Yorico
Yorico, real name
Yoriko Takano, born May 13, 1984, is a female Japanese singer-songwriter from Utsunomiya. She is mostly known for her songs used in Japanese television shows, including several that had made the Oricon charts, and for her song "Break the Cocoon", which was used as ending theme in the anime series Speed Grapher.
She has been working for the record company EMI Music Japan, record labels Virgin Music, Pure Music and Watanabe Entertainment before turning independent in 2013.Discography
Singles
;Indies
- Aizenaha highest Oricon ranking: 26th
- :Tracks were used on several TV shows on Fuji TV channels:
- :"Honto wa ne": used on Tenshi no Utagoe Shōni Byōtō no Kiseki, and Sekai Micchaku TV! Ware Ware wa Chikyū-jin da!
- :"Plume Radio": Mecha-Mecha Iketeru!
- :"No name":Sekai Micchaku TV! Ware Ware wa Chikyū-jin da!
- gap highest Oricon ranking: 86th. Oricon indies chart: 4th
- :"gap": TBS show Count Down TV
;Post-indies
- Cocoon highest Oricon ranking: 24th
- second VERSE highest Oricon ranking: 78th
- Negau
- Hikigatari 2
- My Soul