Keiko (singer, born 1985)
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| birth_name = Keiko Kubota
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- FictionJunction Keiko
- Azuki Hino (日野あずき){{Cite web
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|12|05}}
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| origin = Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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| occupations = Singer
| instruments = Vocals, piano, Guitar, violin
| years_active = 2005–present
| label = Avex Trax (2020–present)
| current_member_of = Kalafina
| past_member_of = FictionJunction
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{{nihongo| Keiko Kubota |窪田啓子|Kubota Keiko|born December 5, 1985}},{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oAk3CPj7uQ&t=65s|title=KEIKOの知られざる素顔を大公開⁉️🌟"KEIKOに10クエスチョン"【ゲストコーナー#49】 | via=YouTube | date=December 11, 2019 | author=Tiary TV | time=1m5s | language=Japanese }} who goes by the mononymous stage name Keiko (stylized all caps) is a Japanese pop singer. She was one of the vocalists of the FictionJunction project started by Yuki Kajiura, and is a core member of the vocal group Kalafina.
Biography
Keiko is from Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Prior to FictionJunction and Kalafina, she was in a rock vocal duo called Itokubo. She joined the FictionJunction project in 2005, and has performed on many of Kajiura's soundtracks and theme songs for anime shows. {{nihongo|"Kaze no Machi e"|風の街へ||"To the City of Wind"}} was used as an insert song in episodes 19 and 21 of the anime show Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, and {{nihongo|"Nohara"|野原||"Field"}} was the B-side for the FictionJunction single "Toki no Mukou, Maboroshi no Sora".
In 2007, she and FictionJunction member Wakana joined Kajiura's vocal project Kalafina, releasing the song "Oblivious". During her ten years there, Kalafina released five studio albums and two compilation albums, all of which have charted in the Oricon top 10. Space Craft describes her singing as a "captivating bass voice".{{Cite web |title=Keiko |url=http://spacecraft.co.jp/keiko/ |access-date=11 October 2020 |website=Space Craft Group |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316155500/http://spacecraft.co.jp/keiko/ |url-status=dead }} Following the resignation of Kajiura from Space Craft, Keiko soon left the group in April 2018.{{Cite news |last=Morrissy |first=Kim |date=May 14, 2019 |title=Bunshun: Kalafina Members Want to Get Back Together |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-05-14/bunshun-kalafina-members-want-to-get-back-together/.146665}} She also rejoined FictionJunction for Kajiura's concert performance of tracks from the Princess Principal anime television series.{{Cite news |date=May 24, 2019 |title=動漫界配樂大師梶浦由記再來港 Yuki Kajiura LIVE TOUR 8月開演 |language=Japanese |trans-title=Anime soundtrack master Kajiura Yuki returns to Hong Kong Yuki Kajiura LIVE TOUR starts in August |work=HK01 |url=https://www.hk01.com/遊戲動漫/332544/動漫界配樂大師梶浦由記再來港-yuki-kajiura-live-tour-8月開演}}
In April 2020, she announced she was working on a solo album with Avex Trax.{{Cite news |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=April 15, 2020 |title=Former Kalafina Member Keiko Kubota Resumes Singing Career |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-15/former-kalafina-member-keiko-kubota-resumes-singing-career/.158636}} Her first solo single, which has the songs "Inochi no Hana" and "Be Yourself", was released in May.{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2020 |title=元Kalafina・KEIKO、5・27ソロデビュー 作詞に初挑戦 YouTubeチャンネルも開設 |trans-title=Former Kalafina / KEIKO debuts solo on May 27. First challenge to write lyrics YouTube channel opened |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2162355/full/ |website=Oricon News |language=Japanese}} "Inochi no Hana" was her first song where she wrote lyrics. In September, she held a live performance titled KEIKO First Live K001 – I'm home. Her studio album Lantana was released on December 2.{{Cite press release |title=Keiko, Ex Member of Japanese Vocal Group Kalafina, Releases Debut Solo Album 'Lantana' on December 2 |date=December 2, 2020 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2020-12-02/keiko-ex-member-of-japanese-vocal-group-kalafina-releases-debut-solo-album-lantana-on-december-2/.166957 |work=Anime News Network}}{{Cite news |date=September 18, 2020 |title=KEIKO、初のソロアルバム『Lantana』詳細発表 "新しいKEIKO"を多種多様な音色で表現 |language=Japanese |trans-title=KEIKO announces details of his first solo album "Lantana" Expressing "new KEIKO" with a wide variety of tones |work=Realsound.jp |url=https://realsound.jp/2020/09/post-622160.html}}{{Cite news |date=September 18, 2020 |title=KEIKO、初のソロアルバム詳細発表 |language=Japanese |work=Barks.jp |url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000189224}} Her solo concert KEIKO Live K002 ** Lantana * Saita yo to promote the album is scheduled for December 16 at Zepp Tokyo and includes a livestreaming of the event. Lantana reached No. 32 on the Oricon Albums Chart.
On January 15, 2025, Kalafina has reunited with a concert in Tokyo Garden Theater for their anniversary. Yuki Kajiura was not involved in this reunion concert.{{Cite web |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/10/3/vocal-unit-kalafina-reunion-concert-january-2025 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.crunchyroll.com}} On January 27, details for FictionJunction/Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#21 were published and Keiko was not listed among the vocalists of the event.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-27 |title=Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#21～60 Songs～詳細決定！ならびにFC先行に関するお知らせ |url=https://fictionjunction.com/information/11985/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=FictionJunction |language=ja}}
Discography
{{See also|Kalafina discography|FictionJunction#Albums}}
= Singles =
==As lead artist==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions | |
| rowspan=2; style="width:2em;" |Year
! rowspan=2; style="width:20em;" | Title ! colspan=2; style="width:10em;" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan=2; style="width:10em;" | Album | |
|---|---|
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Oricon
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Hot 100 | |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
! scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Inochi no Hana|命の花|Flower of Life}} / Be Yourself | rowspan="12" {{n/a}} | —{{efn-ua|"Inochi no Hana" did not enter Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart, but peaked at position 77 on the component Billboard Japan Download Songs Chart.{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Download Songs [ 2020/06/03 公開]|trans-title=Billboard Japan Download Songs [released on 03/06/2020] |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2020&month=06&day=08|via=billboard-japan.com|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|date=June 3, 2021|access-date=August 21, 2021}}}}
| rowspan="2" | Lantana |
| scope="row" | Ray / {{Nihongo|Hajimari wa|始まりは|The Beginning}}
| — | |
| rowspan="4" | 2021
! scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Sakura wo Goran|桜をごらん|Look at the Cherry Blossoms}} / {{Nihongo|Waratte Yaru|笑ってやる|I'll Laugh}} | — | rowspan="4"| dew | |
| scope="row" | "Nobody Knows You"
| — | |
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Tōriame|通り雨|Street Rain}}
| — | |
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Genjitsu no Metaphor|現実のメタファー|Reality Metaphor}}
| — | |
| rowspan="6" | 2022
! scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Hitori Janai Kara|ひとりじゃないから|I'm not Alone}} | — | rowspan="6" | CUTLERY | |
| scope="row" | "Alcohol"
| — | |
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Yoru No Uso To|夜の嘘と|The Lie Of The Night}}
| — | |
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Kirai|キライ|I hate you}}
| — | |
| scope="row" | "Close to you"
| — | |
| scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Amanojaku|天邪鬼}}
| — | |
| rowspan="1" | 2024
! scope="row" | {{Nihongo|Yuyami no Uta|夕闇のうた}} | 29 | — | {{Non-album single}} |
==As a collaborating artist==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions | ||
| rowspan=2; style="width:2em;" |Year
! rowspan=2; style="width:20em;" | Title ! colspan=2; style="width:10em;" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan=2; style="width:10em;" | Album | ||
|---|---|---|
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Oricon
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Hot 100 | ||
| rowspan="1" | 2021
! scope="row" | {{nihongo|"My Hero ~ kiseki no uta 〜"|My Hero〜奇跡の唄〜 | "My Hero ~ Miracle Song ~"}}{{cite web | script-title=ja:THEME SONG |trans-title=THEME SONG | url=https://empower-children.jp/lec/themesong/?pr=lec003 |language=ja | publisher=Avex Marketing | year=2021 | access-date=February 6, 2021}} (with various artists){{efn-ua | Artists who sang on "My Hero ~ kiseki no uta 〜" include: SSA (DA PUMP), Ohno Yudai & Hanamura Sota (from Da-iCE), Hiroya Ozaki, Kawamura Ryuichi, Yusaku Kiyama, Shō Kiryūin (Golden Bomber), KEIKO, Sunplaza Nakano-kun, Ami Suzuki, Shinji Nira (Wakadanna), HIKAKIN & SEIKIN, Pikotaro, hitomi, Beverly, FANTASTICS, Matsuura Kodai, Miracle Vell Magic, Kaori Mochida (Every Little Thing), YU-KI (TRF), YUKA (moumoon), Koda Kumi, LEC Kodomo Gasshoudan}}
| — | —
|Pediatric Cancer Treatment Support Charity Live Theme Song |
= Studio albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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| rowspan=2; style="width:10em;" | Title
! rowspan=2; style="width:18em;" | Album information ! colspan=2; style="width:6em;" | Oricon{{Cite web |script-title=ja:KEIKOのアルバム作品 |trans-title=A Look at Keiko's releases |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/479393/products/album/ |access-date=October 11, 2020 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}} |
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| style="width:6em;" | Peak position ! style="width:6em;" | Weeks |
| scope="row" | Lantana
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| 32 | 3 |
| scope="row" | dew
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| 52 | 2 |
| scope="row" | Cutlery
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| 37 | 1 |
= Video albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of video albums, with selected chart positions |
| style="width:12em;" rowspan="2"| Title
! style="width:16em;" rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Peak positions |
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| style="width:2.5em;"|JPN DVD {{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/479393/products/dvd/ | script-title=ja:KEIKOのDVD作品| trans-title=Keiko's releases on DVD | language=Japanese | work=Oricon }} ! style="width:2.5em;"|JPN |
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|KEIKO Live K002 Lantana - Saitayo|KEIKO Live K002 Lantana 咲いたよ |Nanda Korekushon|"KEIKO Live K002 Lantana - Bloomed"}}
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| 55 || 27 |
=Other appearances=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of non-studio album or guest appearances that features KEIKO !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Album |
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Kaze no Machi e"|風の街へ?||"To the City of Wind"}} (credited as FictionJunction KEIKO) |rowspan="1"| 2005 |rowspan="1"| Tsubasa Chronicle Future Soundscape II |
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Notes
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References
External links
{{Commons category|Keiko Kubota}}
- {{Official website|https://avex.jp/keiko-singer}} at Avex trax {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://spacecraft.co.jp/keiko/ Keiko profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316155500/http://spacecraft.co.jp/keiko/ |date=2021-03-16 }} at Space Craft {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/479393/ Keiko] at Oricon {{in lang|ja}}
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