Minami Kuribayashi | |
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栗林 みな実 | |
 Minami at Anime Expo 2010 | |
| Born | Kumiko Murakami (村上 久美子) 11 June 1976[1] |
| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Instruments | Singing |
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| Website | kuribayashi-minami |
Minami Kuribayashi (栗林 みな実, Kuribayashi Minami, born June 11, 1976) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, lyricist and former voice actress from Shizuoka Prefecture. From 2016 to 2019, she performed under the stage name Minami.
Her involvement in the game and anime Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, where she voiced the role of one of the characters, Haruka Suzumiya and performed and penned the theme songs and other songs relating to the series, has brought her much attention. Her single "Precious Memories", used as the opening theme song for the series' animated version was a success; it had a peak ranking of 17th place on the Oricon charts and charted for 14 weeks.[2] She has since performed songs for other games and anime, including series such as Muv-Luv, Chrono Crusade, My-HiME, My-Otome, Kure-nai, and School Days.
Kuribayashi has performed as part of the group Wild 3nin Musume, whose other present members are Joy Max (a.k.a. Joy Max Maximum) and Kisho Taniyama (a.k.a. Jackie Yang). She also once paired with Chiaki Takahashi to form the group exige, where Takahashi was known as CT. Veronica. Also, she is part of Sound Horizon.