Kugayama
Moderator
OK, time for a dedicated thread, since Minori Chihara aka Minorin lead me to discovering Yuki Kajiura's music and visiting Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minori_Chihara
To repeat how it happened, there was a highly rated anime movie called The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, but I had been told that one needed to have seen the series before watching the movie. I bought the first volume of the series from the local distributor, then on March 11 2011 bought the blu-ray box set from CD Japan ( http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KAXA-2000 ).
Included in the blu-ray box set was a concert video, Suzumiya Haruhi No Gensou (also available on CD http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACA-5920 ). This concert included the song "Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite." (雪、無音、窓辺にて。 Snow, Silence, By the Window) sung by Minori Chihara which lead me to looking up songs by here on youtube and finding:
輪舞 revolution (with Masami Okui at Animelo Summer Live 2008):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OznTakabRs
and for that matter:
Nowhere, performed with yozuca* and Savage Genius:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhEJHLO3QYw
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfXUkz3d0tc
which lead me to going overseas for the first time to attend Animelo Summer Live 2011, where I saw Minori Chihara, Kalafina, Chiaki Ishikawa and many others in concert, and met Minori Chihara backstage after the first concert and met Chiaki Ishikawa backstage after the second concert.
I had bought the Red Moon blu-ray which arrived just before I left for Animelo Summer Live 2011, so I had made a fair investment in Kalafina also.
I ended up buying Minori Chihara's Summer Camp 1 concert (included in a special edition of her Sing All Love album) and Summer Camp 2 concert both in blu-ray, and her acoustic live blu-ray included with a special edition of her D-Formation album. The D-Formation album included a track written by Chiaki Ishikawa for Minorin, この世界のモノでこの世界の者でない - Kono sekai no mono de kono sekai no monodenai / Person who is not in the things of this world, this world.
It was great to see Minorin and Chiaki Ishikawa perform Uninstall together at Animelo Summer Live 2012. On my way back to my hotel after Animelo Summer Live 2012 I talked to some people selling noodles outside a bar and one of the people gave me a large picture book of Minori Chihara's 2009 Parade concert tour.
Anyway, Minorin might not have the greatest vocal range, but is very professional and seems to be a really friendly person, and a good friend of Chiaki Ishikawa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minori_Chihara
To repeat how it happened, there was a highly rated anime movie called The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, but I had been told that one needed to have seen the series before watching the movie. I bought the first volume of the series from the local distributor, then on March 11 2011 bought the blu-ray box set from CD Japan ( http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KAXA-2000 ).
Included in the blu-ray box set was a concert video, Suzumiya Haruhi No Gensou (also available on CD http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACA-5920 ). This concert included the song "Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite." (雪、無音、窓辺にて。 Snow, Silence, By the Window) sung by Minori Chihara which lead me to looking up songs by here on youtube and finding:
輪舞 revolution (with Masami Okui at Animelo Summer Live 2008):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OznTakabRs
and for that matter:
Nowhere, performed with yozuca* and Savage Genius:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhEJHLO3QYw
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfXUkz3d0tc
which lead me to going overseas for the first time to attend Animelo Summer Live 2011, where I saw Minori Chihara, Kalafina, Chiaki Ishikawa and many others in concert, and met Minori Chihara backstage after the first concert and met Chiaki Ishikawa backstage after the second concert.
I had bought the Red Moon blu-ray which arrived just before I left for Animelo Summer Live 2011, so I had made a fair investment in Kalafina also.
I ended up buying Minori Chihara's Summer Camp 1 concert (included in a special edition of her Sing All Love album) and Summer Camp 2 concert both in blu-ray, and her acoustic live blu-ray included with a special edition of her D-Formation album. The D-Formation album included a track written by Chiaki Ishikawa for Minorin, この世界のモノでこの世界の者でない - Kono sekai no mono de kono sekai no monodenai / Person who is not in the things of this world, this world.
It was great to see Minorin and Chiaki Ishikawa perform Uninstall together at Animelo Summer Live 2012. On my way back to my hotel after Animelo Summer Live 2012 I talked to some people selling noodles outside a bar and one of the people gave me a large picture book of Minori Chihara's 2009 Parade concert tour.
Anyway, Minorin might not have the greatest vocal range, but is very professional and seems to be a really friendly person, and a good friend of Chiaki Ishikawa.
