Luna_Haruna

Luna Haruna

Luna Haruna

Japanese singer and model


Aya Itō (伊藤 彩, Itō Aya, born October 11, 1991), better known by her stage name Luna Haruna (春奈 るな, Haruna Runa)[2] is a Japanese singer and fashion model from Tokyo.

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Biography

Luna Haruna was interested in anime and music from a young age.[3] In her first year of junior high school, she became obsessed with Gothic Lolita manga characters, and started to collect Western clothes.[4] In her third year of junior high school, she auditioned for the Internet radio program of Rental Magica, and was selected to perform the opening theme. She became popular as an imoto-kei amateur model in the fashion magazine Kera when she was in her second year of high school, and also did tie-in modelling for Marui.[4] She gained popularity when she became a finalist at the fourth All-Japan Anime Song Grand Prix.[1]

In an interview with Japanese entertainment website Nihongogo, Luna shares her inspiration behind her career "In terms of TV and anime, I grew up watching and singing the songs from Sailor Moon. As for music artists, I was really inspired by Chiaki Ishikawa and also ALI PROJECT. When I watched them perform, I was really amazed by the power of music and song. This really inspired me to become a musician and an artist."[5]

Career

Haruna started singing full-time in 2011, and released her debut single "Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau" (空は高く風は歌う, The Sky is High and the Wind Sings) on May 2, 2012, which is used as the second ending theme to the 2011 anime series: Fate/Zero. Her second single, "Overfly", released on November 28, 2012, was used as the second ending theme to the 2012 anime series Sword Art Online.[6] Her song "Startear" was used as the first ending theme to Sword Art Online's sequel Sword Art Online II,[7] while "Yoru no Niji wo Koete" (夜の虹を越えて, Over the Night Rainbow) was used in the video game Sword Art Online: Lost Song.[8][9] She also covered the song "Kisaragi Attention" in the 2014 anime series Mekakucity Actors. On January 28, 2015, her seventh single "Kimi-iro Signal" was used as opening theme to Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend. Her eighth single "Ripple Effect" was used as ending theme of anime High School Fleet.[10] Her ninth single, "Windia", that released on October 12, 2016, serves as the opening theme of the game Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization.[11]

On Haruna's mini album SxW EP on February 22, 2017, she collaborated with Kotoko, Haruka Tomatsu, Rika Mayama, Sachika Misawa, and Akira from Disacode. The song that she made with Kotoko, "SxW -Soul World-", is used as the theme song of the game Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight.[12]

Haruna moved to the Sacra Music record label under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in April 2017.[13] Her tenth single "Stella Breeze" that released on May 3, 2017, is used as the opening theme to anime Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat.[14] Her third studio album "Lunarium" was released on June 21, 2017. Her eleventh single "KIRAMEKI☆Lifeline" (KIRAMEKI☆ライフライン, Sparkling Lifeline) was released on November 8, 2017; the song was used as the ending theme of 2017 anime series Urahara, in which she also made her debut as a voice actor.[15][16] A special single "Justice" was released on June 7, 2018; the song is used as the opening theme to the game Fate/Extella Link.[17] Her twelfth single, "Momoiro Typhoon" (桃色タイフーン, lit. Peach-Colored Typhoon), was released digitally on July 29, 2018, and received a physical release on August 22, 2018; the song is used as the opening theme to anime Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs.[18] She released her first "best of" album Luna Joule on November 7, 2018: it included an orchestra version of "Overfly", which was released digitally on October 7, 2018.[19][20] She released a limited edition digital single titled "Lupa to Aries" (ルパとアリエス) on June 7, 2019.[21] She released her third mini album "Glory Days" on October 23, 2019; the title track is used as the theme song to anime movie Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend the Movie: Finale.[22] The album also contains her previous single and her cover song from the anime series itself.[23] Her Thirteenth single "Peace!!!" was released on March 18, 2020; the song was used as the sixth ending song of anime Puzzle & Dragon.[24]

Haruna left Sacra Music label at the end of September 2021 after her contract expired.[25]

On May 5, 2022, she released her first digital single "BLUE ROSE" as independent singer. The song was used as a character song for Cordie from the mobile game Memento Mori.[26]

Filmography

Television animation

Live action

Movie
  • Aru Zombie Shoujo no Sainan (2013) as Alma V

Discography

Albums

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References

  1. "2010/09/26". Lineblog. September 26, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  2. "Sony Music Online Japan : 春奈るな : プロフィール" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  3. 私たち、こんな読モライフを送ってきました [This is the amateur model life that we have been living]. Weekly Playboy (in Japanese) (June 2012): 99.
  4. A, Lawrence (July 12, 2014). "An Interview with Haruna Luna at AnimeNext New Jersey 2014". Nihongogo. Nihongogo. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  5. てけおん (January 28, 2015). "『SAO ロスト・ソング』は藍井エイルさん&春奈るなさんのW主題歌! この主題歌が聞ける動画も公開" (in Japanese). Dengeki Online. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  6. "ベストアルバム「Luna Joule」、11月7日(水)に発売決定!" (in Japanese). Sacra Music. September 8, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  7. "Overfly -orchestra ver.- – Single" (in Japanese). iTunes Store. October 7, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  8. "glory days" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  9. "PEACE!!!" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  10. "Luna Haruna's name disappeared from SACRA MUSIC website". SACRA MUSIC (in Japanese). Sony Music Japan. October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  11. "BLUE ROSE". TuneCore Japan. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  12. "Oversky" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  13. "Candy Lips" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  14. "LUNARIUM" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  15. "Luna Joule" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  16. "Dreamer" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  17. "SxW EP" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  18. 空は高く風は歌う [Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  19. "Overfly" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  20. 君がくれた世界 [Kimi ga Kureta Sekai] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  21. アイヲウタエ [Ai o Utae] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  22. "Snowdrop" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  23. "Startear" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  24. 君色シグナル [Kimi-iro Signal]. Oricon.
  25. "Ripple Effect" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  26. "Windia" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  27. ステラブリーズ [Stella Breeze] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  28. KIRAMEKI☆ライフライン [KIRAMEKI☆Lifeline] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  29. 桃色タイフーン [Momoiro Typhoon] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

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