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Yoko Ishida 石田 燿子 | |
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 Ishida at Manga Expo in Paris (2007) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | October 7, 1973 Niigata, Japan |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Nippon Columbia NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Lantis |
| Website | Official site |
Yoko Ishida (石田 燿子, Ishida Yōko, born October 7, 1973 in Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese singer. She is known for having performed theme songs for anime shows such as Prétear, Ai Yori Aoshi, the Ah! My Goddess TV series and the Strike Witches series, as well as for having sung for the Para Para Max CD series. She currently works under Solid Vox. Formerly she was employed by Hyper Voice Managements.
Ishida entered the entertainment industry after winning a contest to become an anime song singer in 1990.[1][2] She made her debut in 1993 with the song "Otome no Policy" ("Maiden's Policy"), the ending theme for the Sailor Moon R anime. At the time her name was written as 石田よう子, but she changed it to the current spelling (石田燿子) after signing up with record label Pioneer LDC (now Geneon Universal Entertainment).[citation needed] She has since moved back to her original label, Nippon Columbia. Apart from anime songs, she has also sung children's songs.
She married in 2008 and gave birth to her first child the following year.[3]
- ^ "石田燿子 official homepage profile" (in Japanese). yokoishida.com. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ^ Toole, Mike; Lillard, Kevin; [Name Garbled]; Houston, Kim; O'Hara, Sean; [unknown]; Sherry. "Yoko Ishida: Idol Chatter". Anime Jump. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007.
- ^ 一夜あけて (in Japanese). 石田燿子公式ブログ『sweets blog NEO』. Retrieved July 3, 2012.