SennaRin (茜雫 凛, Senna Rin, born September 23, 2001) is a Japanese singer, lyricist and illustrator, signed to Sacra Music under Sony Music Labels. Starting her singing career by covering J-pop music and anime songs, she made her debut as a solo artist on April 13, 2022, with the release of her debut EPDignified.[3][4] Two tracks from the EP, "dust" and "melt", were used as the opening and ending theme song in the anime series Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These.[5][6][7] SennaRin's first single, "Saihate", was featured as the ending theme song in the anime Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.[8]
Career
SennaRin was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, in 2001. In 2019, she started a YouTube channel and began uploading her covers of popular Japanese songs, mostly the ones featured in anime.[9]
In early 2022, SennaRin made three pre-releases of tracks from the extended playDignified—all of which were used in collaboration projects. The first track, "dust", was released on March 3, 2022; it was used as the opening theme song in the anime series Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These.[5][6][7] The second track, "BEEP", released on March 7, 2022, was used as the theme song on J Sports Rugby 2022.[10] The third track, "melt", released on March 13, 2022, was used as the ending theme song in the anime series Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These.[11]
On March 13, 2022, SennaRin attended the live event "Hiroyuki Sawano LIVE [nZk]007", at Tokyo International Forum. The event had performances by her and other guest vocals,[12][13] being later streamed to overseas audiences.[14]
SennaRin's performances on YouTube caught the attention of the Japanese composer and music producer Hiroyuki Sawano,[15] leading him to produce her debut extended play Dignified. The EP, released on April 13, 2022, charted at number 59 at Oricon.[16]
SennaRin's first live concert, "HIGH FIVE 2022", was held on April 15, 2022, in her hometown of Fukuoka.[17] On June 18, 2022, in Saudi Arabia, she held her first solo concert of her career. The event took place at Anime Village, in Jeddah, with her performing 16 songs.[2] SennaRin performed at Animethon 2022, an anime convention that took place in August 2022, in Edmonton, Canada.[1][18][19][20] She also attended a live concert at Shibuya WWWX on October 7.[1]
SennaRin released her first single, "Saihate", on November 23, 2022; it was used as the ending theme song in the anime Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.[8] Her first studio album, ADRENA, is set to be released on May 15, 2024.[21]
Musical style and influences
SennaRin is defined as a "next generation pop singer",[18] described as having an appealing, husky and soft voice.[2] She is also referred to as a singer with a "characteristic low tone and a sense of transparency".[3]
^"澤野弘之プロデュースの新人 "SennaRin"が異例の4曲タイアップ決定で来春デビュー！" [Hiroyuki Sawano's newcomer "SennaRin" will debut next spring with an unusual tie-up of 4 songs!]. PR Times (in Japanese). December 21, 2021. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
^ abc"澤野弘之プロデュースのシンガー・SennaRinが来春デビュー「銀河英雄伝説」新作映画ほかタイアップ決定" [Hiroyuki Sawano-produced singer SennaRin is going to make her debut next spring with "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes" new movie and other tie-ups]. Natalie (in Japanese). December 22, 2021. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
^Kamogawa, Masahito (April 17, 2022). "ユーチューブ5500万回再生、福岡から次世代シンガーSennaRinデビュー" [YouTube played 55 million times, next-generation singer SennaRin from Fukuoka has debuted]. Nishinippon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
^ ab"Dignified". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
^"SennaRin、カナダ開催＜Animethon2022＞へ出演決定" [SennaRin to appear in <Animethon2022> held in Canada]. Barks (in Japanese). June 11, 2022. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
