FripSide
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FripSide a Japanese trance
and pop
duo, originally formed by composer Sat and singer Nao in February 2002.
In a 2008 interview, Sat said that he was a fan of TM Network
and its member Tetsuya Komuro
in his elementary and junior high school days and began to produce his music at the age of 14.
When the group started, they were releasing their songs on the Japanese amateur and indie community, muzie. fripSide's albums were always high in sales at muzie's online CD shop. As of July 2006, more than 6,000 copies of the three original albums have been sold.
They officially became a part of Visual Art's
in 2006. They released their works under elseena-music entertainment and many of their songs was created for Visual Art's games, as well as other erotic game companies. In addition, fripSide had a side group, called "fripSide NAO Project" which started on March 30, 2007. fripSide NAO Project released songs different from the usual style of fripSide, and did not follow fripSide's motto of "creating songs that everyone can relate to". One album and one single were released under fripSide NAO project.
On March 15, 2009, nao stated on the fripSide Official Website that she had graduated from fripSide. Sat and nao want to pursue different musical careers, as nao intends to pursue a solo singing career. Meanwhile Sat will continue in fripSide with a new project called, fripside: THE NEXT PROJECT.
Seiyū
, Yoshino Nanjō
, replaced nao as the vocalist of fripSide. They re-debuted under the record label Geneon Universal Entertainment with single "Only My Railgun" on November 4, 2009. The single debuted at the number-three position on the Japanese Oricon
weekly single charts with the first week sales of about 26,000 copies, which was higher than the position of single "Flower of Bravery" (No. 26) in 2008.
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
duo, originally formed by composer Sat and singer Nao in February 2002.
In a 2008 interview, Sat said that he was a fan of TM Network
TM Network
TM Network is a Japanese pop/rock musical band. The members are Tetsuya Komuro , Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine...
and its member Tetsuya Komuro
Tetsuya Komuro
, also known as TK, is a Japanese keyboardist, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer born on November 27, 1958 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He is recognized as being the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream...
in his elementary and junior high school days and began to produce his music at the age of 14.
When the group started, they were releasing their songs on the Japanese amateur and indie community, muzie. fripSide's albums were always high in sales at muzie's online CD shop. As of July 2006, more than 6,000 copies of the three original albums have been sold.
They officially became a part of Visual Art's
Visual Art's
, formally , is a Japanese publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of visual novels for a large list of game developers. Visual Art's has developed the game engines their brands currently use, including the current engine, called Siglus, and older engines RealLive and...
in 2006. They released their works under elseena-music entertainment and many of their songs was created for Visual Art's games, as well as other erotic game companies. In addition, fripSide had a side group, called "fripSide NAO Project" which started on March 30, 2007. fripSide NAO Project released songs different from the usual style of fripSide, and did not follow fripSide's motto of "creating songs that everyone can relate to". One album and one single were released under fripSide NAO project.
On March 15, 2009, nao stated on the fripSide Official Website that she had graduated from fripSide. Sat and nao want to pursue different musical careers, as nao intends to pursue a solo singing career. Meanwhile Sat will continue in fripSide with a new project called, fripside: THE NEXT PROJECT.
Seiyū
Seiyu
Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...
, Yoshino Nanjō
Yoshino Nanjō
from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Amuleto. She is also currently the vocalist of the band fripSide.-Anime:2006*Hanoka as Mika Kisaragi*Soul Link as Aya Sugimoto*Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet as Honoka Konoe...
, replaced nao as the vocalist of fripSide. They re-debuted under the record label Geneon Universal Entertainment with single "Only My Railgun" on November 4, 2009. The single debuted at the number-three position on the Japanese Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
weekly single charts with the first week sales of about 26,000 copies, which was higher than the position of single "Flower of Bravery" (No. 26) in 2008.
Main members
- Nao (vocal/lyrics) - graduated on March 15, 2009
- Satoshi Yaginuma (Sat) (compose/arrangement/programming/lyrics/guitar)
- Yoshino NanjōYoshino Nanjōfrom Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Amuleto. She is also currently the vocalist of the band fripSide.-Anime:2006*Hanoka as Mika Kisaragi*Soul Link as Aya Sugimoto*Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet as Honoka Konoe...
(vocal/lyrics) - Announced as fripSide's new vocalist on July 28, 2009.
Sound staff
- Kenji Arai (sound director)
- Takumi Okamoto (sound director)
- masa (chorus, synthesizer)
- Maya (guitar)
- Takahiro Toguchida (guitar)
- a2c (guitar)
- Shinichiro Yamashita (lyrics)
- Graphica3810 (design)
- Kula (management)
- riko (chorus)
Singles
| Release Date | Title | |||
| 1st | July 16, 2008 | flower of bravery | 1.flower of bravery (opening theme of "Koihime Musou" 2.sky -version 2008- 3.flower of bravery （Off Vocal） 4.sky -version 2008- （Instrumental） |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #26 |
Original albums
| Release Date | Title | ||
| 1st | April 12, 2003 | 1st odyssey of fripSide | 1.introduction 2.distant moon 3.come to mind 4.Love to sing 5.colorless fate 6.your ocean [Azure Reproduct Mix] 7.be sure... [Album Mix] 8.bright days 9.in the future -side02- 10.Love to sing [HEVENS WiRE RMX] 11.end game |
| 2nd | March 28, 2004 | 2nd fragment of fripSide | 1.second fragment 2.sky 3.transitory orbit 4.message 5.save me again 6.tearful voice 7.belief 8.stellar 9.detour -fripSide edition- 10.crying moon 11.belief [Tri-Hedge RMX] 12.storm of sorrow |
| 3rd | June 23, 2005 | 3rd reflection of fripSide | 1.an evening calm 2.reminiscense blue 3.nostalgia 4.transient wind 5.vanity destroyer -fripSide edition- 6.velocity -fripSide+vin-PRAD- 7.splash emotion 8.colors of summer dream 9.planet illusion 10.sky [sLab reproduct mix] 11.bright days -version 2005- 12.distant moon -version2005- |
| 4th | August 24, 2007 | binarydigit | 1.binary digit 2.hurting heart （Opening theme of computer game (神曲奏界ポリフォニカ THE BLACK)主題歌） 3.misery （Image song of computer game PCゲーム (彼女たちの流儀) イメージソング） 4.prominence -version 2007- 5.refine progress （Ending Song of computer game 'scramble heart'） 6.heat your wave 7.libration crisis （Computer game opening themes 'cramble heart'） 8.never no astray （computer game ending theme '片恋いの月'） 9.transient wind -version 2007- 10.dream myself! （drama CD theme song 'ケータイ刑事 〜尾瀬道櫻子の事件簿 緑のメガネ殺人事件〜'） 11.true eternity -album version- 12.brave new world （Drama CD in between song 'planetarian 〜ちいさなほしのゆめ〜|planetarian 第2章エルサレム' ） |
| bonus disc（初回盤のみ付属） 1.hurting heart -nao piano arrange- 2.feeling trust |
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| 5th | ソフトウェア流通盤 September 16, 2008 |
split tears | 1.before dawn daybreak （Computer Game theme song 'Before Dawn Daybreak 〜深淵の歌姫〜'） 2.split tears （Computer game in between song '片恋いの月'） 3.praying over (album version) 4.magicaride （Computer game in between song 'マジカライド'） 5.fictional moon (album version) 6.snow blind (album version) 7.snow blind -after- 8.spiral of despair 9.escape -version 2008- 10.tomorrow （Computer game ending theme '片恋いの月'） 11.eternal twinkle （Computer game ending theme 'ティンクル☆くるせいだーす'） |
| メジャー流通盤 September 17, 2008 |
Other albums
| Release Date | Title | ||
| Best | July 15, 2006 | the very best of fripSide 2002-2006（Coterie board） | Disc1 nao Side 1.come to mind 2.sky 3.an evening calm 4.save me again 5.nostalgia （Computer game ending theme 'Reminiscence Blue'） 6.transitory orbit 7.colorless fate 8.crescendo 9.velocity -fripSide+vin-PRAD- 10.bright days -version 2005- 11.splash emotion 12.end game 13.crying moon 14.distant moon |
| Disc2 sat Side 1.the chaostic world 2.vanity destroyer 3.message 4.reminiscence blue （Computer game opening theme 'Reminiscence Blue'） 5.melody -reset+fripSide- 6.love to sing 7.stellar 8.transient wind （Computer game theme song 'Four-leaf'） 9.absolute one 10.colors of summer dream 11.planet illusion 12.be sure... -album mix- 13.belief 14.your ocean -azure reproduct mix- |
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| Best | December 29, 2006 | the very best of fripSide 2002-2006（Commercial distribution board） | Disc1 nao Side 1.Red -reduction division- （Opening theme for Computer game '彼女たちの流儀'） 2.sky 3.an evening calm 4.save me again 5.nostalgia 6.transitory orbit 7.colorless fate 8.crescendo 9.velocity -fripSide+vin-PRAD- 10.bright days -version 2005- 11.splash emotion 12.come to mind 13.crying moon 14.distant moon |
| Disc2 sat Side 1.the chaostic world 2.vanity destroyer 3.message 4.reminiscence blue 5.melody -reset+fripSide- 6.true eternity （Ending theme for computer game '彼女たちの流儀'） 7.stellar 8.transient wind 9.absolute one 10.love to sing 11.planet illusion 12.belief 13.your ocean -azure reproduct mix- 14.Red -reduction division- (tkm vs sat RMX) |
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| Remix | December 28, 2008 | Re:product mixes ver.0.1（Comic Market 75 Limited） | 1.hurting heart [Jju-Ri-Mix] 2.Red -reduction division- [sat vs tkm RMX ver.2.1] 3.magicaride [Kai Re:Product RMX] 4.vanity destroyer [Tkm Re:Product RMX] 5.spiral of despair [tkm Re:product RMX] 6.an evening calm [Kai Re:product RMX] 7.Red -reduction division- [sat vs tkm RMX] |
| CD-BOX | First Edition Limited Edition 2009 July 17, 2009 |
nao complete anthology 2002-2009 -my graduation- | * 105 songs |
| Edition Comic Market 77 pre-sale December 29, 2009 |
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| Edition General Sale March 26, 2010 |
Singles
| Release Date | Title | |||
| 1st | August 20, 2008 | 'Yappari sekaiha atashi☆legend!!' | 1.Yappari sekaiha atashi☆legend!! （Anime Ending theme 'Koihime musou） 2.Pool • Vacation 3.Yappari sekaiha atashi☆legend!! (Off Vocal) 4. Pool • Vacation (Off Vocal) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #32 |
Original album
| Release Date | Title | ||
| 1st | January 25, 2008 | Rabbit Syndrome | 1. Assenburu☆LOVE sannburu (Theme song for computer game '姉はエロコミ編集者'） 2. Sena★Sena@Surprise!! （Theme song for computer game 'せな★せな'） 3.Rabbit Syndrome 4. Konniro∞tokimeki!! 〜KigasetaraNugasanai〜 （Theme Song for Computer game '妹に! スク水着せたら脱がさないっ'） 5. Kagayake! dreamin'gir' 6. Koibito☆Accent!! （Theme song for computer game 'こいびとどうしですることぜんぶ'） 7.Wireless Cosmic （Web Radio theme song self cover 'RADiO ティンクル☆くるせいだーす'） 8. Reversible Romance 9. HAPPY Generation（Drama CD Theme Song '萌ドラCD School Heart's') 10.Sena★Sena@Surprise!! -生物RMX- 11.Assenburu☆LOVE sannburu -R.S.PV RMX- |
Singles
| Release Date | Title | ||||
| 1st | November 4, 2009 | only my railgun | 1.only my railgun （Opening theme for Anime 'To aru kagaku no railgun'） 2.late in autumn 3.only my railgun （instrumental） 4.late in autumn （instrumental） |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #3 | |
| 2nd | February 17, 2010 | LEVEL5-judgelight- | 1.LEVEL5-judgelight- （New opening theme for anime 'To aru kagaku no railgun'） 2.memory of snow 3.LEVEL5-judgelight- （instrumental） 4.memory of snow （instrumental） |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #4 | |
| 3nd | October 13, 2010 | future gazer | 1. future gazer (opening theme for OVA 'Toaru Kagaku no Railgun') 2. fortissimo-the ultimate crisis- (Fortissimo//Akkord:Bsusvier theme song) 3. future gazer (instrumental) 4. fortissimo-the ultimate crisis- (instrumental) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #4 | |
| 4th | August 24, 2011 | Heaven is a Place on Earth | 1. Heaven is a Place on Earth (opening theme for Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth) 2. The end of summer 3.Heaven is a Place on Earth （instrumental) 4.The end of summer （instrumental） |
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Album
| Release Date | Title | Songs | ||
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| 1st | December 1, 2010 | Infinite Synthesis |
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Game CDs
| Release Date | Title | |
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| December 11, 2009 | Hidamari Basket |
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| March 26, 2010 | closest love |
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| August 27, 2010 | Magical☆Vocal Collection |
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Contributions
- magic "a" ride Vocal CD (Opening theme for magic "a" ride) - Released on July 4, 2008. This vocal cd was only a bonus disc for those who pre-ordered the game. Only the first track is done by fripSide.
- Katakoi no Tsuki First Edition Special Vocal Collection - Track 2-4 were done by fripSide (Split Tears, Tomorrow, and Never no Astray).
- spiral of despair -resurrection- (Opening for Chikan Senyou Sharyou 2 - Houfiku no Chijyoku Densha) - Under the name fripSide featuring Rita. This song was made after Nao left.
- brave new world (insert song from the KeyKey (company)Key is a Japanese visual novel studio which formed on July 21, 1998 as a brand under the publisher Visual Art's and is located in Kita, Osaka, Japan. Key released their debut visual novel Kanon in June 1999, which combined an elaborate storyline, an up-to-date anime-style drawing style, and a...
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drama CD adaptation of Planetarian) was done by fripSide. - Ryuusei no Bifrost (opening theme of Hyperdimension Neptunia) was done by Nao in 2011, after she graduated.