Kawada Mami

Kawada Mami (川田まみ), born on February 13, is a Japanese pop singer from Sapporo, Japan who is currently signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She is also a member of the label I've Sound which performs soundtracks for eroge games and anime.

She is notable for being the artist for many anime opening themes, specifically, she is the one responsible for the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaptation opening themes. Her debut single "Radiance", released on February 23, 2005, was used as the opening theme for the anime Starship Operators. Her single "Joint," released on October 31, 2007, was used as the first opening theme for the second season of Shakugan no Shana.

Debut
Mami's vocal talent was first discovered by Shimamiya Eiko, who was her teacher at the Mitsuno Music School in Sapporo, Hokkaido. She was introduced to I've Sound, a music production group whom Eiko was a member of. Mami would later become a member of I've Sound, and in 2001 she released her debut song titled "Kaze to Kimi o Daite" (風と君を抱いて), which was the opening theme of the eroge miss you. The song was featured in I've Sound's 5th compilation album Out Flow.

In 2002, she released her first anime song, "Sora no Mori de" (空の森で), the ending theme of the anime Please Teacher! That same year, Mami and Eiko performed a number of theme songs for visual novels under the name Healing Leaf, although only one of those songs, "Ame ni Utau Ballad" (雨に歌う譚詩曲), was featured in an I've Sound Compilation.

In mid-2003, she performed the ending theme of the anime Please Twins!, "Asu e no Namida" (明日への涙).

Seed (2005–2006)
In 2005, Mami signed a contract with Geneon Entertainment and released her first major single "Radiance/Chi ni Kaeru: On the Earth", which was used as the opening theme for the anime Starship Operators. This marked the beginning of her career as a songwriter/vocalist, and afterwards she began to write her own lyrics in her following releases.

In late 2005, she released her second single "Hishoku no Sora" (緋色の空), which became the opening theme for the anime series Shakugan no Shana. It became her best-selling single and sold approximately 37,000 copies, peaking at 11th in the Oricon weekly charts.

In March 2006, Mami and fellow I've singer Kotoko released a split single for the OVA adaptation of the game Baldr Force. Mami performed the ending theme, "Undelete," while Kotoko performed the opening theme, "Face of Fact (Resolution ver.)," a remix of her first song which was featured in the game version. Four weeks after the release of this split single, Mami released her debut album Seed, which contained seven new songs. The album reached #12 in the Oricon weekly charts and charted for five weeks selling more than 25,000 units. After almost two months, Mami had her first live tour wherein she performed her album songs live and distributed a pamphlet CD containing two songs—one instrumental, and her first composed song "Carpe Diem."

Savia (2007)
After her success with "Hishoku no Sora", Mami performed an insert song for the Shakugan no Shana movie "Akai Namida" (赤い涙) in May 2007. She also sang "Tenjou o Kakeru Monotachi" (天壌を翔る者たち), the movie's ending theme together with Kotoko, Eiko, Mell and Utatsuki Kaori under the name Love Planet Five.

Three months later, she performed the second ending theme of the series Hayate the Combat Butler "Get My Way!" This single is different from her previous singles, since the song has a more punk rock feel.

Soon after, Mami came back with a more developed rock sound, evident in her opening theme single for Shakugan no Shana Second, "Joint", as well as the ending theme "Triangle". "Joint" was released on October 31, 2007. and marked her first top 10 single entry as it reached #9 in its first week on the Oricon weekly charts. Overall, it sold 36,572 copies and charted for a total 19 weeks making it her longest-charting single.

After Mami's success with her fifth single, she made her first live tour outside Japan, on January 19, 2008, at the KHS Hall in Taiwan.

In late March 2008, Mami released her second album Savia. The album included "Sense", the ending theme of episode 24 of Shakugan no Shana Second, as well as "Akai Namida" and "Get My Way!". Although it did not do well in the Oricon charts, after less than six months, Mami had her second live tour for her second album.

Linkage (2008–2010)
Mami peformed the opening themes of the Toaru Majutsu no Index anime adaptation, "PSI-Missing" and "Masterpiece". Both of the coupling songs, "Ame" and "jellyfish", were also used as insert songs in the series. In autumn 2008, Mami established her official website together with her official fan club "M.A.L.L." which stands for "Mami Artist Lasting Live."

In June 2009, Mami released her maxi single "L'Oiseau bleu". This single is also included in the I've Sound 10th Anniversary 「Departed to the future」 Special CD BOX, which was released on March 25, 2009.

Mami also performed the opening and ending themes for the original video animation series of Shakugan no Shana, Shakugan no Shana S. The opening theme "Prophecy" came out as a maxi single on November 18, 2009, although the ending theme "All in Good Time" was not included in the single.

On March 24, 2010, Mami released her third album Linkage. Her latest singles "PSI-Missing," "Masterpiece" and "Prophecy" were all included in the album. The album also contained the ending theme Shakugan no Shana S, "All in Good Time", as well as a cover of the song "Dreams", originally performed by the Irish rock band The Cranberries. After two weeks, Mami had her third live tour to promote her latest album.

Mami started writing lyrics for other I've singers. Her first song written for other I've Sound singers was "Piece of My Heart", an insert song in the eroge Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate, sung by Maisaki Nami who became an I've singer in May of that year.

Square the Circle (2010 to 2012)
In autumn 2010, Mami performed the opening theme of the second season of Toaru Majutsu no Index, "No buts!", which eventually became her highest charting single to date reaching #6 on its first week in the Oricon weekly charts.

On February 16, 2011, she released her 10th single "See visionS",the second opening theme for the second season of Toaru Majutsu no index'. Four months later, she wrote the lyrics for the song "Lead to the smile", the solo debut of I've singer Asami Rin, who started her career that year. She also performed the second opening theme of the third season of Shakugan no Shana "Serment". The song was released as a single on February 1, 2012. She also performed the song "u/n" which served as the ending theme of episode 15 of Shakugan no Shana Final as well as that series' final ending theme "Kōbō" (光芒). Later, she released the single "Borderland", which served as the opening theme of the anime TV series Jormungand, on May 29, 2012. She released a new album titled Square the Circle on August 8, 2012. In September of 2012, Mami had her fourth live tour to promote the album.

Kawada Mami BEST ~BIRTH~ (2013 to present)
Mami released a "best-of" album titled Kawada Mami BEST ~BIRTH~ on her birthday, February 13, 2013. It includes all of her singles except for "Prophecy" It also includes "FIXED STAR," the ending theme for Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Miracle of Endymion. "Fixed Star" was released as a single on February 20, 2013.

Personal life
Mami is blood type O. Her favorite food is fish and green vegetables, sweet and spicy things. She enjoys singing, eating, drawing, making sweets, spending a good time with people she likes, her dog.

Studio Albums

 * Seed (2006)
 * Savia (2008)
 * Linkage (2010)
 * Square the Circle (2012)

BEST Albums

 * Mami Kawada BEST ~BIRTH~ (2013)

Singles

 * Shooting Star (2002)
 * Second Flight (2003)
 * Chi ni Kaeru: On the Earth (2005)
 * Hishoku no Sora (2005)
 * Face of Fact (Resolution Ver.) (2006)
 * Akai Namida / Beehive (2007)
 * Get My Way! (2007)
 * Joint (2007)
 * PSI-Missing (2008)
 * Masterpiece (2009)
 * L'Oiseau bleu (2009)
 * Prophecy (2009)
 * No Buts! (2010)
 * See visionS (2011)
 * Serment (2012)
 * Borderland (2012)
 * FIXED STAR (2013)