Yoko Takahashi

Takahashi worked across singer, recording artist, radio personality, lyricist and composer and 1 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in J-pop and anime song. This article rests on 66 catalogued compositions, 85 issued recordings and 6 digitised documents drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

Yoko Takahashi studied at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. The recorded working language is Japanese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are J-pop and anime song. Works named in the authority record are A Cruel Angel's Thesis and Tamashii no Refrain.

• Name — Yoko Takahashi • Alias — YAWMIN • Born — 28 August 1966 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Instrument — Vocals • Genre — Pop rock • Occupation — Singer • Years Active — 1991–present

Takahashi began learning piano from her father at the age of two, and was a member of the Takinogawa Boys and Girls Choir when she was in elementary school. At the age of ten, she participated in an image album for Osamu Tezuka's work. In high school, she formed a band. In college, she was active in a light music club and aimed to become an opera singer. Her younger brother is composer Gou Takahashi. His wife, Arimi Matsuno, is her sister-in-law. She has an older sister who is a voice trainer. She also has an older brother. Her parents are from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. Her paternal grandfather was a palace carpenter.

Takahashi began her career in 1991, and released her first album, Pizzicato, in 1992, which reached #28 on the Oricon weekly charts. In the following years, she released the albums Kugatsu no Sotsugyō which charted, and Watashi wo Mitsukete, which did not achieve the same success of her previous albums. In 1995, she released the single "A Cruel Angel's Thesis", which was used as the opening song in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. The song has received gold and platinum certifications, charted on the Oricon weekly chart numerous times, and has frequently been cited as one of the most influential songs used in anime. She has remixed and released several versions of the single, which have been met with the same commercial success. In 1996, she released the album Living with Joy. Following her achievements with music, she continued to release singles and albums throughout the 2000s and 2010s, for which she was met with mixed success. Takahashi's other works in anime includes performing an "acid bossa" version of "Fly Me to the Moon", and "Soul's Refrain", the closing theme of Evangelion: Death and Rebirth. She also performed "Metamorphose", the opening theme to studio Gainax's 20th anniversary series, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, the ending theme "The Girl Who was Born at Dawn" for the anime Shakugan no Shana, and the opening theme "Aoki Flamme" for Pumpkin Scissors.

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Sales • JPN • Pizzicato — * Released: 1992 10 21 * Label: Kitty Records * Formats: CD — 75 — * JPN: 9,000 • Kugatsu no Sotsugyō — * Released: 1993 8 25 * Label: Kitty Records * Formats: CD — 85 — * JPN: 6,000 • Watashi o Mitsukete — * Released: 1994 11 26 * Label: Kitty Records * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming • Living with Joy — * Released: 1996 10 25 * Label: Kitty Records * Formats: CD • Li-La — * Released: 1997 11 6 * Label: Kitty Records * Formats: CD — 10 — * JPN: 48,000 • Harmonium — * Released: 1999 3 17 * Label: Polydor * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming • Aüm — * Released: 2001 10 2 * Label: Casta Diva * Formats: CD • L'Ange de Metamorphose — * Released: 2003 5 23 * Label: B-Fairy Records * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming • Sore wa Toki ni Anata o Hagemashi, Toki ni Sasae to Naru Mono — * Released: 2005 12 7 * Label: Geneon Entertainment Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 90 — * JPN: 3,800

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Sales • JPN • Uchū no Uta — * Selection of Moro Fukuzawa covers * Released: 2013 8 8 * Label: Atomic Monkey * Formats: CD • Koi ni Samusa o Wasure — * Christmas mini-album * Released: 2013 8 8 * Label: Moga Records * Formats: CD, digital download • Evangelion Extreme — * Selection of songs associated with Neon Genesis Evangelion * Released: 2019 5 22 * Label: Sonic Blade * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 54 — * JPN: 1,300 • Evangelion Eternally — * Selection of songs associated with Neon Genesis Evangelion * Released: 2023 5 10 * Label: Sonic Blade * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 66 — * JPN: 800 • A Cruel Angel's Thesis (Evangelion 30th Anniversary Edition) — * Released: 2026 2 21 * Label: King Amusement Creative * Formats: LP — 25 • Soul's Refrain (Evangelion 30th Anniversary Edition) — * Released: 2026 2 21 * Label: King Amusement Creative * Formats: LP — 28

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Sales • JPN • Best Pieces — * Greatest hits album * Released: 1996 1 25 * Label: Kitty Records * Formats: CD — 65 — * JPN: 18,000 • Refrain: The Songs Were Inspired by Evangelion — * Neon Genesis Evangelion image album * Released: 1997 11 6 * Label: Starchild * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 6 — * JPN: 121,000 • Best Pieces II — * Greatest hits album * Released: 1999 2 10 * Label: Kitty Records * Formats: CD • Super Value — * Singles collection * Released: 2001 12 19 * Label: Kitty MME * Formats: CD • Golden Best — * Singles collection * Released: 2004 2 25 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: CD • Best 10 — * Singles collection * Released: 2007 1 17 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: CD • Essential Best — * Singles collection * Released: 2007 12 19 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: CD • 20th Century Boys & Girls — * Cover album * Released: 2010 6 23 * Label: Starchild * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 152 — * JPN: 900 • 20th Century Boys & Girls II — * Cover album * Released: 2015 4 22 * Label: Starchild * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming • Yoko Sings Forever — * Debut 25th anniversary album * Released: 2017 3 22 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: CD • Evangelion Flashback — * Evangelion 30th anniversary album * Released: 2025 10 29 * Label: Universal Music Japan * Formats: CD — 31 — * JPN: 1,600

List of singles as lead artist • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Sales — Certifications — Album • JPN • "Okaeri" — 1991 — — — Pizzicato • "P.S. I Miss You" — 1992 — 87 — * JPN: 4,000 • "Shijima" — 42 • "Mō Ichido Aitakute" — 38 — * JPN: 37,000 — Pizzicato • "Woman's Love" — — • "Blue no Tsubasa" — 1993 — 66 — * JPN: 14,000 — Kugatsu no Sotsugyō • "Omoide Yori Tōku" — 1994 — — • "$1,000,000 no Koi" — — — Watashi o Mitsukete • "Ano Koro ni Machiawaseyō" — — • "Moonlight Epicurian" — — • "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" — 1995 — 17 — * JPN: 650,000 — * RIAJ (phy. physical): Platinum * RIAJ (dig. digital): Million — Neon Genesis Evangelion • "Meguriai" — 1996 — — — Living with Joy • "Atarashii Shirt" — — • "Soul's Refrain" — 1997 — 3 — * JPN: 630,000 — * RIAJ (phy. physical): Platinum * RIAJ (dig. digital): 3× Platinum — The Day of Second Impact • "We're the One" — 1999 — — — Harmonium • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of singles as lead artist • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Sales — Certifications — Album • JPN • "Kokoro no Tsubasa" — 2002 — — — L'Ange de Metamorphose • "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (reissue) — 2003 — 41 — * JPN: 12,500 • "Metamorphose" — 2004 — 23 — * JPN: 20,000 — Sore wa Toki ni Anata o Hagemashi, Toki ni Sasae to Naru Mono • "Wing" — 2005 — 97 — * JPN: 1,900 • "Yoake Umarekuru Shōjo" — 21 — * JPN: 15,200 • "Soul's Refrain" (reissue) — 2006 — 39 — * JPN: 8,800 • "Aoki Flamme" — 42 — * JPN: 8,300 — Yoko Sings Forever • "Seinaru Itami o Idaite" — 2008 — — — rowspan="2" • "Kizudarake no Yume" — 174 — * JPN: 500 • "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (2009 version) — 2009 — 22 — * JPN: 17,800 — * RIAJ (ringtone digital): Gold — 20th Century Boys & Girls • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of singles as lead artist • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Sales — Certifications — Album • JPN • "Monologue of Sorrow" — 2010 — 34 — * JPN: 5,300 — Evangelion Extreme • "Wing Wanderer" — 2012 — — • "Pray to the Momentary Sky" — 2013 — 86 — * JPN: 1,300 — Evangelion Extreme • "Shinjitsu no Mokushiroku" — 2015 — 39 — * JPN: 2,600 — rowspan="5" • "Welcome to the Stage!" — 2017 — 104 — * JPN: 500 • "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" / "Soul's Refrain" (reissue) — 2018 — 36 — * JPN: 5,000 • "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (Matsuri Spirit) — 2019 — 142 — * JPN: 300 • "Nyankoku na Nyanko no Thesis" — 2021 — — • "Final Call" — — — Evangelion Extreme • "Teardrops of Hope" — 2022 — — • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of singles as featured artist • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • JPN • "What If?" (Shirō Sagisu feat. Yoko Takahashi) — 2021 — — — Evangelion Eternally

• Year — Title — Album — Track • 1989 — "Maybe" — Silent Mobius Music Album "Caution" — #05 • "Cherry no Manma" — Doki² Waku² Sound Station — #10 • "Mystic Eyes... Ai wa Count Down" — B Gata Doumei Music Album — #05 • 1990 — "Lonely Afternoon" — Menomae no Ninjin — #07 • 1991 — "Mystic Eyes... Ai wa Count Down (Remix)" — B Gata Doumei Another Music — #06 • 1995 — "Fly me to the moon -acid bossa version-" — Neon Genesis Evangelion OST — #23 • 1996 — "Yokan" — NEON GENESIS EVANGELION II — #01 • "Shiawase wa tsumi no nioi" — NEON GENESIS EVANGELION III — #01 • "Mugenhouyou" — #02 • "Kibun wo Kaeyou!" — Fortune Quest Gaiden original sound collection — #01 • 1998 — "Fushigi na Melmo" — Fukkoku Tezuka Osamu Sakuhin Kessakusyu — #18 • 1999 — "Shinkirou" — Tribute to Rebecca~Dream Discovery — #10 • 2000 — "Lullaby no Yume" — Snuggle Up — #10 • 2001 — "Shirokuro Tsukete Kudasai" — NHK 「Mushimaro Q Gold 2000」 Dai Q ~Hara, Ippai, Hetta~ — #03 • 2002 — "We'll Be Together -2002-" — Aquarian Age Saga II Image Album — #11 • 2003 — "Change My Heart (Qwerty Mix)" — Aquarian Age Saga II ~Don't forget me...~ OST — #01 • "Change My Heart" — #34 • "Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro" — Taiko no Tatsujin Blue — #01 • 2005 — "Kocchi Wo Muite Charmy" — — — — • "Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro long version" — Taiko no Tatsujin Tobikkiri Anime Special Dainesshu Utamatsuri — #23 • 2011 — "Iroha ni ho he to" — — — — • 2013 — "Extase" — "Shiro's Songbook 'Xpressions'" — Disc2 • 14 • 2014 — "Tamashī no Refrain (TeddyLoid Remix)" — Tamashī no Refrain (TeddyLoid Remix) — #1 • 2015 — "Evolve" — — — — • 2016 — "Tamashī no Refrain (inu crabMixx)" — Re:animation Presents Re:Boots Legendary Animesong Remixes — #5 • "Zankoku na tenshi no Thesis (inu crabMixx)" — #6 • 2017 — "TENSIONS – he who pays the piper" — SHIRO'S SONGBOOK The Hidden Wonder of Music — #12 • "Silver Jaguar no Theme" — Sōji Ushio (Tomio Sagisu) Zenkyoku-Shū — Disc5 • 1 • "0-sen Hayato" — Disc5 • 6 • "Magma Taishi" — Disc5 • 8 • "Yadamon no Uta (Shiro-Kuro-Uta Iri)" — Disc5 • 11 • "Yadamon no Uta (Irotsuki-Uta Iri)" — Disc5 • 13 • 2018 — "T.o.k.y.o" — Beat Piano Music 3 — #5 • "A Merry Christmas to You" — Twin Guitar3: Cosmic Balloon — #12 • "Tensions alterna 2018" — Anison Roku plus — Disc4 • 6

• Year — Title — Album — Track • 1992 — "Touch me Softly -English version-" — Bannou Bunka Nekomusume Sound Phase 0I — #04 • "In the Fluffy Moon Nite -English version-" — #07 • 1993 — "Rainbow Sky" — Bannou Bunka Nekomusume Sound Phase 0III — #10

• Year — Title — Album — Track • 1996 — "Lost Paradise" *(with Megumi Ogata) — Tajuu Jinkaku — #07 • 1999 — "Utsukushii Hito" *(with Masayasu Gyōten) — Le Bel Homme image album — #18 • 2008 — "Hello, My Friend" *(with Inagaki Junichi) — Otoko to Onna -Two Hearts, Two Voices- — #01 • 2013 — "Kuchibiru yo atsuku kimi wo katare" *(with Inagaki Junichi) — Otoko to Onna 4 -Two Hearts, Two Voices- — #06 • "Peaceful Times_the London-Tokyo meeting" *(with Hazel Fernandes) — Shiro's Songbook 'Xpressions — Disc1 • 04

Yoko Takahashi is recorded with the occupation radio personality. Recorded with the occupation recording artist. Recorded with the occupation backing vocalist. Classed in the genre anime song. Recorded as singer, musician, radio personality, lyricist and composer. Established in Discogs under 363120. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 2: A Cruel Angel's Thesis and Tamashii no Refrain. Her recorded genres are J-pop and anime song.