Rurutia is a Japanese singer/songwriter. She began her career in 2001 with the release of 'Itoshigo yo' when she was signed to Toshiba-EMI

Toshiba-EMI

(formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...

. She is currently signed to Phoenix Records as of mid-2005 and has released a total of 5 regular albums and 10 singles thus far. Rurutia is an intensely private artist; most aspects of her life - such as her age and her real name - are not known to the public. This fact, added to her whispered vocals, creates a unique and mysterious atmosphere around her.

Her pseudonym, Rurutia, is derived from the Tahitian

Tahitian language

Tahitian is an indigenous language spoken mainly in the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is an Eastern Polynesian language closely related to the other indigenous languages spoken in French Polynesia: Marquesan, Tuamotuan, Mangarevan, and Austral Islands languages...

 word rorotea meaning 'blissful rain'.

Singles

• Itoshigo yo
  Itoshigo yo
  is Rurutia's first single which was released on 6 October 2001.-Promotional Video:The promotional video for Itoshigo yo switches between two main scenes, the first with Rurutia dressed similar to the Virgin Mary, the second shows a woman discovering a mark which appears to be a love bite on her...
  
  [愛し子よ] (6 October 2001)
• Lost Butterfly [ロスト バタフライ] (6 December 2001)
• Yuruginai Utsukushii Mono [ゆるぎない美しいもの] (26 June 2002)
• Suzaku no Sora [朱雀の空] (30 September 2002)
• Shine [シャイン] (22 January 2003)
• Träumerei [トロイメライ] (29 October 2003)
• Primary [プライマリー] (2 March 2005)
• Spinel [スピネル] (21 November 2005)
• Hohoemi no MARIA [微笑みのマリア] (26 January 2006)
• Reirei Tenohira [玲々テノヒラ] (31 May 2006)

Albums

• R°
  R°
  "R°" is the debut album of Japanese singer-songwriter Rurutia. The album reached to #90 on Oricon and charted for a week.-Track listing:# # # # # # # # # #...
  
  (6 March 2002)

- 01 エレメンツ (Elements)
- 02 知恵の実 (Chie no Mi/A Fruit of Knowledge)
- 03 愛し子よ (Itoshigo yo/My Beloved Child)
- 04 ロスト バタフライ (Lost Butterfly)
- 05 赤いろうそく (Akai Rōsoku/A Red Candle)
- 06 雨の果て (Ame no Hate/The End of the Rain)
- 07 僕の宇宙 君の海 (Boku no Uchū Kimi no Umi/My Universe, Your Ocean)
- 08 僕らの箱庭 (Bokura no Hakoniwa/Our Miniature Garden)
- 09 銀の炎 (Gin no Honoo/Silver Flame)
- 10 ハートダンス (Heart Dance)

• Water Forest
  Water Forest
  "Water Forest" is Japanese singer-songwriter Rurutia's 2nd album under the Toshiba EMI label. The album reached to #226 on Oricon and charted for a week.-Track listing:# # # # # # # # # #...
  
  (26 February 2003)

- 01 パヴァーヌ (Pavane)
- 02 朱雀の空 (Suzaku no Sora/Sky of Suzaku)
- 03 オール (Oar)
- 04 星のたましい (Hoshi no Tamashii/Star Souls)
- 05 サンクチュアリ (Sanctuary)
- 06 ゆるぎない美しいもの (Yuruginai Utsukushii Mono/Unwavering Beautiful Thing)
- 07 幻惑の風 (Genwaku no Kaze/A Bewitching Wind)
- 08 シャイン (Shine)
- 09 満ちる森 (Michiru Mori/The Forest Full of Sorrow)
- 10 思季 (Shiki/Thinking about the Seasons)

• Promised Land / プロミスト・ランド
  Promised Land (Rurutia album)
  "Promised Land" is the third album of Japanese singer-songwriter Rurutia. Itreached #111 on Oricon and charted for a week.-Track listing:# # neo# # # # # # # GOLA# # maururu roa...
  
   (9 June 2004)

- 01 ハレルヤ (Hallelujah)
- 02 neo
- 03 アラベスク (Arabesque)
- 04 シンシア (Cynthia

Artemis

Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name and indeed the goddess herself was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals"...

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- 05 トロイメライ (Träumerei/Fantasy)
- 06 ジゼル (Giselle)
- 07 流れ星 (Nagareboshi/Shooting Star)
- 08 メリー (Merry)
- 09 GOLA
- 10 月千一夜 (Tsuki Sen'ichiya/One Thousand and One Moonlit Nights)
- 11 maururu roa('thank you very much' in Tahitian)

• Meme / ミーム
  Meme (Rurutia album)
  "'" is Rurutia's 4th and last original album under Toshiba-EMI and was released April 13, 2005.-Track listing:# Dancing Meme - 1:05# Tone - 4:22# Lila ga Chittemo - 3:39# Primary - 5:31# Signal - 4:17...
  
   (13 April 2005)

- 01 Dancing Meme
- 02 tone
- 03 リラが散っても (Rira ga Chitte mo/Even if the Lilacs Drop)
- 04 プライマリー(album ver.)(Primary)
- 05 シグナル (Signal)
- 06 スカーレット (Scarlet)
- 07 セレナイト (Selenite)
- 08 ヒースの楽園 (Heath no Rakuen/Paradise in the Heath)
- 09 青い薔薇 (Aoi Bara/Blue Rose)
- 10 蝶ノ森 (Chō no Mori/Butterfly Forest)
- 11 コバルトの星 (Cobalt no Hoshi/Cobalt Stars)
- 12 Sleeping Meme

• 楳図かずお恐怖劇場 / Kazuo Umezu
  Kazuo Umezu
  , is an author of Japanese horror and other manga, as well as a musician and actor.He had his first book of manga published while still in high school and made manga his career immediately upon graduation...
  
   Kyōfu Gekijc (21 June 2005)

- 01 蝶ノ森(オープニングテーマ-cinema track-) (Chō no Mori)
- 02 ハレルヤ (Hallelujah)
- 03 トロイメライ (Träumerei)
- 04 蝶ノ森 (Chō no Mori)
- 05 知恵の実 (Chie no Mi)
- 06 パヴァーヌ (Pavane)
- 07 エレメンツ (Elements)
- 08 満ちる森 (Michiru Mori)
- 09 僕の宇宙　君の海 (Boku no Uchū Kimi no Umi)
- 10 僕らの箱庭 (Bokura no Hakoniwa)
- 11 neo
- 12 コバルトの星 (Cobalt no Hoshi)
- 13 エレメンツ (Elements)
- 14 サンクチュアリ (Sanctuary)
- 15 コバルトの星(エンディングテーマ－cinema track-) (Cobalt no Hoshi)

• Chorion (8 November 2006)

- 01 ABINTRA
- 02 玲々テノヒラ (Reirei Tenohira/Midas Touch)
- 03 星に花、灰色の雨 (Album ver) (Hoshi ni Hana, Hai-iro no Ame/Flowers on the Star, and the Grey Rain)
- 04 水景色　星模様 (Mizugeshiki Hoshimoyō/Water Scenery, Star Patterns)
- 05 願いの届く日 (Negai no Todoku Hi/The Day Our Wishes Come True)
- 06 スピネル (Spinel)
- 07 Time Traveler
- 08 パレード (Parade)
- 09 微笑みのマリア (Hohoemi no MARIA/Smiling Virgin Mary)
- 10 マグノリアの情景 (Magnolia no Joukei/The Landscape Of Magnolias)
- 11 ABINTRA (Inst)
- 12 水景色　星模様(Inst) (Mizugeshiki Hoshimoyō)
- 13 願いの届く日 (Inst) (Negai No Todoku Hi)
- 14 スピネル (Inst) (Spinel)
- 15 微笑みのマリア (Inst) (Hohoemi No Maria)

• Opus (27 June 2007)

- 01 Opus
- 02 流光 (Ryuukou/Flowing Light)
- 03 水景色　星模様 (Ballade Ver) (Mizugeshiki Hoshimoyō)
- 04 愛し子よ(Ballade Ver) (Itoshigo Yo)
- 05 アラベスク(Ballade Ver) (Arabesque)
- 06 星と羽 (Hoshi to Hane/Stars and Feathers)
- 07 Opus (Music Box) *Bonus Track
- 08 流光 (Music Box) *Bonus Track

• 氷鎖 (Hyousa/Frozen Chain) (30 April 2008)

- 01 氷鎖 (Hyousa/Frozen Chain)
- 02 無憂歌 (Muyuu Ka/A Song of Fearlessness)
- 03 Opus (Ballad Ver)
- 04 銀の炎 (Balad Ver) (Gin no Honoo)
- 05 星のたましい (Ballad Ver) (Hoshi no Tamashii)
- 06 玲々テノヒラ (Ballad Ver) (Reirei Tenohira)
- 07 氷鎖 (Music Box Ver) *Bonus Track
- 08 無憂歌 (Music Box Ver) *Bonus Track

• Seirios (27 February 2009)

- 01 Seirios

Sirius

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...

- 02 サイレントプレイヤー (Silent Prayers)
- 03 Opus
- 04 オーロラ飛行 (Aurora Hikou/Aurora Flight)
- 05 流光 (Ryuukou)
- 06 無憂歌 (Muyuu ka)
- 07 LAST DAY
- 08 氷鎖 (Hyousa)
- 09 夢蛍 (Yume Hotaru/Dream Firefly)
- 10 VOID
- 11 星と羽 (Hoshi to Hane)

• Behind the blue (7 October 2010)

- 01 Behind the blue
- 02 Rainbow
- 03 花綴り(silky jazz ver) (Hana Tsuzuri/Spelling with Flowers)
- 04 夢蛍(candle night remix) (Yume Hotaru)
- 05 Rainbow(alegria dance remix)
- 06 Behind the blue (midnight story remix)
- 07 LAST DAY(autumn moon remix)
- 08 Behind the blue(Instrumental)
- 09 Rainbow (Instrumental)

• RESONANCE (27 April 2011)

- 01 RESONANCE
- 02 Invitation
- 03 深　藍 (Shin'ai/Deep Blue)
- 04 RESONANCE (acoustic ver)
- 05 Invitation (acoustic ver))
- 06 深　藍 (Ballad ver)
- 07 RESONANCE (Instrumental)
- 08 Invitation(Instrumental)
- 09 深　藍 (Instrumental)

External links

• Rurutia official website
• A Rurutia Fan Site (French)
• Another Rurutia Fan Site (Chinese)
• Fan site(Spanish)