nao

nao is the vocalist of fripSide. She was born in Nado-city in the Chiba Prefecture of Japan on January 26, and has Type 'O' blood. Her favorite artists include HAL, and m.o.v.e , and she has mentioned a liking to TM Revolution. (Source, Source)

nao has been a musically-inclined person all her life. Since she was very little, nao has played the piano. In highschool, wind instruments were her speciality. She didn't start singing until she joined up with fripSide:

"I became [a singer] because I thought, 'I want to do something different!', and I considered if I wanted to sing. As for vocals, fripSide's become the first activity."

However, she does not perform instruments in any songs, although she said she can if there was written music. fripSide's first live performance, on March 20, 2005, was also nao's first live performance. (Source)

nao's main role in fripSide is vocals. She also has aided in writing some of the lyrics, but has only written 5 completely herself ("Colorless fate", "bright days", "in the future", "save me again", and "Your Ocean"). nao played the piano in "hurting heart-nao piano arrange."

Satoshi Yaginuma (sat)

"Satoshi came from a creative family. His mother was a piano teacher, and his father was a photographer and painter. Since 3 years old, he has been learning piano and violin. Through fripSide he offers his indies music. He produces mainly through synthesizers. Since the age of 14, he has done various things like bands to help his musical career."
Translated Profile from satoshi's official site

Before fripSide, Satoshi was in a band that also uploaded their music on muzie. This band's page no longer exists, but the band was called distreview, and songs included "still lovin you" (a fripSide cover was supposed to be included on 3rd reflection), "belief..." and "belief.. -2002dance mix 2.1" (fripSide's "belief" may be a cover of this song), "eternal pain" and "your breeze."

According to their PickUp artist interview with muzie, sat has stated he would like fripSide to go to "higher stages" (more popular) He also likes cars and motorcycles. (Source)

According to NEXT STAGE special interview, Satoshi's 'inspiration' so to speak, comes from Japanese composer Tetsuya Komuro, who's composed for artists like Namie Amuro and Nami Tamaki. (Source)

In an entry on Feb. 6, 2005, sat said on his blog that "distant moon" is fripSide's theme song.

Support Staff

fripSide would not be possible without their helpful staff

·Kenji Arai (sound director)
·Takumi Okamoto [also known as tkm] (sound director)
·masa (chorus,synthesizer)
·Maya (guitar)
·Takahiro Toguchida (guitar)
·a2c (guitar)
·Shinichiro Yamashita (lyric)
·Graphica3810 (design)
·Kula (management)
·riko (chorus)

List from fripSide Official site

Collaborated/Support Artists

These are artists that have different versions/arrangements of fripSide songs, or have collaborated with fripSide.

a2c (from MintJam)

a2c's version of "Crying Moon" sounds less traditional than fripSide's version, and is sung by a guy! a2c is a member of the band MintJam and composed the original "Crying Moon". Note that the lyrics are also different.

masa (from azure)

masa, a staff member, also has his own muzie page. On his page, you'll find a different arrangement acoustic version of "Crying Moon".

reset

reset is another amazing artist and has worked with fripSide! On their page you can find many great songs, including a short version of the original "Detour", named "Detour ~UNPLUGED version~". fripSide's "escape-version 2008-" is a cover of reset's popular song "escape".

TRI-HEDGE

TRI-HEDGE is a techno/trance producer. Listeners can find the remix of "belief" on his muzie page! This song is on the 2nd fragment of fripSide. They also composed the music for "tearful voice".

HEAVENS WiRE

Another electronic artist, HEAVENS WiRE made an amazing remix of "Love to Sing"!

R&T Factory

R&T Factory has some great trance, but they also have a version of "Love to Sing" too! It's the R&T Factory Remix. This 80's style remix is available for download, and was never released on a fripSide album.

sLAB

sLAB works with other artists to help produce their music. They created a remix of "sky" included on 3rd fragment of fripSide.