Kalafina

Kalafina (カラフィナ) is a Japanese band formed by composer Yuki Kajiura in 2007 to mainly perform theme songs for the anime Kara no Kyoukai. The band debuted in January 2008 with two original members from Yuki Kajiura's FictionJunction project, Wakana Ootaki and Keiko Kubota (not confirmed until the first Dream Port 2008 concert held on April 29, 2008). In May 2008, two vocalists Maya and Hikaru, who had been chosen from an audition of 30,000 participants held by Sony Music Japan and Yuki Kajiura, were confirmed as the final members of Kalafina. Kalafina performed in America (Boston, MA) for the first time on May 23, 2009 as guest singers for the annual Anime Boston convention

Vocalists
Keiko Kubota and Wakana Ootaki were previously involved in Yuki Kajiura's FictionJunction project. Hikaru and Maya were chosen from an audition of 30,000 participants held by Sony Music Japan and Yuki Kajiura to become the third and fourth members of Kalafina.


Keiko Kubota (窪田啓子, Kubota Keiko, born December 5, 1985) is a part of Yuki Kajiura's FictionJunction project, known as FictionJunction KEIKO.







Wakana Ootaki (大滝若菜, Ootaki Wakana, born December 10, 1984) is also a part of Yuki Kajiura's FictionJunction project, known as FictionJunction WAKANA.

Hikaru (born July 2, 1988)


Former Members

Maya: In May 2009, Sony Music officially posted that Maya will no longer be participating in Kalafina