:Noriko Mitose
{{short description|Japanese singer}}
{{Nihongo|Noriko Mitose|みとせのりこ|Mitose Noriko|born December 3{{cite web | url=http://www.kirche.jp/profile/mitose.htm | title=Noriko Mitose's profile | publisher=Kirche's official website | language=Japanese | accessdate=16 January 2007 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303101137/http://www.kirche.jp/profile/mitose.htm | archivedate=3 March 2007 }}}} is a Japanese singer. She is the vocalist of the band Kirche, and as a solo singer, has performed many songs for games.
Biography
Noriko Mitose sang for church choir when she was young but did not get involved in the music scene until she and Toshihiko Inoue formed Kirche in 1993. She has since gone on to pursue her own singing career, and in 2005, her first solo album Yoruoto Hyouhon was released. Her following album releases, crochet and savon compile the songs she has done for games.
While many of her songs have been for adult games, she has also performed for several RPGs: Chrono Cross (she was personally requested by director Masato Kato for the ending song;{{Cite book | year=1999 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Chrono Cross Ultimania | language=Japanese | publisher=DigiCube | isbn=4-87188-854-1 | page=495}} she later made an album with that song's guitarist, Tomohiko Kira{{cite web|url=http://www.cocoebiz.com/mitsuda/english/friends/kira.html|title=Interview with Tomohiko Kira|last=|first=|date=1999-12-24|publisher=|work=Procyon Studio|accessdate=25 July 2006}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}), Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia, Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm, Mana Khemia and Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujotachi no Metafalica.
Apart from kirche, Mitose also provided the vocal and lyrics for ORITA, a band she formed with composer Naruki. She has also contributed to various dojin music circles, such as APPLE Project and WAVE.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311093703/http://orita-web.info/ ORITA] - ORITA's official site
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070123005729/http://www.kirche.jp/ Katsuu Teien] - kirche's official site
- [http://www.snowblanc.net/ SnowBlanc] - Noriko Mitose's official site
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