Yuki Kajiura
Yuki Kajiura (梶浦 由記, Kajiura Yuki; born August 6, 1965) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as Sword Art Online, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, The Garden of Sinners, Pandora Hearts, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Yuki Kajiura

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- composer · ethnomusicologist · record producer · music arranger · poet · pianist · writer · musician
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Yuki Kajiura (梶浦 由記, Kajiura Yuki; born August 6, 1965) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as Sword Art Online, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, The Garden of Sinners, Pandora Hearts, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
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Kajiura was born on August 6, 1965, in Tokyo, Japan. She has been into music since 1972, accompanying her father on the piano. Her family later moved to West Germany because of her father's work. Kajiura wrote her first composition when she was seven years old titled "Thank you, Good-bye" as a farewell for her grandmother before leaving Japan. Kajiura moved back to Japan when she was in middle school and later graduated from college. She worked as a systems engineering programmer until 1992, when she decided to focus more on music. In 1993, she joined the group See-Saw with Chiaki Ishikawa. In 2002, See-Saw created music for the anime.hack Sign. During the production of the series, Kajiura met Emily Bindiger; impressed by her vocals, Kajiura offered her to perform over 10 of the series' songs. She jokingly called Bindiger "her English teacher" at Anime Expo 2003. In 2003, Kajiura signed with FlyingDog to form FictionJunction Yuuka with Yūka Nanri. In 2004, the duo produced the opening and ending songs for Madlax. The next year, they published their first collaborative album, Destination. In 2008, Kajiura signed with SME Records to form Kalafina. The group consists of Wakana Ootaki, Keiko Kubota, and Hikaru Masai. In 2009, Kajiura started a new project called FictionJunction. Unlike FictionJunction Yuuka, vocalists in this project are not fixed. The project involves collaboration with artists such as Aira Yūki, Kaori Oda, and the members of Kalafina. In October 2007, it was announced that Yuki Kajiura would be attending the performances of the Eminence Orchestra's concert, 'A Night in Fantasia 2007 – Symphonic Anime Edition', as a special guest. The 2014 series Aldnoah.Zero's opening theme "Heavenly Blue" was composed by Kajiura and performed by Kalafina. In July 2016, Aniplex of America announced that the "Yuki Kajiura LIVE ~featuring SWORD ART ONLINE~" concert that took place in March 2016 in Japan would be having an additional date on January 14, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, but it was later canceled due to visa issues. In December 2017, a source reported to a news site, Sponchi Annex, that Kajiura was planning to leave her agency, Spacecraft Produce, over contract disputes. In February 2018, Kajiura confirmed via Twitter that she left her agency. Kajiura has performed internationally at various anime conventions, including Anime Expo 2003, Anime Boston 2009 (with Kalafina), Anime Expo 2012 (with FictionJunction), and Anime Expo 2018 (as part of Anisong World Matsuri). Kajiura is now represented by FictionJunction Music, a talent agency she founded herself.

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Yuki Kajiura was born in 1965.
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- Composer Kajiura Yuki and neo-medieval anime soundtracks, Mutual Images Journal, 2023
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- 1.Canta-Per-Me.net. Yuki Kajiura Biography. Biography. January 26, 2016.
- 2.Anime-Source.Com. Yuki Kajiura Concert. Anime Source. September 25, 2003.
- 3.IGN Entertainment, Inc. AU: Eminence Orchestra Returns to Sydney!. IGN Music. October 10, 2007.
- 4.DISCOGRAPHY|Kalafina OFFICIAL WEBSITE. www.sonymusic.co.jp.
- 5.Hodgkins, Crystalyn. Yuki Kajiura to Hold Sword Art Online-Themed Concert in Hollywood in January. Anime News Network. July 2, 2016.
- 6.アニメ業界で事務所トラブル 梶浦由記氏退社、カラフィナも活動休止へ 20億円超の打撃. sponichi.co.jp. December 23, 2017.
- 7.アニメ音楽界のカリスマ・梶浦由記氏事務所退社、「カラフィナ」活動は白紙. スポニチ Sponichi Annex. February 21, 2018.
- 8.Pineda Antonio, Rafael. Anime Music Composer Yuki Kajiura Leaves Agency After 25 Years. Anime News Network. February 21, 2018.
- 9.Yuki Kajiura. AnimeCons.com.
- 10.Canta-Per-Me.net, Yuki Kajiura Discography. Yuki Kajiura. Sunday Island. March 20, 2011.
- 11.Canta-Per-Me.net, Yuki Kajiura Discography. Yuki Kajiura. Calling performed by Kaori Oda. May 31, 2012.
- 12.FictionJunction.com, Yuki Kajiura Official Website. Yuki Kajiura. Lacrimosa performed by Kalafina.
- 13.NHK, Japanese Broadcasting Corporation. Yuki Kajiura. Casting Profile.
- 14.Pineda, Rafael Antonio. New Magic Knight Rayearth Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, Staff, October Debut. Anime News Network. March 28, 2026.
- 15.劇場版「鬼滅の刃」無限城編 第一章. eiga.com.
- 16.NHK, Japanese Broadcasting Corporation.
- 17.Intellect Books. Directory of World Cinema: Japan. 10. 2010. 9781841503356.
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