Annabel

Biography

Annabel (born March 18, 1984) is an Argentine–Japanese anisong singer signed to Lantis.

Biography

Although most personal information about her is unknown, in 2012, she revealed via letter her real name to a famous radio station in Tokyo, and that her real given name is also Annabel. Her father is Japanese while her mother is Argentinian.
She began her musical career in 2005. In 2006, she and singer Nagi Yanagi formed the unit Binaria; to date, they have released 13 albums. In 2007, she formed another unit with singer Bermei.inazawa called anNina. As anNina, the duo performed the ending themes to the second and third seasons of Higurashi When They Cry. In 2009 she started her career as a solo singer.
Her first song that used to anime theme not commonly mentioned, but in 2009 "My Heaven×My heaven26 August 2009 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1My heaven4:402filum4:263My heaven (off vocal)4:404filum (off vocal)4:22" which used as the ending theme for anime television series CANAAN catch so much attention. Due to her rise in popularity, she started performing theme songs for anime series. Her first solo single was "Anamnesis×anamnesis8 February 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1anamnesis5:372closed world4:203anamnesis (Off Vocal)5:374closed world (Off Vocal)4:17," which is used as the ending theme to the 2012 anime television series Another; the single for "Anamnesis" was released on February 8, 2012. Annabel released her second single "Above Your Hand×Above your hand23 May 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Above your hand5:042blind hunger4:163Above your hand (Instrumental)5:044blind hunger (Instrumental)4:14" on May 23, 2012, which is used as the ending theme for the anime television series Sankarea. Her third single, "Signal Graph," was released on July 25, 2012, which is used as the opening theme for the anime television series Love, Elections & Chocolate. She released her first solo album Miniascape×miniascape28 November 2012 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1sensonia4:572My heaven4:403シグナルグラフ4:454Light of Dawn5:525STEP AHEAD4:426証4:237星路煌々4:528abysmal noise4:529ハローメロウ4:0610さよならの続きへ5:3711torus6:1012anamnesis5:3513キネオラマ4:2614Above your hand5:02 on November 28, 2012.
Her sixth single "Small Worldrop" was released on April 24, 2013, used as the opening theme for anime Red Data Girl. The seventh single, "Alternative×Alternative7 August 2013 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Alternative5:172青に融ける4:293Alternative (instrumental)5:214青に融ける (instrumental)4:29", by Annabel was released on August 7, 2013, was used as the ending theme for the reboot of the anime Rozen Maiden. Her eighth single "Yoru no Kuni" was released on August 26, 2015. The lead track Yoru no Kuni was used as the ending theme for the anime Gangsta. Also in 2015, she sang the vocals for the theme song of the 3DS game, 7th Dragon III Code:VFD of the 7th Dragon series.
In 2016, she formed the band siraph with Masayuki Hasuo and Masaaki Yamasaki (former School Food Punishment) and Yoshimasa Terui (haisuinonasa) who were the member of her backup band.

Independent releases

Autonomia (March 9, 2008)
Noctiluca (December 31, 2010)
"Ignis×ignis1 May 2011 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1ignis3:572pulse1:413innocent flame5:554ignis ‐instrumental3:575innocent flame ‐instrumental5:55" (May 1, 2011)
R.m.k (July 29, 2011)
"Memory Cycle of a Sentimentalist×memory cycle of a Sentimentalist30 October 2011 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1サイクル3:222ルート4:353キオク1:354サイクル-instrumental-3:225ルート-instrumental-4:30" (October 30, 2011)
"Debris×debris30 April 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1debris4:172デザートローズ4:343debris -inst-4:174デザートローズ -inst-4:32" (April 30, 2012)
"syncretism" (2014)
"Country of the Night" (2015)