Valshe

Valshe
Born (1986-09-15) September 15, 1986 (age 38)
Tokyo, Japan
GenresJ-pop
Occupation(s)Singer, lyricist
Years active2009–present
Labels5pb., Oth, Being Inc.
Websitevalshe.jp

Valshe (バルシェ, Barushe, born September 15, 1986) is a Japanese singer, signed under the Being Inc. label. She is well known as a "Ryōseirui" (両声類?, lit. "both voice types"), being able to sing both "male" and "female" voice types.[1][2]

Career

Valshe debuted as a Niconico singer in 2009. Occasionally her songs are made by the Vocaloid producer, doriko. She is also known to be good friends with the illustrator of Niconico, Hakuseki, who does almost all of the artwork for Valshe's albums and utattemita videos.

In the beginning of her career as a professional singer, Valshe used to appear as an avatar illustration (drawn by Hakuseki) with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her first appearance as herself is on the cover of her 6th single, "Butterfly Core".[3][4] She released her first music video showing her own face for the song "Butterfly Core", which was featured on her 4th album V.D.

Valshe held her first live concert "Live the Joker 2013" at the Akasaka Act Theater on November 30, 2013.[5][6][7][8][9]

Valshe voiced Hayato in the Japanese version of Fire Emblem Fates.

In August 2017 Valshe collaborated with Vocaloid producer Doriko on his compilation album Doriko 10th Anniversary Tribute with the song "Ame ka Yume" (飴か夢).[10][11][12]

Song appearances

  • Valshe's second single "Jester" is the theme song of the PSP otome game Kannou Mukashibanashi and the ending theme of the TV variety show Akesaka Satomi no Aketere.
  • The song "Another Sky" on the single "Jester" was used in the Xbox 360 game Ever17 as the grand ending theme.
  • The song "Fragment" from her third single "Afflict" was the ending theme to the variety show Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable.
  • Her fifth single "Blessing Card" is the second ending theme of the TV anime Tanken Driland 1000-nen no Mahou,[13]
  • Her sixth single "Butterfly Core" is the 37th opening theme song of the anime Detective Conan.[14]
  • Her ninth single "Lie to You" is used as the 49th ending theme of the anime Detective Conan.[15]
  • Her tenth single "Montage" is used as the second opening theme song of the anime Nobunaga no Shinobi.[16]
  • Her eleventh single "Lapis Lazuli" is used as the ending theme of the otome game Majestic☆Magical.[17]

Discography

Albums

  • Valuable Sheaves[18] (March 24, 2010)
  • Storyteller[19] (September 23, 2010)
  • Play the Joker[20] (February 22, 2012)
  • V.D.[21][22][23][24] (February 19, 2014)
  • Storyteller II: The Age Limits[25] (September 24, 2014)
  • Jiroku・Kumonoito[26] (June 24, 2015)
  • Display: Now&Best[27] (September 23, 2015)
  • Riot[28] (July 27, 2016)
  • Wonderful Curve[29](August 23, 2017)
  • This Life, Is Gorgeous[30] (August 22, 2018)

Singles

No. Release date Title Catalog no. Oricon
rank
Ltd. edition A Ltd. edition B General release Musing edition
1st 2011-4-27 "Revolt e.p." MHCL-1883 MHCL-1885 13th
2nd 2011-7-27 "Jester" MHCL-1941 MHCL-1943 24th
3rd 2012-6-27 "Afflict / Fragment" COCA-3801 COCA-3802 COCA-3803 16th
4th 2013-3-13 "4 Felids" JBCZ-4001 JBCZ-4002 JBCZ-4003 JBCF-1001 17th
5th 2013-8-21 "Blessing Card" JBCZ-4004 JBCZ-4005 JBCF-1002 30th
6th 2013-11-27 "Butterfly Core" JBCZ-4006 JBCZ-4007 JBCZ-4008 JBCF-1003 23rd
7th 2014-7-16 "Transform / Marvelous Road" JBCZ-4009 JBCZ-4010 JBCZ-4011 JBCF-1004 13th
8th 2014-9-24 "Trip×Trick" JBCZ-6009 JBCZ-6010 27th
9th 2015-2-4 "君への嘘" (Lie to You) JBCZ-6015 JBCZ-6016 JBCZ-4013 JBCF-1005 14th
10th 2017-2-8 "Montage" JBCZ-4029 JBCZ-4030 JBCZ-4031 JBCF-1007 19th
11th 2018-3-21 "激情型カフネ/ラピスラズリ" (Passionate Cafuné / Lapis Lazuli) JBCZ-4040 JBCZ-4041 JBCZ-4042 21st
12th 2019-5-22 "Sym-Bolic XXX" JBCZ-4048 JBCZ-4049 JBCZ-4050 21st
13th 2019-11-20 "紅蓮" (Crimson) JBCZ-6112 JBCZ-6113 23rd

Digital-exclusive singles

No. Release date Title
1st 2017-3-14 "White Prelude"

See also

References

  1. ^ "VALSHE".
  2. ^ "バルバルにしてやんよ。". ameblo.jp. Archived from the original on July 12, 2009.
  3. ^ "VALSHE OFFICIAL BLOG Powered by Ameba". Ameblo.jp. n.d. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "VIDEO: Mysterious Nico Singer VALSHE Unveils Her Appearance".
  5. ^ "Over the Horizon First Contact "Live the Joker 2013"". Archived from the original on September 29, 2018.
  6. ^ "「Live the Joker 2013」 Valsheが自身初のライブで見せた素顔". December 3, 2013.
  7. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  8. ^ "Valshe、3年越し初ライブで「Play the Joker」再現".
  9. ^ "VALSHE 趣向を凝らした初ライブに歓喜の声 (VALSHE Shouts of joy at the elaborate first live show)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  10. ^ "dorikoトリビュートアルバム「doriko 10th anniversary tribute」発売決定！！". Doriko Official Website.
  11. ^ "doriko、初音ミク10周年祝した新作＆自身の10周年記念したトリビュート盤を同時発売". natalie.mu.
  12. ^ "VALSHEが、dorikoのトリビュートアルバムに参加決定！". valshe.jp.
  13. ^ "VALSHE's first Anime-Tie-Up Single! – musicJAPANplus -Pick up". Musicjapanplus.jp. n.d. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  14. ^ "VALSHE、11月27日発売シングルは名探偵コナンOPテーマ！本人実写ジャケット盤で初の顔出しも！ – musicJAPANplus -Pick up". Jp.musicjapanplus.jp. October 3, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  15. ^ "VALSHE's Discography". valshe.jp. n.d. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  16. ^ "VALSHE OFFICIAL WEBSITE" (in Japanese). Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  17. ^ "VALSHE OFFICIAL WEBSITE". valshe.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  18. ^ "Ofurotaimu | Valuable Sheaves Tracklist".
  19. ^ "VALSHE「storyteller」クロスフェード映像作ってみました。". September 13, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2013 – via YouTube.
  20. ^ "VALSHE 1st FULL ALBUM「PLAY THE JOKER」クロスフェード【OFFICIAL】". February 10, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013 – via YouTube.
  21. ^ "VALSHE 2nd Album「V.D.」 クロスフェード【OFFICIAL】". YouTube.
  22. ^ "VALSHE 2nd ALBUM発売決定！｜VALSHE OFFICIAL BLOG Powered by Ameba". ameblo.jp. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014.
  23. ^ "Valshe、2年ぶりフルアルバム「V.d.」リリース決定".
  24. ^ "VALSHE's 2nd full album announced! "V.D." to be released on February 19, 2014!". December 2013.
  25. ^ "storytellerII〜the Age Limits〜 全曲目発表！｜VALSHE OFFICIAL BLOG Powered by Ameba". ameblo.jp. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014.
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