Kanako Itō
Kanako Itō is a female Japanese singer from Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. She has sung a large amount of songs that have been used in a variety of video games, visual novels, and anime.
Itō has sung songs for many visual novels, one song in particular being "Kanashimi no Mukō e", the "bad end" ending theme to the visual novel School Days. Itō has also sung songs for a drama CD and anime adaptations of School Days. She has sung songs for the games , Saya no Uta, Demonbane, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri, Chaos;Head, Chaos;Child, Steins;Gate, and Robotics;Notes, along with the anime series Please Twins!, Myself; Yourself, Hatenkō Yūgi and Occultic;Nine. Her song "DD" on her single "A Wish for the Stars" has her singing in French. In April 2012, she made her American performance debut at Anime Boston. She returned to the United States for an appearance at Sakura-Con in 2015.
Discography
Singles
- "Ethereal Echo", released April 28, 2006
- # "Rise on Green Wings"
- # "Angel's Ladder"
- # "Roar"
- # "Rise on Green Wings"
- "Escape", released February 22, 2007
- # "Escape"
- # "Friend"
- # "Escape"
- # "Friend"
- "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to", released October 24, 2007
- # "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to"
- # "Ivy"
- # "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to"
- # "Ivy"
- "Heartbreaking Romance", released February 20, 2008
- # "Heartbreaking Romance"
- # "Take you as you are"
- # "Heartbreaking Romance"
- # "Take you as you are"
- "Find the blue", released May 7, 2008
- # "Find the blue"
- # "Desire Blue sky"
- # "Find the blue"
- # "Desire Blue sky"
- "Tsuisō no Despair", released June 26, 2008
- # "Tsuisō no Despair"
- # "Toppū"
- # "Tsuisō no Despair"
- # "Toppū"
- "Tsuioku no Kaze", released July 16, 2008
- # "Tsuioku no Kaze"
- # "Still Alter ego version"
- # "Tsuioku no Kaze"
- # "Still Alter ego version"
- "A Wish for the Stars", released August 6, 2008
- # "A Wish for the Stars"
- # "DD"
- # "A Wish for the Stars"
- # "DD"
- "F.D.D.", released October 29, 2008
- # "F.D.D."
- # "Fly to the sky"
- # "F.D.D."
- # "Fly to the sky"
- "Fake Me", released February 25, 2009
- # "Fake Me"
- # "A Will"
- # "Fake Me"
- # "A Will"
- "Skyclad no Kansokusha", released October 28, 2009
- # "Skyclad no Kansokusha"
- # "Another Heaven"
- # "Skyclad no Kansokusha"
- # "Another Heaven"
- "Fetishism Ark", released June 30, 2010
- # "Fetishism Ark"
- # "Kono Sora no Kanata ni"
- # "Fetishism Ark"
- # "Kono Sora no Kanata ni"
- "A. R. / Star-Crossed", released July 28, 2010
- # "A. R."
- # "Star-Crossed"
- # "A. R."
- # "Star-Crossed"
- "Hacking to The Gate", released April 27, 2011
- # "Hacking to The Gate"
- # "Reliance"
- # "Hacking to The Gate"
- # "Reliance"
- "Chaos Logic", released November 28, 2012
- # "Chaos Logic"
- # "D.P."
- # "Chaos Logic"
- # "D.P."
- "Anata no Eranda Kono Toki wo", released April 24, 2013
- # "Anata no Eranda Kono Toki wo"
- # "resolution"
- # "Anata no Eranda Kono Toki wo"
- # "resolution"
Albums
- Puzzle, released February 27, 2004
- # "Puzzle"
- # "Kassō"
- # "Hoshi no Umi Yori"
- # "Garasu no Kutsu"
- # "Blaze Up"
- Sign, released May 27, 2005
- # "Sign"
- # "Thrill"
- # "Kazaguruma"
- # "Aoi Tori"
- # "Ride"
- # "Sotsugyō Shōsho"
- # "Kagerō"
- # "Yakusoku no Ishi"
- # "Still"
- Largo, released October 4, 2006
- # "Moonstruck"
- # "Heaven"
- # "Rise"
- # "Lamento"
- # "Modern Rose"
- # "Nijiiro no Tsubomi"
- # "Kōtetsu Some Time"
- # "Maigo no Puppy"
- # "Gentō"
- # "Voltage"
- # "Shinku"
- # "Kaguya"
- Another Best, released December 10, 2008
- # "Kago no Tori no Kodoku"
- # "La Liberte"
- # "Kami no Setsuri ni Idomu Monotachi – Ma o Tatsu Tsurugi wa Mada Orezu"
- # "Trigger in My Heart"
- # "Kanashimi no Mukō e",
- # "Yakusoku: Girlhood's End-"
- # "Waltz",
- # "Friend"
- # "Ai wa Koko ni"
- # "Heartbreaking Romance"
- # "Shizukanaru Moon Sign"
- # "Kohaku no Kioku"
- # "From This Place"
- # "Even Though You Left"
- # "Paradise"
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- # "Sunday Sunshine!"
- # "Dear my stars"
- # "eureka"
- # "technovision"
- # "Ruiran"
- # "Ame no Hi no Sayonara"
- # "Maboroshi"
- # "Hoshikuzu"
- # "déjà vu"
- ChaosAttractor, released January 27, 2010
- # "Tsuisō no Despair"
- # "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to"
- # "fake me"
- # "Find the blue"
- # "escape"
- # "A WILL"
- # "friend"
- # "ivy"
- # "F.D.D"
- # "Kurai"
- # "Desire Blue sky"
- # "Skyclad no Kansokusha"
- # "Another Heaven"
- # "Toppū"
- # "Fly to the sky"
- Spark, released March 28, 2012
- # "Yume no Arika"
- # "spark!"
- # "Break Beats"
- # "Minazuki"
- # "Unbalance"
- # "Taiyou to Futari"
- # "Murasaki no Goro"
- # "Nigaoe Nyoubou"
- # "Lullaby"
- # "Niji ga deru made"
- # "Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999 – SAYONARA"
- Reactor, released May 27, 2015
- # "Reactor"
- # "Hijitsuzai Seishounen"
- # "Operation Babel"
- # "Brave the Sky "
- # "Dive into Elyusion"
- # "Kimi no Namae no Kaze ga Fuku"
- # "Yuukyuu no Sora Saku Hana"
- # "Hana no Rinbukyoku"
- # "morning glory"
- # "Fantastisk udsigt"
- # "BY MY SIDE"
- # "Lullaby Blue"
- # "Ikusen no Yoru wo Koete"
Single songs in compilations
- "Reichin Rin'inshan", ending theme to '
- "Aoi Kioku", "Kiraboshi", "There's The Earth Link Somewhere", opening, ending, and insert songs to "Hello, world."
- "Ten'i Yūkyū", ending theme to Zanma Taisei Demonbane
- "Saya no Uta" ending theme to Saya no Uta
- "Koi ni Oitsukenai", from Please Twins! Image Vocal Album: Esquisse
- "I Myself Am Hell", ending theme to Phantom: The Animation OVA
- "Shadow in the dark", theme song to Kishin Hōkō Demonbane PS2 game
- "Ohisama ni Yakusoku", "Mirai Kitto Zutto!", and Te o Hanasanai de, opening and ending themes to Chibi Mama
- "Kokō no Tama", opening theme to Jingai Makyō
- "Hotarubi", ending theme to Hanachirasu
- "Toaru Ryū no Koi no Uta", ending theme to Dra+KoI
- "Mayoi no Mori", "Tataeshi Tatakai no Uta", "When The End", "Denshō no Uta: Verum", insert songs to Lamento: Beyond the Void
- "Happy blue sky trip", ending theme to the PC game Sumaga
- "Miracles May", ending theme to sweet pool
- "Kohaku no Inori", an insert song to the PC game Amber Quartz
- "Skyclad Observer|Skyclad no kansokusha", opening theme to "Steins;Gate" visual novel
- "Hacking to the Gate", opening theme to "Steins;Gate" animation series
- "Maris Stella", ending themes to the Are You Alice? PSP game
- "Call of the Dungeon", opening theme to Cladun x2, the sequel to the ' PSP game
- "Nageki no Ancient Machine", opening theme to the Labyrinth Tower: Legasista PlayStation 3 game
- "Immer Sie" and "Tears", ending themes to the PC game Dramatical Murder
- "Dramatique", a song featured in promotional videos for the PC game Dramatical Murder
- "Chaos Logic", opening theme of PS3 version of Chaos;Head Noah
- "Crystalline" and "At Last", ending themes to the PC game Dramatical Murder re:connect
- "Anata no eranda kono toki wo", opening theme to '
- "Eien no Owari ni", insert song in Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi.
- "By My Side" and "Lullaby Blue", special ending themes to the Dramatical Murder anime series
- "Scarlet" and "Voyage Lucid", ending themes to the Dramatical Murder drama CDs, volumes 1 and 2
- "Reaching out for our future", opening theme to ', a video game in the Etrian Odyssey series
- "Amadeus", opening theme to Steins;Gate 0, visual novel
- "Fates Fall", song for Star Guardian event in the game League of Legends
- "Fatima", opening theme to Steins;Gate 0, anime adaptation
- "Lost Word Chronicle", theme song for the game Touhou LostWord