Talk:Yuki Kajiura

Pronounciation
It would really help people if somebody (who knows how to) could put a prononciation by her name... Some people such as myself have a problem deciding which way is the right way to pronounce her name and this would really really be helpful. comment added by Tsukasahminaki (talk • contribs) 08:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Citation found
There's a citation needed tag down in the trivia section, and I think the quote can be backed with this interview from Anime news network. Wiki - "Kajiura does not have the pleasure of seeing the rough cut of the show she writes for." Interview - "When I start music for an animation, I usually can't get the actual moving pictures yet." Could someone who knows the correct formatting fix that?

Biography
Would it be worth it to integrate the biography in the Fiction CD booklet? -Yipdw 12:03, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I haven’t seen it, so I’m gonna say yes if only to see it. Especially since biographical stuff currently makes up about 2% of the article. —Frungi 01:03, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll see what can be done about that. The text in the booklet is obviously copyrighted without reproduction permission (and therefore can't be reproduced verbatim here), but the facts can be reused.  I think.  IANAL. -Yipdw 10:57, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Or maybe you could email them and get permission for just Wikipedia? —Frungi 03:07, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I just came across this again and realized how stupid it was. Wikipedia content can be freely reproduced, so of course one couldn’t “get permission for just Wikipedia.” —Frungi (talk) 06:27, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

The information about Yuki Kajiura performing her first musical composition when she was 7 was taken from a fan club (unofficial) on IRC. It's also (I think) on the homepage of Kajiura Yuki. Apparently, she was doing a farewell music for her grandmother.

Can someone confirm this ?


 * She mentions that in an interview. Rcjsuen 10:58, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Discography
Should See-Saw's discography be moved to See-Saw's page instead? If we're going to include one band she's involved, one might ask why aren't her FictionJunction projects listed as well (I notice Destination is there, but where are the others?). I think these extraneous discographies should be moved to their own pages before it would makes the discography section really, really long. Thoughts, anyone? --Rcjsuen 11:08, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

For the game soundtracks section, could someone help me correct any mistakes I've made whilst romanizing Xenosaga III's name? Thanks! -- Remy Suen 10:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I think citing her works for theme songs or "a couple of tracks" for some soundtrack should either be removed or placed in a separate section altogether. I think it's better for the listings within the soundtracks table to only consist of soundtracks that she herself has composed (or were responsible for a large majority of the tracks contained within). --Remy Suen 18:35, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Good idea, though I'm afraid you'll have to do it all on your own. :( --Koveras [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|25px]] 19:21, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

The French Wikipedia seems to have a more complete discography than the English one. Maybe we should copy it...

I would like to make a correction to the discography: The soundtrack for Eatman '98 was composed by Yu Imai. I'm sure of this as I own the DVD and soundtrack. Please refer also to Anime News Network Sparrowgast (talk) 23:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

I must have misread the listing. I see that you have Eat-Man listed rather than Eat-Man '98. Completely different shows. I have not seen Eatman, so I withdraw my comment. I stand corrected! Sparrowgast (talk) 03:41, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Hired Vocalists
I noticed that this section now has the person's Japanese appended after for almost every person. I don't personally feel that this is necessary as anyone interested in their actual name can just click on the wikilink, thoughts, anyone? --Remy Suen 14:58, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It isn't really overencumbering the article IMO, so I'd say it can stay. :) --Koveras [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|25px]] 14:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Is there a source for Arai Akino or should her name be removed again due to people's stupid? I know she worked on NOIR too, but she composed and performed her own songs, not as a vocalist for Kajiura-san.

Driemaal is scheepsrecht?
Is it really necessary to have the Japanese spelling and pronounciation ("梶浦 由記 Kajiura Yuki") 1) in the lead, 2) at the top of the infobox and 3) lower in the infobox as well? Wouldn't one instance suffice? Shinobu 19:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Removed and tagged the first instance with the nihonogo template.. --Remy Suen 03:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Lead
I think the lead is a little bit weird.
 * She is a Japanese composer and producer who has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as .hack//SIGN and Noir. She has also provided musical compositions for Aquarian Age, Madlax, Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED DESTINY, My-HiME, My-Otome, and one of the Kimagure Orange Road movies (amongst others).

Which anime series out of the ones listed above is "popular" is certainly open to debate. However, saying that she has composed for some popular anime series, then going on to list more anime, seems a little bit counterintuitive. "Counterintuitive" is probably not the best of words, but I think I've gotten my point across. --Remy Suen 11:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * AFAIU this lead is a result of continous expansion of a stub, and such things tend to get "counterintuitive". Someone'll probably have to rewrite it before long. :) --Koveras [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|25px]] 12:31, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Biography assessment rating comment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Jreferee 19:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Salva Nos
Why does Salva Nos redirect here? I'm guessing that the Mediæval Bæbes song of that name is unrelated. Perhaps we should create a page called Salva Nos (song). —Preceding unsigned comment added by KevinBullock (talk • contribs) 18:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I came here wondering the same thing. -- Al™ 05:45, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

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Why this photo ?
Why is the photo so terrible ? Of all her photos in google picture search, this seems to be the only one with screwed up face, ugly hairstyle, bad shooting angle and terrible lighting. Obviously taken from the audience of a con by an inept or malicious amateur. Let's make her look like an ugly hag on wikipedia ! Honestly, is this meant as a joke ? If so it is disrespectful and childish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.114.138.29 (talk) 14:46, 24 February 2015 (UTC)


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Information that needs citation
A January 2016 revision removed several paragraphs from the Biography section, due to lack of sources. It has left the biography lacking information from before 2002, and the remaining paragraphs refer to earlier events that are no longer described. For nearly two years, little has changed.

The removed paragraphs are reproduced below. They should be sourced and slowly re-added to the article.


 * Due to her father's work, Kajiura lived in West Germany from 1972 until her middle school years. Her first music piece, which she had written at the age of 7, was a farewell song for her grandmother. After graduating from college (back in Tokyo), she began working as a systems engineering programmer, but in 1992, she turned her career around to focus on her activities on music. She admits that it was her father who greatly influenced this decision, for he was a great opera and classical music admirer.
 * In July 1992, she made her debut in an all-female trio See-Saw, then consisting of Chiaki Ishikawa (lead vocals), herself (back-up vocals, keyboards), and Yukiko Nishioka. In the following two years, the group released six singles and two albums but in 1995 they temporarily broke up. Nishioka decided to become a writer while Kajiura carried on with her solo musician career, composing music for other artists as well as sound producing for TV, commercials, films, anime and games.
 * In 2001, she and Chiaki Ishikawa reunited as See-Saw. Around the same time she became involved with Kōichi Mashimo's anime studio Bee Train and their first popular project, Noir.
 * Kajiura greatly enjoyed the degree of artistic freedom that Mashimo as the series' director offered her while collaborating on Noir, therefore their collaboration extended to many of his later projects, with the latest (as of 2007) being El Cazador de la Bruja. For example, Mashimo would never set any distinctive limitations or goals before her, allowing her to compose whatever she pleases. Afterwards, he would just take the samples he thought appropriate and insert it to whenever he wanted them to play.


 * Her project Kalafina is composed of Keiko Kubota (FictionJunction Keiko), Wakana Ootaki (FictionJunction Wakana) and Hikaru Masai. Maya Toyoshima is a former member who left in 2009 to continue her education. They performed the ending themes of the Kara no Kyoukai movies.
 * In 2009, Fiction Junction returned to perform the opening theme song to Pandora Hearts, Parallel Hearts, with the majority of the show's music composed by Yuki Kajiura.
 * In 2011, Puella Magi Madoka Magica was scored by Kajiura, while Kalafina, a group founded by her, performed the ending theme.
 * FictionJunction at Anime Expo 2012.jpg
 * In 2013, a new concert at Tokyo International Forum, "Hall A" has been scheduled.

-- 96.232.200.75 (talk) 06:36, 21 December 2017 (UTC)