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LiSA

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LiSA promoting LUCKY Hi FiVE! (2016)

LiSA is a Japanese pop-rock singer signed to Sony Music Entertainment. She is known for her works as the vocalist of the second generation of Girls Dead Monster, which gained popularity through the anime Angel Beats!. In 2011, she made her solo debut with the mini-album Letters to U. LiSA is also the vocalist of rock band Love is Same All, which her stage name is based on.

Profile

  • Real Name: Oribe Risa (織部里沙)
  • Stage Name: LiSA (Love is Same All)
  • Birthday: June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21) (age 36)
  • Birthplace: Gifu, Japan
  • Blood Type: B
  • Groups:

Information

LiSA (2010)

LiSA's musical experience began at the age of three when, upon her mother's suggestions, she took private piano lessons. Although she was a shy student in kindergarten, she enjoyed her music lessons. In primary school, she was inspired to sing after seeing the band SPEED on television. She later took dance and vocal lessons, which continued through her junior high school years. While in elementary, she participated in an audition held at the Nippon Budokan, and it was during this time she decided to become an artist. In junior high school, she formed a band which covered songs by Avril Lavigne, LOVE PSYCHEDELICO, and EGO-WRAPPIN'.

LiSA promoting "oath sign" (2011)

LiSA began her singing career in 2005 during her first year in high school when she formed the indie rock band CHUCKY, which mainly covered songs by other artists. During her second year, the band received advice from their peers that they should start making their own songs; eventually the band's reputation grew enough that they performed in Osaka and Nagoya in addition to Gifu. Although her grades in high school were good, she decided not to go to university, despite the recommendations of her teachers, in order to focus on her work with CHUCKY. Nevertheless, after graduation, due to varying schedules among the band's members, it became difficult to continue performing.

After moving to Tokyo, LiSA formed the band Love is Same All with members from the indie band Parking Out and began using the stage name LiSA, which is an acronym for Love is Same All. The band performs with LiSA during the latter's solo live performances. In 2010, she made her major debut singing songs for the anime series Angel Beats! as one of two vocalists for the fictional in-story band Girls Dead Monster. She was the vocalist for the character Yui, and the second vocalist, marina, sang as the character Iwasawa Masami. LiSA put out three singles and one album in 2010 under the name Girls Dead Monster on Key's record label Key Sounds Label. The first single "Thousand Enemies" was released on May 12; the second single "Little Braver" came out on June 9; and the third and last single Ichiban no Takaramono ~Yui final ver.~ was sold on December 8. The album Keep The Beats! was released on June 30. LiSA made her first appearance at Animelo Summer Live during the concert's 2010 iteration on August 28.

LiSA made her solo debut on April 20, 2011 with the release of her mini-album Letters to U by Aniplex under Sony Music Artists. The songs on the album were composed by dōjin and major artists, and she composed the first song "Believe in myself"; she wrote the album's lyrics. On November 12, 2011, she made her first appearance in Singapore at Anime Festival Asia, Southeast Asia's largest anime and pop culture convention. She released her first solo single "oath sign" on November 23, 2011, which was used as the opening theme to the 2011 anime Fate/Zero. The single peaked at No.5 on the Oricon weekly charts and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

LiSA promoting "crossing field" (2012)

LiSA released her first full solo studio album LOVER"S"MiLE on February 22, 2012; the album peaked at No.7 on the Oricon weekly charts. She attended the Anime Expo 2012 in Los Angeles as a guest of honor and performed her first concert in North America there on July 1. After her success with "oath sign", she was chosen to perform the first opening theme to the 2012 anime Sword Art Online; the single "crossing field", her second single, was released on August 8, 2012; the single peaked at No.5 on Oricon and was later certified gold by the RIAJ. Her third single "best day, best way", which peaked at No.6 on Oricon, was released on April 3, 2013, and her fourth single "träumerei", which peaked at No.15 on Oricon and was used as the opening theme to the 2013 anime Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou, was released on August 7, 2013. LiSA released her second solo album LANDSPACE on October 30, 2013; the album peaked at No.2 on Oricon charts. A photobook titled "Kyou mo Ii Hi da (今日もいい日だっ)" that contains photos of her taken by Lis Ani! magazine over three years was published on November 22, 2013. When asked if she would revisit the meaning of her acronym in the future in an interview with Nihongogo at Anime Festival Asia 2013 in Singapore, she suggested "Lovely international Super Apple".

LiSA promoting "LANDSPACE" (2013)

On January 3, 2014, LiSA held a sold-out solo concert at the Nippon Budokan. Her fifth single "Rising Hope", which is used as the first opening theme to the 2014 anime Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, was released on May 7, 2014; the single peaked at No 4 on Oricon. She later covered the songs "Headphone Actor" and "Yuukei Yesterday" from the Kagerou Project franchise for the sixth episode of the 2014 anime Mekakucity Actors. She released her sixth single (her first double a-side single) "BRiGHT FLiGHT / L.Miranic" on September 17, 2014, which peaked at No.8 on Oricon, and her seventh single "Shirushi" on December 10, 2014, which peaked at No.3 on the Oricon; the title song is used as the third ending theme to the 2014 anime Sword Art Online II, and the single also includes the song "No More Time Machine", which was used as the second ending theme to the anime Sword Art Online II. She held her second Nippon Budokan concert on January 10 and 11, 2015, tickets for which were sold out. She released her third solo album Launcher on March 4, 2015 and her eighth single "Rally Go Round" on May 27, 2015; the song is used as the opening theme to the 2015 anime Nisekoi:. She was cast as Madge Nelson in the Japanese dub of the animated film Minions, which premiered in Japanese theaters on July 31, 2015. She released her ninth single "Empty MERMAiD" on September 30, 2015. In late 2015, she performed "ID", which is used as theme song of the 2015 video game Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition.

To commemorate her fifth year as a solo artist, LiSA released her first mini-album, Letters to U, as a analog edition LP on March 23, 2016. LiSA released her second mini-album titled LUCKY Hi FiVE! on April 20, 2016, exactly five years after his first mini-album. She will release the single "Brave Freak Out", which will be used as the opening theme to the 2016 anime Qualidea Code, on August 24, 2016.

Discography

LiSA promoting "träumerei" (2013)
LiSA promoting "Rising Hope" (2014)
LiSA promoting "Shirushi" (2014)
LiSA (2015)
LiSA promoting "Empty MERMAiD" (2015)
LiSA promoting "ID" (2015)

Studio Albums

Other Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Character Singles

Analogs

Video Releases

Compilations / Other

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