Ceui

Ceui ([ seː ], from Portuguese ceu "heaven") is the stage name of a Japanese singer whose real name is unknown.

Life

Ceui is from Chiba Prefecture and grew up in Fukuoka City . Under the influence of her mother, a piano teacher, she learned to play the piano at the age of six . When she was still a young girl she began to write poetic texts and developed a strong relationship with youth literature. During her school days she joined a brass band and sang in the choir. She graduated from the Shirayuri Catholic Women's University , Faculty of Literature.

She released her first album Spring Time in 2000 on the record label Philter Inc. after submitting the demo recording Franc Franc . In the same year her second album Autumn Mind was released on the label. In 2002 she sang the title Luvlish ( ラ ブ リ ッ シ ュ , Raburisshu ) for the clothing manufacturer Sanei-International . In 2003 she took part in various performances abroad organized by the Philter Inc. label, where she herself appeared on the piano as a singer and player. In 2004 she released her third album Ashimoto ni furame - Rain drops falling on My Feet ( 足 も と に 降 る 雨 ~ Rain drops falling on My Feet ~), which achieved greater popularity and hosted other concerts. In 2006 she worked with the blind singer Kohshi Kishita together before in 2007 with Madoromi no Rakuen ( 微睡みの楽園 ) their single on the label Mellow Head published whose eponymous title in the credits of anime television series Shattered Angels used has been. In the same year three more publications followed for the anime sola and the Ren'ai adventure Eternal Fantasy . In the following years she released albums again and again under the label Lantis , which also includes MellowHead, and sang so many songs that were related to anime or computer game productions. A single Kamigami no Uta ( 神 々 の 詩 ) for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Ragnarok Online was released in 2008 . In 2009, the album brilliant world joined the anime television series Tales of the Abyss , the single Hikari to Yami to Toki no Hate ( 光 と 闇 と 時 の 果 て ) to the anime Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai as well the single "espacio", whose A-Side of the same name serves as the second outro of the anime Sora o Kakeru Shōjo .

Discography

Singles

• 2007: Madoromi no Rakuen ( 微 睡 み の 楽 園 )
• 2007: mellow melody
• 2008: Kamigami no Uta ( 神 々 の 詩 )
• 2009: Hikari to Yami to Toki no Hate ( 光 と 闇 と 時 の 果 て )
• 2009: espacio
• 2009: Seisen Spectale ( 聖 戦 ス ペ ク タ ル )
• 2009: Centifolia ( セ ン テ ィ フ ォ リ ア )
• 2009: Prism ( プ リ ズ ム )
• 2010: Truth Of My Destiny
• 2010: Last Inferno
• 2011: Stardust Melodia
• 2012: Kaze no Naka no Primrose ( 風 の な か の プ リ ム ロ ー ズ )
• 2013: Souai Calendula ( 奏 愛 カ レ ン デ ュ ラ )
• 2014: Pandora

Albums

• 2000: Spring Time (indie album)
• 2000: Autumn Mind (indie album)
• 2004: Ashimoto ni furame - Rain drops falling on My Feet (indie album)
• 2009: Glassy Heaven ( Lantis )
• 2011: First Eden (indie album)
• 2012: Labyrintus (Lantis)
• 2012: Rapsodia (Lantis)
• 2014: Gabriel Code: Eden e Michibiku Hikari no Gakufu (Lantis)
• 2014: Pandora Code: Kibouhen / Zetsubouhen (indie album)
• 2015: Pastel Eden (indie album)
• 2017: 10th Anniversary Album - Anime - 'Akashic Record: Ruby' (Best Album, Lantis)
• 2017: 10th Anniversary Album - Game - 'Akashic Record: Sapphire' (Best Album, Lantis)

Web links

• Official homepage of Ceui (Japanese)
• Anime News Network on CeuI (English)