Mami Kawada

Stage Name:Mami Kawada 川田まみ(kawada mami)
Born February 13
Origin Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Genre(s) J-pop, trance
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter
Years active 2001 – present
Label(s) Geneon Entertainment
Associated acts I've Sound
Love Planet Five
Website:
http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/music/mami_kawada/
mami-kawada.jp


Mami Kawada (川田まみ ,Kawada Mami) is a J-pop singer who is currently signed to Geneon Entertainment Inc. She is also a member of the I've Sound who performs soundtracks for some eroge. Mami was usually paired up with co-I've member KOTOKO when making soundtracks for anime. Examples of these are Onegai Teacher, Onegai Twins, Starship Operators, Shakugan no Shana, BALDR Force EXE Resolution OVA, and Hayate no Gotoku wherein KOTOKO will perform the opening theme while Mami will perform the ending theme or vice versa. Her debut single radiance which was released on February 23, 2005 was used as an opening theme for the anime Starship Operators. Her most successful single was JOINT, which was released on October 31, 2007 and used as the first opening theme for the sequel of the anime series Shakugan no Shana.


History

Mami Kawada's vocal talent was first discovered by Eiko Shimamiya, who was a teacher at a vocal school in Sapporo, Hokkaido. She was then introduced to I've Sound, a music production group where Shimamiya is, and Kawada would soon become attached to. In 2001, her debut song with the I've Sound was to perform "Kaze to Kimi wo Daite" which was the opening theme for the eroge "miss you". The song was featured in the I've Sound's 5th Compilation Album entitled "OUT FLOW". Since then, great numbers of theme songs for dating sim or visual novel games are offered for her to perform.

In 2002, she began performing anime theme songs and at the same time, still performing theme songs for visual novel games. Kawada performed the ending theme for the anime Onegai Teacher entitled "Sora no Mori de" and it was the first anime theme song that she performed. At the same year, Kawada and Shimamiya grouped themselves as the "Healing Leaf" and performed some theme songs for visual novel games but only one song was featured in the I've Girls Compilation which was "Ame ni Utau Tanshikyoku".

Then in 2005, she released her major debut single entitled radiance which was the opening theme for the anime Starship Operators under Geneon Entertainment Inc. This marked the launch of her career as a songwriter/vocalist. The song radiance was written by her and accompanied by KOTOKO. But the following releases, she began to write her own lyrics.