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Jan 24, 2016 4:48 AM
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Singer Mami Kawada, who has performed theme songs for various anime, visual novels, and video games, announced at the second day of LisAni! Live 2016 that she will retire from singing activities this year.

Kawada will hold her final "fan festival" on May 21, 2016, at Tokyo Dome City Hall. Singer KOTOKO, musical duo fripSide, and singer Maon Kurosaki will appear as guests at the concert.

Singer Eiko Shimamiya first discovered Kawada's vocal talents in 2001 and invited her to join the musical production group I've sound, to which Shimamiya belonged to at the time. Later that year, Kawada debuted with the song "Kaze to Kimi wo Daite," which is used as the theme song of the visual novel Miss You.

"Sora no Mori de," which is used as the ending theme song of Onegai☆Teacher (2002), was her first work associated with anime. She was signed by record label Geneon Entertainment (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan) in 2005 and later performed the opening theme of Shakugan no Shana, "Hishoku no Sora."

As a major label artist, Kawada has released 15 singles, five original albums, and a compilation album. Her 16th single titled "Contrail ~Kiseki~," which is used as the opening theme song for the Winter 2016 anime Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm, will be released on January 27.

"Contrail ~Kiseki~" Music Video


Source: Official website, Music Natalie
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Jan 24, 2016 4:51 AM
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No T^T
I love her songs and her voice. She is one of the reason why I really like Shakugan no Shana.
Jan 24, 2016 4:52 AM
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I absolutely love the Shakugan no Shana's theme that she did. Sad to see her go.
Jan 24, 2016 4:54 AM
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Not very familiar with her. I've only played 2 games that she sang songs for. But those were some fucking great songs.

Jan 24, 2016 5:07 AM
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That's actually quite a shame. I think she's one of the better J-pop singers, her songs felt somewhat different than the usual generic J-pop songs.
Jan 24, 2016 5:12 AM
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I blame Index for not having a third season
Jan 24, 2016 5:13 AM
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Her last concert will be with fellow that also did Raildex soundtrack.
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Jan 24, 2016 5:18 AM
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When does performing final concert mean retire from singing? And she writes songs too. Is she really exiting the industry?
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Jan 24, 2016 5:19 AM
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no index s3 with mami kawada op T.T
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Jan 24, 2016 5:36 AM

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Nooo!! Her songs are pretty good and I love her Index openings.
Jan 24, 2016 5:40 AM

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Oh bummer. At least we still have Ray who sort of sounds like her
Jan 24, 2016 5:50 AM

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RIP, Index openings ;_;
Jan 24, 2016 5:56 AM

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Damn, I loved her performances for Jormungand in 2012. Going to miss her singing D:
Jan 24, 2016 5:58 AM

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Man this is just depressing
But there is always hope she'll comeback into the industry one day in the future
Jan 24, 2016 6:10 AM

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why, did she do cocaine like agiri?
Jan 24, 2016 6:18 AM

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Oh no! Why!? I will miss her songs! :(

She is also a songwriter as well, and Ray sang some of the songs written by her, so I hope she will continue to write songs.
Jan 24, 2016 6:18 AM

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Aww... this sucks, I really liked her voice, it was quite a nice surprise hearing hear in the OP when I first played Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, she'll be missed a lot uwu
Jan 24, 2016 6:19 AM

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Who will be doing Index 3 opening now? D:

Wait, Index 3 isn't even confirmed yet :P
Jan 24, 2016 6:20 AM

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Nooo!! Her songs are pretty good and I love her Index openings.


Yeah, I started Index because of the openings. It's a shame third season won't have her.
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Jan 24, 2016 6:43 AM

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Noo that kind of sucks since she has some good songs

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Jan 24, 2016 6:47 AM

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I love her openings. It's sad she's retiring like that.
Then again, it's said that she quits "concerts", and not singing, so all hope isn't lost.
Jan 24, 2016 7:05 AM

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Why is she retiring, though?

I've been putting away Hatsukoi 1/1 for so long...
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Jan 24, 2016 7:18 AM

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Really enjoyed her work in To aru and Shakugan, definitely going to miss it.
Jan 24, 2016 7:37 AM

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I still got that Jormungand opening on repeat sometimes, really good, sad to see her leave.
Jan 24, 2016 7:38 AM

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zetsu_shoren said:
why, did she do cocaine like agiri?


Nah. she might want to do something else. It's sad to see her go in her prime though especially since there's no scandal or anything to do with it.


Jan 24, 2016 7:38 AM

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Noo .. she's one of my favorites.. I guess Ao Kanata is the last anime she's doing.
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no index s3 with mami kawada op T.T
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I blame Index for not having a third season


I can't imagine index without Mami.
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Jan 24, 2016 7:39 AM

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Konoetan said:
Noo .. she's one of my favorites.. I guess Ao Kanata is the last anime she's doing.
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no index s3 with mami kawada op T.T
lucidbrandon said:
I blame Index for not having a third season


I can't imagine index without Mami.
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Kotoko can do Index S3.


Jan 24, 2016 7:45 AM

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NO!!!!!.....my fav singer........i really like her songs, especially from Shakugan no Shana, Hayate no Gotoku and Index
Well, thanks for your hardwork then :D.
So Ao no Kanata OP will be her last song.
it's sad :(

Edit: Everybody are saying that there will be no mami kawada in index s3. is it even confirmed that there will be s3 ? because many people say it's impossible because of the source material or something...
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Jan 24, 2016 7:53 AM
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I will totally miss her T_T
Jan 24, 2016 7:53 AM
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young lings to day hay to sitcktoitvness look at aniki hes had 40 plus yera caeere and still going kuusii to horie to Sasaki to Shomon retied after 30 years [ also after having the biggest selling sigle ever in Japanese chart shcokinly it was also only in the charts for 5 weeks] its sold 4.4 4.7 mliion depding on source

how big is that youmay ask hell the biigest act in japan in b'z and there highest ever singles sale is just over 1.75

and mami givem up when not one of her songs have ever broke 2 mliion copies

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Jan 24, 2016 7:58 AM

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That's a shame. I really like her songs. Hearing the Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm OP gave me memories of Shakugan no Shana and reminded me of how much I like her music.
Jan 24, 2016 8:19 AM

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The real question is why did she decide to retire?

It's sad to see a good singer go. I loved her songs in Index and Jormungand. Hope she'll continue to be blessed.
Jan 24, 2016 8:30 AM
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She left with a two great songs. Yuuki no Tsubasa and Contrail Kiseki.
Jan 24, 2016 9:08 AM

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Her performance for Jormungand was awesome... Will miss you <3
Jan 24, 2016 9:13 AM

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well,gonna miss her songs. hopefully she will be fine.
Jan 24, 2016 9:34 AM
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NOO!!! I love her songs from Index II and Four Rhythm.

R.I.P Mami Dx


Jan 24, 2016 10:25 AM
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Tevens said:

Edit: Everybody are saying that there will be no mami kawada in index s3. is it even confirmed that there will be s3 ? because many people say it's impossible because of the source material or something...


It is far from impossible to have another season of Index. There is enough material for atleast 2 more seasons, and it seems like there will be even more since new Light Novels come out every few months. Besides that, Index and Railgun both sold really well, so they might announce a 3rd season of Index after Heavy Object finishes its run.


Really sad to hear Mami Kawada retire. She's been one of my favorite Opening artists since I started watching anime. Hope she'll decide to do 1 final comeback for the Index OPs, but my hopes aren't high.
Jan 24, 2016 10:38 AM

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yeah that was my guess ^ but i won't get my hopes up.

sad to see mami kawada retire :c


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Jan 24, 2016 10:57 AM

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Such a shame, I always liked her songs whenever I heard them in an anime I was watching.
Jan 24, 2016 11:12 AM

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Very sad, but I wish her good luck for whatever she plans on doing.
Jan 24, 2016 11:29 AM

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I really love her older songs from previous decade.

i`m gonna miss her.
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Jan 24, 2016 11:29 AM

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rip every single dengeki adaptetion from now on, you will be missed
Jan 24, 2016 11:37 AM
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good luck
Jan 24, 2016 11:43 AM

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO T_T
She's my favorite, and its so sad to see her go... =/ I guess maybe it's time for her to move on and I know everyone respects her choice, but will miss her music lots. I know I will. You'll still be my favorite Mami!
Jan 24, 2016 12:24 PM
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R.I.P Wank bait number #6612
Jan 24, 2016 12:28 PM

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I loved her stuff in Shana and Index, and I don't even like either show.
Hope for the best for her future.
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Jan 24, 2016 1:09 PM

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that's sad , she's not one of my favourite singers but she really is a great one , she'll be missed , i'll never forget these ones :


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Oh no. I'm incredibly sad to see her go.... :( her songs were phenomenal. not just her anime tracks but also her songs in the I've Sound Girls Compilations.

Favorite tracks:

Hishoku no Sora
Seed
Transition
Timeless Time
Trill
Undelete
Beehive
Asu E No Namida
Serment
Initiative
Jellyfish
My Buddy
All In Good Time
Immoral
PSI-MISSING
Intron Tone
Joint
Vacillate
Portamento
Linkage
Radiance
Triangle
Square The Circle
Prophecy
Koubou
The Maze
Hisui
Melty Snow
Get My Way
See VisionS

I really hope KOTOKO or Maon Kurosaki does the Index OPs under Takase Kazuya's or Tomoyuki Nakazawa's Compositions.
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Man this sucks. Really loved voice. Specailly in Shana and Tokyo Ravens ending.
Jan 24, 2016 2:17 PM

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ouch that was so unexpected really love a lot of her song tho, well anyway wish you the best for the future mami-san
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