Akiko Shikata discography

The discography of Akiko Shikata, a Japanese singer-songwriter and game music composer, consists of a variety of releases. She has released five original vocal albums, three under major labels, and myriad soundtrack releases.

Akiko Shikata discography
Studio albums11
Compilation albums2
Singles3
B-sides3
Soundtrack albums2

Albums

Studio albums
Year Album information Chart positions
[1]		 Total sales
[2]
2001 Midori no Mori de Nemuru Tori (緑の森で眠ル鳥, A Bird Sleeping in the Green Forest)
  • Independently released EP
  • Released: November 28, 2001
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0001)
  • Formats: CD
 – –
2003 Haikyo to Rakuen (廃墟と楽園, Ruins and Paradise)
  • Independent release
  • Released: August 24, 2003
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0003)
  • Formats: CD
 – –
2005 Navigatoria
  • Released: July 20, 2005
  • Label: Hats Unlimited (HUCD-10011)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 151 2,593
2006 Raka
  • Released: October 25, 2006
  • Label: Hats Unlimited (HUCD-10024)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 34 8,458
2009 Harmonia
  • Released: March 18, 2009
  • Label: Avex Trax (AVCD-23769)
  • Formats: CD
 15 17,018
2013 Turaida
– –

Compilation albums
Year Album information Chart positions
[1]		 Total sales
[2]
2007 Istoria: Musa
  • Independent release
  • Collaboration album with a myriad of other video game music composers.
  • Released: December 29, 2007
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0013)
  • Formats: CD
 – –
2008 Kara*Cola: Hymmnos Orgel Collection
  • Independent release
  • Collection of music box remixes for songs of the Ar tonelico games
  • Released: August 17, 2008
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0014)
  • Formats: CD
 270 593

Soundtrack albums
Year Album information Chart positions
[1]		 Total sales
[2]
2003 Hanakisō Soundtracks (花帰葬 SOUNDTRACKS)
  • Independently released
  • Game Hanakisō soundtrack
  • Released: December 28, 2003
  • Re-released 2004/2006.
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0005~6)
  • Formats: CD
 – –
2008 Umineko no Naku Koro ni (うみねこのなく頃に, When the Seagulls Cry)
21 11,518
2010 Utau Oka: Ar=ciel Ar=dor
  • Image songs that tell myths from the world of the Ar tonelico games, Ar Ciel. Includes a remix of the opening song from the third game.
  • Released: September 29, 2010
  • Label: Frontier Works (FCCM-328)
  • Formats: CD
 12 12,000
2011 Byakumu no Mayu ~Ricordando il passato~
– –

Instrumental albums

All instrumental albums have been independently released and did not chart on Oricon albums charts.

Year Album information
2002 Petit Fours
  • Performed on music box
  • Released: March 17, 2002
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0002)
  • Formats: CD
2003 Horizon Blue
  • Performed on music box
  • Released: March 30, 2003
  • Label: Vagrancy
  • Formats: CD
Kurenawi (くれなゐ, Crimson)
  • Performed on music box
  • Released: May 4, 2003
  • Label: Vagrancy
  • Formats: CD
2004 Viridian
  • Performed on music box
  • Released: January 11, 2004
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0004)
  • Formats: CD
2005 Wisteria
  • Performed on music box
  • Released: December 30, 2005
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0007)
  • Formats: CD
2007 Kalliope: Piano Concert
  • Piano remixes of previously released songs.
  • Released: January 7, 2007
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0012)
  • Formats: CD
2009 Fluff: Orgel Arrange Mini Album (EP)
  • Performed on music box
  • Released: December 30, 2009
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0015)
  • Formats: CD
2013 Hagurumakan no Elde
  • Performed on music box, Concept Album
  • Released: Aug 12, 2013
  • Label: Vagrancy (AURA-0021)
  • Formats: CD

Singles
Year Single Information Chart positions Oricon sales total
[2]
Oricon Singles Charts
[1]		 Billboard Japan Hot 100
[3]
2009 "Katayoku no Tori" (片翼の鳥, "One-Winged Bird")
  • Anime Umineko no Naku Koro ni opening.
  • Released: August 19, 2009
  • Label: Frontier Works (FCCM-283)
 11 71 23,000
2010 "Inori no Kanata" (祈りの彼方, "Beyond the Prayers")
19 — 9,100
2011 "Utsusemi" (空蝉, "The cast-off shell of a cicada")
— — —
2015 "Akatsuki" (暁, "Dawn")

Other appearances

Soundtrack appearances
Release Soundtrack Notes
2005 Shadow Hearts: From the New World Original Soundtracks
Contributed songs
1-01. "From the New World"
1-02. "Et Unam (Chant of Icaro)"
1-03. "Great Ghost Dance" (with Icaro)
1-10. "Thunder Bird"
1-11. "Oh Smania! oh Furie! (D'Oreste e d'Aiace)"
1-20. "Ta Tanka"
1-31. "La Sirene"
2-14. "Tirawa"
2-22. "Lady Tears I"
2-23. "Lady Tears II"
2-28. "Un gemito dell'estinto"

Features in chorus, except for full soprano vocals on track #1-11.

Near Death Experience, Shadow Hearts Arrangetracks
Contributed songs

03. "The Wheel of Fortune - Fortuna"
10. "The 3Karma - Cogito, ergo sum"
Shadow Hearts soundtrack rearrangement CD. Features in chorus.

Ar tonelico Sekai no Owari de Utai Tsuzukeru Shōjo Original Soundtrack
Contributed songs
1-01. "Utau Oka" (謳う丘, Singing Hills)
1-31. "Atashi no Sekai wa Nozomu ga Manma" (あたしの世界は望むがまんま, My World is What I Wish)
2-27. "Tsugau Inochi no Koe AE" (つがう命の声 AE, Paired Voices of Life AE)
2-28. "Maikana, Paradox" (迷奏・パラドックス, Lost Performance, Paradox)
2-37. "Tsugau Inochi no Koe" (つがう命の声, Paired Voices of Life)
2-39. "Phantasmagoria" (ファンタスマゴリア, Fantasumagoria)

Full vocals on tracks #1-01, #2-27, #2-37. Chorus vocals on tracks #1-31, #2-28, #2-39.

2006 Tsukikanade: Ar tonelico Hymmnos Concert Side Red
Contributed songs

08. "Exec_Phantasmagoria/."
Ar tonelico vocal album.

Hoshiyomi: Ar tonelico Hymmnos Concert Side Blue
Contributed songs
02. "Utau Oka (Harmonics Eolia)" (謳う丘 -Harmonics EOLIA-, Singing Hills)
03. "Exec_Chronicle_Key/."
06. "Exec_Paja/.#Misya extracting"
07. "Exec_Harmonius/."
02. "Hoshiyomi" (星詠～ホシヨミ～, Singing the Stars~Hoshiyomi)

Ar tonelico vocal album.

Hanakisō Kōkyōkyoku
Contributed songs

02. "Kyūseishu (Hana Shiro)" (救世主-花白-, Saviour (Hanashiro))
Hanakisō soundtrack orchestra rearrangement album. Songs composed by Shikata. Tracks 1,3 and 7 arranged by Shikata.

2007 Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica Original Soundtrack
Contributed songs
1-01. "Utau Oka (Harmonics Frelia)" (謳う丘～Harmonics FRELIA～, Singing Hills)
1-21. "Koi Moyō (Haru)" (恋模様～春～, Love Pattern (Spring))
1-35. "Mayonaka no Naishobanashi" (真夜中の内緒話, Secret Meeting at Midnight)
1-39. "Utamahō: Crescent Prisma" (詩魔法：クレセントプリズマ, Song Magic: Crescent Prisma)
1-40. "Utamahō: Infel Phira" (詩魔法：インフェル・ピラ, Song Magic: Infel Phira)
1-41. "Utamahō: Quasarlical" (詩魔法：クエーサーリカル, Song Magic: Quasarlical)
1-42. "Utamahō: Pepen" (詩魔法：ペペン, Song Magic: Pepen)
1-43. "Utamahō: Sun-sun-summon" (詩魔法：サンサンサモン, Song Magic: Sun-sun-summon)
1-49. "Utamahō: Demongel" (詩魔法：デモンジェル, Song Magic: Demongel)
1-50. "Utamahō: Invertbrid" (詩魔法：インバートブリッド, Song Magic: Invertbrid)
1-51. "Utamahō: Ikusa Megami" (詩魔法：戦女神, Song Magic: War Goddess)
1-52. "Utamahō: Phantasmagoria" (詩魔法：ファンタスマゴリア, Song Magic: Phantasmagoria)
2-13. "Akai Tsumeato" (紅い爪痕, Crimson Scars)
2-17. "Zawameku Dōki (Chroche)" (ざわめく動悸～クローシェ～, Fluttering Heartbeat)
2-26. "Koi Moyō (Fuyu)" (恋模様～冬～, Love Pattern (Winter))
2-33. "Exec_with.Method_Metafalica/."
Homura: Homura Ar tonelico II Hymmnos Concert Side Red
Contributed songs

06. "Exec_with.Method_Metafalica/."
10. "Exec_Harmonius_Fyusion/."
Ar tonelico II vocal album. Full vocals on #6, composed intro to #10.

Mio Ar tonelico II Hymmnos Concert Side Blue
Contributed songs
02. "Utau Oka (Harmonics Frelia)" (謳う丘～Harmonics FRELIA～, Singing Hills)
03. "Method_Implanta/."
04. "Method_Metafalica/."
05. "Method_Replekia/."
06. "Exec_Over.Method_Sublimation/. (Lamenza)"
07. "Exec_Over.Method_Sublimation/. (Ee Wassa Sos Yehar)"
08. "Exec_Over.Method_Sublimation/. (Omness Chs .Ciel Sos Infel)"
09. "Mio" (澪～MIO, Waterway)

Ar tonelico II vocal album. Full vocals on all songs.

2010 Ar tonelico III Original Soundtrack
Contributed songs

1-01. "Utau Oka (Harmonics Tilia)" (謳う丘～Harmonics TILIA～, Singing Hills)
1-26. "Nyamo no Uta" (にゃものうた, Nyamo's Song)
1-56. "Nijiiro Crayon" (虹色クレヨン, Rainbow Crayon)

Sakiya=Rumei Ar tonelico III hymmnos concert side Blue
Contributed songs
02. "Utau Oka (Harmonics Tilia)" (謳う丘～Harmonics TILIA～, Singing Hills)
03. "Exec_Ep=Nova/."
04. "Exec_Flip_Arphage/."
05. "Toki no Suna" (トキノスナ, Sands of Time)
10. "Ec Tisia"

Ar tonelico III vocal album. Full vocals on all songs.

Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius Original Soundtrack
Contributed songs

27. "Raison d'etre (Kōsasuru Shukumei)" (Raison d'etre ～交差する宿命～, Reason for Being (Crossing Fates))

Miscellaneous appearances
Release Title Notes Album
2006 "Sōheki no Mori" (蒼碧の森, Pale Blue Forest) Later appears on Raka with a completely different arrangement. Summermix Vol. 01
2009 "Turii (Panta rhei) Tūri to Hoshi no Tami" (Turii (Panta rhei) トゥーリと星の民, Turii and the People of the Stars) The Epic of Zektbach: Ristaccia
2011 Raison d'être (交差する宿命) The Epic of Zektbach: Masinowa

References
  1. "アーティスト： 志方あきこ". Oricon. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  2. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-23. (subscription only)
  3. "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
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