Asaka

**Asaki Hana** (亜咲花), known as **Asaka** outside Japan, is an anisong singer signed to MAGES. label who has sung at least four opening songs (OP) for *Yuru CampΔ* anime, *SHINY DAYS* for the first season, *The Sunshower* for the short-form *Heya CampΔ* mini-series, *Seize The Day* for the second season, and *Sun Is Coming Up* for the *Yuru CampΔ Movie* theatrical release. She was announced to be performing the ending theme song (ED) for Season 3. Her debut was singing the ED *Open your eyes* for the anime *Occultic;Nine* (2016). In addition, she has sung theme songs for anime like *A Centaur's Life*, *ISLAND*, and *YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world.* She has appeared at Animelo Summer Live (the biggest annual anime songs music festival in Japan) in both 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022.

## Biography

Asaka was born in Nagoya. At the age of three, her family moved to Michigan, where she would stay for five years. While in America, she had become exposed to anime series *Crayon Shin-chan* and *Doraemon*, which led her to become interested in anime. After returning to Japan, she initially wanted to move to Tokyo, but instead she moved back to Nagoya. While in Japan, she watched the anime series *Inazuma Eleven* and The *Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya*; she was inspired by characters singing and playing the guitar in *Haruhi Suzumiya*, which led her to study about character songs. Although she considered becoming an interpreter because of her knowledge of English, after watching the series *Macross Frontier* and listening to May'n, the singing voice of the character Sheryl Nome, she decided that she wanted to become an anison singer. At the encouragement of her father, and after listening to the singer Konomi Suzuki, Asaka decided to pursue a career in music. Prior to debuting as a singer, she also appeared at various events as a cosplayer.

Asaka began participating in competitions, winning a singing contest in Chubu in 2014. She later participated in an anison contest sponsored by NHK as the representative of the Chubu region in 2015. Following this, she made her debut as a musician in 2016 with the release of her first single *Open your eyes*, the title track of which was used as the ending theme to the 2016 anime television series *Occultic;Nine*. Before the release of her first single in April 2016, she participated in a radio show "Tachibana & Yuri & Asaka's shared radio" (立花子&悠里&亜咲花のシェアラジオ) which lasted until 2017 on the online HiBiKi Radio Station. Starting in September 2017, she participated in the "Asaka Animetick Night" (亜咲花 Animetick Night) radio show on CBC Radio which ended in 2022. Her second single *Edelweiss* was released in 2017; the title track is used as the ED to the anime series *A Centaur's Life*. Her third single *Play the game*, released in November 2017, was used as the OP to the *Occultic;Nine* visual novel. Her fourth single *Shiny Days* was released on January 24, 2018; the title track is used as the OP to the anime series *Laid-Back Camp Δ*, which aired on January 4, 2018. Asaka also performed the ED to the *Laid-Back Camp* spin-off *Heya CampΔ*, titled *The Sunshower* which was released as her seventh single. Her fifth single *Eternal Star* was released on August 15, 2018; the title track is used as the ED to the anime series *ISLAND*. She released a mini-album titled *19Box* on January 9, 2019. Her sixth single *Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo* (「この世の果てで恋を唄う少女」) was released on April 24, 2019; the title track is used as the OP to the anime series *YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World*. Starting in July 2019, she was the featured personality of the Monday timeslot for the "A&G ARTIST ZONE THE CATCH" online radio show, appearing over 160 times until September 2022.

In late April 2020, her agency announced she would be going on hiatus to recover from vocal cord polyp removal surgery with a return date planned for around May 25, 2020. She released her eighth single *I believe what you said* on October 14, 2020; the title track is used as the OP to the anime series *Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU*.

Her ninth single *Seize The Day* was released on January 27, 2021; the title track is used as the OP of the second season of *Laid-Back Camp*. For 3 months starting in early April 2021, she hosted "Beat Around 834 Satellite FLASH" (Beat Around 834 サテライトFLASH) radio show on Chita Medias Network's Community FM radio station. On August 6, 2021, it was announced that she would be performing the theme song *See The Light* for the game *Laid-Back Camp Δ Have a nice day!* which released on November 11, 2021. The game theme song was later released on her third album *Who's Me?*. She released her second album *Pontoon* on August 11, 2021. Her song *Believe Myself* was used as the OP of the 2021 anime series *Shikizakura*. The song was released as her tenth single on November 10, 2021.

Her eleventh single *Ready Set Go!!* was released on January 26, 2022. The title's track was used as the OP to the anime series *She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man*. In April 2022, she began co-hosting the "Anime•Stellar" (アニメ・ステラー) radio show with radio DJ Sasha (サッシャ; akak Sascha Boeckle) on NHK Radio 1. Her twelfth single *Sun Is Coming Up* was released on June 29, 2022. The title's track was used as the OP to the anime movie *Laid-Back Camp Δ*. Her thirteenth single *Natsuyume Noisy* (「夏夢ノイジー」) was released on August 10, 2022 and used as the second OP to the anime series *Summer Time Rendering*. In winter 2024, she will perform the ED for *Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!* titled *WaYaWaYaWa!* (「わやわやわー！」).

## Music career

She has released 13 singles through fall 2022. Five have reached the top 40 Oricon singles charts with *Seize The Day* (2021) peaking at #19, the only one to reach the top 20. She has released 4 albums through mid 2023 with *HEART TOUCH* (2019) peaking at #40 on the Oricon album chart. She has released 5 performance blu-ray discs with *Animelo Summer Live 2021 -COLORS- 8.28* (2022) peaking at #6 and *Animelo Summer Live 2022 -Sparkle- DAY1* (2023) peaking at #8 on the Oricon video charts.

She has performed 15 anime tie-in songs and 21 tie-in songs for commercials, games, or TV shows through mid 2023.

From 2018 to 2023, she has held 16 one-man lives and participated in 23 joint lives including 4 Animelo Summer Live events.

## Yuru CampΔ discography

* *SHINY DAYS* - Season 1 OP
* *The Sunshower* - *Heya CampΔ* mini-series theme song (effectively ED)
* *Seize The Day* - Season 2 OP
* *See The Light* - *Yuru CampΔ Have a nice day!* game theme song
* *Sun Is Coming Up* - *Yuru CampΔ Movie* OP

## Media

『ゆるキャン△』おうちキャンプのテーマ『この場所で。』May 18, 2020 *Kono basho de.* by the "Indoor Activity Circle" (屋内活動サークル) with lyrics written by Asaka
## Notes

* Her real name appears to be Hana Asaki (亜咲花; Asaki Hana), as she mentioned writing lyrics for a song where the lyricist is listed as Asaki Hana.

## References

1. ↑ Official MAGES. music artist webpage
2. ↑ *Anime News Network* - Laid-Back Camp Anime's 3rd Season Reveals Teaser Promo Video, Theme Song Artists by Crystalyn Hodgkins 2023-09-28 05:32 EDT
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *asaka1007.jp* - Profile - 亜咲花 Official website
4. ↑ *okmusic* - 【亜咲花 インタビュー】 個性を出していかないと、 亜咲花が歌う必然性がなくなる (in Japanese; in English: *[Interview with Asaki Hana] If you don't show your individuality, there will be no need for Asaki Hana to sing*) by OKMusic編集部 (OKMusic editorial dept.) 2023年06月20日 12:00
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 *billboard Japan* - ＜亜咲花インタビュー連載Vol.1＞ 現役女子高生の日常、二次元への溢れる愛情 (in Japanese; in English: *<Asaka interview series Vol.1> The daily life of a high school girl, overflowing love for 2D*) 2017/06/24
6. ↑ *billboard Japan* - ＜亜咲花インタビュー連載Vol.2＞ 「鈴木このみさんは目標にしている先輩」 (in Japanese; in English: *<Asaka interview series Vol.2> “Konomi Suzuki is a senior I aim for”*) 2017/06/25
7. ↑ *Walkerplus* - ＜画像3 / 40＞美人コスプレイヤー画像 in コミケ89【まとめ】 全40点 (in Japanese; in English: *<Image 3 / 40> Beautiful cosplayer image in Comiket 89 [Summary] All 40 points*) 2016年1月4日
8. ↑ *Anime News Network* - Singer Asaka Takes 1-Month Hiatus to Recover from Vocal Cord Polyp Surgery by Crystalyn Hodgkins 2020-04-04 00:26 EDT
9. ↑ *asaka1007.jp* - SHINY DAYS
10. ↑ *asaka1007.jp* - The Sunshower
11. ↑ *asaka1007.jp* - Seize The Day
12. ↑ *Anime News Network* - Laid-Back Camp: Have a Nice Day! Game's Opening Streamed With Asaka's Theme Song by Alex Mateo 2021-09-03 09:48 EDT
13. ↑ *Crunchyroll News* - Asaka Posts Music Video for Laid-Back Camp: Movie Theme Song "Sun Is Coming Up" by [ Mikikazu Komatsu] May 16, 2022 10:21 AM PDT
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 *LINEblog.me* - おうちで、キャンプ。 2020/5/19 23:31
15. ↑ *Suruga-Ya.com* - Asaki Hana / Eternal Star [ISLAND Edition] - TV anime "ISLAND" ending theme

## External links

* Official website
	+ Official YouTube channel (公式チャンネル)
* Official MAGES. music artist webpage

Other info
* Asaka at the J-pop Wiki
* *VGMdb.net* - Asaka
* *Asaka (musician)*
* *亜咲花*

Discography
* *CDJapan* - ASAKA

News
* *okmusic* - 【亜咲花 インタビュー】 個性を出していかないと、 亜咲花が歌う必然性がなくなる (in Japanese; in English: *[Interview with Asaki Hana] If you don't show your individuality, there will be no need for Asaki Hana to sing*) by OKMusic編集部 (OKMusic editorial dept.) 2023年06月20日 12:00
* *Anime News Network* - Singer Asaka Takes 1-Month Hiatus to Recover from Vocal Cord Polyp Surgery by Crystalyn Hodgkins 2020-04-04 00:26 EDT
* *billboard Japan* - [https://www.billboard-japan.com/d\_news/detail/52532/2 ＜亜咲花インタビュー連載Vol.2＞ 「鈴木このみさんは目標にしている先輩」 (in Japanese; in English: *<Asaka interview series Vol.2> “Konomi Suzuki is a senior I aim for”*) 2017/06/25
* *billboard Japan* - ＜亜咲花インタビュー連載Vol.1＞ 現役女子高生の日常、二次元への溢れる愛情 (in Japanese; in English: *<Asaka interview series Vol.1> The daily life of a high school girl, overflowing love for 2D*) 2017/06/24