Ruann
{{Short description|Japanese singer (born 2003)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image = RUANN GETTHEGLORY.jpg
| caption = Ruan performing at Omotesandō Wall & Wall in 2018
| name = Ruann
| birth_name = Ruan Ohyama
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |2003|7|21}}{{cite web | url=https://ruann.jp/biography | title=BIOGRAPHY | publisher=BSIDE INC. | language=Japanese | accessdate=August 2, 2019 | archive-date=August 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814110908/https://ruann.jp/biography | url-status=live }}
| native_name_lang = ja
| origin = Osaka Prefecture
| instrument = {{Flat list|
- Vocals
- Guitar
}}
| genre = {{Flat list|
}}
| occupation = {{Flat list|
- Singer
- Songwriter
}}
| years_active = 2017–present
| label = {{hlist|LDH|CDL}}
| past_member_of = Moonchild
| website =
| module2 = {{Infobox Chinese | child= yes
| kanji = 大山 琉杏
| romaji = Ōyama Ruan
| hiragana = おおやま るあん
| katakana = オオヤマ ルアン
}}
{{Infobox Chinese/Korean|child=yes
| header = Korean stage name
| hangul = 루안
| rr = Ruan
| mr = Ruan
}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Ruan Ohyama|大山 琉杏|Ōyama Ruan|born July 21, 2003}}, known professionally as Ruan (stylized as RUAN) is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of the Japanese girl group Moonchild.
Biography
Ruann was born in Osaka Prefecture in 2003. Interested in music from a young age, Ruann taught herself instruments such as acoustic guitar, piano as well as Korean and English through learning apps.{{cite web | url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/RUANN/profile/ |title=プロフィール | publisher=Sony Music Japan |language=Japanese | accessdate=August 14, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://music.rakuten.co.jp/campaign/2018/artist/ruann/ |title=RUANN(大山琉杏) |author=Tetsuro Wada |publisher=Rakuten |language=Japanese |year=2018 |accessdate=August 2, 2019 |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815171538/https://music.rakuten.co.jp/campaign/2018/artist/ruann/ |url-status=live }} Her early exposures to the world of entertainment included an appearance on Kanjani no Shiwake 8, where she covered Lady Gaga's "Telephone" in 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/-/83209 |title=RUANN、デジタル・シングル「BEEP BEEP」を日韓同時リリース |author=Tetsuro Wada |publisher=Rakuten |language=Japanese |date=July 24, 2019 |accessdate=August 14, 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814110912/https://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/-/83209 |url-status=live }} and when she was chosen to sing the theme song for the kabuki adaptation of the manga One Piece, Super Kabuki II: One Piece, "Tetote", a composition written by Yujin Kitagawa of the Japanese band Yuzu.{{cite web | url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/171819 | script-title=ja:【急接近】アニメ『３月のライオン』の新ED曲を歌うRUANNとは誰なのか？ | author=Hirokazu Koike | publisher=Rockin' On | language=Japanese | date=January 7, 2018 | accessdate=August 14, 2019 | archive-date=August 16, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816205649/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/171819 | url-status=live }} Ruann uploaded videos on social media of covers and busking performances. One of these performances was seen by Taka, the vocalist of the band One Ok Rock, who asked Ruann to perform their song "Wherever You Are" as a special guest during their 2017 Ambitions tour. In summer 2017, she released her first extended play Spice 13 Acoustic EP.
Her first release as Ruann was "Get the Glory", a digital single released in January 2018 used to promote Cygames,{{cite web | url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/261097 | title=RUANN、挌闘家・那須川天心をフィーチャーしたCygamesテレビCMソングを担当 | language=Japanese | publisher=Natalie | date=December 15, 2017 | accessdate=August 2, 2019 | archive-date=August 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815171611/https://natalie.mu/music/news/261097 | url-status=live }} followed by "I Am Standing", a song used as the ending theme song for the anime March Comes in Like a Lion.{{cite web | url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/260539 | title=「3月のライオン」新EDテーマ歌うのは現役中学生シンガー・RUANN | language=Japanese | publisher=Natalie | date=December 12, 2017 | accessdate=August 14, 2019 | archive-date=August 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815171613/https://natalie.mu/music/news/260539 | url-status=live }} In August, Ruann announced her major label debut through Toy's Factory.{{cite web | url=https://www.natalie.mu/music/news/295089 | title=RUANNがトイズからメジャーデビュー、9月にJOYSOUNDのCMソングを配信リリース | language=Japanese | publisher=Natalie | date=August 12, 2018 | accessdate=August 14, 2019 | archive-date=August 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814110914/https://natalie.mu/music/news/295089 | url-status=live }} Her single "There's No Ending", used as the theme song for the film Anemone: Psalm of Planets Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution (2018), was her most successful release to date, and her first release to chart on a Billboard Japan subchart.{{cite magazine | title=Japan Billboard Download Songs | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2018&month=11&day=26 | magazine=Billboard | language=Japanese | date=November 21, 2018 | accessdate=August 2, 2019 | archive-date=November 25, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125053552/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=dlsongs&year=2018&month=11&day=26 | url-status=live }}
In March 2019, Ruann's official website announced that she was taking a hiatus due to poor health.{{cite web|title=重要なお知らせ |url=https://ruann.jp/contents/231754 |language=Japanese |publisher=Toy's Factory |date=March 15, 2019 |accessdate=August 14, 2019 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330063437/https://ruann.jp/contents/231754 |archivedate=March 30, 2019}} In June, Ruann tweeted that her contract with Toy's Factory had ended,{{cite web|title=【お知らせ】 |url=https://twitter.com/ruanngogoworld/status/1141314763948883969 |language=Japanese |publisher=Twitter |date=June 19, 2019 |accessdate=August 14, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814093714/https://twitter.com/ruanngogoworld/status/1141314763948883969 |archivedate=August 14, 2019}} and in July announced that she would make her debut in Korea with the song "Beep Beep", which was released simultaneously in Japan and Korea.{{cite web | url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/RUANN/info/509078 | title=DIGITAL SINGLE「BEEP BEEP」(Prod.B.E.P) いよいよ日韓同時リリース！ | language=Japanese | publisher=Sony Music Records Japan | date=July 31, 2019 | accessdate=August 14, 2019 | archive-date=August 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815171549/https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/RUANN/info/509078 | url-status=live }} Korean production team Black Eyed Pilseung produced the song, while the music video featured a routine produced by choreographer Lia Kim.
Following issues with the copyright ownership of her stage name,{{cite web |title=４月NEW ALBUM配信リリース詳細について |url=https://www.ruanngogoworld.com/ruann-news |language=Japanese |date=April 25, 2020 |accessdate=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017200242/https://www.ruanngogoworld.com/ruann-news |url-status=live }} Ruann stopped posting in July 2020. In October, all of her social media accounts were cleared of content. Her social media accounts and her official website were deleted on October 31, 2020.{{cite web |date=October 13, 2020 |title=2020年10月13日新着 {{!}} RUANN |url=https://www.ruanngogoworld.com/%E4%BB%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021065842/https://www.ruanngogoworld.com/%E4%BB%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |accessdate=October 15, 2020 |website=Ruann Gogo World |language=Japanese}}
After over a year of absence from the entertainment industry, Ruann reappeared in January 2022 as one of the trainees on LDH's audition program iCON-Z under her birth name, Ohyama Ruan. She finished in third place, thus becoming a member of Moonchild.
On April 24 2024, LDH announced after discussions with the members that Moonchild will end their activities in April with Ruan becoming a producer at LDH.{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Natasha |title=LDHガールズグループMOONCHILDが活動終了、UWAとHANAは事務所退社 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/570771 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=音楽ナタリー |language=ja}}
Artistry
Ruann's influences include Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift. She composes music on the guitar.
Discography
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= Singles =
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References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- [http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/RUANN/profile/ Former official Sony Music Japan label profile]
- [http://www.toysfactory.co.jp/artist/ruann Former official Toy's Factory label profile]
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Category:21st-century Japanese singers
Category:21st-century Japanese women singers
Category:English-language singers from Japan
Category:Korean-language singers of Japan
Category:Japanese women singer-songwriters
Category:Japanese women pop singers