Elisa

Elisa (born April 14, 1989), real name Elisa Tsubuyaki, is a female Japanese singer from Kanagawa Prefecture. She was signed to Sacra Music until 2021 when her contract expired.

Biography

Music career

In 2007, Elisa was chosen from a contest of 3,000 participants at Elite Model Look to become a professional model. In the same year, she also signed a contract with Geneon Universal as a singer. In October 2007, she debuted with her single "Euphoric Field", which was used as the opening theme song for the anime series Ef: A Tale of Memories.

In 2011, it was announced by her agency that she would be putting her career on hold due to fatigue. Her concert that was scheduled for October 2 of that year at the Tokyo Globe-za theater, as well as all other scheduled concerts and events were cancelled, and her Twitter page was deleted. Despite her hiatus, she released a "best-of" album on June 20, 2012.

In January 2013, Elisa announced that she would resume her singing career under her new label, SME Records. She also opened a new Twitter account. She released the single "Millenario" on April 30, 2014; the title track is used as the first ending theme to the 2014 anime television series The Irregular at Magic High School. She released the single "Eonian" on November 12, 2014; the title track is used as the theme song to the 2014 animated film Expelled from Paradise.

Elisa released the single "Rain or Shine" on August 31, 2016; the title track is used as the ending theme to the 2016 anime television series 91 Days She released two albums in 2016: Anichro, released on March 23, and Genetica, released on November 30. Elisa moved to the Sacra Music record label under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in April 2017. She released her latest song in 2020, Hikari no Hoshi.

In September 2020, Elisa was allegedly sexually harassed by her manager. She terminated her contract with Smile Company.

Discography

Albums No.InformationSales1White Pulsation Released: January 21, 2009 Oricon top 200 position: 308,5612Rouge Adolescence Released: January 20, 20103Lasei Released: February 16, 20114Rainbow Pulsation: The Best of Elisa Released: June 20, 20125As Life Released: June 25, 20146Anichro Released: March 23, 20167Genetica Released: November 30, 2016

Maxi singles No.InformationSales1Euphoric field Released: October 24, 2007 Oricon top 200 position: 22 Released: May 21, 2008 Oricon top 200 position: 74 Released: November 5, 2008 Oricon top 200 position: 17 Released: May 20, 2009 Oricon top 200 position: 21 Released: November 4, 2009 Oricon top 200 position: 22 Ending theme song from: A Certain Scientific Railgun 10,5976Real Force Released: February 24, 2010 Oricon top 200 position: 14 Ending theme song from: A Certain Scientific Railgun7Special "One" Released: October 27, 2010 Oricon top 200 position: 23 Ending theme song from: A Certain Scientific Railgun OAV8Invisible Message Released: August 31, 2011 Ending theme song from: Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth9I'm by your side Released: June 19, 2013 Released: October 23, 2013 Released: April 30, 2014 Released: November 12, 2014 Released: August 31, 2016 Released: May 2, 2018 Ending theme song from: The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Kaikō

Live performances Animax Musix Spring 2010 (May 15, 2010) Elisa First Live: Feel the Pulsation (March 28, 2009) Animelo Summer Live 2008 (August 31, 2008) Animelo Summer Live 2009 (August 22, 2009) Animelo Summer Live 2010 (August 28, 2010) Animelo Summer Live 2011 (August 27, 2011) Anime Festival Asia 2013 (November 11, 2013) Sakura-Con 2014 (April 19, 2014) AnimeNEXT 2015 (June 14, 2015) Animax Carnival Philippines 2016 (October 15, 2016) Anime Expo Lite x LisAni! 2020 (July 4, 2020)