Minami Kuribayashi

Biography

Minami Kuribayashi (栗林 みな実, Kuribayashi Minami; born June 11, 1976) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, lyricist and former voice actress from Shizuoka Prefecture. From 2016 to 2019, she performed under the stage name Minami.
Her involvement in the game and anime Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, where she voiced the role of one of the characters, Haruka Suzumiya and performed and penned the theme songs and other songs relating to the series, has brought her much attention. Her single "Precious Memories×Precious Memories29 October 2003 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Precious Memories3:512おなじ月をみてる4:583Precious Memories (off vocal)3:514おなじ月をみてる (off vocal)4:57", used as the opening theme song for the series' animated version was a success; it had a peak ranking of 17th place on the Oricon charts and charted for 14 weeks. She has since performed songs for other games and anime, including series such as Muv-Luv, Chrono Crusade, My-HiME, My-Otome, Kure-nai, and School Days.
Kuribayashi has performed as part of the group Wild 3nin Musume, whose other present members are Joy Max (a.k.a. Joy Max Maximum) and Kisho Taniyama (a.k.a. Jackie Yang). She also once paired with Chiaki Takahashi to form the group exige, where Takahashi was known as CT. Veronica. Also, she is part of Sound Horizon.

TV animation

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (Haruka Suzumiya)
Mai Otome (Erstin Ho)
School Days (Minami Obuchi)

OVAs

Akane Maniax (Haruka Suzumiya)
Ayumayu Gekijou (Haruka Suzumiya, Kasumi Yashiro)
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ (Haruka Suzumiya)
My-Otome Zwei (Ribbon-chan)
School Days ~Magical Heart Kokoro-chan~ (Minami Obuchi)

Internet animation

Ayumayu Gekijou (Haruka Suzumiya, Kasumi Yashiro)

Games

Age Maniax (Susie, Fumino)
Kaseki no Uta (化石の歌) (Priere)
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (Haruka Suzumiya)
School Days (Minami Obuchi)
School Days L x H (Minami Obuchi)
"Hello, world." (Haruka Tomonaga)
Muv-Luv (Kasumi Yashiro)
Muv-Luv Alternative (Kasumi Yashiro, Haruka Suzumiya)
Muv-Luv Altered Fable (Kasumi Yashiro, Haruka Suzumiya)
My-Otome: Otome Butoushi!! (Erstin Ho)

DVDs

Kuribayashi Minami in BASXI Secret Live "Birthday eve"
2003-11-27: Kuribayashi Minami Music Clip "Precious Memories×Precious Memories29 October 2003 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Precious Memories3:512おなじ月をみてる4:583Precious Memories (off vocal)3:514おなじ月をみてる (off vocal)4:57"
2008-02-27: Kuribayashi Minami 1st Live Tour 2007 "Fantastic Arrow×fantastic arrow21 December 2006 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1fantastic arrow4:402ココロノカケゴト4:253ある冬の日の午後4:424ふたりきりのプラネタリウム4:365人魚姫4:206affection4:407硝子の小瓶3:518boyfriend4:439桜の光の中で4:3710Crystal Energy4:0811アプローチ4:0312絆5:07"