- Haruka Shimotsuki
nihongo|Haruka Shimotsuki|霜月はるか|Shimotsuki Haruka|born
November 15 is a Japanese singer anddōjin music composer known for her vocal themes in the "Atelier Iris " and "" series. She also wrote the lyrics and sang the ending themes to the two seasons of "Rozen Maiden " as well as the OVA under the name Kukui, a unit withMyu . Shimotsuki's original music mainly consists of ethnic and fantasy music, and most of her songs are soft in tone. She likesvideo game s, and is a big fan of the "Tales" series.Career
Haruka Shimotsuki started her career in 2001 beginning with singing main themes for games, and writing and composing songs. She started releasing her
dōjin music under the names Maple Leaf and tieLeaf; tieLeaf is a collaborative circle with Ao Sorano and Nao Hiyama. The group has a seventy-two-pagedōjinshi , one CD entitled "Tsukioi no Toshi" (also called "Leozet Lag Ecliss" in an unknown language), a manga and novel text story book that was twenty-eight pages, and a single CD with the same name as the book, "Lip-Aura", a side-story of "Tsukioi no Toshi". Another project by tieLeaf, an adventure titled "Neji Maku Tsuki", serves as a tie-in to "Tsukioi no Toshi". [citeweb|url=http://www.neji.tieleaf.net/|title=tieLeaf new ADV|accessdate=2007-10-28|language=Japanese]She gained attention after singing the ending theme "Tōmei Shelter" for "
Rozen Maiden " under the name Refio+Shimotsuki Haruka. After singing "Tōmei Shelter", she and Myu (a member of Refio) formed the band Kukui. Shimotsuki has also formed a group withRekka Katakiri andChata many times, and they have been good friends for a long time. As an independent singer, she was once a supporting member ofSound Horizon , and made an appearance as a guest singer in their 2006 concert. Haruka Shimotsuki held a solo concert, Nihongo|Tokeidai no Aru Machi yori|時計台のある街より: Haruka Shimotsuki Solo Live Lv.1 onAugust 10 2006 . Her second solo concert, Haruka Shimotsuki solo live Lv.2: Nihongo|Shimotsuki Haruka wa Level ga 1 Agatta|シモツキンはレベルが1あがった, was held onJuly 13 2008 . [citeweb|url=http://shimotsukin.com/live/|title=Haruka Shimotsuki Solo Live Lv. 2|accessdate=2008-04-27|language=Japanese]Besides singing, composing and writing the lyrics for the opening and ending themes for the PC
visual novel "Relict: Toki no Wasuremono", she also composed about sevenbackground music tracks for the game. Wind and string instruments are heavily used for the tracks, and she was able to exhibit her talent inethnic music . This was her first time in composing songs for a game, and her feelings at that time were recorded in the booklet attached to the "Image Soundtrack" of the game. In thePlayStation 2 game "", she composed and performed the songs of one of the heroines, Aurica Nestmille, and took part in singing the ending theme "Exec_Phantasmagoria/.". She later took part in the sequel "Ar tonelico II Sekai ni Hibiku Shōjo-tachi no Metafalica " as the singing voice of one of the heroines, Luca Truelywaath, and took part in the ending song "Exec_with.Method_Metafalica/.".Discography
Dōjin albums
*"Ciel Etoile" (BGM arrange album for Key's "Air") (October 2001)
#Nihongo|"Tori no Uta "|鳥の詩
#Nihongo|"Kaisouroku"|回想録
#Nihongo|"Tsukiwarawa"|月童
#Nihongo|"Kawa"|川
#Nihongo|"Tentōmushi"|てんとう虫
#Nihongo|"Aozora"|青空*"Sacred Doors Vol.1" (October 2001)
#Nihongo|"Denshō"|伝承
#"Sacred Doors"
#Nihongo|"Mizu no To Refutisu"|水の都レフティス
#Nihongo|"Kōya o Iku"|荒野を往く
#Nihongo|"Shōtotsu"|衝突
#Nihongo|"Shōri!"|勝利!
#Nihongo|"Shiro ni Tsutsumarete"|白に包まれて
#Nihongo|"Mezame no Asa"|目覚めの朝
#Nihongo|"Kiri Yuki"|霧雪
#Nihongo|"Sekirei Daisōsaku"|セキレイ大捜索
#Nihongo|"Kanashimi to Hitotsubu no Namida to"|悲しみと一粒の涙と
#Nihongo|"Rain no Sakaba"|レインの酒場
#Nihongo|"Mamono no Sōkutsu"|魔物の巣窟
#Nihongo|"Taiji"|対峙
#Nihongo|"Fushigi no Mori"|フシギノモリ*"Reed+" (BGM arrange album for the MMORPG "
Ragnarok Online ") (October 2002)
#Nihongo|"Game Start!"|ゲームスタート!(Title)
#Nihongo|"Kimi to Deau Machi"|きみとであうまち(Theme of Prontera)
#Nihongo|"Odayakana no Gogo"|おだやかな午後(Peaceful Forest)
#Nihongo|"Sabaku ni Hitoribocchi"|砂漠にひとりぼっち(Desert)
#Nihongo|"Ano Oka o Koete"|あの丘を超えて(Streamside)
#Nihongo|"Aozora"|青空*Nihongo|"Yuragu Sora"|ユラグソラ (
December 30 2002 )
#Nihongo|"Hajimari no Uta"|はじまりのうた
#Nihongo|"Yuragu Sora"|ユラグソラ
#Nihongo|"Seirei Matsuri"|精霊祀
#Nihongo|"Fushigi no Mori"|フシギノモリ
#Nihongo|"Sekai no Atokata"|世界の跡形
#Nihongo|"Chiisana Kimi e"|ちいさなきみへ*"Impronta"/Nihongo|"Eien no Toshi e"|永遠の都市へ (
October 19 2003 )
#"Impronta"
#Nihongo|"Eien no Toshi e"|永遠の都市へ
#Nihongo|"Impronta" Original Karaoke|Improntaオリジナルカラオケ
#Nihongo|"Eien no Toshi e Original Karaoke"|永遠の都市へオリジナルカラオケ*Nihongo|"Tsukioi no Toshi"|月追いの都市 (Under the name tieLeaf) (
December 30 2005 )
#Nihongo|"Neji Maku Tsuki"|捻子巻く月
#Nihongo|"Tsukioi no Toshi"|月追いの都市
#Nihongo|"Sōsei to Shūen"|創世と終焉
#Nihongo|"Hikari to no Kaikō"|光との邂逅
#Nihongo|"Hitomi o Tsugu Mono"|瞳を継ぐ者
#Nihongo|"Seishō"|聖鐘
#Nihongo|"Tōi Shōjo e"|遠い少女へ
#Nihongo|"Hana Hiraku Sōten"|花ひらく蒼天
#Nihongo|"Shiroki Sōka"|白き想歌
#Nihongo|"Neji Maku Tokei ga Tsuki no Michikake o Kizamu"|捻子巻く時計が月の満ち欠けを刻む
#Nihongo|"Tojirareta Sekai"|閉じられた世界*"Maple Leaf Box" (
December 29 2006 )
#"Impronta"
#Nihongo|"Sōkyū Gekka"|蒼穹月佳
#Nihongo|"Tsuioku ni Saku Shiroi Hana"|追憶に咲く白い花
#"Dear friend"
#Nihongo|"Tsukioi no Toshi"|月追いの都市
#Nihongo|"Sarasa"|さらさ
#Nihongo|"Yoake no Tsuki"|夜明けの月
#"WhiteCanbas"
#Nihongo|"Yuragu Sora"|ユラグソラ
#Nihongo|"Erumu no Oka"|エルムの丘
#Nihongo|"Tsugunai no Uta"|償いの詩
#Nihongo|"Eien no Toshi e"|永遠の都市へ*"Lip Aura" ("Tsukioi no Toshi" side-story) (
August 17 2007 )
#Nihongo|"Sono Te ga Katadoru Sekai"|その手が象る世界
#Nihongo|"Lip-Aura: Aoi Hana no Shōkei"|Lip-Aura ~蒼い花の憧憬~
#Nihongo|""Sono Te ga Katadoru Sekai" (instrumental)|その手が象る世界
#Nihongo|""Lip-Aura: Aoi Hana no Shōkei" (instrumental)|Lip-Aura ~蒼い花の憧憬~*Nihongo|"Wyrdrad no Shirabe"|ウィルド・ラッドの調べ":Sacred Doors Another Tale" (
August 16 2008 )
#Nihongo|"Hidamari no Naka e"|陽だまりの中へ
#Nihongo|"Bōkyaku no Tsubasa"|忘却の翼
#Nihongo|"Fuyu no Owaru Hi"|冬の終わる日
#Nihongo|"Kokū Kanadeshi Uta"|虚空奏でし詩
#"Geofu"
#Nihongo|"Futatsu no Michi"|二つの路Commercial singles
*Nihongo|"Garasu Kagami no Yume"|硝子鏡の夢 (PS2 version "
Princess Maker 4" theme song; releasedOctober 26 2005 )
#Nihongo|"Garasu Kagami no Yume"|硝子鏡の夢
#Nihongo|"Hatsukoi Kobako"|初恋小箱
#Nihongo|""Garasu Kagami no Yume" (off vocal)|硝子鏡の夢
#Nihongo|"Hatsukoi Kobako" (off vocal)|初恋小箱*Nihongo|"Kiri no Mukō ni Tsunagaru Sekai"|霧の向こうに繋がる世界 (Collaboration single with Revo of
Sound Horizon ; releasedJune 14 2006 )
#Nihongo|"Weiß: Gensō e no Sasoi"|Weiß ~幻想への誘い~
#Nihongo|"Schwarz: Soshite Shōjo wa Mori no Naka"|Schwarz ~そして少女は森の中~
#Nihongo|"Schwarzweiß: Kiri no Mukō ni Tsunagaru Sekai"|Schwarzweiß ~霧の向こうに繋がる世界~ ("" theme song)*Nihongo|"Hoshizora no Sakamichi"|星空の坂道 (Released
September 26 2007 )
#Nihongo|"Hoshizora no Sakamichi"|星空の坂道 (PS2 game "Itsuka, Todoku, Ano Sora ni." theme song)
#"Endless Summer"
#Nihongo|"Hoshizora no Sakamichi" (Instrumental)|星空の坂道
#"Endless Summer" (Instrumental)*Nihongo|"Kazahane"|カザハネ (TV anime "" ending theme and insert song; released
February 22 2008 )
#Nihongo|"Kazahane"|カザハネ
#"Life"
#Nihongo|"Kazahane" off vocal|カザハネ
#"Life" off vocalCommercial albums
*Nihongo|"Ashiato Rhythm"|あしあとリズム (Released
September 22 2005 )
#Nihongo|"Byakuya Gensōtan"|白夜幻想譚 ("" theme song)
#Nihongo|"Natsu no Haoto"|夏の羽音 ("Ashita Deatta Shōjo" theme song)
#"SilentFlame" ("Maou to Odore!" theme song)
#Nihongo|"Rengoku"|恋獄 ("Cartagra: Tsukikurui no Yamai" theme song)
#Nihongo|"Futari no Mirai"|ふたりの未来 ("Relict: Toki no Wasuremono" ending theme)
#Nihongo|"Kibō no Hane"|希望の羽 (Kukui presents)
#Nihongo|"Sorayume"|空夢 ("Yumemi-gaoka" ending theme)
#Nihongo|"Tsuioku no Kakera"|追憶の破片 ("Doko e Iku no, Ano Hi" theme song)
#Nihongo|"Hikari no Chizu"|光の地図 ("Doko e Iku no, Ano Hi" ending theme)
#Nihongo|"Tōi Tsutaeuta"|遠い伝承歌 ("Relict: Toki no Wasuremono" theme song)
#Nihongo|"Ashiato Rhythm"|あしあとリズム
#Nihongo|"Sekai wa Kagayaku"|セカイハカガヤク ("Kino's Journey " theme song)*Nihongo|"Tindharia no Tane"|ティンダーリアの種 (Released
February 28 2007 )
#Nihongo|"Sōsō"|創奏
#Nihongo|"Inori no Tane"|祈りの種
#Nihongo|"Hiroi Sekai no Kakera"|広い世界の欠片
#Nihongo|"Mawaru Kotowari"|廻る理
#Nihongo|"Hanamatsuri no Musume"|花祭りの娘
#Nihongo|"Konya no Tsuki ga Nemuru Made"|今夜の月が眠るまで
#Nihongo|"Hikari no Oto"|ヒカリノオト
#Nihongo|"Sasayaki wa Mori e Kaeri"|ささやきは森へ還り
#Nihongo|"Shinjitsu no Honō"|真実の炎
#Nihongo|"Kareta Daichi e Tsuzuku Michi"|枯れた大地へ続く途
#Nihongo|"Mamoribito"|護森人
#Nihongo|"Inochi to Yakusoku"|いのちと約束*Nihongo|"Oto no Compass"|音のコンパス (Released
June 25 2008 )
# ("Heaven Strada" theme song)
# "Run for your life" ("" theme song)
# ("" theme song)
# "Leap into high" ("Period" theme song)
# "Distance" ("PP-Pianissimo Ayatsuri Ningyō no Rimbu" ending song)
# "True World" ("Maō to Odore! 2" theme song)
# ("Relict2: Episode Moon" theme song)
# "Eternal Story" ("" theme song)
# ("Natsupochi" ending song)
# ("Akaiito" BGM vocal arrange song)
# ("Rectandoll Senki Revolution: Monshō no Kioku" theme song)
#
#Other works
Anime
*Nihongo|"Kakera Musubi"|かけらむすび (
September 27 2006 )
**"My Home"Games
*"Akai Ito Original Soundtrack" (
November 3 2004 )
**Nihongo|"Mawaru Sekai de"|廻る世界で (opening song; duet withRiya )
**Nihongo|"Tabiji no Hate"|旅路の果て (ending song; duet with Riya)*Nihongo|"Saishū Shiken Kujira"|最終試験くじら: "Progressive Memories" (
December 1 2004 )
**Nihongo|"Tobenai Tori"|飛べない鳥 (insert song)*Nihongo|"Atelier Series Vocal Collection: Volkslied"|アトリエシリーズ・ボーカルコレクション~フォルクスリート~ (
April 20 2005 )
**Nihongo|"Baumkuchen"|バウムクーヘン ("Atelier Viorate: The Alchemist of Gramnad 2")
**Nihongo|"Furusato Haruka"|郷里はるか ("Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana")*" Original Soundtrack" (
May 18 2005 )
**"Eternal Story" (opening song)*Nihongo|"Cartagra Soundtrack"|カルタグラ サウンドトラック: "Manie" (
August 19 2005 )
**Nihongo|"Rengoku"|恋獄 (opening song)
**Nihongo|"Garasu no Tsuki"|硝子の月*"Atelier Iris ~Eternal Mana 2~ Original Drama Vol. 2" (
October 5 2005 )
**"Change My Life" (insert song)*" Hymmnos concert side Crimson Tsuki Kanade: Tsuki Kanade" (
January 25 2006 )
**"EXEC_LINCA/."
**"EXEC_PAJA/.#Orica extracting."
**"EXEC_RE=NATION/." (insert song)
**"EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA/." (ending song; duet withAkiko Shikata &Noriko Mitose )
**Nihongo|"Playing the Moon: Tsukikanade"|月奏~ツキカナデ~*Nihongo|"Lost Child Original Soundtrack Infinia"|Lost Child オリジナルサウンドトラック 「インフィニア」 (Under the name MW, a duet with Rekka Katakiri; released
January 27 2006 )
**Nihongo|"Tamashii no Dōkoku"|魂の慟哭
**Nihongo|"Kono Yo no Hate"|この世の果て
**Nihongo|"Tsuki no Me no Shōnen"|月の眼の少年
**Nihongo|"Hyaku no Omoi"|百の想い*Nihongo|"Ar tonelico OVA Enclosed Special CD"|アルトネリコ OVA 封入特典CD (
March 21 2006 )
**"EXEC_HYMME_LIFE_W:R:S/."
**"EXEC_HYMME_MOISKYRIE/." (ending song)*Nihongo|"Atelier Iris Grand Fantasm Original Soundtrack"|イリスのアトリエ グランファンタズム オリジナルサウンドトラック (
June 21 2006 )
**Nihongo|"Schwarzweiß: Kiri no Mukō ni Tsunagaru Sekai" [Game Ver.] |Schwarzweiß~霧の向こうにつながる世界~*Nihongo|"Claire: Soyokaze no Yakusoku"|クレア~そよかぜの約束~: "Ar tonelico Hymmnos Musical" (
August 30 2006 )
**Nihongo|"Denshō 'Meguru Kokoro, Tsunagaru Toki'"|伝承『めぐる心・繋がる刻』*Nihongo|"Spica: Kokoro ga Tsumugu Okurimono"|スピカ~心が紡ぐ贈りもの~: "Ar tonelico Hymmnos Musical" (
February 28 2007 )
**Nihongo|"Kanwa 'Dareso no Yume'"|閑話『誰その夢』*Nihongo|"Mana-Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsushitachi Original Soundtrack"|マナケミア ~学園の錬金術士たち~ Original Soundtrack (
May 5 2007 )
**"Run For Your Life"*Nihongo|"Atelier Series & Mana-Khemia Vocal Collection: Volkslied 2"|アトリエシリーズ&マナケミア・ボーカルコレクション~フォルクスリート2~ (
May 30 2007 )
**Nihongo|"Koikaze Tayori"|恋風便り ("Mana-Khemia")
**Nihongo|"Inori no Umi"|祈りの海 ("Atelier Iris Grand Fantasm")
**"Change My Life" ("Atelier Iris Eternal Mana 2")
**Nihongo|"Yoru no Tsubasa"|夜の翼*Nihongo|"Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujotachi no Metafalica Original Soundtrack"|アルトネリコ2 世界に響く少女たちの創造詩 オリジナルサウンドトラック (
October 10 2007 )
**"EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/." (ending song; duet with Akiko Shikata)*Nihongo|"Homura: Homura Ar tonelico II Hymmnos Concert Side Crimson"|焔~ホムラ アルトネリコ2ヒュムノスコンサート サイド 紅 (
October 24 2007 )
**"EXEC_METAFALICA/."
**"EXEC_SOL=FAGE/."
**"EXEC_VIENA/."
**"Hartes ciel, melenas walasye."
**"EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/." (Ending song; duet with Akiko Shikata)
**Nihongo|"Homura"|焔~HOMURA*"Clear"
**"Bitter Sweet Pain"*Nihongo|"Itsuka, Todoku, Ano Sora ni."|いつか、届く、あの空に。: "Visitor of Another Air"
**Nihongo|"Ano Kumo no Mukō e -rhysm mix-"|あの雲の向こうへ-rhysm mix- (first opening song)*Nihongo|"Sacrament"|サクラメント
**"Luna" arrange ver.
**"Luna" original game size ver.*Nihongo|"Shōnentachi no Byōtō"|少年達の病棟 "Full Voice Edition"
**"Kindness"*Nihongo|"Gyakuten Saiban Tokubetsu Hōtei 2008 Orchestra Concert: Gyakuten Meets Orchestra Exhibition Souvenir"|逆転裁判 特別法廷2008 オーケストラコンサート ~Gyakuten Meets Orchestra~ 開催記念品 (
April 20 2008 )
**Nihongo|"Koisuru Guitar no Serenade"|恋するギターのセレナード*Nihongo|"Aoishiro Original Soundtrack"|アオイシロオリジナルサウンドトラック (
August 15 2008 )
**Nihongo|"Yami no Kanata ni"|闇の彼方に (opening song; duet with Rita)
**Nihongo|"Minamo Made"|水面まで (ending song; duet with Rita)Dōjin
*Nihongo|"Eden no Wakaremichi"|エデンの分かれ道
**Nihongo|"Yukiwarisō"|雪割草
**"Colorium"Drama CDs
*Nihongo|"Tindharia no Tane Drama CD"|ティンダーリアの種ドラマCD (
May 28 2008 )
**Nihongo|"Yakusoku o Tomoshite" (Bonus Track)|約束を灯してReferences
External links
* [http://www.shimotsukin.com/ Haruka Shimotsuki's official website] ja icon
* [http://tieleaf.net/ tieLeaf's official website] ja icon
* [http://www.cho-animelo.com/ja/show_page_normal.do?page=hare Web Radio "Harechatta Utatane Biyori"] ja icon
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