generasia:Featured article for 2018 week 3
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yanaginagi
yanaginagi (やなぎなぎ) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter and composer signed under GENEON UNIVERSAL. She started to gain notice in 2009 as a guest vocalist for the band supercell, who she worked with until 2011. It was in 2012 that she made her major debuted as a solo artist in 2012.
She began singing in 2005 by uploading songs to the Internet. In 2006, she began releasing her own music under the stage name CorLeonis. That same year she joined the "vocal unit" binaria alongside singer Annabel. In late 2006, she began uploading song covers to the Nico Nico Douga website, where she was known as Gazelle (ガゼル). In 2007, she joined the duo Inochikokonotsu alongside KTG.
In 2009, yanaginagi joined the band supercell, becoming their guest vocalist until 2011. By that time she was known as nagi. In 2012 she released her first solo single titled "Vidro Moyou". In that same year she also joined the special unit Maeda Yuu x yanaginagi.
In 2012, she released her major debut single on February 29th titled "Vidro Moyou". The song was used as ending theme for the anime Ano Natsu de Matteru. The single debuted at #11 on the Oricon charts.
Her fourth major album natte is released this week on January 17th.
