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Ol'ga Vital'evna Yakovleva ((ロシア語:Ольга Витальевна Яковлева), 12 October 1970 – 17 January 2015), better known as Origa, was a Russian singer who worked mostly in Japan. ==History== Origa was born in small urban village Kochenyovo, 50 kilometres west of Novosibirsk. After graduating from music school in 1990, she took an opportunity to visit Japan in 1991 and finally contracted with the (ROAD&SKY Organization ) in 1993. She later participated in several projects with various artists in addition to the Radio Japan Series and being part of the chorus for the Kobe earthquake disaster charity single. She released seven solo albums, two mini-albums, and 3 singles. She gained popularity outside Japan with the release of ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' and the subsequent original soundtracks, ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T.'' and ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 2''. These were written by long-time friend and composer Yoko Kanno, and both the first season's theme song, ''Inner Universe'' (featuring boy soprano Ben Del Maestro) and the second season's theme song, ''Rise'' used Origa's vocals. Origa first performed with Kanno for ''∀ Gundam'', singing "Moon" in concerts (in the CD "Moon" is performed by Kanno under the pseudonym of Gabriela Robin, Kanno never perform live). In 2005, Origa performed songs for the anime series ''Fantastic Children'', most notably the ending theme "Mizu no Madoromi". In 2006 Origa was involved in lyrics & vocal performance for the opening song ("Player") and the ending theme ("date of rebirth") from the movie Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society. In 2007, Origa performed with Yoko Kanno for the Ragnarok 2 Concert. There, she performed all three ''Ghost in the Shell'' opening themes; "Player" for ''Solid State Society'', "Inner Universe" for the first season, and "Rise" for 2nd Gig, and substituted for Ilaria Graziano on "Yoru_Vo", Pierre Bensusan on "ELM", and Gabriela Robin on "Torukia". She also performed alongside fellow vocalists Maaya Sakamoto and Mai Yamane and joined in singing selected songs originally performed only by Maaya. On 19 December 2008, she performed at Sugizo's "Rise to Cosmic Dance" concert held at Tokyo's Shibuya-AX hall. She later appeared on his 2011 single "The Edge". In 2014, Origa attended Anirevo (Anime Revolution) where she performed in concert.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anirevo 2014 Guest: Origa )〕 She performed songs from the ''Ghost in the Shell'' series and a medley of many other theme songs. She also participated in a panel with Production I.G. CEO Mitsuhisa Ishikawa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Origa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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