Ayane

Ayane (彩音), real name 平田純子, is a Japanese singer from Saitama Prefecture active since 2004. She grew up surrounded by music from childhood, with piano and dance, and her work focuses on J-pop for anime, games and visual novels. Her career began in September 2004, when she performed the ending themes "そよ風のシルエ" and "カカシ" for the PC game "水夏A.S+〜SUIKA〜". Shortly afterwards, on October 20, 2004, she made her major solo debut with the single "KIZUNA〜絆", for which she wrote the lyrics and which was used as the opening theme of "W〜ウィッシュ〜". After the 2005 single "ribbon", she moved to 5pb.Records. There, many of her later main songs were written, composed and produced by 志倉千代丸. In 2007 came the single "嘆きノ森", her first entry in the Oricon top 30. That same year she released her first album, "ARCHIVE LOVERS", and held her first one-man live. In 2008 she collaborated with Tatsh on "Lunatic Tears...". She later performed songs for anime series and games such as "Itsumo Kono Basho de (いつもこの場所で)" for "Steins;Gate", "Arrival of Tears" for "11eyes" and "Go→Love & Peace" for "Hyperdimension Neptunia". She also sang the "Higurashi" themes "Kamisama no Syndrome (神様のシンドローム)", "Fukisokusei Entropy (不規則性エントロピ)" and "Analogy". She celebrated her 10th anniversary with "Base Ten" in 2014, her 15th with "for Dearest" in 2019 and her 20th with the album "Life time____." on October 9, 2024.