Haruka Shimotsuki

• Name — Haruka Shimotsuki • Born — 15 November 1980 • Origin — Japan • Genre — J-pop, folk rock • Occupation — Singer, songwriter, composer • Years Active — 1999–present • Associated Acts — * Sound Horizon • Rekka Katakiri • Chata • Kukui • Website — shimotsukin.com Haruka Shimotsuki is a Japanese singer and dōjin music composer known for her vocal themes in the Atelier Iris and Ar tonelico series. She also wrote the lyrics and sang the ending themes to the first two seasons of Rozen Maiden as well as the OVA under the name Kukui, with Myu. Shimotsuki's original music mainly consists of ethnic and fantasy music, and most of her songs are soft in tone.

Haruka Shimotsuki started her career in 1999 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-page dōjinshi, one CD entitled Tsukioi no Toshi (also called Leozet Lag Ecliss in its own original language, the Lag-Quara 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. 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 with Rekka Katakiri and Chata many times, and they have been good friends for a long time. As an independent singer, she was once a supporting member of Sound Horizon, and made an appearance as a guest singer in their 2006 concert. She took a more major role in Sound Horizon's album Moira and performed in the corresponding live concerts in 2008 and 2009. Haruka Shimotsuki held a solo concert, Tokeidai no Aru Machi yori: Haruka Shimotsuki Solo Live Lv.1 on August 10, 2006. Her second solo concert, Haruka Shimotsuki solo live Lv.2: Shimotsuki Haruka wa Level ga 1 Agatta, was held on July 13, 2008. 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 seven background music tracks for the game. Wind and string instruments are heavily used for the tracks, and she was able to exhibit her talent in ethnic 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 the PlayStation 2 game Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia, 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/.". In November 2009, she had another concert, Haruka Shimotsuki Original Fantasy Concert 2009 -FEL ARY ARIA-, was held at NIPPON SEINEN-KAN HALL featuring all her songs from Tindharia no Tane and a select few from Griotte no Nemurihime. It was later released on DVD on February 24, 2010.

• Ciel Etoile (BGM arrange album for Key's Air) (October 2001) • Sacred Doors Vol.1 (October 2001) • Reed+ (BGM arrange album for the MMORPG Ragnarok Online) (October 2002) • Yuragu Sora (December 30, 2002) • Impronta/Eien no Toshi e (October 19, 2003) • Tsukioi no Toshi (Under the name tieLeaf) (December 30, 2005) • Maple Leaf Box (December 29, 2006) • Lip Aura (Tsukioi no Toshi side-story) (August 17, 2007) • Wyrdrad no Shirabe': Sacred Doors Another Tale (August 16, 2008) • Hikari no Amaoto ~SACRED DOORS element maxi side Undine~ (August 15, 2010) • Tsunagi Chō no Tsuka - with arcane753 circle composed of Manyo (composition/arrangement), Nao Hiyama (lyrics) and Shimotsuki (vocals) (December 29, 2010) • Hane no Naki Chō - with arcane753 circle (with Marie as guest vocalist) (August 13, 2011) • Chō no Arika - with arcane753 circle (with Marie as guest vocalist) (August 11, 2012)

• "Garasu Kagami no Yume" (PS2 version Princess Maker 4 theme song; released October 26, 2005) • "Kiri no Mukō ni Tsunagaru Sekai" (Collaboration single with Revo of Sound Horizon; released June 14, 2006) • "Hoshizora no Sakamichi" (Released September 26, 2007) • "Kazahane" (TV anime H 2 O: Footprints in the Sand ending theme and insert song; released February 22, 2008) • "break time" (Web radio program Frost Moon Cafe opening and ending theme; released April 8, 2009) • "Kimi tono Tabiji" (PSP game Dice Dice Fantasia theme song; released December 23, 2009) • "Saigo no Michishirube" (PS3 game Last Rebellion ending song; released February 10, 2010) • "smile link" (Frost Moon Cafe+ opening and ending theme; released June 1, 2011)

• Ashiato Rhythm (Released September 22, 2005) (Compilation album) • Tindharia no Tane (Released February 28, 2007) • Oto no Compass (Released June 25, 2008) (Compilation album) • Griotte no Nemuri Hime (Released October 14, 2009) (an album in the Tindharia universe) • Michibiki no Harmony (Released April 14, 2010) (Compilation album) • Innocent Grey Haruka Shimotsuki Collection (Released January 14, 2011) • Hoshizora Ensemble (Released February 23, 2011) • Koboreru Suna no Aria (Released April 25, 2012) (an album in the Tindharia universe) • Tindharia no Kanade (Released June 30, 2012) (an album in the Tindharia universe) • Omoi no Koncheruto (Released November 14, 2012)

• Kakera Musubi (September 27, 2006) • Nishi no yoki Majo (opening)

• Akai Ito Original Soundtrack (November 3, 2004) • Saishū Shiken Kujira: Progressive Memories (December 1, 2004) • Taito no Suika (Music video game Beatmania IIDX 10 th Style CS) (2004) • Atelier Series Vocal Collection: Volkslied (April 20, 2005) • Atelier Iris ~Eternal Mana 2~ Original Soundtrack (May 18, 2005) • Cartagra Soundtrack: Manie (August 19, 2005) • Atelier Iris ~Eternal Mana 2~ Original Drama Vol. 2 (October 5, 2005) • Ar tonelico Hymmnos concert side Crimson Tsuki Kanade: Tsuki Kanade (January 25, 2006) • Lost Child Original Soundtrack Infinia (Under the name MW, a duet with Rekka Katakiri; released January 27, 2006) • Ar tonelico OVA Enclosed Special CD (March 21, 2006) • Atelier Iris Grand Fantasm Original Soundtrack (June 21, 2006) • Claire: Soyokaze no Yakusoku: Ar tonelico Hymmnos Musical (August 30, 2006) • Spica: Kokoro ga Tsumugu Okurimono: Ar tonelico Hymmnos Musical (February 28, 2007) • Mana-Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsushitachi Original Soundtrack (May 5, 2007) • Atelier Series & Mana-Khemia Vocal Collection: Volkslied 2 (May 30, 2007) • Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujotachi no Metafalica Original Soundtrack (October 10, 2007) • Homura: Homura Ar tonelico II Hymmnos Concert Side Crimson (October 24, 2007) • Clear • Itsuka, Todoku, Ano Sora ni.: Visitor of Another Air • Sacrament • Shōnentachi no Byōtō Full Voice Edition • Gyakuten Saiban Tokubetsu Hōtei 2008 Orchestra Concert: Gyakuten Meets Orchestra Exhibition Souvenir (April 20, 2008) • Kara no Shōjo (July 4, 2008) • Aoishiro Original Soundtrack (August 15, 2008) • Suzunomiya～SUZUNO MIYA Ar Tonelico III hymmnos concert side Crimson～ (January 27, 2010) • Ar tonelico Hymmnos Musical - Cocona ~Two Feelings, Two Songs~ (November 10, 2010) • Ar tonelico Hymmnos Musical Vocal Best ~Claire&Spica~ (December 22, 2010) • Ar tonelico Hymmnos Musical Vocal Mini Album ~Cocona~ (February 23, 2010) • -HISTORIA- (Radiant Historia ending theme.) with composer Yoko Shimomura (November 3, 2010) • Mugen Souls Original Soundtrack (March 14, 2012) • Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan Super Arrange Version, Track 3 (September 5, 2012) • Element of SPADA (Music video game Beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA) (2013) • Kurobeni Sukui (Music video game Reflec Beat Yūkyū no Reflesia) (2016) • FestivaLight (Music video game maimai MiLK PLUS) (2018) • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (2018) • Cross Edge (2008) • Trinity Universe (2009) • Étoile (Japanese ver.) (Mobile game MementoMori) (2022) • Napoleon Maiden ~A maiden without the word impossible~ (January 27, 2023)

• Eden no Wakaremichi

• Tindharia no Tane Drama CD (May 28, 2008) • Soundstory The Girl of the Flower of Emotions ~Lip Aura~ Prelude (August 15, 2010) - with Annabel • Tindharia no Tane Gaiden ~Sorezore no Hanamatsuri~ (August 15, 2010)

• "Englishman in New York" (on the album SoulS)

• Taos Pueblo (album) • Le Monde Musical De (album) • Dragon Valley • Dragon Valley ~Arco Iris~ • Dragon Valley ~Twilight~