Reona
{{Short description|Japanese singer (born 1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{For|the given name|Reona (given name)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image =
| background = solo_singer
| name = Reona
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|10|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Kagoshima, Japan
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|cosplayer}}
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| alias = {{Unbulleted list|Reopeko|Elsa Kanzaki}}
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|anison}}
| years_active = 2018–present
| label = Sacra Music (2017–present)
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
Reona ({{Langx|ja|レオナ}} {{IPA|ja|ɾe.o̞.na̠|}}; stylized as ReoNa, born October 20, 1998){{cite web|script-title=ja:SAO GGOの神崎エルザ歌手が判明！ 19歳の新人「ReoNa」が劇中歌アーティストに抜擢|url=http://kai-you.net/article/53128|publisher=Kai-You Inc.|access-date=August 2, 2018|language=Japanese|date=May 6, 2018|archive-date=September 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917174655/https://kai-you.net/article/53128|url-status=live}} is a Japanese singer who is signed to Sacra Music. Having been active as a cosplayer and independent musician, she made her major debut in 2018 as the singing voice of the character Elza Kanzaki in the anime series Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online. Her first single under her own name was released in August 2018.
Early life
Reona was born in Kagoshima on October 20, 1998. She became interested in becoming a cosplayer during her elementary school years, as she had been recommended to become one by a classmate.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ReoNaはコスプレ界のれおぺこ！？画像や楽曲もwiki調査！|date=May 5, 2018|url=https://marog01.com/reona-kanzaki-eruza-singer/|access-date=August 2, 2018|language=ja|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711094947/https://marog01.com/reona-kanzaki-eruza-singer/|url-status=live}} Her interest in cosplay was boosted after ordering a costume of the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku.{{cite web|script-title=ja:1.48m級巨人の6年目コスプレイヤーReoNa*の超高校級コスプレ道と人生|url=https://www.ism.life/contents/119|access-date=August 2, 2018|language=Japanese|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711095652/https://www.ism.life/contents/119|url-status=dead }} She became active as a cosplayer while in junior high school, and went under the names {{nihongo|Reopeko|れおぺこ}} and ReoNa* while attending events such as Comiket 91 in 2016.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【写真】金髪JKコスプレイヤーReoNa* コミケで会った可愛い子 Vol.1|url=http://kai-you.net/article/36952|publisher=Kai-You Inc.|access-date=August 2, 2018|language=Japanese|date=December 29, 2016|archive-date=April 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417105557/https://kai-you.net/article/36952|url-status=live}} She had also dreamed of becoming a singer for anime, and had released covers of songs on YouTube.{{cite web|title=ReoNa's YouTube channel|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGKZdgRlP__KOCgC58WeWA|website=YouTube|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-date=August 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827201439/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGKZdgRlP__KOCgC58WeWA|url-status=live}}
Career
Reona had her break as a singer in 2017 when she became a finalist in an audition held by the music label Sacra Music.{{cite web|title=Sacra Music Hosts Anisong Newcomer Showcase!|url=https://otakumode.com/news/5b58237d460672db7b78d66f/Sacra-Music-Hosts-Anisong-Newcomer-Showcase!|publisher=Tokyo Otaku Mode|access-date=August 2, 2018|date=July 27, 2018|archive-date=April 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416135952/https://otakumode.com/news/5b58237d460672db7b78d66f/Sacra-Music-Hosts-Anisong-Newcomer-Showcase!|url-status=live}} She made her major debut as a singer the following year as the singing voice of the character Elza Kanzaki in the anime series Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online. She released the song {{nihongo|"Pilgrim"|ピルグリム}} on April 15, 2018; the song topped iTunes Japan's anime singles chart as well as Amazon Japan's digital music rankings.{{cite web|script-title=ja:SAO GGOの神崎エルザ歌唱担当「ReoNa」が8月デビュー 『ハッピーシュガーライフ』ED曲に抜擢|url=http://kai-you.net/article/53636|publisher=Kai-You Inc.|access-date=August 2, 2018|language=Japanese|date=May 20, 2018|archive-date=April 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416135946/https://kai-you.net/article/53636|url-status=live}} This was followed by the release of the digital singles "Step, Step" and "Independence". She released the mini-album Elza on July 4, 2018; the mini-album peaked at No. 8 on Oricon's weekly charts.{{cite web|title=ELZA|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1280339/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=August 2, 2018|language=Japanese|archive-date=October 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014105130/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1280339/1/|url-status=live}} Her first single under her own name, "Sweet Hurt", was released on August 29, 2018;{{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1288348/1/|title=SWEET HURT|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-date=April 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417151347/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1288348/1/|url-status=live}} the title track was used as the ending theme to the anime series Happy Sugar Life.{{cite web|title=ReoNa Performs Ending Theme for Happy Sugar Life Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-20/reona-performs-ending-theme-for-happy-sugar-life-anime/.131778|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=August 2, 2018|date=May 20, 2018|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408035716/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-20/reona-performs-ending-theme-for-happy-sugar-life-anime/.131778|url-status=live}} Her second single "forget-me-not" was released digitally on January 13, 2019,{{cite web|title=forget-me-not – EP|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/forget-me-not-ep/1447938409|publisher=iTunes|access-date=January 13, 2019|language=Japanese|date=December 21, 2016|archive-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113122455/https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/forget-me-not-ep/1447938409|url-status=live}} and received a physical release on February 6, 2019; the title track was used as the second ending theme to the anime series Sword Art Online: Alicization, and the single also includes the song {{nihongo|"Niji no Kanata ni"|虹の彼方に|Beyond the Rainbow}}, which was used as the ending theme for episode 19 of anime series Sword Art Online: Alicization.{{cite web|title=ASCA, ReoNa Perform New Theme Songs for Sword Art Online: Alicization Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-08/asca-reona-perform-new-theme-songs-for-sword-art-online-alicization-anime/.140568|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 8, 2018|access-date=December 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209094436/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-08/asca-reona-perform-new-theme-songs-for-sword-art-online-alicization-anime/.140568|archive-date=December 9, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
Reona's feature single "Prologue" was released on June 26, 2019 under the Elza Kanzaki stage name.{{cite web|title=Prologue|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1322674/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=June 24, 2019|language=Japanese|archive-date=June 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624005816/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1322674/1/|url-status=live}} Her third single "Null" was released on August 28, 2019.{{cite web|title=Null|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1327463/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=November 5, 2019|language=Japanese|archive-date=April 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417104745/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1327463/1/|url-status=live}} She released her fourth single "Anima" digitally on July 13, 2020, and received a physical release on July 22, 2020; the title song was used as the opening theme of television series anime Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld: Part 2.{{cite web|title=ReoNA Sings Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld Anime's New Opening|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-10/reona-sings-sword-art-online-alicization-war-of-underworld-anime-new-opening/.156278|access-date=February 13, 2020|date=February 10, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213130527/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-10/reona-sings-sword-art-online-alicization-war-of-underworld-anime-new-opening/.156278|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=ANIMA|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1354806/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=May 27, 2020|language=Japanese|archive-date=September 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909061934/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1354806/1/|url-status=live}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|This single was originally scheduled to be released on May 20, 2020, but was delayed due to the postponement of the anime. The anime is getting delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.}} Reona sang "Scar/let" as the opening for the video game Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris, as well as appearing in the game as a playable character. On July 1, 2020 single "Untitled World" was released as part of promotion for "Episode 6: Partial Necrosis" update of the game Arknights.{{cite web|title=Arknights Animation Music Video – Untitled World|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBB0OoQlXy4|date=July 1, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2023|archive-date=March 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318091754/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBB0OoQlXy4|url-status=live}} She released her first album, Unknown, on October 7, 2020.{{cite web|title=unknown by ReoNa|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1366703/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=September 17, 2020|language=Japanese|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014061328/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/723020/products/1366703/1/|url-status=live}}
Reona collaborated with Hiroyuki Sawano on the song "Time"; the song was used as the ending theme to the anime series The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/406048|script-title=ja:「七つの大罪」新シリーズOPはポルノグラフィティ岡野昭仁、EDは澤野弘之×ReoNaが担当|website=Music Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=November 25, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2020|language=Japanese|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202135402/https://natalie.mu/music/news/406048|url-status=live}} She released her fifth single "Nai Nai" on May 12, 2021; the title song was used as the ending theme to the first season of the anime series Shadows House.{{cite web|title=Shadows House Anime Unveils More Cast & Staff, Ending Song Artist, April 10 Debut, New Visual|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-08/shadows-house-anime-unveils-more-cast-and-staff-ending-song-artist-april-10-debut-new-visual/.170373|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 8, 2021|access-date=June 3, 2022|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310062610/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-08/shadows-house-anime-unveils-more-cast-and-staff-ending-song-artist-april-10-debut-new-visual/.170373|url-status=live}} Her sixth single "Shall We Dance?" was released on July 27, 2022; it was used as the opening theme of the second season of Shadows House.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/112880/2|script-title=ja:ReoNa、TVアニメ『シャドーハウス 2nd Season』のOPに新曲「シャル・ウィ・ダンス？」が決定 7/27にシングル発売|publisher=Billboard Japan|date=June 2, 2022|access-date=June 3, 2022|language=Japanese|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603023526/https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/112880/2|url-status=live}} Reona's single "Alive" was used as the opening theme for the anime Arknights: Prelude To Dawn.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Arknights: Prelude to Dawn Anime's Promo Video Reveals ReoNa's Theme, October 28 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-24/arknights-prelude-to-dawn-anime-promo-video-reveals-reona-theme-october-28-premiere/.190116|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 15, 2024|date=September 24, 2022|archive-date=October 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003205230/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-24/arknights-prelude-to-dawn-anime-promo-video-reveals-reona-theme-october-28-premiere/.190116|url-status=live}} Her song "VITA" was featured as the theme song in the video game Sword Art Online: Last Recollection.{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/08/sword-art-online-last-recollection-game-reveals-launch-date-reona-theme-song-video|title=Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Game Reveals Launch Date, ReoNa Theme Song Video|website=Crunchyroll|date=March 8, 2023|access-date=March 9, 2023|archive-date=March 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309221347/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/08/sword-art-online-last-recollection-game-reveals-launch-date-reona-theme-song-video|url-status=live}} She held a one-off Nippon Budokan concert on March 6, 2023,{{cite web|script-title=ja:ReoNa、初の日本武道館ワンマン開催決定！ アコースティックツアー初日公演で発表|url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000119239/|access-date=June 1, 2025|website=The First Times|language=ja|date=May 12, 2022}} and released her second studio album, Human, 2 days after, on March 8, 2023.{{cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/02/21/sword-art-online-theme-song-singer-reona-shares-new-music-video-human|title=Sword Art Online Theme Song Singer ReoNa Shares New Music Video "HUMAN"|website=Crunchyroll|date=February 21, 2023|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=March 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311171405/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/02/21/sword-art-online-theme-song-singer-reona-shares-new-music-video-human|url-status=live}} Her single "R.I.P" was used as the ending theme song for the anime Arknights: Perish in Frost.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Arknights: Perish in Frost Anime's Songs, October 6 Debut Revealed in Full Promo Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-20/arknights-perish-in-frost-anime-songs-october-6-debut-revealed-in-full-promo-video/.202565|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=September 20, 2023|date=September 20, 2023|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923005124/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-20/arknights-perish-in-frost-anime-songs-october-6-debut-revealed-in-full-promo-video/.202565|url-status=live}} On September 30, 2024, Reona released her 10-minute single {{Nihongo|"Our Song"|私たちの{{ruby-ja|讃歌|ウタ}}|Watashitachi no Uta}}, the theme song for the Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream video game, featuring all the artists who were involved in Reona's Sword Art Online works;{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream Game's Opening Movie Previews Theme Song|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-30/sword-art-online-fractured-daydream-game-opening-movie-previews-theme-song/.216178|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 2, 2024|date=September 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001175519/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-30/sword-art-online-fractured-daydream-game-opening-movie-previews-theme-song/.216178|archive-date=October 1, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ReoNa「SAO」新作ゲームの主題歌「私たちの讃歌」配信リリース、10分を超える壮大な楽曲に|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/593136|website=Music Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 2, 2024|language=ja|date=September 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930230403/https://natalie.mu/music/news/593136|archive-date=September 30, 2024|url-status=live}} the song contains elements from Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9's fourth movement "Ode to Joy", as well as his Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique", second movement.{{cite web|script-title=ja:新作ゲーム『ソードアート・オンライン フラクチュアード デイドリーム』主題歌「私たちの讃歌」は10分超えの超大作！制作過程をReoNa×荒幡亮平×堀江晶太×毛蟹×ハヤシケイが語り合う|url=https://www.lisani.jp/0000267076/?show_more=1|website={{ill|Lis Ani!|ja|リスアニ!}}|access-date=October 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930154121/https://www.lisani.jp/0000267076/?show_more=1|archive-date=September 30, 2024|language=ja|date=September 30, 2024|url-status=live}}
Influences
= Artistic inspirations =
Reona in a 2019 interview, talked about how her motivation comes from her dream at a young age to become a singer as she enjoyed singing and watching animated series.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202124538/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} She continued by highlighting that she cares about her fans and all her admirers who welcome and love her music and thanks her fans for making her dream come true.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002163324/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} In the same interview, Reona said she has multiple artists she admires making it difficult to choose only one as a role model.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202124538/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} She highlights ever since she was the voice singer for Elza Kanzaki, a character from the anime Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, she began to play the guitar.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202124538/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} Her Azalea guitar was inspired by Ed Sheeran's guitar since she had admired his guitar.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002163324/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} Reona also talks about the anime series Higurashi When They Cry which she had seen a lot of during her youth and was considered an anime with a dark tone.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202124538/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} She said the second season's opening song had the most impact on her music.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002163324/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }}
= Lyric style and themes =
Reona said her use of dark emotions and strong lyrics comes from her encounters and reflects her emotions in a 2019 interview.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202124538/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} In scenarios with collaborations, she would do her best to find a balance between herself and the song.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002163324/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} She would then go on to talk about her emotions with her lyricists and ask them to add those emotions to her lyrics.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202124538/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} During a separate interview in 2022 with JRock News, Reona talked about her song "Numb" (written in entirely English).{{Cite web |last=Dorian |first=NoMusicNoReason |date=December 12, 2022 |title=Exclusive: ReoNa outlines "Numb", a song fully sung in English |url=https://jrocknews.com/2022/12/reona-numb-english-lyrics-video-comment.html |access-date=April 11, 2024 |website=JROCK NEWS |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002163317/https://jrocknews.com/2022/12/reona-numb-english-lyrics-video-comment.html |url-status=live }} She describes the theme of the song to revolve around self-dissatisfaction escalating to self-disgust reflecting how she feels both mentally and emotionally.{{Cite web |last=Dorian |first=NoMusicNoReason |date=December 12, 2022 |title=Exclusive: ReoNa outlines "Numb", a song fully sung in English |url=https://jrocknews.com/2022/12/reona-numb-english-lyrics-video-comment.html |access-date=April 11, 2024 |website=JROCK NEWS |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002163317/https://jrocknews.com/2022/12/reona-numb-english-lyrics-video-comment.html |url-status=live }}
= ''Sword Art Online'' importance =
Reona brought up in a 2021 interview that she was so thrilled to be the singing voice actor for the character Elza Kanzaki as it was the first time that she would sing in an anime and it was a moment that completely transformed her life.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2021 |script-title=zh:絶望系アニソンシンガー ReoNa インタビュー 「《SAO》との出会いがなければ今のReoNaはいない！」 – MeMeOn 迷迷音 |url=https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |language=zh-TW |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002163324/https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |url-status=live }} She describes about how heartfelt it was to hear her voice among the characters in a fight scene.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2021 |script-title=ja:絶望系アニソンシンガー ReoNa インタビュー 「《SAO》との出会いがなければ今のReoNaはいない！」 – MeMeOn 迷迷音 |url=https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |language=zh-TW |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003141947/https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |url-status=live }} In her 2019 interview, Reona credits her singing role for Elza Kanzaki as it allowed her to share her music with a wider audience.{{Cite web |title=[C3AFASingapore2019][Interview] ReoNa – My Origins – JExperience |url=https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202124538/https://jexperience.co/c3afasg-interview-reona-my-origins/ |url-status=live }} Reona continued in her 2021 interview and described how she began to place herself in the world of Sword Art Online, making the ending theme song "forget-me-not" for Sword Art Online: Alicization and making the opening theme song "Anima" for Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2021 |script-title=zh:絶望系アニソンシンガー ReoNa インタビュー 「《SAO》との出会いがなければ今のReoNaはいない！」 – MeMeOn 迷迷音 |url=https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |language=zh-TW |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003141947/https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |url-status=live }} Reona continues about how for the 10th anniversary of the release of the SAO novel, she made the opening theme "Till the End" and when she watched the song in the music video, she was so close to having tears of joy.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2021 |script-title=ja:絶望系アニソンシンガー ReoNa インタビュー 「《SAO》との出会いがなければ今のReoNaはいない！」 – MeMeOn 迷迷音 |url=https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |language=zh-TW |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002163324/https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |url-status=live }} She highlighted she did not think she would be who she is today if she had never come across the Sword Art Online anime.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2021 |script-title=zh:絶望系アニソンシンガー ReoNa インタビュー 「《SAO》との出会いがなければ今のReoNaはいない！」 – MeMeOn 迷迷音 |url=https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |language=zh-TW |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003141947/https://memeon-music.com/2021/03/04/reona-2/ |url-status=live }}
Discography
=As Elza Kanzaki=
==Singles==
==Mini-albums==
=As Reona=
==Albums==
==Mini-albums==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of mini-albums, with selected chart positions ! style="width:12em;" rowspan="2"| Title ! style="width:16em;" rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="2"| Peak positions |
| style="width:2.5em;"|JPN !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Hot 100 |
|---|
| scope="row"| 月姫 -A piece of blue glass moon- THEME SONG E.P.
|
| 5 |
| scope="row"| Naked
|
| 6 | — |
==Singles==
===As lead artist===
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:35em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Notes ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Oricon !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Hot 100 |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Sweet Hurt"
| 2018 | 26 | 82{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2018&month=09&day=10|website=Billboard Japan|title=Japan Billboard Hot 100|date=September 12, 2018|access-date=September 13, 2018|language=Japanese|archive-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905214924/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2018&month=09&day=10|url-status=live}} | align=left| {{small|Ending for anime Happy Sugar Life.}} | rowspan="4"|Unknown{{efn|group=upper-alpha|For the single "Null", only "Kaibutsu no Uta" was added to the album.}} |
| scope="row"| "Forget-me-not"
| rowspan="2"| 2019 | 15 | align=left| {{small|2nd Ending for anime Sword Art Online: Alicization.}} |
| scope="row"| "Null"{{efn|{{Unbulleted list|It includes:|{{Nihongo|"Kaibutsu no Uta"|怪物の詩||{{lit|Monster Poem}}}}|"Lotus"|{{Nihongo|"Ketsui no Asani"|決意の朝に||{{lit|On the Morning of Determination}}}} (Aqua Timez cover)}}}}
| 19 | — | |
| scope="row"| "Anima"
| rowspan="1"| 2020 | 4 | align=left| {{small|2nd Opening for anime Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld.}} |
| scope="row"| {{Nihongo|"Nai Nai"|ないない||{{lit|No No}}}}
| rowspan="1"| 2021 | 9 | align=left| {{small|Ending for anime Shadows House.}} | rowspan="3"|Human |
| scope="row"| {{Nihongo|"Shall We Dance?"|シャル・ウィ・ダンス?}}
| rowspan="2"| 2022 | 11 | — | align=left| {{small|2nd Opening for anime Shadows House.}} |
| scope="row"| "Alive"
| 5 | — | align=left| {{small|Opening for anime Arknights: Prelude To Dawn.}} |
| scope="row"| "R.I.P."
| rowspan="1"| 2023 | 7 | — | align=left| {{small|Ending for anime Arknights: Perish in Frost.}} | rowspan="3" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| {{Nihongo|"Gajumaru: Heaven in the Rain"|ガジュマル ～Heaven in the Rain～}}
| rowspan="2"| 2024 | 11 | — | align=left| {{small|Ending for anime Shangri-La Frontier.}} |
| scope="row"| "GG"
| 5 | — | align=left| {{small|Ending for anime Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II.}} |
| colspan="6" align="center" style="font-size:90%;"|"—" denotes items which did not chart. |
==Digital singles==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles |
| scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Album |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Ougon no Kagayaki"
| rowspan="4"| 2020 | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Till the End"{{cite web|url=https://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/237088|title=Sword Art Online's 10th Anniversary Theme Song Performed by ReoNa|website=Moshi Moshi Nippon|date=July 22, 2019|access-date=July 3, 2022|archive-date=July 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703124822/https://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/237088|url-status=live}}
| rowspan="2"| Unknown |
| scope="row"| "Untitled World" |
| scope="row"| "Scar/let (English version)"
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Anima (Josh Pan Remix) – Sacra Beats Singles"
| rowspan="1"| 2022 |
===As featured artist===
Awards and nominations
Notes
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- {{note|DD|}} The singles were released as digital downloads.
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References
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External links
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|people|171887}}
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Category:21st-century Japanese women singers
Category:Japanese women pop singers
Category:Singers from Kagoshima