Yoko Takahashi


Yoko Takahashi is a Japanese singer. In 1995, she released the single A Cruel Angel's Thesis, which was used as the opening song in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. The song has received gold and platinum certifications, charted on the Oricon weekly chart numerous times, and has frequently been cited as one of the most influential songs used in anime. She has remixed and released several versions of the single, which have been met with the same commercial success.
Takahashi began her career in 1991, and released her first album, Pizzicato, in 1992, which reached #28 on the Oricon weekly charts. In the following years, she released the albums Kugatsu no Sotsugyō which charted, and Watashi wo Mitsukete, which did not achieve the same success of her previous albums. In 1996, she released the album Living with Joy. Following her achievements with music, she continued to release singles and albums throughout the 2000s and 2010s, for which she was met with mixed success.
Takahashi’s other works in anime includes performing an "acid bossa" version of "Fly Me to the Moon", and "Tamashii no Refrain", the closing theme of . She also performed "Metamorphose", the opening theme to studio Gainax's 20th anniversary series, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, the ending theme "Yoake Umarekuru Shōjo" for the anime Shakugan no Shana, and the opening theme "Aoki Flamme" for Pumpkin Scissors.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Maxi Singles

Split Singles

As YAWMIN

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Solo works

As YAUMIN

As featured artist