:Mami Kawada

Kawada's vocal talents were first discovered by Eiko Shimamiya, who was her teacher at a vocal school in Sapporo, Hokkaido.{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://mami-kawada.jp/bio.php|language=ja|publisher=I've Sound|access-date=January 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626233641/http://www.mami-kawada.jp/bio.php|archive-date=June 26, 2018|url-status=dead}} She was introduced to I've Sound, a music production group which featured Shimamiya as a member. Kawada joined I've Sound in 2001, and in that year released her debut song titled {{Nihongo|"Kaze to Kimi o Daite"|風と君を抱いて||"Embrace You and the Wind"}}, which was used as the opening theme to the eroge Miss You.{{cite web|script-title=ja:川田まみ インタビュー|url=http://t2.pia.jp/interview/music/kawada_mami.jsp|publisher=Ticket Pia|access-date=December 9, 2014|language=ja}} The song was later compiled on I've Sound's fifth compilation album Out Flow in 2003.{{Cite web|url = http://ivesound.jp/discography/compilation/outflow.html|title = OUT FLOW|publisher = I've Sound Explorer|access-date = July 25, 2013|language = ja}}

In 2002, she released her first song associated with an anime, {{Nihongo|"Sora no Mori de"|空の森で||"In the Forest of Sky"}}, the ending theme to the anime Please Teacher!. The song was released in a split single with singer Kotoko, who performed the series' opening theme "Shooting Star".{{cite web|title=『WOWOWアニメ「おねがい☆ティーチャー」 OP&EDテーマ 『Shooting Star / 空の森で』KOTOKO/川田まみ|url=http://www.please-please.jp/one/item/cd001.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002174144/http://www.please-please.jp/one/item/cd001.html|archive-date=October 2, 2013|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}} That same year, Kawada and Shimamiya performed a number of theme songs for visual novels as the unit Healing Leaf,{{cite web|title=Healing Leaf – 歌手データベース｜I've Sound Explorer|url=http://www.ivesound.jp/vocal/healing_leaf.html|language=ja|access-date=August 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112230947/http://www.ivesound.jp/vocal/healing_leaf.html|archive-date=November 12, 2012|url-status=dead}} although only one of those songs, {{Nihongo|"Ame ni Utau Ballad"|雨に歌う譚詩曲||"A Ballad Sung in the Rain"}}, was featured in an I've Sound Compilation.{{Cite web|url = http://www.ivesound.jp/music/aa/ame_ni_utau_ballad.php|title = 雨に歌う譚詩曲 / Healing Leaf|publisher = I've Sound Explorer|access-date = July 25, 2013|language = ja}} In mid-2003, she performed the ending theme to the anime Please Twins!, {{Nihongo|"Asu e no Namida"|明日への涙||"Tears for Tomorrow"}}, which was also released in a split single with Kotoko.{{cite web|title=WOWOWアニメ『おねがい☆ツインズ』 オープニングテーマ 『Ｓｅｃｏｎｄ Ｆｌｉｇｈｔ』KOTOKO＆佐藤裕美|url=http://www.please-please.jp/one2/05item/cd_data001.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002173900/http://www.please-please.jp/one2/05item/cd_data001.html|archive-date=October 2, 2013|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}}

In 2005, Kawada signed a contract with Geneon Entertainment (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan) and released her first major single "Radiance", which was used as the opening theme to the anime Starship Operators.{{cite web|title=Starship Operators スターシップ・オペレーターズ|url=http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/anime/sso/music.html|language=ja|access-date=August 20, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808043035/http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/anime/sso/music.html|archive-date=August 8, 2011}} Later that year, she released her second single "Hishoku no Sora", which was used as the opening theme to the anime series Shakugan no Shana.{{cite web|url=http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=15400|script-title=ja:川田まみ/緋色の空|trans-title=Mami Kawada / Hishoku no Sora|publisher=Geneon Universal Entertainment|access-date=July 18, 2012|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022053558/http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=15400|archive-date=October 22, 2014|url-status=dead}} It became her best-selling single and sold approximately 37,000 copies, peaking at number 11 at the Oricon weekly charts.{{cite web|script-title=ja:緋色の空|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/292851/products/619400/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}}{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 |trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp |language=ja | work=Oricon |url-access=subscription | access-date=October 10, 2014}}

In March 2006, Kawada and Kotoko released a split single for the OVA adaptation of the game Baldr Force, with Kawada performing the ending theme "Undelete" and Kotoko performing the opening theme "Face of Fact (Resolution ver.)".{{cite web|title=［MAXI SINGLE］ OVA「BALDR FORCE EXE RESOLUTION」|url=http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/mami_kawada/contents/hp0007/index00040000.html|publisher=Geneon Universal Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123000852/http://geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/mami_kawada/contents/hp0007/index00040000.html |archive-date=January 23, 2009|access-date=August 20, 2012|language=ja}} Four weeks later, Kawada released her debut album Seed. The album reached number 12 in the Oricon weekly charts and charted for five weeks, selling more than 25,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/292851/products/637944/1/|title=SEED|publisher=Oricon|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}} Later that year, Kawada held her first live tour, where she distributed a pamphlet CD containing the first instance of a song that she both performed and composed by herself, "Carpe Diem".{{Cite web|url=http://www.ivesound.jp/music/c/capre_diem.php|title=CARPE DIEM|publisher=I've Sound Explorer|language=ja|access-date=December 21, 2013}}

After her success with "Hishoku no Sora", Kawada released the single "Akai Namida / Beehive" in 2007. The single includes the song "Akai Namida", which was used as an insert song in the Shakugan no Shana movie in May 2007.{{cite web|url=http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=15700|title=川田まみ/『赤い涙/Beehive』|trans-title=Mami Kawada / "Akai Namida / Beehive"|publisher=Geneon Universal Entertainment|access-date=July 18, 2012|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205644/http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=15700|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead}} She also sang {{nihongo|"Tenjō o Kakeru Monotachi"|天壌を翔る者たち||"Those Who Scale Heaven and Earth"}}, the movie's ending theme, together with Kotoko, Shimamiya, Mell and Kaori Utatsuki under the name Love Planet Five.{{cite web|url=http://www.shakugan.com/contents/hp0022/index00960000.html|title=「天壌を翔る者たち」 Love Planet Five|trans-title="Tenjō o Kakeru Monotachi" Love Planet Five|publisher=Shakugan no Shana Production Committee|access-date=July 18, 2012|language=ja}} Three months later, she performed the second ending theme to the series Hayate the Combat Butler, "Get My Way!".{{cite web|url=http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/mami_kawada/news.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703184701/http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/mami_kawada/news.html|archive-date=July 3, 2007|title=Mami Kawada's web site (news)|access-date=July 18, 2012|publisher=Geneon|language=ja}} Kawada's next single, "Joint", was released on October 31, 2007; the title track is used as the opening theme to the series Shakugan no Shana Second.{{cite web|url=http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=15755|title=川田まみ/Joint|trans-title=Mami Kawada / Joint|publisher=Geneon Universal Entertainment|access-date=July 18, 2012|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502073648/http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=15755|archive-date=May 2, 2014|url-status=dead}} The single marked the first time her single reached the Top 10 on the Oricon weekly charts as it reached number 9 in its first week; the single eventually sold 37,000 copies and charted for 19 weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/292851/products/730126/1/|title=JOINT|publisher=Oricon|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}} She performed at her first live concert outside Japan on January 19, 2008, at the KHS Hall in Taiwan.{{cite web|script-title=ja:台湾ライブ 詳細情報|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index00060000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}} In late March 2008, Kawada released her second album Savia. The album includes "Sense", used as the ending theme of episode 24 of Shakugan no Shana Second, as well as "Akai Namida" and "Get My Way!".{{cite web|url=http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=15905|title=川田まみ／SAVIA|trans-title=Mami Kawada / SAVIA|publisher=Geneon Universal Entertainment|access-date=June 24, 2013|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912182510/http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=15905|archive-date=September 12, 2014|url-status=dead}} The album also includes the song {{nihongo|"Hisui"

|翡翠 -HISUI-||}}, which was used as the ending theme to the 2008 Japanese theatrical film OneeChan Bara.{{cite web|title=「お姉チャンバラ THE MOVIE」トレーラー公開|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index00150000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=January 7, 2016|language=ja}} It peaked at number 15 on the weekly charts and charted for five weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/292851/products/752679/1/|title=SAVIA|publisher=Oricon|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}}

In 2008, Kawada released "PSI-Missing" and "Masterpiece", which were used as opening theme songs to the anime series A Certain Magical Index. The singles' B-sides, {{Nihongo|"Ame"|雨||"Rain"}} and "Jellyfish" respectively, were also used as insert songs in the series.{{cite web|title=TVアニメ「とある魔術の禁書目録」OPテーマ 川田まみ／PSI-missing〈通常盤〉|url=http://www.project-index.net/tv/contents/hp0026/index00590000.html|publisher=J.C. Staff|access-date=October 4, 2014|language=ja}}{{cite web|title=「とある魔術の禁書目録」新OPテーマ マキシシングル 川田まみ／Masterpiece|url=http://www.project-index.net/tv/contents/hp0026/index00660000.html|publisher=J.C. Staff|access-date=October 4, 2014}} In late 2008, Kawada opened her official website together with her official fan club M.A.L.L., an acronym that stands for "Mami Artist Lasting Live".{{cite web|title=Official website|url=http://mami-kawada.jp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312082000/http://www.mami-kawada.jp/|archive-date=March 12, 2015|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}}

In June 2009, Kawada released the single "L'Oiseau bleu",{{Cite web|url = http://www.ivesound.jp/music/l/loiseau_bleu.php|title = L'Oiseau bleu|access-date = July 25, 2013|publisher = I've Sound Explorer|language = ja}} which was originally included in the I've Sound 10th Anniversary 「Departed to the future」 Special CD BOX released on March 25, 2009.{{cite web | url=http://ivesound.jp/discography/other/anniversary.html | title=I've Sound 10th Anniversary「Departed to the future」Special CD BOX | publisher=I've Sound Explorer | access-date=June 16, 2013}} Kawada also performed the opening and ending themes to the original video animation series Shakugan no Shana S. The opening theme "Prophecy" was released on November 18, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=16259|title=川田まみ/Prophecy|trans-title=Mami Kawada / Prophecy|publisher=Geneon Universal Entertainment|access-date=July 18, 2012|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022053701/http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=16259|archive-date=October 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}

On March 24, 2010, Kawada released her third album Linkage.{{cite web|url=http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=16270|title=川田まみ/Linkage|trans-title=Mami Kawada / Linkage|publisher=Geneon Universal Entertainment|access-date=July 18, 2012|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502075245/http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0004/list.php?CNo=4&AgentProCon=16270|archive-date=May 2, 2014|url-status=dead}} containing the singles "PSI-Missing", "Masterpiece" and "Prophecy", as well as the ending theme to Shakugan no Shana S, "All in Good Time", and a cover of the song "Dreams", originally performed by the Irish rock band The Cranberries. In the same year, she started writing lyrics for other I've singers, beginning with "Piece of My Heart", an insert song used in the eroge Love, Election and Chocolate, sung by Nami Maisaki;{{cite web|url=http://mami-kawada.jp/disco.php|title=Discography|publisher=I've Sound|access-date=June 16, 2013|archive-date=September 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929182652/http://mami-kawada.jp/disco.php|url-status=dead}} Kawada also performed the game's opening theme "Initiative".{{cite web|title=INITIATIVE|url=http://ivesound.jp/music/i/initiative.php|publisher=I've Sound Explorer|access-date=January 17, 2014|language=ja}}

In autumn 2010, Kawada performed the opening theme to the second season of A Certain Magical Index, "No Buts!", which eventually became her highest charting single to date, reaching number 6 in its first week on the Oricon weekly charts.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/292851/products/886395/1/|title=No buts!|language=ja|access-date=January 29, 2016}}

On February 16, 2011, she released her 10th single "See Visions", the second opening theme to the second season of Index.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B004GBLGLG/|title=See visionS|access-date=December 17, 2010|language=ja}} Four months later, she wrote the lyrics for the song "Lead to the Smile", the solo debut of I've singer Rin Asami, who started her career that year. In 2012, she performed three songs for the third Shana series Shakugan no Shana Final: "Serment" was the second opening theme song;{{cite web|url=http://www.shakugan.com/contents/hp0022/index02860000.html|title=「Serment」 川田まみ|trans-title="Serment" Mami Kawada|publisher=Shakugan no Shana Production Committee|access-date=July 18, 2012|language=ja}} "U/N" was used as the ending theme for episode 15; and {{nihongo|"Kōbō"|光芒||"Beam of Light"}} was used as the ending theme for episode 24.{{Cite web|url = http://www.shakugan.com/contents/hp0022/index03000000.html|title = 灼眼のシャナF SUPERIORITY SHANA III Vol.3|publisher = Shakugan no Shana Production Committee|access-date = July 25, 2013|language = ja}} Later, she released the single "Borderland" on May 29, 2012; the title track is used as the opening theme to the anime television series Jormungand.{{cite web|title=川田まみ「Borderland」 (TVアニメ「ヨルムンガンド」オープニングテーマ) 先行配信！|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index00970000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}} She released a new album titled Square the Circle on August 8, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index00980000.html|title=４th ALBUM「SQUARE THE CIRCLE」発売決定！|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}}

Kawada wrote the song "Recall", which was used as the ending theme to the 2013 anime television series Amnesia; the song was performed by Ray.{{cite web|title=[3rd Single] Recall|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/ray/contents/hp0004/index00060000.html|website=Ray NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan OFFICIAL SITE|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|language=ja|access-date=January 7, 2016}} She released a greatest hits album titled Mami Kawada Best: Birth on her birthday, February 13, 2013,{{cite web|title=MAMI KAWADA BEST -BIRTH-|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/contents/hp0005/index00270000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=January 29, 2016}} which includes all of her singles except for "Prophecy". It also includes "Fixed Star", the ending theme to the film A Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion. The album peaked at number 4 on the Oricon daily charts and at 15 on the Oricon weekly charts.{{Cite web|url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/292851/products/999825/1/|title = BIRTH|publisher = Oricon|access-date = July 25, 2013|language = ja}} "Fixed Star" was released as a single on February 20, 2013.{{cite web|title=FIXED STAR|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/contents/hp0007/index00280000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=January 29, 2016}} She performed the song "Snap Out of It!!" together with Maon Kurosaki, which was included on the music collection Toaru Majutsu no TV Songs released on August 28, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.neowing.co.jp/product/GNCA-1384|script-title=ja:とある魔術の楽曲目録|trans-title=Toaru Majutsu no TV Songs|publisher=Neowing|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=ja}} Kawada released the single "Break a Spell" on February 26, 2014; the title track is used as the second ending theme to the anime television series Tokyo Ravens.{{cite web|title=Break a spell|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/292851/products/1058593/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=January 29, 2016}}{{cite web|title=CD -TVアニメ「東京レイヴンズ」公式サイト-|url=http://www.tokyo-ravens.com/contents/hp0007/index00260000.html|publisher=Tokyo Ravens Production Committee|access-date=April 8, 2014|language=ja}} She wrote the songs {{nihongo|"Lull (Soshite Bokura wa)"|lull ～そして僕らは～||"Lull (And We Are)"}} and "Ebb and Flow", which were used as ending themes to the 2013 anime television series Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea; both songs were sung by Ray.{{cite web|title=[4th Single] lull ～そして僕らは～|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/ray/contents/hp0004/index00090000.html|website=Ray NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan OFFICIAL SITE|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=January 7, 2016|language=ja}}{{cite web|title=[5th Single] ebb and flow|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/ray/contents/hp0004/index00100000.html|website=Ray NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan OFFICIAL SITE|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=January 7, 2016|language=ja}}

Kawada made an appearance at the Bangkok Comic Con in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2014,{{cite web|script-title=ja:川田まみ 海外イベント出演！|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index01550000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=June 15, 2014|language=ja}} and the Animao Anime Music Festival event in Shanghai, China in November 2014.{{cite web|title=首届ANIMAO动漫文化节～川田麻美/黑崎真音/KOTOKO|url=http://mao-music.com/Events/index/id/11370|publisher=Mao Livehouse|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627032858/http://mao-music.com/Events/index/id/11370|archive-date=June 27, 2015|access-date=January 29, 2016|language=zh}} She performed the song {{Nihongo|"Wings of Courage (Sora o Koete)"|Wings of Courage —空を超えて—||"Wings of Courage (Beyond the Sky)"}}, which is used as the opening theme to the 2014 visual novel Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue,{{cite web|title=Mami Kawada and Ray to Perform 'Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm' Themes|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/11/01/mami-kawada-and-ray-to-perform-ao-no-kanata-no-four-rhythm-themes|date=November 2, 2015|access-date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Crunchyroll}} as well as the song "Belief", which is used in the 2014 video game Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax.{{cite web|title=電撃文庫 FIGHTING CLIMAX 公式サイト|url=http://climax.sega.jp/|publisher=Sega|access-date=August 8, 2014|language=ja}} She made an appearance at the Animax Carnival event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2015.Mami Kawada at Animax Carnival Malaysia references:

• {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYx4FFdYmgI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/pYx4FFdYmgI |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Animax Carnival Malaysia 2015 – Animax LIVE! Concert |author=AnimaxAsia |date=March 5, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2016 |via=YouTube }}{{cbignore}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.animax-asia.com/acmy2015/anisong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329152824/http://www.animax-asia.com/acmy2015/anisong |title=Anisong – Animax Carnival Malaysia 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 29, 2015 |work=Animax Asia |access-date=January 29, 2016 }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/kuala-lumpur/things-to-do/animax-carnival-2015 |title=Animax Carnival 2015 |date=March 2015 |work=Time Out |location=Kuala Lumpur |access-date=January 29, 2016 }}
• {{cite web |title=Animax Carnival 2015 Malaysia First Ever Animax LIVE! Concert |url=http://www.ani-culture.net/2015/03/animax-carnival-2015-malaysia-first-ever-animax-live-concert/ |publisher=Ani-Culture.net |date=March 9, 2015 |author=Xiiao Evil |access-date=March 31, 2015 }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.ani-culture.net/2015/05/animax-carnival-malaysia-2015-review/ |title=Animax Carnival Malaysia 2015 Review |author=Xiiao Evil |date=May 7, 2015 |work=Ani-Culture.net |access-date=January 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910223927/http://www.ani-culture.net/2015/05/animax-carnival-malaysia-2015-review/ |archive-date=September 10, 2016 |url-status=dead }} She released the single "Gardens" on August 5, 2015; the title track is used as the ending theme to the second season of the anime television series To Love-Ru Darkness.{{Cite web|url = http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index01600000.html|title = TVアニメ「To LOVEる -とらぶる- ダークネス 2nd」ED担当決定！|date = March 21, 2015|access-date = March 21, 2015|publisher = NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|language=ja}}{{cite web|title=Gardens|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/contents/hp0007/index00300000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=May 23, 2015|language=ja}} In August 2015, her fanclub merged with I've Sound's fanclub I'VEs to form a new fanclub called I've Members.{{cite web|title=2015年8月のI've関連情報 過去ログ|url=http://www.ivesound.jp/log/201508.html|publisher=I've Sound Explorer|date=August 1, 2015|access-date=September 16, 2015|language=ja}}

Kawada released her fifth album Parablepsia on September 16, 2015, which includes her singles "Borderland" and "Break a spell",{{cite web|title=川田まみ 5thアルバム 「PARABLEPSIA」 9月16日発売！|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index01660000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=July 7, 2015|language=ja}} as well as the songs "Howl" and "Here", which were used in the pachinko game Black Lagoon 2.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ＣＲブラックラグーン２|url=http://www.taiyoelec.co.jp/user/pachinko/products/blacklagoon2/about.html|publisher=Taiyo Electric|access-date=September 16, 2015|language=ja}} She released the single {{Nihongo|"Contrail (Kiseki)"|Contrail～軌跡～}} on January 27, 2016; the title track is used as the opening theme to the 2016 anime television series adaptation of Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue.{{cite web|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index01820000.html|script-title=ja:川田まみ ニューシングル リリース決定！|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=November 30, 2015|language=ja}}.

On January 24, 2016, during the anime concert LisAni, Kawada announced her retirement from the music industry after her final concert on May 21, 2016 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall.{{cite web|title=A Certain Magical Index/Shana Singer Mami Kawada to Retire, Perform Final Concert in May|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-24/a-certain-magical-index-shana-singer-mami-kawada-to-retire-perform-final-concert-in-may/.97920|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=January 25, 2016|date=January 24, 2016}} Her song "Believe in the sky", which is used as the theme song to the 2016 smartphone game Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm: Eternal Sky, was released in an AoKana vocal album on May 1, 2016,{{cite web|title=Sprite official Twitter account|url=https://twitter.com/sprite_fairys/status/710077387254292480|publisher=Twitter|access-date=March 27, 2016|date=March 16, 2016|quote=AnimeJapan 2016では、川田まみさんが歌う新曲『Believe in the sky』を使用した蒼の彼方のフォーリズム-Eternal Sky- OPムービーも初公開になる予定です♪|language=ja}} A final compilation album titled Mami Kawada Best "F" was released on November 22, 2016;{{cite web|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index01970000.html|script-title=ja:川田まみ ベストアルバム リリース決定！|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|date=May 23, 2016|access-date=May 29, 2016|language=ja}} the limited edition includes three Blu-ray discs featuring her music videos, a video recording of her final concert, and a documentary on her career and final concert.{{cite web|title=MAMI KAWADA BEST "F"(初回限定盤CD×3+特典(CD×1/Blu-ray×3))|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01LTHL4P2|access-date=September 16, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index01960000.html|title=川田まみ ファイナルライブ dアニメストアにて配信決定！|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|date=May 23, 2016|access-date=May 29, 2016|language=ja}} A video recording of her final concert was made available through streaming on D Anime Store's website. She made an appearance at NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan's 25th anniversary concert on February 3, 2018,{{cite web|title=ARTISTS -NBCUniversal ANIME×MUSIC FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SITE-|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/namfes/artists/list00000000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|access-date=December 19, 2017|language=ja}} where she announced her marriage to long-time producer Tomoyuki Nakazawa.{{cite web|script-title=ja:川田まみ、一夜限り復活ステージで第一子出産を報告|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/268095|publisher=Natalie|access-date=February 4, 2018|language=ja|date=February 3, 2018}} She also wrote the lyrics to the song "Gravitation", which was used as the opening theme to the anime series A Certain Magical Index III; the song was performed by Maon Kurosaki.{{cite web |title=黒崎真音が歌う「禁書目録III」OP曲、作詞は川田まみ |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/296179 |publisher=Natalie |access-date=December 2, 2018 |language=ja |date=August 20, 2018}} Although retired from professional singing, she remains active as a lyricist and occasional composer.

Kawada's musical style mainly fuses rock with trance.{{cite magazine|title=5th Single『JOINT』をリリースする川田まみにインタビュー！|url=http://www.famitsu.com/anime/news/1211277_1558.html|magazine=Famitsu|access-date=November 11, 2014|date=October 22, 2007|language=ja}} When Kawada debuted in 2001, she originally felt that the music she earned in her career was pocket money. She also felt happy that she could be based in Sapporo where she could be close to her family and friends, as well as to I've Sound who she felt was like a second family to her. After Kotoko made her major debut in 2004, I've Sound management began discussing the possibility of Kawada making a major debut. At first, she was hesitant because she felt that she would be thrust into the spotlight, but eventually she accepted the idea. For the first ten years of her career, she always felt that she was a beginner, but this began to change when younger singers made their debuts and began to treat her as an older sister.

In an interview with Famitsu, Kawada related her experience writing the lyrics for "Joint". Kawada said that she was challenged in writing lyrics for the song, since her previous single "Get My Way" was different from her previous singles. Kawada would read the source material of every anime before writing lyrics for its theme songs. She named the song "Joint" because of Shana II{{'s}} theme of characters Shana and Yūji Sakai fighting together.{{cite web|title=川田まみ、最強のハード楽曲「JOINT」インタビュー| date=October 29, 2007 |url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000035097|publisher=Barks.jp|access-date=November 11, 2014}} In response to comments that the expressions in her voice were very varied, Kawada stated that she simply sings with the music in the way that she most enjoys.{{cite web |url=http://anime.excite.co.jp/interview/0710kawada01.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102052936/http://anime.excite.co.jp/interview/0710kawada01.php |archive-date=November 2, 2007 |title=Joint |publisher=Excite Japan |language=ja |access-date=January 29, 2016}}

Kawada's primary producer was I've producer Tomoyuki Nakazawa, who produced "Radiance" as well as her first three albums. Nakazawa also came up with each album's concept and title.{{cite web|script-title=ja:中沢伴行|trans-title=Tomoyuki Nakazawa|url=http://ive.mu/creater_nakazawa.html|publisher=I've Sound|access-date=December 9, 2014|language=ja}} However, in 2010, Kawada began to collaborate more with other producers and also began working more in Tokyo. When producing Square the Circle, Nakazawa asked Kawada what sort of album and what sort of songs did she want. Kawada said that she wanted an album whose songs would be reminiscent of her visual image and stage persona, as opposed to her private self.{{cite web|title=川田まみ「SQUARE THE CIRCLE」インタビュー|url=http://natalie.mu/music/pp/kawadamami|publisher=Natalie|access-date=December 9, 2014|language=ja}}

In making the album Parablepsia, Kawada describes the concept of the album as "E.M.R.", which stands for "Electric. Mami Kawada. Rock". She considers "Borderland" to be most representative of her style, so she wanted to make an album which included songs which sounded similar to it. Originally, she only wanted a single song to convey the theme of the album, but for Parablepsia, several songs do. This includes the title song "Parablepsia", which she describes as a song about not losing yourself in a society which moves around in circles, "Fly Blind", which is a song about not always allowing yourself to be influenced by society, "Eager Eyes", which is the song in the album which has the closest style to "Borderland", "It's no big deal", which takes inspiration from a phrase that her father used to say to her, and "Dendritic Quartz", which is about flowers which constantly bloom and will never wither; "Dendritic Quartz" takes inspiration from a pendant she owns which has a pattern of trees.{{cite web|title=川田まみ「PARABLEPSIA」インタビュー|url=http://nbcuni-music.com/mami_kawada/news/hp0001/index01750000.html|publisher=NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|date=September 10, 2015|access-date=September 16, 2015|language=ja}}

{{main|Mami Kawada discography}}

The discography of Mami Kawada consists of five studio albums, two compilation albums, two video albums, and sixteen singles.

; Studio albums

• Seed (2006)
• Savia (2008)
• Linkage (2010)
• Square the Circle (2012)
• Parablepsia (2015)

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