Masami Okui

She is especially well known for her songs from Revolutionary Girl Utena, Tales of Eternia The Animation, Slayers, Sorcerer Hunters, Di Gi Charat, Magical DoReMi, Magic User's Club, Jungle de Ikou!, Akihabara Dennou Gumi, Ray the Animation, He Is My Master and Yu-Gi-Oh! She has performed material for more than 50 singles and 20 albums to date (including her work with JAM Project and Chihiro Yonekura). Okui hosts @Tunes, an anime music news program, on the Japanese anime television network Animax.

• Name — Masami Okui • Native Name — 奥井 雅美 • Born — 13 March 1966 • Birthplace — Itami, Hyōgo, Japan • Genre — * Japanese pop • Anison • rock • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • Instrument — * Vocals • drums • percussion • guitar • Years Active — 1993–present • Label — * Starchild • King • evolution • Lantis • Associated Acts — * JAM Project • r.o.r/s • Website — makusonia.com/

Okui began her music career as a concert backup singer for Yuki Saito in November 1989. Her first solo single "Dare Yori mo Zutto" was released in 1993, and was used as a theme song for the anime OAV The Girl from Phantasia. She sang with voice actress Megumi Hayashibara for the anime television series Slayers in 1995. In 2003, she teamed up with fellow artist Chihiro Yonekura to form the group r.o.r/s, an acronym for "Reflections of Renaissance/Sounds". She also became a member of the supergroup JAM Project, which released the single "Little Wing" that served as the opening theme song for the anime television series Scrapped Princess. She left Starchild Records and produced her own record label called "evolution", which lasted from 2003. In 2011, she ended her evolution label, left Geneon Universal Entertainment, and signed with Lantis. Okui is a regular performer in the Animelo Summer Live annual concerts from "The Bridge" in 2005 to "Rainbow" in 2011. In October 2008, she went to Mexico with JAM Project where they performed at the Expo TNT 16. She also performed in 2012 for EXPO TNT GT 6.

List of albums, with selected chart positions • Title — Album information — Oricon peak position • Gyuu — * Release date: April 21, 1995 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-482 — 47 • V-sit — * Release date: September 21, 1996 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-586 — 19 • Ma-KING — * Release date: September 26, 1997 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-642 — 12 • Do-Can — * Release date: September 23, 1998 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-695 — 12 • Her-Day — * Release date: August 27, 1999 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-744 — 18 • NEEI — * Release date: August 23, 2000 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-822 — 11 • Devotion — * Release date: August 29, 2001 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-890 — 30 • Crossroad — * Release date: September 4, 2002 * Label: King Records * Cat. No.: KICS-964 — 34 • Masami Kobushi — * Release date: May 1, 2003 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-1017 — 17 • ReBirth — * Release date: February 4, 2004 * Label: King Records * Cat. No.: KICS-1061 — 49 • Dragonfly — * Release date: February 2, 2005 * Label: evolution * Cat. No.: EVCA-0001 — 68 • God Speed — * Release date: February 24, 2006 * Label: evolution * Cat. No.: EVCA-0002 — 111 • Evolution — * Release date: October 4, 2006 * Label: evolution * Cat. No.: EVCA-0003 — 60 • Masami Life — * Release date: October 3, 2007 * Label: evolution * Cat. No.: EVCA-0005 — 110 • Akasha — * Release date: February 25, 2009 * Label: evolution * Cat. No. EVCA-0010 — 68 • Self Satisfaction — * Release date: August 21, 2009 * Label: evolution * Cat. No.: EVCA-0014 * 1st album full of self-cover songs — 127 • i-magination — * Release date: February 23, 2010 * Label: Dwango User Entertainment * Cat. No.: DGEA-10001 — 95 • Self Satisfaction II — * Release date: February 2, 2011 * Label: Dwango User Entertainment * Cat. No.: DGEA-10002 * 2nd album full of self-cover songs — 113 • Love Axel — * Release date: July 4, 2012 * Label: Lantis * Cat. No.: LACA-35215 — 43 • Symbolic Bride — * Release date: June 10, 2015 * Label: Lantis * Cat. No.: LACA-15487 — 65 • Happy End — *Release date: August 21, 2018 *Label: Lantis *Cat. No.: LACA-15740 — 74

List of albums, with selected chart positions • Title — Album information — Oricon Peak position • BEST-EST — * Release date: June 4, 1999 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-723/4 * 1st live album — 21 • Li-Book 2000 — * Release date: November 22, 2000 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-831 * 2nd live album — 61 • S-mode#1 — * Release date: March 21, 2001 * Label: Starchild * Cat. No.: KICS-873/4 * 1st compilation album — 26 • S-mode#2 — * Release date: February 25, 2004 * Label: King Records * Cat. No.: KICS-1068/9 * 2nd compilation album — 50 • S-mode#3 — * Release date: February 23, 2005 * Label: King Records * Cat. No.: KICS-1148/9 * 3rd compilation album — 76 • Ooku — * Release date: February 6, 2008 * Label: evolution * Cat. No.: EVCA-0006 — 78

List of albums, with selected chart positions • Title — Album information — Oricon Peak position • Angel's Voice — * Release date: November 22, 2002 * Label: King Records * Cat. No.: KICS-982 * 1st mini-album — 67

List of singles, with selected chart positions • Year — Title / Notes — Oricon peak position — Album • "Dare yori mo zutto..." — — — Gyuu • 1993 — "Yume ni Konnichiwa -Tanoshii Willow Town-" — — — BEST-EST • 1994 — "I Was Born To Fall in Love" — 92 — Gyuu • 1994 — "Reincarnation" — 83 • 1994 — "My Jolly Days" — 92 • 1994 — "It's Destiny" — 80 • 1995 — "Get Along" (featuring Megumi Hayashibara) — 36 — BEST-EST • 1995 — "Mask" (featuring Kasumi Matsumura) — 48 — V-sit • 1996 — "Shake It" — 81 • 1996 — "Jama wa Sasenai" — 9 • 1996 — "Naked Mind" — 38 — Ma-KING • 1997 — "J" — 79 • 1997 — "Rondo-Revolution" — 26 • 1997 — "Souda, zettai." — 45 • 1998 — "Birth" — 32 — Do-Can • 1998 — "Shu -Aka" — 32 • 1998 — "Never Die" — 32 — Her-Day • 1999 — "Key" — 49 • 1999 — "Tenshi no Kyuusoku" — 20 • 1999 — "Kitto Ashita wa" — 51 • 1999 — "Labyrinth/Toki ni Ai wa" — 29 • 1999 — "Sore wa Totsuzen Yattekuru" — 44 — NEEI • 1999 — "Only One, No. 1" — 34 • 2000 — "Over The End" — 45 • 2000 — "Turning Point" — 47 • 2000 — "Cutie" — 45 • 2000 — "Just Do It" — 60 • 2001 — "Sora ni Kakeru Hashi" — 28 — Devotion • 2001 — "Megami ni Naritai ~for a yours~" — 43 • 2001 — "Shuffle" — 55 • 2001 — "Deportation: but, never too late" — 53 • 2002 — "Happy Place" — 86 — Crossroad • 2003 — "Second Impact" — 56 — ReBirth • 2004 — "Olive" — 69 — Dragonfly • 2005 — "Trust" — 37 — God Speed • 2006 — "Mitsu" — 79 • 2006 — "Zero -G-" — 64 — Evolution • 2006 — "Wild Spice" — 82 • 2007 — "Remote Viewing" — 96 — Masami Life • 2007 — "It's My Life" — 97 • 2007 — "Ring" — 160 • 2007 — "Insanity" — 57 — Akasha • 2008 — "Melted Snow" — 121 • 2009 — "Starting Over" — 92 — i-magination • 2009 — "Miracle Upper WL" (featuring May'n) — 67 • 2009 — "Sparking/No Dream, No Life" — — — — • 2010 — "Renka Tairan" — 35 — Love Axel • 2012 — "Sora no Uta" — 38 • 2015 — "Takarabako -TREASURE BOX-" — 15 — Symbolic Bride • 2017 — "Innocent Bubble" — 124 — HAPPY END • 2017 — "Sophia" — 152 — HAPPY END

• Star Child • Ma-KING Concert '97 • Do-can Diary • A-Day • Live in Hibiya -no cut- • B-Day • Document '00 • Birth Live '01 • C-Day • Live Devotion • King Records • V-mode −10th Anniversary- • Evolution • GIGS 2004 ReBirth • GIGS 2005 Dragonfly • GIGS 2006 GodSpeed • GIGS 2006 Evolution