Shikata Akiko

The opening song of animu Umineko no Naku Koro Ni was sung by her. I believe some might wonder what kind of song is that. Sounds like some song being inserted with Latin words which makes it sound cool, literally. Shikata Akiko, her name itself makes me thinking something else. Well, “shikata ga nai” brings a meaning of “it can’t be helped” (the phrase has a quite heavy meaning if you look here). I am not sure about her age. Might have been enclosed from the public. Apart from being a singer, she’s also a composer and as well as writing the lyrics plus other arrangements. According to Wikipedia, her ethnic, classical tunes actually gains some popularity after she started her career. It was through a doujin circle, VAGRANCY, which she formed in 2001. During the old days, I did have some sort of listening and downloading to a few songs from Comiket (apart from obvious reason for downloading stuffs from CM) though later on, I preferred something mainstream.

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