Japanese singer-songwriter
Kurumi Enomoto
?本くるみ
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Also known as
| Kurumi
(
くるみ
)
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Born
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1981-10-17
)
17 October 1981
(age 42)
Nagoya
, Japan
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Genres
| J-Pop
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Occupation(s)
| Singer-songwriter
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Instrument(s)
| Vocals
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Years active
| 2002?present
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Labels
| Nagare Records (2002)
SME Records
(2002?2003)
Across the Pop Records (2005)
For Life Music
(2006?present)
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Musical artist
Kurumi Enomoto
(
?本 くるみ
,
Enomoto Kurumi
, born 17 October 1981)
, formerly known as
Kurumi
(
くるみ
)
, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She debuted in 2002 with the independently released single
Moeru Taiy?
(
燃える太陽
,
Burning Sun
)
.
[1]
She is most well known for singing the ending theme song for the
anime
adaptation of the
Namco
role-playing video game
Tales of the Abyss
, "
B?ken Suisei
."
Biography
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Enomoto was born in
Nagoya
.
[1]
She first gained an interest in music in late primary school. She joined the school band in her final year, and started listening to top 40-charts based Western music.
[2]
She was particularly impressed by
Madonna
, though also liked such music as hard-rock bands.
[3]
She wrote her first song on the piano in this period. It was called
Maboroshi
(
幻
,
Phantom
)
and it expressed much of the unhappiness she felt at the time.
[3]
She later resumed writing songs regularly when she was 19.
[4]
Two years later in August 2002, Enomoto released her first single, "Moeru Taiy?," under the independent label
Nagare Records
with the mononym
Kurumi
(
くるみ
)
.
[1]
It was sold exclusively at six
Tower Records
stores, and managed to chart at No. 3 on the
Sapporo
store's instore independent single charts, as well as No. 8 on the total single charts at the
Nagoya
Kintetsu Pass'e
store.
[1]
In December of the same year, she debuted under
SME Records
as a major label artist. The first song she'd ever written, "Maboroshi," was released as her debut single, followed by "Color Ningen" in June. Neither single charted on
Oricon
charts' top 200 singles chart.
[5]
After performing at a few live events throughout 2003, Enomoto ceased activity under Sony.
[1]
Enomoto did no musical activities in 2004, and in late 2005 released another independent single, "Yasashii Uta o Utaitai," under her full name. This led to her second major-label contract, this time with
For Life Music
. She re-debuted with the single "Kokoro no Katachi". Her music was most popular on Nagoya-based FM radio stations: her singles "Kokoro no Katachi" and "Uchiage Hanabi" reached #3 on the
ZIP-FM
airplay charts, and her third, "Rainbow Dust," reached No. 1.
[6]
"Rainbow Dust" was used as the theme song for the drama
Sweets Dream
. These were followed by her debut album,
Notebook I: Mirai no Kioku
.
From October 2007 until February 2008, Enomoto released three singles, released successively every two months. The last of these, "Mirai Kinenbi," shared the title of Enomoto's cellphone serialised novel, released through cellphone site
Orion
at the same time as the single.
[7]
The offer for Enomoto to write such a novel came to a surprise to her, as she was not an avid fiction reader, and did not consider herself to be an exceptional writer.
[2]
Enomoto's break came in late 2008, when she teamed up with
Bump of Chicken
vocalist
Motoo Fujiwara
to write the ending theme song for the
anime
adaptation of the
Namco
role-playing video game
Tales of the Abyss
. The resulting song was "
B?ken Suisei
," which went on to reach No. 10 on Oricon's singles chart,
[8]
selling over 30,000 copies.
[9]
Discography
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Studio albums
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Year
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Album Information
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Chart positions
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2007
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Notebook I: Mirai no Kioku
(
NOTEBOOK I~未?の記憶~
, "Future Memories")
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70
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2009
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Notebook II: B?ken Note-ch?
(
NOTEBOOK II~冒?ノ?ト中~
, "During Adventure Notes")
- Released: January 21, 2009
(
2009-01-21
)
- Label: For Life Music (FLCF-4268)
- Formats: CD, digital download
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43
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Extended plays
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Year
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Album Information
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Chart positions
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2009
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Anata ni Tsutaetai
(
あなたに?えたい
, "I Want to Tell You")
- Released: October 21, 2009
(
2009-10-21
)
- Label: For Life Music (FLCF-4296)
- Formats: CD, digital download
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131
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Singles
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Release
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Title
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Notes
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Oricon
singles
charts
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Album
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2002
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"Moeru Taiy?"
(
燃える太陽
, "Burning Sun")
|
Independent, released at six different
Tower Records
stores
As
Kurumi
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?
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?
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"Maboroshi"
(
幻
, "Phantom")
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As
Kurumi
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?
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?
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2003
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"Color Ningen"
(
カラ?人間
, "Color People")
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As
Kurumi
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?
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2005
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"Yasashii Uta o Utaitai"
(
優しいうたをうたいたい
, "I Want to Sing a Kind Song")
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Independent
|
?
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?
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2006
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"Kokoro no Katachi"
(
心のカタチ
, "Shape of My Heart")
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Notebook I: Mirai no Kioku
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"Uchiage Hanabi"
(
打ち上げ花火
, "Skyrockets")
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?
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"Rainbow Dust"
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99
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2007
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"Aisubeki Hito"
(
愛すべき人
, "Someone I Should Love")
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199
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"Real/She"
(
リアル/She
,
Riaru
)
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Notebook II: B?ken Note-ch?
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"Y?hi ga Oka/Minna Genki"
(
夕陽が丘/みんな元?
, "Sunset Hill/Everyone's Fine")
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?
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2008
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"Mirai Kinenbi"
(
未?記念日
, "Future Day to Remember")
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?
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"Yesterdays (Taisetsu na Okurimono)"
(
イエスタデイズ~大切な贈りもの~
, "Yesterdays (Important Present)")
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?
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"
B?ken Suisei
"
(
冒?彗星
, "Adventure Comet")
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10
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