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Kalafina's Hikaru Also Leaves Spacecraft Talent Agency
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Singer Space Craft Produce ended without trouble on October 20, and that she has left the agency. The announcement does not specify if she is also leaving Kalafina.
Hikaru often provides the middle vocal parts in Kalafina's songs. She debuted in the group's "Sprinter/ARIA" 2008 single, where she provided the main melody parts for both songs. The songs served as the theme songs for the fourth and fifth films in The Garden of Sinners anime.
Singer debut next year.
Yuki Kajiura, the founder of Kalafina, stated to Oricon News after Kajiura's departure that Kalafina will continue working under the company.
Kajiura started the Kalafina music group in 2007 to perform the theme songs for The Garden of Sinners anime films. Kajiura produced, composed, and wrote the lyrics for most of the group's songs. The group started out with four , with two of the four — Keiko Kubota and Wakana Ootaki — having previously worked with Kajiura under her FictionJunction project. Maya Toyoshima left the group in 2009.
The group have performed theme songs for such anime as Katsugeki! Tōken Ranbu. The group have released 21 singles and six studio albums.
