# Masami Okui

Masami Okui (奥井 雅美, Okui Masami, born March 13, 1968) is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Itami, Hyōgo. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer. From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime television and movies. She is especially well known for her songs from Revolutionary Girl Utena, Tales of Eternia The Animation, Slayers, Sorcerer Hunters, Di Gi Charat, Magic User's Club, Jungle de Ikou!, Akihabara Dennou Gumi, Ray the Animation, He Is My Master and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. She has performed material for more than 50 singles and 20 albums to date (including her work with JAM Project and Chihiro Yonekura). Okui hosts @Tunes, an anime music news program, on the Japanese anime television network Animax.

## Biography

Okui began her music career as a concert backup singer for Yuki Saito in November 1989. Her first solo single "Dare Yori mo Zutto" was released in 1993, and was used as a theme song for the anime OAV The Girl from Phantasia. She sang with voice actress Megumi Hayashibara for the anime television series Slayers in 1995. In 2003, she teamed up with fellow artist Chihiro Yonekura to form the group r.o.r/s, an acronym for "Reflections of Renaissance/Sounds". She also became a member of the supergroup JAM Project, which released the single "Little Wing" that served as the opening theme song for the anime television series Scrapped Princess. She left Starchild Records and produced her own record label called "evolution", which lasted from 2003. In 2011, she ended her evolution label, left Geneon Universal Entertainment, and signed with Lantis.
Okui is a regular performer in the Animelo Summer Live annual concerts from "The Bridge" in 2005 to "Rainbow" in 2011. In October 2008, she went to Mexico with JAM Project where they performed at the Expo TNT 16. She also performed in 2012 for EXPO TNT GT 6.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album information | Oricon peak position |
| Gyuu | Release date: April 21, 1995 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-482 | 47 |
| V-sit | Release date: September 21, 1996 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-586 | 19 |
| Ma-KING | Release date: September 26, 1997 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-642 | 12 |
| Do-Can | Release date: September 23, 1998 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-695 | 12 |
| Her-Day | Release date: August 27, 1999 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-744 | 18 |
| NEEI | Release date: August 23, 2000 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-822 | 11 |
| Devotion | Release date: August 29, 2001 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-890 | 30 |
| Crossroad | Release date: September 4, 2002 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-964 | 34 |
| Masami Kobushi (マサミコブシ) | Release date: May 1, 2003 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-1017 | 17 |
| ReBirth | Release date: February 4, 2004 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-1061 | 49 |
| Dragonfly | Release date: February 2, 2005 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0001 | 68 |
| God Speed | Release date: February 24, 2006 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0002 | 111 |
| Evolution | Release date: October 4, 2006 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0003 | 60 |
| Masami Life | Release date: October 3, 2007 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0005 | 110 |
| Akasha | Release date: February 25, 2009 Label: evolution Cat. No. EVCA-0010 | 68 |
| Self Satisfaction | Release date: August 21, 2009 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0014 1st album full of self-cover songs | 127 |
| i-magination | Release date: February 23, 2010 Label: Dwango User Entertainment Cat. No.: DGEA-10001 | 95 |
| Self Satisfaction II | Release date: February 2, 2011 Label: Dwango User Entertainment Cat. No.: DGEA-10002 2nd album full of self-cover songs | 113 |
| Love Axel | Release date: July 4, 2012 Label: Lantis Cat. No.: LACA-35215 | 43 |
| Symbolic Bride | Release date: June 10, 2015 Label: Lantis Cat. No.: LACA-15487 | 65 |
| Happy End | Release date: August 21, 2018 Label: Lantis Cat. No.: LACA-15740 | 74 |

### Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album information | Oricon Peak position |
| BEST-EST | Release date: June 4, 1999 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-723/4 1st live album | 21 |
| Li-Book 2000 | Release date: November 22, 2000 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-831 2nd live album | 61 |
| S-mode#1 | Release date: March 21, 2001 Label: Starchild Cat. No.: KICS-873/4 1st compilation album | 26 |
| S-mode#2 | Release date: February 25, 2004 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-1068/9 2nd compilation album | 50 |
| S-mode#3 | Release date: February 23, 2005 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-1148/9 3rd compilation album | 76 |
| Ooku (大奥) | Release date: February 6, 2008 Label: evolution Cat. No.: EVCA-0006 | 78 |

### Other albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album information | Oricon Peak position |
| Angel's Voice | Release date: November 22, 2002 Label: King Records Cat. No.: KICS-982 1st mini-album | 67 |

### Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions :
| Year | Title / Notes | Oricon peak position | Album |
| 1993 | "Dare yori mo zutto..." (誰よりもずっと…) | — | Gyuu |
| 1993 | "Yume ni Konnichiwa -Tanoshii Willow Town-" | — | BEST-EST |
| 1994 | "I Was Born To Fall in Love" | 92 | Gyuu |
| 1994 | "Reincarnation" | 83 | Gyuu |
| 1994 | "My Jolly Days" | 92 | Gyuu |
| 1994 | "It's Destiny" | 80 | Gyuu |
| 1995 | "Get Along" (featuring Megumi Hayashibara) | 36 | BEST-EST |
| 1995 | "Mask" (featuring Kasumi Matsumura) | 48 | V-sit |
| 1996 | "Shake It" | 81 | V-sit |
| 1996 | "Jama wa Sasenai" | 9 | V-sit |
| 1996 | "Naked Mind" | 38 | Ma-KING |
| 1997 | "J" | 79 | Ma-KING |
| 1997 | "Rondo-Revolution" | 26 | Ma-KING |
| 1997 | "Souda, zettai." | 45 | Ma-KING |
| 1998 | "Birth" | 32 | Do-Can |
| 1998 | "Shu -Aka" | 32 | Do-Can |
| 1998 | "Never Die" | 32 | Her-Day |
| 1999 | "Key" | 49 | Her-Day |
| 1999 | "Tenshi no Kyuusoku" | 20 | Her-Day |
| 1999 | "Kitto Ashita wa" | 51 | Her-Day |
| 1999 | "Labyrinth/Toki ni Ai wa" | 29 |
| 1999 | "Sore wa Totsuzen Yattekuru" | 44 | NEEI |
| 1999 | "Only One, No. 1" | 34 | NEEI |
| 2000 | "Over The End" | 45 | NEEI |
| 2000 | "Turning Point" | 47 | NEEI |
| 2000 | "Cutie" | 45 | NEEI |
| 2000 | "Just Do It" | 60 | NEEI |
| 2001 | "Sora ni Kakeru Hashi" | 28 | Devotion |
| 2001 | "Megami ni Naritai ~for a yours~" | 43 | Devotion |
| 2001 | "Shuffle" | 55 | Devotion |
| 2001 | "Deportation: but, never too late" | 53 | Devotion |
| 2002 | "Happy Place" | 86 | Crossroad |
| 2003 | "Second Impact" | 56 | ReBirth |
| 2004 | "Olive" | 69 | Dragonfly |
| 2005 | "Trust" | 37 | God Speed |
| 2006 | "Mitsu" | 79 | God Speed |
| 2006 | "Zero -G-" | 64 | Evolution |
| 2006 | "Wild Spice" | 82 | Evolution |
| 2007 | "Remote Viewing" | 96 | Masami Life |
| 2007 | "It's My Life" | 97 | Masami Life |
| 2007 | "Ring" | 160 | Masami Life |
| 2007 | "Insanity" | 57 | Akasha |
| 2008 | "Melted Snow" | 121 | Akasha |
| 2009 | "Starting Over" | 92 | i-magination |
| 2009 | "Miracle Upper WL" (featuring May'n) | 67 | i-magination |
| 2009 | "Sparking/No Dream, No Life" | — | — |
| 2010 | "Renka Tairan" | 35 | Love Axel |
| 2012 | "Sora no Uta" | 38 | Love Axel |
| 2015 | "Takarabako -TREASURE BOX-" | 15 | Symbolic Bride |
| 2017 | "Innocent Bubble" | 124 | HAPPY END |
| 2017 | "Sophia" | 152 | HAPPY END |

### Videos
#### Star Child

* Ma-KING Concert '97
* Do-can Diary
* A-Day
* Live in Hibiya -no cut-
* B-Day
* Document '00
* Birth Live '01
* C-Day
* Live Devotion

#### King Records

* V-mode −10th Anniversary-

#### Evolution

* GIGS 2004 ReBirth
* GIGS 2005 Dragonfly
* GIGS 2006 GodSpeed
* GIGS 2006 Evolution