Minami Kuribayashi

Minami Kuribayashi
Minami Kuribayashi
栗林みな実
	Minami at Anime Expo 2010
Born	Kumiko Murakami (村上久美子); 11 June 1976 (age 49); Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
Occupations	Singer; songwriter; lyricist; voice actress;
Years active	1997–present
	Musical career
Genres	pop;
Instruments	Singing
Labels	Lantis (2002–present); Avex Entertainment (2012–present);
Website	kuribayashi-minami.jp

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.

Quick facts Born, Occupations ...

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", 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.^[2] 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.

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#	Single details	Catalog No.	Peak Oricon chart position	Album	Sales	Notes
1st	"Muv-Luv (マブラヴ)" Released: 3 April 2002 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4048	97	Overture	25,900	(Game Muv-Luv opening theme)
2nd	"Kaze no Yukue/Yours (風のゆくえ/yours)" Released: 5 February 2003 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4084	62		28,600	(Game Kimi ga Nozomu Eien theme song)
3rd	"Precious Memories" Released: 29 October 2003 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4107	17		55,000	(Kimi ga Nozomu Eien opening theme)
4th	"Tsubasa wa Pleasure Line (翼はPleasure Line)" Released: 21 January 2004 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4110	17	passage	51,500	(Chrono Crusade opening theme)
5th	"Shining☆Days" Released: 3 November 2004 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4157	18		52,000	(My-HiME opening theme)
–	"beginning" Released: 23 February 2005 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4183	55		33,600	(OVA Akane Maniax opening theme)
6th	"Shining☆Days Re-Product&Remix" Released: 24 March 2005 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4189	39	Non–album single	5,000
7th	"Muv-Luv (2005 version) (マブラヴ(再録音版))" Released: 10 August 2005 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4209	34	passage	34,400	(Game Muv-Luv opening theme)
8th	"Blue Treasure" Released: 24 August 2005 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4205	37		35,100	(Tide-Line Blue opening theme)
9th	"Dream☆Wing" Released: 2 November 2005 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4227	19		42,300	(My-Otome 1st opening theme)
10th	"Crystal Energy" Released: 22 February 2006^{[citation needed]} Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4247	15	fantastic arrow	38,700	(My-Otome 2nd opening theme)^[3]
11th	"Yell!" Released: 22 November 2006 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4320	20	dream link	19,400	(Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars ending theme)
12th	"United Force" Released: 22 May 2007 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4364	23		20,800	(Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula opening theme)
13th	"BUT,metamorphosis" Released: 26 December 2007 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4447	79		12,500	(Cutie Honey: The Live ending theme)
14th	"Next Season/Sweet Passion" Released: 12 March 2008 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4476	39		15,100	(OVA Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ opening theme)
15th	"Love Jump" Released: 23 April 2008 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4480	36		16,800	(Kure-nai opening theme)
16th	"unripe hero" Released: 23 July 2008 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4514	33	mind touch	7,761	(Blassreiter opening theme)
17th	"Finality Blue" Released: 22 October 2008 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4549	48		6,116	(My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ opening theme)
18th	"Sympathizer" Released: 21 January 2009 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4563	22		10,446	(Kurokami The Animation opening theme)
19th	"Miracle Fly" Released: 22 April 2009 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4606	33		7,539+	(Sora Kake Girl ending theme)
20th	"earth trip" Released: 22 July 2009 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4639	87			(Game Grandia Online opening theme)
21st	"Unreal Paradise (あんりある♡パラダイス)" Released: 21 October 2009 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4657	30			(Kämpfer opening theme)
22nd	"Meiya Kadenrou (冥夜花伝廊)" Released: 27 January 2010 Label: GloryHeaven Format: CD	LACM-4047	43	Non–album single		(Katanagatari opening theme)
23rd	"STRAIGHT JET" Released: 26 January 2011 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-4777	16	TIGHT KNOT		(Infinite Stratos opening theme)
24th	"Kimi no Naka no Eiyū (君の中の英雄)" Released: 9 November 2011 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-34900 (Artist Side) LACM-4900 (Animation Side)	14			(Mobile Suit Gundam AGE ending theme)
25th	"HAPPY CRAZY BOX" Released: 25 April 2012 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-34925 (Limited Edition), LACM-4925 (Regular Edition)	25			(Medaka Box opening theme)
26th	"signs~Sakutsuki Hitoyo~ (signs 〜朔月一夜〜)" Released: 22 August 2012 Label: Avex Format: CD	AVCD-49734/B (Total Eclipse Edition), AVCD-49735/B (Artist Edition), AVCD-49736 (Regular Edition)	20			(Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse ending theme)
27th	"BELIEVE" Released: 24 October 2012 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-34015 (Limited Edition), LACM-14015 (Regular Edition)	35			(Medaka Box Abnormal opening theme)
28th	"Doubt the World" Released: 28 November 2012 Label: Avex Format: CD	AVCD-49971/B (Total Eclipse Edition), AVCD-49972/B (Artist Edition), AVCD-49973 (Regular Edition)	28	TBA		(Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse opening theme)
29th	"ZERO!!" Released: 24 April 2013 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-34083 (Limited Edition), LACM-14083 (Regular Edition)	30	TBA		(The Devil Is a Part-Timer! opening theme)
30th	"True Blue Traveler" Released: 6 November 2013 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LALM-4001 (Limited Edition), LALM-4003 (Regular Edition)	18	TBA		(Infinite Stratos (Season 2) opening theme)
31st	"moving soul" Released: 30 July 2014 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACM-34246 (Limited Edition), LACM-14246 (Regular Edition)	31	TBA		(Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! opening theme)

Year	Album details	Catalog No.	Peak Oricon chart position
2004	Overture Released: 1 December 2004 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACA-5324	22
2006	passage Released: 26 April 2006 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACA-5501	12
2006	fantastic arrow Released: 21 December 2006 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACA-5588	33
2008	dream link Released: 27 August 2008 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LASA-5802	24
2010	mind touch Released: 21 April 2010 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LASA-15021	32
2011	miracle fruit Released: 9 March 2011 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACA-15102	30
2013	TIGHT KNOT Released: 29 May 2013 Label: Lantis Format: CD	LACA-15305	32

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