Yuki Kajiura (梶浦 由記, Kajiura Yuki, born August 6, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer and record producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as the final Kimagure Orange Road movie, Noir, .hack//Sign, Aquarian Age, Madlax, My-HiME, My-Otome, Pandora Hearts, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, Sword Art Online, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and the Kara no Kyoukai movies (amongst others). She also assisted Toshihiko Sahashi with Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Kajiura has also composed for video games, including the cutscene music for Xenosaga II and the entire Xenosaga III game soundtrack. She composed the music for NHK's April 2014 morning drama (asadora) Hanako to Anne.[1]

Biography [ edit ]

In 2002, See-Saw participated in another Mashimo's project, .hack//Sign During the production of the series, Kajiura met Emily Bindiger and impressed by her vocals, offered her to perform over 10 of the series' insert songs. She has also jokingly called Bindiger "her English teacher" at Anime Expo 2003.[2]

One of Kajiura's solo projects include FictionJunction. The project involves collaboration with artists such as Yuuka Nanri, Asuka Kato, and Kaori Oda. FictionJunction Yuuka, with Nanri as the vocalist, is the most prolific of these collaborations. In 2004, the duo produced the opening and ending songs for Kōichi Mashimo's Madlax and in the next year, published their first collaborative album, Destination.

In October 2007, it was announced that Yuki Kajiura would be attending the performances of the Eminence Orchestra's concert, 'A Night in Fantasia 2007 – Symphonic Anime Edition', as a special guest.[3]

The 2014 series Aldnoah.Zero's opening theme "Heavenly Blue" was composed by Kajiura and was performed by Kalafina.[4]

On July 2016, Aniplex of America announced that the “Yuki Kajiura LIVE ~featuring SWORD ART ONLINE~” concert that took place on March 2016 in Japan would be having an additional date on January 14, 2017 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, but was later canceled due to visa issues.[5]

In December 2017, a source reported to news site, Sponchi Annex that Kajiura was planning to leave her agency, Spacecraft Produce, over contract disputes. In February 2018, Kajiura herself confirmed via her Twitter that she has officially left her agency.[6][7][8]

Kajiura has performed internationally at various anime conventions including Anime Expo 2003, Anime Boston 2009 (with Kalafina), Anime Expo 2012 (with FictionJunction), and Anime Expo 2018 (as part of Anisong World Matsuri).[9]

On February 22, 2018, Kajiura's contract with Space Craft Produce was terminated after approximately 25 years. She is now represented by FictionJunction Music, a talent agency she founded herself.

Discography [ edit ]

Anime soundtracks [ edit ]

Game soundtracks [ edit ]

Movie soundtracks [ edit ]

Musicals [ edit ]

Title Year of release Sakura-Wars 1998 Fine 1998 Funk-a-Step 1998 Funk-a-Step II 1999 Christmas Juliette 1999–2000 High-School Revolution 2000 Christmas Juliette 2000 Shooting-Star Lullaby 2001 Love's Labour's Lost/Set 2002 Angel Gate 2006

Solo albums [ edit ]

Title Year of release Fiction 2003 Fiction II 2011

Produced albums [ edit ]

Title Artist Year of release I have a dream See-Saw 1993 See-Saw See-Saw 1994 Early Best See-Saw 2003 Dream Field See-Saw 2003 melody Saeko Chiba 2003 everything Saeko Chiba 2004 Destination FictionJunction Yuuka 2004 Circus FictionJunction Yuuka 2007 Re/oblivious Kalafina 2008 Everlasting Songs FictionJunction 2009 Seventh Heaven Kalafina 2009 Red Moon Kalafina 2010 After Eden Kalafina 2011 Consolation Kalafina 2013 Elemental FictionJunction 2014 far on the water Kalafina 2015

Compilation albums [ edit ]

Title Year of release The Works for Soundtrack 2011

Other involvements [ edit ]