In Memory of Sayuri: A Look Back at Her Anime Songs

Following the devastating news of Sayuri’s death today, we’re going through all the anime songs from the 28-year-old artist’s incredible career, despite her young age.

She had her first solo live in Tokyo in March 2015, while she released her first single “Mikazuki” in August of the same year. She was 18 years old at the time of her big debut. The song was used as the ending theme for Rampo Kitan: Laplace game Anime.

She also performed the single on THE FIRST TAKE.

In February 2016, she released her second single and the song is titled “Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna” (“It’s like a little light”). Yuki Kajiura composed and wrote the lyrics and the song was used as the ending theme for the song Deleted TV anime.

Sayuri’s fifth single was “Heikousen” (“Parallel Line”), released in March 2017. The song was used as the ending theme song for Scum’s wish Anime adaptation.

Their sixth single “Tsuki to Hanataba” (“Moon and Bouquet”) was released in February 2018 and the song was used as the ending theme for the song Fate/Extra Last Encore Anime.

She collaborated with MY FIRST STORY on the song “Reimei” (“Dawn”), which was released in November 2018 and served as the album’s second opening theme Golden Kamuy Anime.

She performed the closing theme song for My Hero Academia Season 4and the title of the song is “Koukai no Uta” (“The Song of the Journey”).

You can also watch the short version of the music video below.

She also performed it on THE FIRST TAKE.

Her song “Aoibashi” was released in May 2020 and was used as the second ending song for the anime Sing “Yesterday” for me. It was featured in three episodes (7–19) of the anime, although there are no official uploads of the song. You can watch it on Crunchyroll.

“Sekai no Himitsu” (“World Secret”) was released in 2020 and used as the second ending song in the series EDEN ZERO Anime.

Her last anime song was “Hana no Tou” (“Tower of Flower”), released in July 2022 and used as the ending theme song for Lycoris recoil Anime.

Most of us have many of Sayuri and her anime songs on our playlists regularly and will remember her voice forever. This is just a quick look at her contribution to anime songs, which you can also listen to on most streaming platforms. Finally, here is the music video for “Sayuri-girl” (“Sanketsu Shojo”), the title track of her second album, although it is not used in the anime.

Featured Image: Lycoris recoil © Spider Lily / Aniplex / ABC Animation / BS11