuy . [25] Sayuri was featured on Hiroyuki Sawano's song "Me & Creed <nZkv>", which was originally planned to be the theme song for the mobile game Blue Exorcist: Damned Chord [26] before being cancelled in 2020. [27]
Between August 2–4, 2019, Sayuri performed two concerts in Mannheim during AnimagiC convention which marked her first concerts in Germany and her European concert debut. [28] [29] Later that month, on August 25 it was announced that she will perform the ending theme song for the anime My Hero Academia season 4 with her song "Kōkai no Uta" (航海の唄, lit. 'The Song of the Voyage'); [30] it was released as a single on November 27, 2019. [31] Milan Records released an eponymous "World Edition" EP on digital platforms on November 29, serving as Sayuri's international debut. [32] On May 22, 2020, her new song "Aoibashi", the theme song for the anime Sing "Yesterday" for Me , was released digitally; it was named after the former Keiō Line station. [33] Sayuri released the hikigatari album Me on June 3, 2020, consisting of acoustic renditions of her previous songs; [34] she later embarked on the 12-show Nejikoboreta Bokura no "Me" tour in 2022 to promote the album. [35] [36] On August 1, 2020, she released another digital single "Summer Bug". [37] On October 24, 2020, Sayuri announced that she would be signing with iTony Entertainment. [38]
On July 3, 2022, "Hana no Tō" (花の塔, lit. 'Tower of Flower'), the ending theme to the anime series Lycoris Recoil , was released the day after the series premiere. [39] On August 10, 2022, she released her second album Sanketsu Shōjo . [39] In October 2023, Sayuri was featured on the song "Akuma no Uta" (アクマノウタ, lit. 'Devil's Song') by BAK. [40] On March 18, 2024, she announced that she had been married to Amaarashi, one half of the J-pop duo Misekai . [41]
On July 25, 2024, she announced that she would take a hiatus from singing to recover from functional dysphonia. [42] On September 27, 2024, Amaarashi released a statement announcing that Sayuri had died on September 20 at age 28. A private funeral was held by her relatives and close friends. It was stated that she had been suffering from a chronic illness. [43] [44]
She used the monikers "Sanketsu Shōjo" (酸欠少女, lit. "Hypoxia Girl") and " 2.5D Parallel Singer-Songwriter" (2.5次元パラレルシンガーソングライター, 2.5-jigen Parareru Shingāsonguraitā). [45] She normally performed in a poncho while barefoot because, as she revealed in an interview with JaME she felt she is "one with the land when I'm standing there". [46] Her musical image would depict her real self as a "floating presence" between her "2D" online career and "3D" live career. [2] Yukako of TicketJam said that Sayuri "has a wide range of charm as a singer-songwriter, such as her overwhelming singing voice and singing ability that captivates not only listeners but also fellow artists, and her unique songwriting sense". [2]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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JPN [47] | JPN Hot [48] | ||
Mikazuki no Koukai (ミカヅキの航海, lit. 'Crescent Moon Voyage') |
| 3 | 4 |
Sanketsu Shōjo (酸欠少女, lit. 'Hypoxia Girl') |
| 13 | 8 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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JPN [47] | JPN Hot [48] | ||
Me (め) |
| 3 | 2 |
Title | Album details |
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Ru-Rararu-Ra-Rurararu-Ra (るーららるーらーるららるーらー) |
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About a Voyage (World Edition) |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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JPN [49] | JPN Hot [50] | ||||
"Mikazuki" (ミカヅキ, lit. 'Crescent Moon') | 2015 | 20 | 14 | Mikazuki no Koukai | |
" Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna " (それは小さな光のような, lit. 'It Is Like a Small Light') | 2016 | 17 | 15 | ||
" Furaregai Girl " (フラレガイガール, lit. 'Girl Who Should Be Rejected') | 17 | 22 | |||
" Parallel Line " (平行線, Heikousen) | 2017 | 10 | 10 | ||
"Tsuki to Hanataba" (月と花束, lit. 'Moon and Bouquet') | 2018 | 10 | 10 | Sanketsu Shōjo | |
"Reimei" (レイメイ, lit. 'Dawn') (with My First Story) | 7 | 10 | |||
"Kōkai no Uta" (航海の唄, lit. 'The Song of the Voyage') | 2019 | 12 | 34 | ||
"Sekai no Himitsu" (世界の秘密, lit. 'World Secret') | 2021 | 10 | — [lower-alpha 3] | ||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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JPN Dig. [53] | JPN Hot [50] | ||||
"Ru-Rararu-Ra-Rurararu-Ra" (るーららるーらーるららるーらー) | 2016 | — | — | Mikazuki no Koukai | |
"Nejiko" (ねじこ) | 2020 | — | — [lower-alpha 4] | Sanketsu Shōjo | |
"Aoibashi" (葵橋) | 34 | — [lower-alpha 5] | |||
"Summer Bug" | — | — [lower-alpha 6] | |||
"Kamisama" (かみさま) | 2021 | — | — [lower-alpha 7] | ||
"Hana no Tō" (花の塔, lit. 'Flower Tower') | 2022 | 5 | 52 | ||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart. |
Title | Year |
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"Akuma no Uta" (アクマノウタ, lit. 'Devil's Song') (BAK featuring Sayuri) | 2023 |
Song | Year | Album | Album artist |
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"Me & Creed <nZkv>" | 2019 | Remember | SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Mikazuki" | 2015 | YKBX | [59] |
"Raise de Aou" | 2016 | [60] | |
"Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna" | [61] | ||
"Anonymous" | Yasuhiro Arafune | [62] | |
"Furaregai Girl" | Nao Yoshigai | [63] | |
"Parallel Line" | 2017 | Yasuhiro Arafune | [64] |
"Birthday Song" | Atsushi Tani | [65] | |
"Juu Oku nen" | Tsuyoshi Inoue | [66] | |
"Tsuki to Hanataba" | 2018 | Atsushi Tani | [67] |
"Reimei" | — | [68] | |
"Kōkai no Uta" | 2019 | Kōsuke Sugimoto | [69] |
"Nejiko" | 2020 | Kozue Satō | [70] |
"Summer Bug" | — | [37] | |
"Kamisama" | 2021 | Shusshin Katsushika | [71] |
"Sekai no Himitsu" | Udon (original) Tsutomu Mita (collaboration) | [72] [73] | |
"Sanketsu Shōjo" | 2022 | Afghan Ray | [74] |
Award | Year | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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CD Shop Awards | 2018 | Grand Prize | Mikazuki no Koukai | Nominated | [75] |
Music Revolution | 2012 | Grand Prix | "Ru-Rararu-Ra-Rurararu-Ra" | Won | [5] [76] |
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award | Won | ||||
Newtype Anime Awards | 2023 | Best Theme Song | "Hana no Tō" | 5th place | [77] |
Reiwa Anisong Awards | 2022 | Anime Song Grand Prize | Won | [78] | |
Artist Song Award | Nominated | ||||
User Vote Award | Won | ||||
Space Shower Music Awards | 2018 | Best Breakthrough Artist | Sayuri | Nominated | [79] |
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