Masumi Itō
Person · female · Japan · Ibaraki Prefecture · born 1998
Japanese composer
Also known as 伊藤真澄
Timeline
1990s
Biography
Biography
Masumi Itō (伊藤 真澄, Itō Masumi; born 21 May) (she also goes by the pseudonym Hikaru Nanase (七瀬 光, Nanase Hikaru)) is a Japanese singer and composer from Ibaraki prefecture in Japan. Itō has composed the soundtracks to many anime television shows and is part of the bands Oranges & Lemons and Heart of Air.
Singles
2001: "Hitomi no Naka ni" — PS game Sister Princess: Pure Stories theme song)
2003: "Yasashii Ai no Hane/Nemunemu Tenshi" — anime television series Angel Tales opening & ending theme)
2004: "Futari Dakara" — anime television series Koi Kaze ending theme
2005: "Shōnen Humming" — anime television series Absolute Boy ending theme
Albums
1997: Waste days [From METAL BLACK -The First-]
1998: Door: Drifting Souls
2001: Hana no Oto
2003: Yumefuru Mori e
2004: Harmonies of heaven
2012: Wonder wonderful
Other
2001: anime television series Gyoten ningen batseelor theme song single – ending theme "Mahō no Kotoba"
2003: PS2 game Primopuel: Oshaberi Heartner theme song single — image song "Otsukisama to Rururu"
2006: PS2 game Binchotan: Shiawase-goyomi theme song single – ending theme "Ashita no Hanakago"
Heart of Air
2001: Kiss Me Sunlights — PS2 game ZOE opening theme
2001: Ring on the World — anime television series Z.O.E Dolores,i ending theme
2002: Blue Flow — anime television series Haibane Renmei ending theme
Masumi Ito and Yoko Ueno
2003: Haibane Renmei Image Album: Seinaru Doukei
2003: Daichi no la-li-la — anime television series Scrapped Princess ending theme
Mariaria
2006: Aru Hi no Kamisama — includes anime television series Nishi no Yoki Majo: Astraea Testament ending theme "Kanata"
TV animation
Space Pirate Mito series (1999)
Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (2001)
Z.O.E. Dolores, I (2001)
Galaxy Angel series (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto (2001)
Pita-Ten (2002)
Azumanga Daioh (2002 – song performance & composition for character songs only)
Chōjūshin Gravion series (2002, 2004)
Scrapped Princess (2003)
Da Capo (2003 – with Yugo Kanno)
Chrono Crusade (2003)
Absolute Boy (2005)
D.C.S.S.: Da Capo Second Season (2005)
Gunparade Orchestra (2005 – with Masayoshi Yoshikawa)
Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e (2005)
Kagihime Monogatari Eikyū Alice Rondo (2006)
Tactical Roar (2006)
Nishi no Yoki Majo: Astraea Testament (2006)
Koisuru Tenshi Angelique series (2006, 2007)
Gift: Eternal Rainbow (2006)
Venus Versus Virus (2007)
Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica (2007)
KimiKiss pure rouge (2007 – with Yokoyama Masaru & Iwadare Noriyuki)
Shigofumi (2008)
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)
Canaan (2009)
Infinite Stratos (2011)
Hiiro no Kakera (2012)
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita (2012)
Beyond the Boundary (2013)
RDG: Red Data Girl (2013) (with Myu)
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows (2016) (part of TO-MAS Soundsight Fluorescent Forest with Yohei Matsui and Mito)
Flip Flappers (2016) (part of TO-MAS Soundsight Fluorescent Forest)
Alice & Zouroku (2017) (part of TO-MAS)
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
Original video animation (OVA)
Angelique: Shiroi Tsubasa no Memoir (2000)
Angel Sanctuary (2000)
éX-Driver (2000)
Angelique: Seichi yori Ai o Komete (2001)
ZOE: 2167 IDOLO (2001)
Ichigo 100% (2004, 2005)
Book Girl OVA series (2009–2010)
Film
éX-Drive The Movie (2002)
Book Girl (2010)
Broken Blade (2010–2011: opening theme song arrangement with Kokia)
Beyond the Boundary -I'LL BE HERE- Past (2015)
Beyond the Boundary -I'LL BE HERE- Future (2015)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Masumi Itō head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270353seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masumi_It%C5%8Dbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masumi_It%C5%8D
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Japanese singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q270353 · MusicBrainz: a11505a8-34a8-4c5b-ab90-2a890755d8ef
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