ELISA

ELISA promoting Rouge Adolescence (2010)

ELISA is a Japanese pop singer formerly signed to Geneon Universal (2007-2012) and managed by Smile Company.

Profile

• Birthday: April 14th, 1989
• Birthplace: Kanagawa, Japan
• Height: 167cm

Information

In 2007, ELISA was chosen from a contest of 3000 participants at Elite Model Look to become a professional model. However she almost immediately turned her attention to singing, signing with Geneon Universal later the same year. In December 2007 her debut single, "euphoric field" was used as the opening theme for the anime ef - a tale of memories.. The single reached #22 on the Oricon weekly charts and sold 24,572 copies, making her first success in the music scene.

Between 2008 and 2011 ELISA released a series of successful singles and albums and established herself as a high profile and well regarded anison singer. In Septemebr 2011 she was ordered to take medical leave. A hiatus that was to last 16 months. At the begining of 2013 she announced her return to the music scene, publicised by means of a cover-mount single distributed with the January 2013 edition of LisAni magazine. A new anime theme song, to be released via SME Records, is due in June.

Discography

Albums

• [2009.01.21] white pulsation
• [2010.01.20] Rouge Adolescence
• [2011.02.16] Lasei

Best Albums

• [2012.06.20] rainbow pulsation ~THE BEST OF ELISA~

Singles

• [2007.10.24] euphoric field (Tenmon feat. ELISA)
• [2008.05.21] HIKARI
• [2008.11.05] ebullient future
• [2009.05.20] Wonder Wind
• [2009.11.04] Dear My Friend -Mada Minu Mirai e- (Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ-)
• [2010.02.24] Real Force
• [2010.07.28] Animate no Uta (アニメイトのうた)
• [2010.10.27] Special "ONE"
• [2011.08.31] Invisible Message
• [2011.11.09] SCARLET WINGS
• [2013.06.19] Soba ni Iru yo (そばにいるよ)

DVDs

• [2011.08.31] LIVE "Birth of my Lasei"

Other DVDs

• [2009.03.25] Animelo Summer Live 2008 -Challenge- 8.31 (#5 euphoric field, #6 HIKARI)
• [2010.02.24] Animelo Summer Live 2009 RE: BRIDGE 8.22 (#14 Wonder Wind, #15 ebullient future)
• [2011.04.06] Animelo Summer Live 2010 -evolution- 8.28 (#11 Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ-, #12 Real Force)

Compilation / Other

• [2008.02.08] ef - a tale of memories. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ~espressivo~ (#31 euphoric field (English TV-EDIT cho.1))
• [2008.04.02] ef - a tale of memories. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2 ~fortissimo~ (#1 euphoric field (Japanese TV-EDIT #12 ver.))
• [2008.06.25] Nabari no Ou Original Soundtrack (#21 HIKARI (TV size))
• [2008.07.24] Yells ~It's a beautiful life~
• [2008.09.26] Nakajima Yumiko - Yuukyuu no Tsubasa 07.mix (#2 euphoric field live.mix)
• [2008.12.26] ef - a tale of melodies. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ~elegia~ (#2 ebullient future (English TV-EDIT ver.1))
• [2009.02.27] ef - a tale of melodies. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 2 ~felice~ (#2 ebullient future (English TV-EDIT ver.2), #19 ebullient future (Piano Ver.), #34 ebullient future (Japanese TV-EDIT))
• [2009.06.24] Re:Bridge ~Return to Oneself~
• [2009.10.21] THE​ WORKS ~Shikura​ Chiyomaru Gakkyokushuu~ 4.0​ (#3 Houyoku no Prophecia)
• [2010.01.29] Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Original Soundtrack 1 (#22 Dear My Friend -まだ見ぬ未来へ- (TV size))
• [2010.05.28] Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Original Soundtrack 2 (#23 Real Force (TV size))
• [2010.10.27] Kudo Mayu - My way (#4 Alright! Heartcatch Precure! feat. ELISA)
• [2010.11.03] God only knows ~ Shuuseki Kairo no Yume Tabibito (God only knows～集積回路の夢旅人) (with Shimono Hiro, Arisaka Mika & The Sunshowers, and Kawasaju Satomi)
• [2011.04.06] The World God Only Knows Original Soundtrack
• [2011.05.18] A Whole New World God Only Knows
• [2011.07.27] rainbow
• [2013.01.25] Shout my heart

External Links

• ELISA official website
• Smile Company website
• Official Twitter