Person: Okazaki Ritsuko
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| Main Name | Okazaki Ritsuko (cr4180) |
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| Official Name | ja |
| Date of Birth | 29.12.1959 |
| Date of Death | 05.05.2004 |
| Gender Identity | female |
| abilities | singingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. |
| jobs | musicianA musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented. Anyone who composes, conducts, or performs music may be referred to as a musician. A musician who plays a musical instrument is also known as an instrumentalist., songwriterno description set |
| nationality | JapaneseA character originating from the island nation of Japan. |
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| Added by | hidden on 2009-05-28 19:43 |
| Edited by | hidden on 2011-04-07 13:14 |
Okazaki Ritsuko, 29 December 1959 - 5 May 2004, was a Japanese singer-songwriter and author, known for her contribution to various anime series such as Fruits Basket.
Ritsuko Okazaki was born in Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on 29 December 1959. As is the case with many Japanese artists, her privacy was well guarded; little is known about her life apart from her artistic career.
Okazaki made her debut as a singer-songwriter in 1993. During the nineties, she continued singing and also wrote for anime seiyuu. From 2000, she became involved in earnest with anime and composed several songs for Wedding Peach, Fruits Basket and Love Hina. She formed the duo Melocure in 2002 with singer-songwriter Megumi Hinata, and in the following two years, the duo released several singles and an album, Melodic Hard Cure. Okazaki also produced songs during these years for artists such as Hayashibara Megumi, Mayumi Iizuka, and Yui Horie.
Her work consists mainly of ballads, and can be categorised within the spectrum of Japanese music as most closely related to J-Pop. According to her fans, the lyrics of Okazaki's songs are characterized by poetic imagery, depth of emotion, gentle optimism and simplicity.
On May 5, 2004, Ritsuko Okazaki died suddenly at the age of 44 from septic shock as a result of septicemia. She was unable to speak any last words, and left her work unfinished. Before that, she was found having stomach cancer in the year 2003, but she still continued on her work and only such information was hidden other than little related person, the news was revealed to the fans in the CD jacket of the soundtrack placed in renewal version of Symphonic Rain, which was released a year later after her death.
Ritsuko Okazaki was born in Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on 29 December 1959. As is the case with many Japanese artists, her privacy was well guarded; little is known about her life apart from her artistic career.
Okazaki made her debut as a singer-songwriter in 1993. During the nineties, she continued singing and also wrote for anime seiyuu. From 2000, she became involved in earnest with anime and composed several songs for Wedding Peach, Fruits Basket and Love Hina. She formed the duo Melocure in 2002 with singer-songwriter Megumi Hinata, and in the following two years, the duo released several singles and an album, Melodic Hard Cure. Okazaki also produced songs during these years for artists such as Hayashibara Megumi, Mayumi Iizuka, and Yui Horie.
Her work consists mainly of ballads, and can be categorised within the spectrum of Japanese music as most closely related to J-Pop. According to her fans, the lyrics of Okazaki's songs are characterized by poetic imagery, depth of emotion, gentle optimism and simplicity.
On May 5, 2004, Ritsuko Okazaki died suddenly at the age of 44 from septic shock as a result of septicemia. She was unable to speak any last words, and left her work unfinished. Before that, she was found having stomach cancer in the year 2003, but she still continued on her work and only such information was hidden other than little related person, the news was revealed to the fans in the CD jacket of the soundtrack placed in renewal version of Symphonic Rain, which was released a year later after her death.
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