Yōsei Teikoku

Yōsei Teikoku
Origin	Japan
Genres	Gothic rock Dark ambient
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Lantis
Associated acts	Denkare
Website	http://www.fairithm.com/
Members
Yui Tachibana Nanami Relu

Yōsei Teikoku (妖精帝國^?, lit. "Fairy Empire", translated into German as "Das Feenreich") is a four-member Japanese musical unit, formed in 1997 and part of Team Fairithm. Their music contains elements of electro, EBM, darkwave, neoclassical, ethereal and ambient, with a Gothic style at its core. Their works include the theme songs of the anime shows Mirai Nikki, Magical Pokan, Innocent Venus, Kurokami: The Animation, Seikon no Qwaser,and the Mai-HiME videogame soundtrack. They have released several independent albums and four major release albums with their current publisher Lantis: Gothic Lolita Propaganda, metanoia, Gothic Lolita Doctrine and Gothic Lolita Agitator.

Concept

Through music, Yōsei Teikoku is attempting to revive the Fairy Empire that exists between the human world and the spiritual realm known as Spiritua.^{[citation needed]} The purpose of their music is "to make humans remember the pure heart inside them that believes in fairies, forgotten before we knew it". "Gothic" and "empire" are key words in their musical ideas.

Members

• Yui Itsuki (伊月ゆい, born October 25^?) - vocals, chorus, and lyric writing. It's still unknown if Yui is associated with the group Denkare.
• Takaha Tachibana (橘 尭葉, Tachibana Takaha^?, born March 25) - keyboards, guitar, composition, arrangement and lyric writing. Has worked with Kukui in the past.
• Nanami (名波, Nanami^?, born ?) - bass guitar.
• Relu (?, Relu^?, born ?) - drums.

Prior to the release of Baptize, Yui and Tachibana were the group's only members. Nanami and Relu have since been added.

Discography

Albums

• Atarashii Momo (新しい桃^?, New Peach) (1996)
• Momo no Hane (桃の羽^?, Peach Wings) (1997)
• Momo no Mori (桃の森^?, Peach Forest) (1998)
• Shikō no Momo (至高の桃^?, Supreme Peach) (1999)
• Stigma (2005)
• Gothic Lolita Propaganda (2007)
• Metanoia (2007)
• Irodori no Nai Sekai (彩の無い世界^?, A World Without Color) (2009)
• Gothic Lolita Doctrine (2009)
• Gothic Lolita Agitator (2010)

Singles

• Ashita wo Yurushite (あしたを許して^?, Forgive Tomorrow) (2006)
• Senketsu no Chikai (鮮血の誓い^?, The Blood Oath) (2006)
• Noble Roar (2006)
• Valkyrja (2006)
• Shijun no Zankoku (至純の残酷^?, The Purest Cruelty) (2007)
• Schwarzer Sarg (2008)
• Hades: The Bloody Rage (2008)
• Weiß Flügel (2008)
• Gekkō no Chigiri (月光の契り^?, The Moonlight Pledge) (2009)
• One (2009)
• Baptize (2010)
• Rebellion Anthem (2010)
• Asgard (2010)
• Mischievous of Alice (2011)
• Kuusou Mesorogii (2011)

Other

• Promotional CD (2004)

given out at only one of their live shows. Includes short, alternately arranged versions of Garden, Last moment, Torikago (トリカゴ), Haru he (春へ), Gekka Kyōsō (月下狂想), Deep sea and Moonlight magic.

• My-HiME game soundtrack
• Ending songs for the PC game Tsui no Yataka

External links

• Yōsei Teikoku official website, Fairithm -Gothic Lolita Propaganda- (Japanese)