FictionJunction - Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer)

FictionJunction is a singing group managed by Yuki Kajiura. Kajiura Composes all of the songs the FictionJunction group sings. The term "FictionJunction" by itself refers to all the singers in that band at that time. Solo works between Kajiura and a vocalist are referenced by adding the singer's name after "FictionJunction". For example FictionJunction Ft. LiSA. Although both perform under the FictionJunction title and are collaborations with Kajiura, they are treated as separate projects.
Members of the group include: Yuki Kajiura, Keiko Kubota, Wakana Ootaki, Kaori Oda, Yuriko Kaida and Yuuka Nanri. One off collaborations were also done with Asuka Kato and LiSA.

Background

FictionJunction usually references a group of female singers. However, Kajiura does not consider the group to have “members”. She says "To be honest, FictionJunction is not a 'group.' FictionJunction is just me. Well, actually, it depends on the music and the song. We have gathered several members and singers from everywhere. We don't have 'member' members. I am FictionJunction. But I am 'collecting' all the singers that are powerful and worthy to be in this group. They are true professionals, each individual here. I respect them, and I do look up to them. They have the most beautiful voices, and that's how they're selected."
This situation is quite unique for a popular singing group. Where each vocalist has their own FictionJunction pre-title except Yuriko Kaida. Kajiura considers each of these different individual projects rather than a single under the name of FictionJunction.

Yuki Kajiura

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 created music for various 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 and more.

Kaori Oda

Kaori Oda (織田かおり, Oda Kaori, also FictionJunction Kaori, now KAORI). Born May 11, 1988. Oda joined the FictionJunction project in 2005. The duo performed two insert songs, "Tsubasa" and "Dream Scape", which were used in Tsubasa Chronicle. "Calling" was chosen as the ending for the anime series Baccano! and "Hanamori no Oka" (花守の丘, "Hill of the Flower Guardian"), was used in Hokuto no Ken: Toki Den.

Keiko Kubota

Keiko Kubota (窪田啓子, Kubota Keiko, also FictionJunction Keiko, now KEIKO). Born December 5, 1985. Kubota joined the FictionJunction project in 2005. "Kaze no Machi e" (風の街へ, "To the City of Wind") was used as an insert song in episodes 19 and 21 of Tsubasa Chronicle, and "Nohara" (野原, "Field") was the B-side for the FictionJunction single "Toki no Mukou, Maboroshi no Sora". Kubota was also a member of Kajiura's singing group Kalafina until April 2018.

Wakana Ootaki

Wakana Ootaki (大滝若奈, Ootaki Wakana, also FictionJunction Wakana, now WAKANA). Born December 10, 1984. Ootaki joined the FictionJunction project in 2005. They performed two songs for the original soundtrack of Fist of the North Star True Saviour Legend: "Hikari no Yukue" (光の行方, "Where the Lights Are") and the Japanese version of "Where the Lights Are" bonus track. She sang "Paradise Regained" (an insert song for El Cazador de la Bruja) and in the Pandora Hearts soundtrack. Ootaki is also a member of Kalafina.

Yuriko Kaida

Yuriko Kaida (貝田由里子, Kaida Yuriko). Born November 1, (Year Unknown). Yuriko Kaida first collaborated with Kajiura for the Noir anime soundtrack, in which she sang the songs that helped launched Kajiura's career: "canta per me," "salva nos" and "lullaby." Since then Yuriko Kaida has provided vocals for many of Kajiura’s works, mainly as background chorus. Kaida became a main FictionJunction vocalist until 2009, upon the release of the album "Everlasting Songs" and the single "Parallel Hearts", lending her voice to “here we stand in the morning dew” and “Himitsu” in "Everlasting Songs" and providing vocals throughout the album.

Yuuka Nanri

Yuuka Nanri (南里 侑香, Nanri Yūka). Born March 13, 1984. FictionJunction Yuuka is Kajiura’s first, longest and best-known collaboration under the FictionJunction name, starting in 2004. The project was originally titled "FictionJunction featuring Yuuka", but the "featuring" part was later dropped to shorten the name. So far, they have released several singles and two full-length albums. Yuuka can also be heard in the soundtrack for Madlax.

Asuka Kato

Asuka Kato (加藤あすか, Katō Asuka, also known as FictionJunction Asuka). Born August 28, 1981. They performed "Everlasting Song", an insert song from the anime series Elemental Gelade. Originally sung in English, "Everlasting Song" was re-recorded in Japanese and released as a single in 2005. It reached #53 on the Oricon weekly chart and remained ranked for 3 weeks. Kato is working on her solo projects as Aira Yuhki.

LiSA

Oribe Risa (織部 里沙, Oribe Risa, also known as LiSA). Born June 24, 1987. She collaborated with the group for the ending song “From the Edge '' under the name FictionJunction feat. LiSA.

Discography

Albums
Everlasting Songs (2008)

• "Hoshikuzu (星屑, Stardust)"
• "Kioku no Mori (記憶の森, Forest of Memories)"
• "Dream Scape"
• "Gin no Hashi (銀の橋, Silver Bridge)"
• "Kaze no Machi e (風の街へ, To the Windy City)"
• "Here We Stand in the Morning Dew"
• "Synchronicity"
• "Hanamori no Oka (花守の丘, Hill of the Flower Guardian)"
• "Mizu no Akashi (水の証, Evidence of Water)"
• "Cazador del amor"
• "Himitsu (秘密, Secret)"
• "Hōseki (宝石, Jewel)"
• "Yume no Tsubasa (ユメノツバサ, Wings of Dream)"
• "Michiyuki (みちゆき, Going Down the Road)"
• "Everlasting Song"

FictionJunction 2008-2010 The Best of Yuki Kajiura Live (2010)

• "The World"
• "Vanity"
• "Liminality"
• "In the Land of Twilight, Under the Moon"
• "Forest"
• "Winter"
• "Salva Nos"
• "Seiya"
• "Akatsuki no Kuruma"
• "Nowhere"
• "Yakusoku"
• "Hanamori no Oka"
• "Parallel Hearts"
• "Everlasting Song"
• "Cynical World"
• "The Image Theme of Xenosaga II"
• "Voyagers"
• "Key of the Twilight"
• "L.A"
• "Everytime You Kissed Me"
• "Aquarian Age Medley"
• "Mai-Hime/Mai Otome Medley"
• "I Reach for the Sun"
• "Open Your Heart"
• "Farewell Song"

Elemental (2014)

• "elemental"
• "storytelling"
• "Hitorigoto (ひとりごと, Monologue)"
• "Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora (時の向こう 幻の空, The Sky of Illusions Beyond Time)"
• "Hitomi no Chikara (ひとみのちから, The Power of Our Eyes)"
• "storm"
• "eternal blue"
• "stone cold"
• "Nohara (野原, Field)"
• "Parallel Hearts"
• "gaika (凱歌, Victory Song)"
• "Yakusoku (約束, Promise)"
• "Distance"

Links

FictionJunction Official