What You Have to Know:
- Maaya Sakamoto’s newest music, “Drops,” has been chosen because the opening theme of the TV anime Aru Majo ga Shinu Made, which can premiere on April 1. A preview of the music is out there within the first major promotional video for the collection, launched at this time.
- Aru Majo ga Shinu Made is a heartwarming fantasy about Meg, a 17-year-old apprentice witch, who’s instructed by her long-lived instructor, Faust, {that a} horrible curse has left her with just one yr to dwell. With a purpose to break the curse, Meg units out to carry happiness to these round her and gather the joyful tears shed by 1,000 individuals inside a yr.
- The lyrics for “Drops” had been written by Yuho Iwasato, who has collaborated with Maaya Sakamoto on many songs. The music was composed by Naoto Kiyota, an up-and-coming composer making his debut collaboration with Sakamoto, and the association was dealt with by Shin Kono, who has been arranging Sakamoto’s music for a few years. This mixture of familiarity and recent expertise makes for an thrilling group.
About Maaya Sakamoto
Born in Tokyo, she started her profession as a toddler actress on the age of eight. She made her CD debut in 1996 with the one “Yakusoku wa Iranai.” Following her 2011 album You Can’t Catch Me, which topped the Oricon chart, she started actively collaborating with a variety of different artists and musicians. Since her 2013 album Singer-Songwriter, she has additionally been composing music for different artists.
In 2019, she launched her thirtieth single “Uchuu no Kioku” (produced by Ringo Sheena) and her tenth unique album Kyou Dake no Ongaku. In 2020, she launched her twenty fifth anniversary album Single Assortment+ Achikochi and the digital single “Yakudo,” which topped the Oricon chart.
In July 2021, her radio program “Vitamin M,” which she had been internet hosting for 20 years, reached its 1,000th broadcast and entered its twenty first yr. In Could 2022, she launched the double tie-up single “Sumire / Kotoba ni Dekinai,” with music written and organized by Shigeru Kishida.
Up to now, she has launched 35 singles and 11 full albums. As a lyricist, along with writing her personal unique songs, she has additionally written many songs for different artists, together with Kinki Youngsters’ “Hikari no Kehai,” Mamoru Miyano’s “Toumei,” and Walküre’s “Kaze wa Yokoku Naku Fuku,” and has printed her personal lyrics e-book Shishu (Kadokawa).
She received the thirty eighth Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award for her efficiency as Jerusha within the musical Daddy-Lengthy-Legs. Her newest essay assortment Manpukuron – Asu ni Kaburitsuke (Kadokawa) has additionally garnered consideration.
Along with her singing profession, she is lively as a voice actress, actress, lyricist, essayist, and radio persona. Her recent and vibrant voice is liked by followers not solely in Japan but additionally around the globe. In 2025, she is going to rejoice her thirtieth anniversary as a performer and is ready to contribute the opening theme music for the TV anime Aru Majo ga Shinu Made.
Official homepage: jvcmusic.co.jp/maaya
Official YouTube channel: youtube.com/@maayasakamotoch
Supply: Official Press Launch