ChouCho

ChouCho is a Japanese singer from Suita, Japan, born on June 21 and active since 2007 in anime music and melodic pop. She began her career as the vocalist of the anisong band ロータス★ロータス, then started posting singing videos to ニコニコ動画 under the name ちょうちょ on June 20, 2008. Signed to Lantis, she made her major-label debut on July 27, 2011 with “Kawaru Mirai (カワルミライ),” the opening theme for Kamisama no Memochou. On May 2, 2012, she adopted the name ChouCho and released “優しさの理由,” the opening theme for Hyouka. Alongside her debut single, she became closely tied to anime themes through songs such as “DreamRiser” and “piece of youth” for Girls und Panzer, “Sora to Kimi no Message (空とキミのメッセージ)” for Suisei no Gargantia, and “Natsu no Hi to Kimi no Koe (夏の日と君の声)” for Glasslip. She also performed themes for Fate/Zero, including “starlog,” “Asterism,” and “Cuddle,” and later returned to anime series with songs such as “Ashita no Kimi sae Ireba Ii. (明日の君さえいればいい。),” “Haiiro no Saga (灰色のサーガ),” “Tomoshibi Serenade (灯火セレナード),” “Orange Iro (オレンジ色),” and “Green jade.” Her albums include the studio releases flyleaf (2012), secretgarden (2013), and color of time (2018), as well as the acoustic album naked garden (2019). She marked the fifth anniversary of her major debut with the best album ChouCho ColleCtion "bouquet" in 2016 and the tenth with ChouCho the BEST in 2021, followed by the ChouCho 10th Anniversary Tour 〜ChouCho the BEST〜 in Osaka and Tokyo in 2022. Her official website is http://choucho-net.com/.