Kalafina ( Jap. カ フ フ ィ ナ Karafina ) is a Japanese group founded by composer Yuki Kajiura in 2007 to play the soundtracks for the anime Kara no Kyoukai ( Jap. 境界 の 境界 , "The Edge of the Void") . Known for their soundtracks to many popular animes, including Kuroshitsuji ( Jap. 黒 執事 , “Dark Butler”) , Eve no Jikan ( Jap. イ ヴ の 時間 , “Time for Eve”) , So Ra No Wo To ( Jap. ソ ・ラ ・ ノ ・ ヲ ・ ト , “Sounds of Heaven”) , Minna no Uta ( み ん な の う た , Songs for Everyone) , Puella Magi Madoka Magica , Aldnoah.Zero , Fate / Zero , Fate / stay night and Arslan Senki ( Japanese ア ル ス ラ ー ン 戦 記 , The Legend of Arslan) , as well as the documentary television series Rekishi Hiwa Historia ( Japanese я 史 秘 話 ヒ ス ト リ ア ) .
| Kalafina | |
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 Kalafina band members (left to right) Hikaru, Keiko, and Wakana at Japan Expo 2014 | |
| basic information | |
| Genre | J-pop , baroque pop , classic crossover |
| Years | 2007 - 2019 |
| A country |  Japan |
| Labels | Sony Music Entertainment Japan Space craft producer |
| Former the participants | Yuki Kajiura ( composer ) Wakana Otaki Keiko Kubota Hikaru Masai Maya Toyoshima |
| Other projects | FictionJunction , See-Saw |
| Official site | |
The group’s creation date is January 23, 2007. The group began its direct public appearances no earlier than April-May 2008, when the first Dream Port concert tour took place with the collaboration of multi-instrumentalist composer Revo and Yuki Kajiura [1] . At these concerts, Wakana and Keiko were represented among the singers from Sound Horizon and FictionJunction , who then began to sing in a separate line-up on an ongoing basis with Hikaru and Maya who later joined [2] . The very word Kalafina has no meaning. Kajiura chose this name because of its special melody [3] .
At the beginning of 2015, the group performed for two days at the famous Japanese arena “ Nippon Budokan ”. In March 2016, the first joint single Kalafina was released in collaboration with the famous Japanese singer, composer and actor Shinji Tanimura called “Alcira no Hoshi” ( Japanese я ル シ ラ の 星 , “Stars of Alsira”) . On November 7, 2017, the first acoustic concert of the “Kalafina Acoustic Tour 2017 ～“ E ONE ”with Strings” tour took place at Harmony Hall Zama, Kanagawa. On January 23, 2018, the Kalafina 10th Anniversary concert was held at the Nippon Budokan Japanese Arena. The performance was dedicated to the band’s tenth anniversary. The entire set list was compiled based on the results of voting on a special site for fans [1] .
After leaving the agency, composer Yuki Kajiura (February 2018), Keiko Kubota (April 2018), Hikaru Masai (October 2018), in March 2019, the agency announced the band's breakup.
Content
Members
- Composer:
- Yuki Kajiura ( Jap. 梶 浦 由 記 Kajiura Yuki ) - in addition to writing music, is a songwriter, arranger , backing vocalist (in a number of compositions) and the producer of the group. In February 2018, she left Space Craft.
- Vocals:
- ( 大 滝 若 菜 Oh: Wakana after all ) is one of the band’s two original vocalists who also collaborated with Yuki Kajiura on the FictionJunction WAKANA duet. Voice: soprano .
- ( 窪 田啓 Ку子 Kubota Keiko ) , one of the band's two original vocalists, also collaborated with Yuki Kajiura on the FictionJunction KEIKO duo . Voice: contralto . In April 2018, after 10 years of cooperation, she left the group. [four]
- ( 政 井 光 Masai Hikaru ) - joined the group after auditions among 30,000 applicants in May 2008. Voice: mezzo-soprano . Officially left Space Craft Produce in October 2018.
- Maya Toyoshima ( Japanese 豊 島 摩耶 Toyoshima Maya ) - joined the group simultaneously with Masai in May 2008. In May 2009, Sony Music officially announced the departure of Toyoshima from the group
Discography
Studio Albums
- Re / oblivious ( EP ) ( 2008 )
- Seventh Heaven (Seventh Heaven) ( 2009 )
- Red Moon (from the English. - "Red Moon") ( 2010 )
- After Eden (From English - "After Paradise") ( 2011 )
- Consolation (from the English - “Consolation”) ( 2013 )
- far on the water (from the English - “Away on the Water”) ( 2015 )
Live Albums
- Kalafina 5th Anniversary LIVE SELECTION 2009–2012 ( 2013 )
- Kalafina 8th Anniversary Special products The Live Album 「Kalafina LIVE TOUR 2014」 at Tokyo International Forum Hall A ( 2016 )
Acoustic Albums
- Winter Acoustic “Kalafina with Strings” ( 2016 )
Collections
- THE BEST “Red” ( 2014 )
- THE BEST “Blue” (2014)
- Kalafina All Time Best 2008–2018 ( 2018 )
Singles
- “Oblivious” (from English - “Forgetful”) ( 2008 )
- “Sprinter” (from English - “Sprinter”) / “ARIA” (from Italian. - “Aria”) (2008)
- "Fairytale" (from the English. - "Tale") (2008)
- “Lacrimosa” (from Latin - “Full of Tears”) ( 2009 )
- "Storia" (from Italian. - "History") (2009)
- “Progressive” (from English - “Progressive”) (2009)
- “Hikari no Senritsu” ( 光 の 旋律 , “Melody of the Light”) ( 2010 )
- “Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa” ( 輝 く 空 の 静寂 に は , “In the silence of shining heaven”) (2010)
- “Magia” (from Latin - “Magic”) ( 2011 )
- "To the beginning" (from the English. - "To the source") ( 2012 )
- “Moonfesta” ( Japanese moonfesta ～ ム ー ン フ ェ ス タ ～ , “Moon Festival”) (2012)
- “Hikari Furu” ( ひ か り ふ «,“ Incident Light ”) (2012)
- “Alleluia” ( Japanese ア レ ル ヤ , “Hallelujah”) ( 2013 )
- “Kimi no Gin no Niwa” ( Japanese 君 の 銀 の 庭 , “Your Silver Garden”) (2013)
- “Heavenly blue” (from the English. - “Heavenly blue”) ( 2014 )
- “Believe” (from English - “Believe”) (2014)
- “Ring your bell” (from English - “Ring your bell”) ( 2015 )
- “One Light” (from the English. - “The only ray of light”) (2015)
- “Alcira no Hoshi” ( Japanese ア ル シ ラ の 星 , “Stars of Alsira”) ( 2016 )
- "Blaze" (from the English. - "Flame") (2016)
- “Into the world” (from the English - “Heading into this world”) / “Μärchen” ( メ ル ヒ ェ ン , “Non-fiction”) ( 2017 )
- “Hyakka Ryouran” ( 百 火 « ,“ Bloomingly Hundred Bonfires ”) (2017)
Video Albums
- Kalafina LIVE 2010 “Red Moon” at JCB HALL ( 2010 )
- Kalafina “After Eden” Special LIVE 2011 at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL ( 2012 )
- Kalafina LIVE TOUR 2013 “Consolation” Special Final at TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM HALL A ( 2013 )
- Kalafina LIVE THE BEST 2015 “Red Day” at Nippon Budokan ( 2015 )
- Kalafina LIVE THE BEST 2015 “Blue Day” at Nippon Budokan (2015)
- Kalafina LIVE TOUR 2015 ~ 2016 “far on the water” Special FINAL at Tokyo International Forum Hall A ( 2016 )
- Kalafina Arena LIVE 2016 at Nippon Budokan ( 2017 )
- Kalafina 9 + ONE at Tokyo International Forum Hall A (2017)
- Kalafina 10th Anniversary LIVE 2018 at Nippon Budokan ( 2018 )
Notes
- ↑ Anime Boston 2009: Interview with Kalafina and Yuki Kajiura ( OS ) on OSV.com
- ↑ Kalafina (English) on canta-per-me.net
- ↑ Kalafina - Biography (English) on IMDb
- ↑ 『Staff か ら の お 知 ら せ』 (Japanese) . lineblog.me/kalafina (April 13, 2018).
Links
- Official site Kalafina (Japanese)
- Kalafina Official Blog (Japanese)
- Discography of Kalafina (rus.) At Last.fm
- Kalafina (Russian) at JaME World
- Interview with Kalafina and Yuki Kajiura on the J-Pop World
- Dennis A. Amith Interview with Yuki Kajiura and Kalafina on nt2099.com
- Kalafina on the VGMdb website
- Kalafina on the Internet Movie Database
- Kalafina in the encyclopedia of personalities on the Anime News Network site
- Kalafina in the AniDB database