Elisa (Japanese singer)

Elisa (born April 14, 1989) is a female Japanese singer from Kanagawa Prefecture. She was signed to Sacra Music until 2021 when her contract expired.^[1]

Elisa
Elisa at SakuraCon 2014
Born	(1989-04-14) April 14, 1989 (age 36) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Singer fashion model
Years active	2007–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop progressive rock
Labels	Geneon Universal (2007–2012) SME Records (2013–2017) Sacra Music (2017–2021)
Website	www.elisa-smile.com

Biography

Music career

In 2007, Elisa was chosen from a contest of 3,000 participants at Elite Model Look to become a professional model. In the same year, she also signed a contract with Geneon Universal as a singer. In October 2007, she debuted with her single "Euphoric Field", which was used as the opening theme song for the anime series Ef: A Tale of Memories.^[2]

In 2011, it was announced by her agency that she would be putting her career on hold due to fatigue. Her concert that was scheduled for October 2 of that year at the Tokyo Globe-za theater, as well as all other scheduled concerts and events were cancelled, and her Twitter page was deleted.^[3] Despite her hiatus, she released a "best-of" album on June 20, 2012.^[4]

In January 2013, Elisa announced that she would resume her singing career under her new label, SME Records.^[5] She also opened a new Twitter account.^[5] She also released a new single, titled "Shout my Heart", which was bundled with the 12th volume of LisAni magazine.^[5]

In April 2014, Elisa made her U.S. performance debut in Seattle, Washington at Sakura-Con.^[6] She released the single "Millenario" on April 30, 2014; the title track is used as the first ending theme to the 2014 anime television series The Irregular at Magic High School.^[7] She released the single "Eonian" on November 12, 2014; the title track is used as the theme song to the 2014 animated film Expelled from Paradise.^[8]

Elisa released the single "Rain or Shine" on August 31, 2016; the title track is used as the ending theme to the 2016 anime television series 91 Days^[9] She released two albums in 2016: Anichro, released on March 23,^[10] and Genetica, released on November 30.^[11] Elisa moved to the Sacra Music record label under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in April 2017.^[12] She released her latest song in 2020, Hikari no Hoshi.

In September 2020, Elisa was allegedly sexually harassed by her manager. She terminated her contract with Smile Company.^[13]

Discography

Albums

No.	Information	Sales
1	White Pulsation Released: January 21, 2009 Oricon top 200 position: 30	8,561
2	Rouge Adolescence Released: January 20, 2010
3	Lasei Released: February 16, 2011
4	Rainbow Pulsation: The Best of Elisa Released: June 20, 2012
5	As Life Released: June 25, 2014
6	Anichro Released: March 23, 2016
7	Genetica Released: November 30, 2016

Maxi singles

No.	Information	Sales
1	Euphoric field Released: October 24, 2007 Oricon top 200 position: 22 Theme song from: Ef - A Tale of Memories	24,572
2	Hikari Released: May 21, 2008 Oricon top 200 position: 74 Ending theme song from: Nabari no Ou	2,662
3	Ebullient Future Released: November 5, 2008 Oricon top 200 position: 17 Opening theme song from: Ef - A Tale of Melodies	14,512
4	Wonder Wind Released: May 20, 2009 Oricon top 200 position: 21 Opening theme song from: Hayate the Combat Butler Second Season	8,653
5	Dear My Friend: Mada Minu Mirai e Released: November 4, 2009 Oricon top 200 position: 22 Ending theme song from: A Certain Scientific Railgun[14]	10,597
6	Real Force Released: February 24, 2010 Oricon top 200 position: 14 Ending theme song from: A Certain Scientific Railgun
7	Special "One" Released: October 27, 2010 Oricon top 200 position: 23 Ending theme song from: A Certain Scientific Railgun OAV
8	Invisible Message Released: August 31, 2011 Ending theme song from: Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth
9	I'm by your side Released: June 19, 2013 Ending theme song from: Valvrave the Liberator
10	Realism Released: October 23, 2013 Ending theme song from: Valvrave the Liberator
11	Millenario Released: April 30, 2014 Ending theme song from: The Irregular at Magic High School
12	Eonian Released: November 12, 2014 Ending theme song from: Expelled from Paradise
13	Rain or Shine Released: August 31, 2016 Ending theme song from: 91 Days
14	Wish Released: May 2, 2018 Ending theme song from: The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Kaikō

Live performances

• Animax Musix Spring 2010 (May 15, 2010)
• Elisa First Live: Feel the Pulsation (March 28, 2009)
• Animelo Summer Live 2008 (August 31, 2008)
• Animelo Summer Live 2009 (August 22, 2009)
• Animelo Summer Live 2010 (August 28, 2010)
• Animelo Summer Live 2011 (August 27, 2011)
• Anime Festival Asia 2013 (November 11, 2013)
• Sakura-Con 2014 (April 19, 2014)^[6]
• Animax Carnival Malaysia 2015 (March 28, 2015)^[15]
• AnimeNEXT 2015 (June 14, 2015)^[16]
• Animax Carnival Philippines 2016 (October 15, 2016)^[17]
• Anime Expo Lite x LisAni! 2020 (July 4, 2020)^[18]