fripSide
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Official Logo for fripSide | |
Background information | |
Origin | Japan |
Genres | J-pop, trance, synthpop, pop rock |
Years active | 2002–present |
Labels | Geneon Universal |
Website |
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Members |
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Past members | Nao |
FripSide (stylized as fripSide) is a Japanese pop and trance duo originally formed by composer Satoshi Yaginuma (Sat) and singer Nao in February 2002.
History
In a 2008 interview, Sat said that he was a fan of TM Network and its member Tetsuya Komuro in his elementary and junior high school days and began to produce his music at the age of 14.[1]
When the group started, they were releasing their songs on the Japanese amateur and indie community, Muzie. fripSide's albums were always high in sales at Muzie's online CD shop. As of July 2006, more than 6,000 copies of the three original albums have been sold.[2]
They officially became a part of Visual Art's in 2006. They released their works under elseena-music entertainment and many of their songs were created for Visual Art's games, as well as other erotic game companies. In addition, fripSide had a side group, called "fripSide NAO Project" which started on March 30, 2007. fripSide NAO Project released songs different from the usual style of fripSide, and did not follow fripSide's motto of "creating songs that everyone can relate to".[3] One album and one single were released under fripSide NAO project.
On March 15, 2009, Nao stated on the fripSide Official Website that she had graduated from fripSide. Sat and nao want to pursue different musical careers, as Nao intends to pursue a solo singing career. Meanwhile, Sat will continue in fripSide with a new project called, fripside: THE NEXT PROJECT.[4]
Voice actress Yoshino Nanjō replaced Nao as the new lead singer of the fripSide. They re-debuted under the record label Geneon Universal Entertainment with single "Only My Railgun", the opening theme to the anime series To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, on November 4, 2009. The single debuted at the number-three position on the Japanese Oricon weekly single charts with the first week sales of about 26,000 copies, which was higher than the position of single "Flower of Bravery" (No. 26) in 2008.[5] On May 8, 2013, fripSide release their 6th single, "Sister's Noise" which was used as the first opening theme for Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S and was their first-ever to reach #1 spot single in the weekly charts, #9 on the monthly charts, with 42,632 units sold for May beating Uta-Pri Maji Love 2000% Idol Song Singles.
On August 21, 2013, fripSide released their 7th single, "Eternal Reality" which is being used as the second opening theme for A Certain Scientific Railgun S. The single was made in collaboration with Tetsuya Komuro for its composition and arrangement and was released into 3 editions, the Regular (CD only), Limited (CD+DVD edition) and Anime editions
Members
Main members
- Satoshi Yaginuma (Sat) (composer/arrangement/programming/vocal/lyrics/synthesizer/guitar)
- Nao (vocal/lyrics) - graduated on March 15, 2009
- Yoshino Nanjō (vocal/lyrics) - Announced as the new lead singer of the fripSide on July 28, 2009.
Sound staff
- Kenji (sound director)
- Takumi Okamoto (sound director)
- masa (chorus, synthesizer)
- Mayu (guitar)
- Takahiro Toguchida (guitar)
- a2c (guitar)
- Shinichiro Yamashita (lyrics)
- Graphica3810 (design)
- Kula (management)
- riko (chorus)
Discography
fripSide (Nao)
Singles
Release Date | Title | |||
1st | July 16, 2008 | flower of bravery | 1.flower of bravery (Koihime Musō opening theme) 2.sky -version 2008- 3.flower of bravery (Off Vocal) 4.sky -version 2008- (Instrumental) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #26 |
Original albums
Release Date | Title | ||
1st | April 12, 2003 | first odyssey of fripSide | 1.introduction 2.distant moon 3.come to mind 4.Love to sing 5.colorless fate 6.your ocean [Azure Reproduct Mix] 7.be sure... [Album Mix] 8.bright days 9.in the future -side02- 10.Love to sing [HEVENS WiRE RMX] 11.end game |
2nd | March 28, 2004 | 2nd fragment of fripSide | 1.second fragment 2.sky 3.transitory orbit 4.message 5.save me again 6.tearful voice 7.belief 8.stellar 9.detour -fripSide edition- 10.crying moon 11.belief [Tri-Hedge RMX] 12.storm of sorrow |
3rd | June 23, 2005 | 3rd reflection of fripSide | 1.an evening calm 2.reminiscense blue 3.nostalgia 4.transient wind 5.vanity destroyer -fripSide edition- 6.velocity -fripSide+vin-PRAD- 7.splash emotion 8.colors of summer dream 9.planet illusion 10.sky [sLab reproduct mix] 11.bright days -version 2005- 12.distant moon -version2005- |
4th | August 24, 2007 | binarydigit | 1.binary digit 2.hurting heart (Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica THE BLACK opening theme) 3.misery (Kanojotachi no Ryuugiimage song) 4.prominence -version 2007- 5.refine progress (Scramble Heart opening theme) 6.heat your wave 7.libration crisis (Scramble Heart opening theme) 8.never no astray (Katakoi no Tsuki ending theme) 9.transient wind -version 2007- 10.dream myself! (Keitai Keiji ~Ozemichi Sakurako no Jiken-bo Midori no Megane Satsujin Jiken~Drama CD theme song) 11.true eternity -album version- 12.brave new world (Planetarian Drama CD insert song) |
bonus disc(初回盤のみ付属) 1.hurting heart -nao piano arrange- 2.feeling trust | |||
5th | ソフトウェア流通盤 September 16, 2008 |
split tears | 1.before dawn daybreak (Before Dawn Daybreak ~Shinen no Utahime~ theme song) 2.split tears (Katakoi no Tsuki insert song) 3.praying over (album version) 4.magicaride (Magica Ride insert song) 5.fictional moon (album version) 6.snow blind (album version) 7.snow blind -after- 8.spiral of despair 9.escape -version 2008- 10.tomorrow (Katakoi no Tsuki ending theme) 11.eternal twinkle (Twinkle Crusaders ending theme) |
メジャー流通盤 September 17, 2008 |
Other albums
Release Date | Title | ||
Best | July 15, 2006 | the very best of fripSide 2002-2006(Coterie board) | Disc1 nao Side 1.come to mind 2.sky 3.an evening calm 4.save me again 5.nostalgia (Computer game ending theme 'Reminiscence Blue') 6.transitory orbit 7.colorless fate 8.crescendo 9.velocity -fripSide+vin-PRAD- 10.bright days -version 2005- 11.splash emotion 12.end game 13.crying moon 14.distant moon |
Disc2 sat Side 1.the chaostic world 2.vanity destroyer 3.message 4.reminiscence blue (Computer game opening theme 'Reminiscence Blue') 5.melody -reset+fripSide- 6.love to sing 7.stellar 8.transient wind (Computer game theme song 'Four-leaf') 9.absolute one 10.colors of summer dream 11.planet illusion 12.be sure... -album mix- 13.belief 14.your ocean -azure reproduct mix- | |||
Best | December 29, 2006 | the very best of fripSide 2002-2006(Commercial distribution board) | Disc1 nao Side 1.Red -reduction division- (Kanojotachi no Ryuugi opening theme) 2.sky 3.an evening calm 4.save me again 5.nostalgia 6.transitory orbit 7.colorless fate 8.crescendo 9.velocity -fripSide+vin-PRAD- 10.bright days -version 2005- 11.splash emotion 12.come to mind 13.crying moon 14.distant moon |
Disc2 sat Side 1.the chaostic world 2.vanity destroyer 3.message 4.reminiscence blue 5.melody -reset+fripSide- 6.true eternity (Kanojotachi no Ryuugi ending theme) 7.stellar 8.transient wind 9.absolute one 10.love to sing 11.planet illusion 12.belief 13.your ocean -azure reproduct mix- 14.Red -reduction division- (tkm vs sat RMX) | |||
Remix | December 28, 2008 | Re:product mixes ver.0.1(Comic Market 75 Limited) | 1.hurting heart [Jju-Ri-Mix] 2.Red -reduction division- [sat vs tkm RMX ver.2.1] 3.magicaride [Kai Re:Product RMX] 4.vanity destroyer [Tkm Re:Product RMX] 5.spiral of despair [tkm Re:product RMX] 6.an evening calm [Kai Re:product RMX] 7.Red -reduction division- [sat vs tkm RMX] |
CD-BOX | First Edition Limited Edition 2009 July 17, 2009 |
nao complete anthology 2002-2009 -my graduation- | * 105 songs |
Edition Comic Market 77 pre-sale December 29, 2009 | |||
Edition General Sale March 26, 2010 |
fripSide NAO project!
Singles
Release Date | Title | |||
1st | August 20, 2008 | 'Yappari sekaiha atashi☆legend!!' | 1.Yappari sekaiha atashi☆legend!! (Koihime Musō anime ending theme) 2.Pool • Vacation 3.Yappari sekaiha atashi☆legend!! (Off Vocal) 4. Pool • Vacation (Off Vocal) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #32 |
Original album
Release Date | Title | ||
1st | January 25, 2008 | Rabbit Syndrome | 1. Assenburu☆LOVE sannburu (Ane wa Erokomi Henshuusha ~Injuu Bukkake Seishidou~ theme song) 2. Sena★Sena@Surprise!! ((Sena★Sena theme song) 3.Rabbit Syndrome 4. Konniro∞tokimeki!! ~Kigasetara Nugasanai~ (Imouto ni! Sukumizu Kisetara Nugasanai! theme song) 5. Kagayake! dreamin'gir' 6. Koibito☆Accent!! (Koibito Doushi de Suru Koto Zenbu theme song) 7.Wireless Cosmic (Web Radio theme song self cover 'RADiO ティンクル☆くるせいだーす') 8. Reversible Romance 9. HAPPY Generation (Moe Dora CD School Heart's Drama CD theme song) 10.Sena★Sena@Surprise!! -生物RMX- 11.Assenburu☆LOVE sannburu -R.S.PV RMX- |
fripSide (Yoshino)
Singles
Release Date | Title | Tracklist | Charts | |
1st | November 4, 2009 | only my railgun |
1.only my railgun (To aru Kagaku no Railgun anime opening theme) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #3 |
2nd | February 17, 2010 | LEVEL 5 -judgelight- |
1.LEVEL5-judgelight- (To aru Kagaku no Railgun anime second opening theme) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #4 |
3rd | October 13, 2010 | future gazer |
1. future gazer (To aru Kagaku no Railgun OVA opening theme) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #4 |
4th | August 24, 2011 | Heaven is a Place on Earth |
1. Heaven is a Place on Earth (Hayate no Gotoku! movie opening theme) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #19 |
5th | December 14, 2011 | Way to Answer |
1. Way to Answer (To aru Kagaku no Railgun PSP game opening theme) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #15 |
6th | May 8, 2013 | sister's noise |
1. sister's noise (opening theme for To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #1 |
7th | August 21, 2013 | eternal reality |
1. eternal reality (2nd opening theme for To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #9 |
8th | May 14, 2014 | black bullet |
1. black bullet (black bullet opening theme) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #6 |
9th | May 20, 2015 | Luminize | 1. Luminize (future card buddyfight 100 opening theme)
2. unlimited destiny (hyper galaxy fleet opening theme) 3. Luminize〈instrumental〉 4. unlimited destiny〈instrumental〉 |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #11 |
10th | December 2, 2015 | Two souls -toward the truth- | 1. Two souls -toward the truth- (Seraph of the End: Battle for Nagoya opening theme)
2. Fuyu no Kakera 3. Two souls -toward the truth- (instrumental) 4. Fuyu no Kakera (instrumental) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #12 |
11th | February 10, 2016 | White Forces | 1.White Forces (Schwarzesmarken Anime Opening Theme)
2.1983-schwarzesmarken- (PC Game : Schwarzesmarken OP Theme) 3.white forces (Instrumental) 4.1983-schwarzesmarken- (Instrumental) |
Japanese Oricon weekly single charts #7 |
Album
Release Date | Title | Songs | |
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1st | December 1, 2010 | infinite synthesis |
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2nd | January 1, 2012 | fripSide PC game compilation vol. 01 |
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3rd | December 5, 2012 | Decade |
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4th | September 10, 2014 | infinite synthesis 2 |
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5th | August 26, 2015 | fripSide PC game compilation vol. 02 |
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Game Soundtrack & Related Songs
Release Date | Title | Single |
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December 29, 2007 | ALcot Vocal Arrange Album Growing |
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February 27, 2009 | RADiO Twinkle☆Crusaders vol.3 |
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December 11, 2009 | Hidamari Basket Vocal Collection |
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March 26, 2010 | Areas~Koi Suru Otome no 3H~ Theme Song CD' |
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August 27, 2010 | Prism☆Magical ~PRISM Generations!~ Magical☆Vocal Collection' |
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August 26, 2011 | "Ren’ai Katei Kyoushi Rurumi★Coordinate!" Original Soundtrack |
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February 24, 2012 | Hatsuyuki Sakura Special Soundtrack |
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May 25, 2012 | Hatsuyuki Sakura Complete Soundtrack |
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December 24, 2012 | Koiken Otome Vocal Collection |
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November 29, 2013 | Izayoi no Fortuna Original Soundtrack CD |
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March 28, 2014 | Clover Heart's -Reproduct mix- |
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April 25, 2014 | Koiken Otome ~Revive~ Original Soundtrack |
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Contributions
- magic "a" ride Vocal CD (Opening theme for magic "a" ride) - Released on July 4, 2008. This vocal cd was only a bonus disc for those who pre-ordered the game. Only the first track is done by fripSide.
- Katakoi no Tsuki First Edition Special Vocal Collection - Track 2-4 were done by fripSide (Split Tears, Tomorrow, and Never no Astray).
- spiral of despair -resurrection- (Opening for Chikan Senyou Sharyou 2 - Houfiku no Chijyoku Densha) - Under the name fripSide featuring Rita. This song was made after Nao left.
- brave new world (insert song from the Key/Visual Arts drama CD adaptation of Planetarian) was done by fripSide.
- Ryuusei no Bifrost (opening theme of Hyperdimension Neptunia) was done by Nao in 2011, after she graduated.
- re:ceptivity (featured in Decade Album) is vocalized by nao.[6]
References
- ↑ "アニメ『恋姫†無双』の主題歌を手がけるfripSideがCD発売記念イベントを開催" (in Japanese). Animate. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ↑ "Toranoana's SUMMER MIX Vol. 1". Toranoana. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
- ↑ "sat's fripSide blog, 8-26-2007". sat. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ↑ "fripSide". nao. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ↑ "To Aru Kagaku no Railgun's Opening Theme Lands at #3". Anime News Network. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ↑ nao is listed as vocalist in the booklet.