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Masami Okui 
Okui performing as part of JAM Project in ParisBackground information Birth name Masami Okui (奥井 雅美) Also known as Makkun (まっくん) Born March 13, 1968 Origin Itami, Hyōgo, Japan Genres Pop, rock, anison Occupations Musician, singer Years active 1980s–present Associated acts JAM Project, r.o.r/s Website makusonia.com In this Japanese name, the family name is "Okui".Masami Okui (奥井 雅美 Okui Masami, born March 13, 1968) is a Rock/Pop/Anison singer who was born in Itami, Hyōgo, Japan. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer.
From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime TV and movies. She is especially well known for her songs from Revolutionary Girl Utena, Tales of Eternia The Animation, Slayers, Sorcerer Hunters, Di Gi Charat, Magic User's Club, Jungle de Ikou, Akihabara Dennou Gumi, Ray the Animation, He Is My Master and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. She has performed material for more than 50 singles and 20 albums to date (including her work with JAM Project and Chihiro Yonekura).
Okui currently hosts @Tunes, an anime music news program, on the Japanese anime television network Animax.
Contents
History
- 1989, November - Her musical career began. She started as a concert backup singer for Yuki Saito
- 1993, released her first single "Dare Yori mo Zutto". This was for the anime OAV The Girl from Phantasia
- 1995, sang together with Megumi Hayashibara for TV anime Slayers. The two artists have become best friends since.
- 2003 - she teamed up with fellow artist Chihiro Yonekura to form the group r.o.r/s (an acronym for "Reflections of Renaissance/Sounds.)
- 2003 - Debuted as a member of the supergroup JAM Project with the single: "Little Wing". This song became the opening title track for the noted anime series Scrapped Princess.
- 2003 - Became the music producer of her own record label, evolution.
Discography
Singles
- Star Child
- Dare yori mo zutto... (誰よりもずっと...)
- August 21, 1993
- Dare yori mo zutto...
- OVA Fantasia theme song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiyuki Watanabe
- Dare yori mo zutto... (off vocal version)
- Yume ni Konnichiwa -Tanoshii Willow Town- (夢にこんにちは -楽しいウイロータウン-)
- November 26, 1993
- Yume ni Konnichiwa -Tanoshii Willow Town-
- TV anime Tanoshii Willow Town opening song
- Lyrics: Miho Matsuba
- Composition, arrangement: Osamu Tezuka
- Liverpool e Oide (リバプールへおいで)
- TV anime Tanoshii Willow Town ending song
- Lyrics: Miho Matsuba
- Composition, arrangement: Osamu Tezuka
- Yume ni Konnichiwa -Tanoshii Willow Town- (off vocal version)
- Liverpool e Oide (off vocal version)
- I Was Born to Fall In Love
- January 21, 1994
- I Was Born to Fall In Love
- OVA Compiler opening song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition, arrangement: Hideya Nakazaki
- Full Up Mind
- OVA Compiler ending song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition, arrangement: Hideya Nakazaki
- I Was Born to Fall In Love (off vocal version)
- Full Up Mind (off vocal version)
- Reincarnation
- March 5, 1994
- Reincarnation
- OVA Tekkaman Blade II opening song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition: Takashi Kudo
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Ryoute ippai no Yume (両手いっぱいの夢)
- OVA Tekkaman Blade II image song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition: Takashi Kudo
- Arrangement: Masami Okui
- Reincarnation (off vocal version)
- Ryoute ippai no Yume (off vocal version)
- My Jolly Days
- August 5, 1994
- My Jolly Days
- Movie anime Ghost Sweeper Mikami ending song
- Lyrics: Keiko Kimoto
- Composition: Tsutomu Ohira
- Arrangement: Vink
- Beats the Band
- Movie anime Ghost Sweeper Mikami soundtrack
- Lyrics: Mamie D. Lee
- Composition: Makoto Ikenaga
- Arrangement: Vink
- My Jolly Days (off vocal version)
- Beats the Band (off vocal version)
- It's Destiny -yatto meguriaeta- (It's DESTINY -やっと巡り会えた-)
- December 21, 1994
- It's DESTINY -Yatto Meguri Ae ta-
- OVA Tekkaman Blade II ending song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition: Takashi Kudo
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Live Alone... Sennen tattemo (Live alone...千年たっても)
- OVA Tekkaman Blade II ending song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition: Takashi Kudo
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- It's DESTINY -Yatto Meguri Ae ta- (off vocal version)
- Live Alone... Sennen tattemo (off vocal version)
- Get Along
- with Megumi Hayashibara
- May 24, 1995
- Get along
- TV anime Slayers opening song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition: Hidetoshi Sato
- Arrangement: Tsutomu Ohira
- Kujikenaikara!
- TV anime Slayers ending song
- Lyrics: Satomi Arimori
- Composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Get along (off vocal version)
- Kujikenaikara! (off vocal version)
- Mask
- with Kasumi Matsumura
- November 3, 1995
- Mask
- TV anime Sorcerer Hunters ending song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki, Tsutomu Ohira
- Love is Fire
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Tsutomu Ohira
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki, Tsutomu Ohira
- Mask (off vocal version)
- Love is Fire (off vocal version)
- Shake It
- January 24, 1996
- Shake it
- OVA Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko theme song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki, Tsutomu Ohira
- Lonely soul
- OVA Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko image song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Tsutomu Ohira
- Shake it (off vocal version)
- Lonely soul (off vocal version)
- Jama wa Sasenai (邪魔はさせない)
- April 24, 1996
- Give a reason
- Sung by Megumi Hayashibara
- Jama wa Sasenai (邪魔はさせない)
- TV anime Slayers Next ending song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Masami Okui, Toshiro Yabuki
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Give a reason (off vocal version)
- Jama wa Sasenai (off vocal version)
- Naked Mind
- December 5, 1996
- Naked Mind
- Radio drama Slayers N.EX opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Niji no youni (虹のように)
- Radio drama Slayers N.EX ending song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Naked Mind (off vocal version)
- Niji no youri (off vocal version)
- J
- March 5, 1997
- J
- OVA Jungle de Ikou! opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- spirit of the globe
- OVA Jungle de Ikou! ending song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- J (off vocal version)
- spirit of the globe (off vocal version)
- Rondo -revolution- (輪舞 -revolution-)
- May 21, 1997
- Rondo -revolution-
- TV anime Revolutionary Girl Utena opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- I can't...
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Rondo -revolution- (off vocal version)
- I can't... (off vocal version)
- Souda, zettai. (そうだ、ぜったい。)
- June 21, 1997
- Souda, zettai.
- OVA Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Precious wing
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Souda, zettai. (off vocal version)
- Precious wing (off vocal version)
- Birth
- May 22, 1998
- Birth
- TV anime Cyber Team in Akihabara opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Masami Okui, Toshiro Yabuki
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Taiyou no Hana (太陽の花)
- TV anime Cyber Team in Akihabara ending song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Birth (off vocal version)
- Taiyou no Hana (off vocal version)
- Shu -AKA- (朱 -AKA- )
- August 7, 1998
- Shu -AKA-
- TV anime Cyber Team in Akihabara soundtrack
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Koishimasho Nebarimasho (恋しましょ ねばりましょ)
- TV anime Cyber Team in Akihabara soundtrack
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Shu -AKA- (off vocal version)
- Koishimasho Nebarimasho (off vocal version)
- Never Die
- November 27, 1998
- Never die
- OVA Slayers Excellent theme song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Naritai (なりたい)
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Never die (OVA size version)
- Never die (off vocal version)
- Key
- March 13, 1999
- Key
- Radio drama Cyber Team in Akihabara theme song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Te no hira no Kakera (手のひらの破片)
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Key (off vocal version)
- Te no hira no Kakera (off vocal version)
- Tenshi no Kyuusoku (天使の休息)
- May 8, 1999
- Tenshi no Kyuusoku
- TV anime Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Ru-Ru-Ru (ルルル)
- TV anime Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko ending song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Tenshi no Kyuusoku (off vocal version)
- Ru-Ru-Ru (off vocal version)
- Labyrinth/Toki ni Ai wa (labyrinth / 時に愛は)
- July 2, 1999
- labyrinth
- Movie anime Cyber Team in Akihabara image song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Toki ni Ai wa
- Movie anime The Adolescence of Utena theme song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- labyrinth (off vocal version)
- Toki ni Ai wa (off vocal version)
- Sore wa Totsuzen yattekuru (それは突然やってくる)
- November 26, 1999
- Sore wa Totsuzen yattekuru
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- eternal promise [Deck version]
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Masami Okui, Toshiro Yabuki
- Arrangement: Hideki Satou
- Sore wa Totsuzen yattekuru (instrumental)
- eternal promise [Deck version] (instrumental)
- labyrinth (Live)
- Toki ni Ai wa [Itaru version] (Live)
- Only One, No. 1
- December 3, 1999
- Only One, No. 1
- TV anime Di Gi Charat opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Only One, No. 1 (off vocal version)
- Over the End
- April 26, 2000
- Over the End
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Moon
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Hideki Satou
- Over the End (instrumental)
- Moon (instrumental)
- Over the End (Mozambique club mix)
- Turning Point
- July 21, 2000
- Turning Point
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Chaos
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Hideki Satou
- Turning Point (instrumental)
- Chaos (instrumental)
- Cutie (Kenji Kitajima remix)
- Cutie
- July 21, 2000
- Cutie
- TV anime Di Gi Charat Summer Special 2000 opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Cutie (off vocal version)
- Just Do It
- August 3, 2000
- Just do it
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Just do it (instrumental)
- Sora ni Kakeru Hashi (空にかける橋)
- February 7, 2001
- Sora ni Kakeru Hashi
- TV anime Tales of Eternia opening song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- I'd love you to touch me
- TV anime Tales of Eternia ending song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: System-B
- Sora ni Kakeru Hashi (off vocal version)
- I'd love you to touch me (off vocal version)
- Megami ni Naritai -for a yours- (女神になりたい -for a yours-)
- March 21, 2001
- Megami ni naritai -for a yours-
- TV anime Di Gi Charat Christmas Special, Ohanami Special, Natsuyasumi Special opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Megami ni naritai -for a yours- (off vocal version)
- only one, No.1 (Live)
- Shuffle
- April 25, 2001
- Shuffle
- TV anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Ano hi no Gogo (あの日の午後)
- TV anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters ending song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Shuffle (instrumental)
- Ano hi no Gogo (instrumental)
- Shuffle (D.V mix)
- Deportation -but, never too late-
- July 25, 2001
- DEPORTATION -but, never too late-
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Topbeam
- Jounetsu (情熱)
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Yuugo Maeda
- DEPORTATION -but, never too late- (instrumental)
- Jounetsu (instrumental)
- DEPORTATION -but, never too late- (A.C version)
- Happy Place
- August 22, 2002
- HAPPY PLACE
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Dry
- Iiwake (いいわけ)
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Yamachi
- DEVOTION (Live)
- King Records
- Second Impact
- November 27, 2003
- Second Impact
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki
- Pure
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Naozumi Takahashi
- Arrangement: Tsutomu Ohira
- Message
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Monta
- Second Impact (instrumental)
- Pure (instrumental)
- Message (instrumental)
- Evolution
- Olive
- December 8, 2004
- Olive
- Commercial song for Iromelo Mix
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki
- Snowy
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Monta
- Troubadour -Ginyuu Shijin- (Troubadour-吟遊詩人-)
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Monta
- Olive (instrumental)
- Snowy (instrumental)
- Troubadour -Ginyuu Shijin- (instrumental)
- Trust / A Confession of Tokio
- May 11, 2005
- Trust
- TV anime He Is My Master opening song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Seikou Nagaoka
- A confession of Tokio
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Hiroshi Uesugi
- Arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki
- Trust (instrumental)
- A confession of Tokio (instrumental)
- Mitsu (蜜 -mitsu-)
- January 25, 2006
- Mitsu
- DVD Drama RAY theme song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Monta
- Paradise Lost
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Macaroni
- Sora ni Kakeru Hashi [Unplugged Version]
- Arrangement: Itaru Watanabe, Hironobu Kageyama
- Mitsu (instrumental)
- Paradise Lost (instrumental)
- Sora ni Kakeru Hashi [Unplugged Version] (instrumental)
- Zero -G-
- May 10, 2006
- zero -G-
- TV anime Ray the Animation opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Monta
- Arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki
- Gift
- DVD Drama Gift theme song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Takahito Eguchi
- zero -G- (instrumental)
- Gift (instrumental)
- Wild Spice
- August 9, 2006
- Wild Spice
- TV anime Muteki Kanban Musume opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Monta
- Lunatic Summer
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Monta
- Wild Spice (instrumental)
- Lunatic Summer (instrumental)
- Remote Viewing
- January 26, 2007
- Remote Viewing
- PS2 Game Routes opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Michio Kinugasa
- Arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki
- Haitoku no KISS -Love of a fallen angel- (背徳のKISS-Love of a fallen angel-)
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Rala
- Remote Viewing (instrumental)
- Haitoku no KISS -Love of a fallen angel- (instrumental)
- It's My Life
- July 4, 2007
- It's my life
- Commercial song for Iromelo Mix
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Monta
- Arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki, Tsutomu Ohira
- -w-
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Monta
- Arrangement: Macaroni, Monta
- It's my life (instrumental)
- -w- (instrumental)
- Index Music
- Ring
- July 25, 2007
- Ring
- TV drama Jikuu Keisatsu Wecker Signa opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition, arrangement: Monta
- Ring [Ballad Version]
- Ring (instrumental)
- Ring [Ballad Version] (instrumental)
- Lantis
- Insanity
- November 21, 2007
- Insanity
- PC Game Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse opening song
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composition: Monta
- Arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki
- Total Eclipse
- PC Game Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse ending song
- Lyrics, composition: Masami Okui
- Arrangement: Hideyuki Daichi Suzuki
- Insanity (off vocal)
- Total Eclipse (off vocal)
Albums
- Star Child
- Gyuu
- V-sit
- Ma-KING
- Do-Can
- BEST-EST
- Her-Day
- NEEI
- Li-Book 2000
- S-mode #1
- Devotion
- Masami Kobushi (マサミコブシ)
- King Records
- Evolution
- Dragonfly
- God Speed
- Evolution
- Masami Life
- Ooku (大奥)
- Tribute to Masami Okui ~Buddy~
- Akasha
- Self-Satisfaction
- i-magination
- Self-Satisfaction II
Videos
- Star Child
- Ma-KING Concert '97
- Do-can Diary
- A-Day
- Live in Hibiya -no cut-
- B-Day
- Document '00
- Birth Live '01
- C-Day
- Live Devotion
- King Records
- V-mode -10th Anniversary-
- Evolution
- GIGS 2004 ReBirth
- GIGS 2005 Dragonfly
- GIGS 2006 GodSpeed
- GIGS 2006 Evolution
Other works
Lyrics and Composition
- Reiko Abe, Ui Miyazaki, Tomoe Ohmi - Egao Misete (エガオヲミセテ), Love Prisoner, Dream Girls
- Akira Ishida - Secret ~Dare ka no Message~ (Secret〜誰かのメッセージ〜), But But But
- Mayumi Iizuka - Memorial Song
- Ikuko - Angel of Light
- Tomoe Ohmi - Utakata (ウタカタ), Hi no Hana (火ノ花), Float ~Sora no Kanata E~ (float〜空の彼方へ〜), Still Love, Yuunagi (夕凪), Return to Love, Happy Days
- Mami Kingetsu - Candle Light ga Kieru Koro ni Wa (キャンドルライトが消える頃には)
- Mariko Koda - Moonlight Angel ~Ashita ni Mukatte~ (Moonlight Angel〜明日に向かって〜)
- Takehito Koyasu - Sennichite (千日手)
- Nobuo Tobita - Ranbu (乱舞)
- Sakura Nogawa - KAKERA, Girl's☆Pleasure
- Yuko Mizutani - Ryouki ~Heaven & Hell~ (領域〜Heaven&Hell〜)
- Hikaru Midorikawa - more than words
- Ui Miyazaki - Adoration, Kurenai, Phosphor
Composition
- Yuri Amano - Soshite (そして)
- Yoko Ishida - Ienai Kara (言えないから), believing, proof of life, power of love, Kimirashii Speed de (君らしいスピードで), "Because I Cannot Say It" (言えないから Ienai Kara)
- Tomoe Ohmi - Watashi to Anata no 60-byoukan (私とあなたの60秒間)
- Takehito Koyasu - Kuri Hiroi (栗ひろい), Iyokan (いよかん)
- Takehito Koyasu & Masaya Onosaka - Dai Yuusha Monogatari (大勇者物語)
- Yumi Touma - Alone
- Megumi Hayashibara & Masami Suzuki - Otome no Ino (乙女の祈)
- Tomoko Ishimura - Ame no Faraway (雨のFaraway)
- FURIL （Kyoko Hikami, Yuko Miyamura, Yukana） - Tokimeki Nagara For You (ときめきながらFor You)
- Hikaru Midorikawa - We are...
Lyrics
- Masaaki Endoh - Jewel, Happy Ice Cream, Ai no Tane (あいのたね)
- Tomoe Ohmi - Junai Hakusho (純愛白書)
- KAORI - Kagairibi篝火
- Yumi Kakazu - Koishimasho Nebarimasho (恋しましょ ねばりましょ)
- Mikuni Shimokawa - Kohaku
- Masami Suzuki - Futsū no Shiawase (ふつうのしあわせ)
- Hiroki Takahashi - Honesty
- Megumi Hayashibara & Yuri Shiratori & Akiko Hiramatsu - Issho ni (いっしょに)
- Rica Matsumoto - Someday
- Nana Mizuki - Transmigration
- Ui Miyazaki - Fates, Satisfaction, Strategy
- Isao Yamagishi - 1 2 3
Other events
- Animelo Summer Live 2005 The Bridge
- Animelo Summer Live 2006 Outride
- Animelo Summer Live 2007 Generation A
- Animelo Summer Live 2008 Challenge
- Animelo Summer Live 2009 Re:Bridge
- Animelo Summer Live 2010 Evolution
- Anisama Girl's Night
- Anisama in Shanghai
- Animelo Summer Live 2011 Rainbow
External links
- Masami Okui's official website (Japanese)
- evolution-m: Masami's independent record label(Japanese)
- Masami Okui fansite (English)
- Ganbare Makkun! Okui Masami fansite (Spanish)
- Mac-kun: Spirit of the Sunflower (English)
- J-music Ignited: Masami Okui (English)
- Masami Okui @ J-Music Italia (Italian)
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- Japanese female singers
- Japanese singer-songwriters
- People from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Osaka University of Arts alumni
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