Biography
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Born
1964 (age 60)
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Born In
Shibuya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
The Suginami Junior Chorus is a Japanese youth choir based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1964 by the late Takashi Shimizu, the choir is best known for providing music for various popular Japanese media, such as anime songs, TV show and movie soundtracks, and commercials, and has also provided backing vocals in operas, plays, and orchestral concerts. Member ages range from toddlers to university students, though there are often age restrictions during recruitment cycles depending on which vocal ranges are most needed for the choir. Children are not required to learn how to read sheet music in order to join.
Examples of media the Suginami Junior Chorus has provided vocals for include:
- The 1978 anime series Galaxy Express 999 - ending theme "Blue Earth" (青い地球)
- The Osamu Tezuka anime series Triton of the Sea (海のトリトン) - theme song "GO! GO! Triton"
- The anime series The White Whale of Mu (ムーの白鯨) - ending theme "信じるかい"
- The anime series Dokaben (ドカベン) - season two opening "March of the Nine" (九人のマーチ)
- The Studio Ghibli movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ) - provided vocals for multiple songs throughout the soundtrack ( Laputa: Castle in the Sky Soundtrack -The Mystery of the Levitation Stone- )
- The Studio Ghibli movie My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ) - provided vocals for multiple songs in the soundtrack ( My Neighbor Totoro Image Song Collection )
- The anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena (少女革命ウテナ) - song "Absolute Destiny Apocalypse" (絶対運命黙示録) and provided vocals for many fights throughout the series
- The 2013 video game Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (エスカ&ロジーのアトリエ 〜黄昏の空の錬金術士〜) - sang the hidden track "A Promise" (約束)
- The anime series Seitokai Yakuindomo (生徒会役員共) - song "Sakura no Sora" (桜の空)
- The movie Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (映画ドラえもん のび太の南極カチコチ大冒険) - song "Pao Pao Dance" (パオパオダンス)
- Provided backing vocals at the Hatsune Miku Symphony 2023
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