Good singers I imagine how their voices would fit in Kajiura's music?

CloisteredFlame

YES! I live on her roof
Totally from left field (not Kajiura-related) but listen to this contralto voice (American lady)... I heard her and just wondered about her singing the contralto harmony in Kajiura's music and the weight of her voice/tone, and of course contrasting with Keiko's voice type. Keiko's definitely a lighter contralto.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/direct/3565543773997372600_1587213724

I think Kajiura should compose for some quality American (and Filipina) vocalists ... seriously.
A Fiction III album (Back to the Basics)?
 
The first two links for Rihona and Airi were the same. You mistakenly pasted it twice!

OK, for these singers. I have to say Rihona sounded like the usual JPop ballad voice type, not very strong at belting and more of that nasal. resonance.

Airi seems like a stronger singer to me. She can sing high and belt! She has over 400k subs on YouTube, so she's probably making some good money and is popular too.
This was a good and not-easy song to cover, with LiSA's constant high belting.

This collab song seems like a better representation for her in terms of versatility. Some of talk about this bringing her out of her usual idol fare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnTJ_BEM_9U.
This is from a live performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8-2p0D2Hfk and she sounds even stronger.
This is a song called, "I Became Someone Else's Girlfriend"; a live performance - https://youtu.be/pCTQkFpznKU?si=Zj4pos8bYm7NgUDF - and I like her acting/vulnerable singing, which is fitting for the song and character-singing.
She seems like a part-idol, part-anisong singer.

I dont know any filipina who works in japan apart from Beverly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10_zkbRnAs
Beverly is a strong vocalist, definitely with Philippines good-singing gene. Is she the one who did a live collab with Keiko once upon a time?
In fact, in this song you shared the link she sounds comparable to R!n/Gemie who works with Sawano Hiroyuki and is known for a couple of favourite Attack on Titan songs, though I think Beverly is stronger at high mix belts (a higher ring).

I think she would be a solid vocalist to have singing a Kajiura song or two, in the vein of JUNNA (a young, energetic, belting female singer).
 
Wait a minute!

Was Ari Suzuki one of the vocalists in the MegaSIX concerts, with Emiko Suzuki? Her Wikipedia seems to be saying so... 😲
I quote: "From January 31 through March 16, Suzuki will be one of two actresses to play the role of Katherine Howard in a dual-cast production of the musical Six.".
 
Yup thats her, so if Emi and her know each other she might jump on the Kajiura train as well sometime in future :)
The fact that the two of them were picked together with Eliana from nZK is interesting.

SIX requires singers with more soul-oriented vocalists who are good belters and have some theatre singing experience. I wonder if Kaori could be considered in that class, on the second point, with her SH experience.
 
This a First Take / HighwayStar Covers kind of channel but different agency
https://www.youtube.com/@CrosSing_official
They have 1 artist covering song and then interview with him or her I dont know anyone from there apart from May'n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIN_3oxHiE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR5u_KlMPyY

and this was pretty cute too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpusJLYHTS4 (here you can see how Airi Suzuki is better) but i find her interview cute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GczmRaJW7Q4

Anna ni Isshou datta no ni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjZWECYwgH8 and interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFoOMerYmLs
(I wonder where they found that fake karaoke track lol, and what kind of mouse sound was that at 5:12 🐭)
oh i think i found answer to my first question on the credits
CREDIT
Lyrics: Chiaki Ishikawa
Composed by Yuki Kajiura
Arrangement: Yudai Ota
Music Production: APDREAM
Video Production: Ryo Yamanaka
 
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https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1WbSQYUEPF/?spm_id_from=333.788.player.switch
I have to give a shoutout to MIKI MASUDA! Her tone and vocal color/skill is exceptional and I would really have loved to hear her sing with the current FictionJunction providing backing vocals.

She's become a voice I love to hear whenever she's available. Since I'm talking about good alternative vocalists for Kajiura's music and not necessarily artists or starlets, I think she's a good choice to mention (for me anyway).
 
Have I mentioned this before?

FORESTELLA... What do we think?

They would totally nail Kajiura's music.

Those guys are vocal juggernauts and their harmonies are stellar (pun intended), and they sing so many different genres and languages, too.
 
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