Haruka Shimotsuki


Haruka Shimotsuki is a Japanese singer and dōjin music composer known for her vocal themes in the Atelier Iris and Ar tonelico series. She also wrote the lyrics and sang the ending themes to the first two seasons of Rozen Maiden as well as the OVA under the name Kukui, with Myu. Shimotsuki's original music mainly consists of ethnic and fantasy music, and most of her songs are soft in tone.
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Career

Haruka Shimotsuki started her career in 1999 beginning with singing main themes for games, and writing and composing songs. She started releasing her dōjin music under the names Maple Leaf and tieLeaf; tieLeaf is a collaborative circle with Ao Sorano and Nao Hiyama. The group has a seventy-two-page dōjinshi, one CD entitled Tsukioi no Toshi, a manga and novel text story book that was twenty-eight pages, and a single CD with the same name as the book, Lip-Aura, a side-story of Tsukioi no Toshi. Another project by tieLeaf, an adventure titled Neji Maku Tsuki, serves as a tie-in to Tsukioi no Toshi.
She gained attention after singing the ending theme "Tōmei Shelter" for Rozen Maiden under the name Refio+Shimotsuki Haruka. After singing "Tōmei Shelter", she and Myu formed the band Kukui. Shimotsuki has also formed a group with Rekka Katakiri and Chata many times, and they have been good friends for a long time. As an independent singer, she was once a supporting member of Sound Horizon, and made an appearance as a guest singer in their 2006 concert. She took a more major role in Sound Horizon's album Moira and performed in the corresponding live concerts in 2008 and 2009. Haruka Shimotsuki held a solo concert, Tokeidai no Aru Machi yori: Haruka Shimotsuki Solo Live Lv.1 on August 10, 2006. Her second solo concert, Haruka Shimotsuki solo live Lv.2: Shimotsuki Haruka wa Level ga 1 Agatta, was held on July 13, 2008.
Besides singing, composing and writing the lyrics for the opening and ending themes for the PC visual novel Relict: Toki no Wasuremono, she also composed about seven background music tracks for the game. Wind and string instruments are heavily used for the tracks, and she was able to exhibit her talent in ethnic music. This was her first time in composing songs for a game, and her feelings at that time were recorded in the booklet attached to the Image Soundtrack of the game. In the PlayStation 2 game Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia, she composed and performed the songs of one of the heroines, Aurica Nestmille, and took part in singing the ending theme "EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA/.". She later took part in the sequel Ar tonelico II Sekai ni Hibiku Shōjo-tachi no Metafalica as the singing voice of one of the heroines, Luca Truelywaath, and took part in the ending song "EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/.".
In November 2009, she had another concert, Haruka Shimotsuki Original Fantasy Concert 2009 -FEL ARY ARIA-, was held at NIPPON SEINEN-KAN HALL featuring all her songs from Tindharia no Tane and a select few from Griotte no Nemurihime. It was later released on DVD on February 24, 2010.

Discography

Dōjin albums

Ciel Etoile Sacred Doors Vol.1 Reed+ Yuragu Sora Impronta/''Eien no Toshi e Tsukioi no Toshi Maple Leaf Box Lip Aura Wyrdrad no Shirabe: Sacred Doors Another Tale Hikari no Amaoto ~SACRED DOORS element maxi side Undine~ Tsunagi Chō no Tsuka - with arcane753 circle composed of Manyo, Nao Hiyama and Shimotsuki Hane no Naki Chō - with arcane753 circle Chō no Arika'' - with arcane753 circle

Commercial singles

  • "Garasu Kagami no Yume"
  • "Kiri no Mukō ni Tsunagaru Sekai"
  • "Hoshizora no Sakamichi"
  • "Kazahane"
  • "break time"
  • "Kimi tono Tabiji"
  • "Saigo no Michishirube"
  • "smile link"

Commercial albums

Ashiato Rhythm 'Tindharia no Tane Oto no Compass 'Griotte no Nemuri Hime 'Michibiki no Harmony ''
  • Innocent Grey Haruka Shimotsuki Collection Hoshizora Ensemble Koboreru Suna no Aria 'Tindharia no Kanade ''
  • ''Omoi no Koncheruto''

Other works

Anime

Games

Akai Ito Original Soundtrack Saishū Shiken Kujira: Progressive Memories

Dōjin

  • ''Eden no Wakaremichi''

Drama CDs

Tindharia no Tane Drama CD Soundstory The Girl of the Flower of Emotions ~Lip Aura~ Prelude - with Annabel
  • ''Tindharia no Tane Gaiden ~Sorezore no Hanamatsuri~''

Cover songs

  • "Englishman in New York"

With Barbarian on the Groove

  • Taos Pueblo
  • Le Monde Musical De
  • Dragon Valley
  • Dragon Valley ~Arco Iris~
  • ''Dragon Valley ~Twilight~''