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Aimi

愛美 (てらかわ あいみ)

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About this playlist

Aimi (legal name Terakawa Aimi) carries two in-franchise band identities at once: lead vocalist of Poppin’Party in BanG Dream! and leader of Peaky P-key in D4DJ. Both came after a Pony Canyon solo era that ran 2011-2013 — anime tie-ups under her own name — and before the King Records solo reboot in her thirties that turned her into a lyricist on her own tracks. The playlist holds all three periods in proportion.

Where to start listening: track 3 — 無敵☆moment — because it folds the three parts of her present-day career into one song: an Elements Garden production, a second band identity the obvious Aimi story leaves out, and the edge sound that makes her solo work audible between the Poppin’Party singles.

Two bands, simultaneously

Aimi voices Kasumi Toyama — lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Poppin’Party in BanG Dream!. Twenty-one singles and two studio albums in (Poppin’on! 2019, Oricon #4; Breakthrough! 2020, Oricon #3), with two Oricon #1 weekly singles to the band’s name (Initial 2020, Photograph 2021). That would be the whole music story for most voice-actresses-in-a-band-anime — it’s the defining identity for Aimi’s most-public audience.

It isn’t her only band. Since 2019 she has also voiced Yamate Kyoko, leader of Peaky P-key in D4DJ. Peaky P-key’s songs are produced out of Elements Garden — the same stable that writes Symphogear’s theme songs, Nana Mizuki’s tie-ups, and Shōta Aoi’s solo albums. Two in-franchise bands, each with its own discography, each charting independently. The playlist gives the Poppin’Party identity two slots (Photograph and ときめきエクスペリエンス！) and the Peaky P-key identity two (無敵☆moment and 咲ケ、舞踊無双) because weighting them 3:1 would get the present-day career wrong.

The solo arc that restarted in her thirties

Her solo catalog is older than either band — debut single 天使の CLOVER landed 2011-05-03 as the Astarotte no Omocha! opening, three years before Poppin’Party launched. That Pony Canyon era (2011–2013) was producer-rotation anime-tie-up work: We’re the stars (Fairy Tail OP, 2013) and Link (Oda Nobuna OP, 2012) are the era’s two recognizable anchors, and the solo career went quiet while BanG Dream! ate the schedule.

It restarted in 2021 at a different label. The King Records era has produced two studio albums — AIMI SOUND (2022, Oricon #14) and LIVE IT NOW (2024) — plus the A/CODE mini-album (2025). The distinguishing fact: six of twelve tracks on LIVE IT NOW carry her own lyric credit. The producer stack on the solo side rotates through BRADIO, Takeshi Ueda (AA=), KITA, すりぃ, 嘘とカメレオン’s 渡辺壮亮, BOUNCEBACK, and 宮田’レフティ’リョウ — no single dominant collaborator. The pattern is Aimi picking producers to suit each song rather than inheriting a sound from one composer.

The edge of that solo identity shows up clearest on MAGICAL DESTROYER — the 2023 OP of Magical Girl Magical Destroyers, a show in which she also voices Blue. Takeshi Ueda of AA= produced it. The sonic register is distorted-guitar punk-adjacent J-rock, and it’s louder, meaner, and more adult than anything Poppin’Party would release. Apple Music’s play-count ordering puts it above Kazanear, which was the Oricon peak — the commercial chart and the listener data disagree, and the listeners are right.

The twelve tracks, in detail

1. Photograph (2021)

Poppin’Party’s 5th-anniversary commemorative single, Oricon #1 weekly peak. The strongest commercial recognition anchor in her catalog, and the most-likely entry point for a listener who knows her from BanG Dream! alone. Leading with the unit identity rather than the solo debut matches how her public actually met her.

2. MAGICAL DESTROYER (2023)

Magical Girl Magical Destroyers OP — Takeshi Ueda / AA= production, Aimi voices Blue. The J-rock edge case. Placing it at track 2 establishes early that “Aimi solo” is not a softer version of “Aimi in Poppin’Party”; it’s a distinct sonic identity with different collaborators and a different register.

3. 無敵☆moment (2020)

Peaky P-key, the D4DJ band — Elements Garden production. Slot 3 exists so the playlist cannot be mistaken for Poppin’Party-plus-solo. The second unit identity is load-bearing, not an asterisk; front-third placement forces the listener to hear it as co-equal.

4. カザニア (Kazanear, 2021)

Solo single, Realist Hero Rebuilds the Kingdom ED, Oricon #10 — her highest-charting solo release. King Records era in its chart-best form. After the Ueda-produced noise of slot 2, this is the cleaner anison-register solo Aimi.

5. ときめきエクスペリエンス！ (2017)

Poppin’Party S1 OP — the franchise’s debut-era signature anthem. This is the second Poppin’Party slot. Slot 1 was the anniversary single; this is the origin. Two era statements from the same band gives the Poppin’Party identity the weight its discography earns.

6. ステラメロウディ (Stella Melody, 2024)

Album track from LIVE IT NOW — one of the six self-written lyrics on the record. The explicit “this is Aimi as a writer” slot, without which the solo arc’s 2021-onward turn would be invisible behind the tie-up singles.

7. We’re the stars (2013)

Pony Canyon-era solo single, Fairy Tail OP. Global-anime-tie-up brand recognition from an earlier era of her career, before Poppin’Party reorganized everything. The Pony Canyon proof — this wasn’t a late-career pivot into solo work; it was a career that paused and came back.

8. NEO ELDOLADO (2025)

Opener of A/CODE (2025) — her most recent solo release. The current- era statement, jumping from 2013 (slot 7) forward to 2025 in two tracks. The playlist’s timeline is textured by era rather than marching chronologically.

9. 咲ケ、舞踊無双 (Sake, Buyō Musō, 2020+)

Second Peaky P-key slot, mirroring slot 5’s second Poppin’Party treatment. The ideal slot-9 was Endless☆Fighter! — the 2013 Cardfight!! Vanguard track by Ultra Rare, the trio that paired Aimi with Suzuko Mimori and Yoshino Nanjō (#9 in the Symphogear cast). That catalog isn’t on Spotify, so the cross-cast moment is routed to the crossovers companion; a second Peaky P-key keeps the dual-band allocation honest.

10. スターリア (Stellaria, 2022)

Opener of AIMI SOUND (2022) — the King Records reboot album’s first track. The post-hiatus statement: the solo career was back, it was on a new label, and this is what it sounds like outside the Poppin’Party frame.

Pony Canyon-era, The Ambition of Oda Nobuna OP. Pairs with slot 7 to form the early-career era proof. The 2012-era anison register compared against the 2022+ King Records work shows the gap the solo arc had to cross.

12. will (2024)

LIVE IT NOW closer. Mid-tempo introspective ballad. The editorial close ends the playlist quiet rather than on an anthem. The ideal slot-12 was はれるといいよね, the deluxe-edition bonus self-write from the same album; the bonus track isn’t on streaming, so will carries the album-closer intent with the self-write identity already logged at slot 6.

Her Symphogear contribution

Aimi voices Millaarc Cranstoun — one of three Noble Red villains introduced in XV (S5, 2019), the final season. Millaarc, Vanessa, and Elsa are Faust Robe wielders; the trio functions as XV’s season-long antagonist unit, distinct from the AXZ Bavarian Illuminati trio (Saint-Germain, Cagliostro, Prelati) who preceded them.

Noble Red has zero character-song releases. The contrast with the AXZ villain trio is sharp and deliberate. Saint-Germain, Cagliostro, and Prelati got three full-length trio character-song tracks across AXZ + XDU (the AXZ episode-12 sacrifice insert, the XDU reunion track, and the AXZ episode-1 a cappella intro), plus Saint-Germain’s later Hibiki redemption duet in XV. Noble Red got none. XV’s villain design kept the trio voiceless on the music side — their contribution to the franchise is entirely narrative.

For Aimi specifically that means the in-franchise sub-playlist for this essay is empty by franchise design, not by oversight. Everything she sings is filed here.

What was considered and left out

Zero franchise-side exclusions

For most Symphogear voice actresses, the in-franchise sub-playlist pulls one or two artist-credit singles out of the main playlist. Aimi’s Noble Red role produced no music at all. The playlist above is the complete non-Symphogear picture because Symphogear itself asked nothing of her in song form.

Considered for companions

  • Poppin’Party material beyond the two slots above. Twenty-one singles and two studio albums. Initial (2020, Oricon #1), STAR BEAT! ～ホシノコドウ～ (S2 OP), What’s the POPIPA?!, Yes! BanG_Dream! (debut), Time Lapse, Returns. Routed to an Aimi · With Poppin’Party companion.
  • Peaky P-key material beyond the two slots above. Master Peace album, D4DJ compilations, Let us sing “Peaky!!” as the album closer. Routed to an Aimi · With Peaky P-key companion.
  • 天使のCLOVER — solo debut (2011). We’re the stars (slot 7) carries the Pony Canyon era with stronger tie-up recognition.
  • 不完全ドリーマー — alternate AIMI SOUND track.
  • HELP — alternate LIVE IT NOW self-write.
  • 煩悩☆パラダイス (TenPuru OP) — alternate King Records tie-up.

Considered but off-Spotify

  • Endless☆Fighter! (Ultra Rare, Cardfight!! Vanguard, 2013) — the Aimi / Mimori / Nanjō trio, the cross-cast moment with Nanjō in the Symphogear cast. Not on Spotify in any findable form; would belong on the crossovers companion if availability changes.
  • Idolmaster Million Live! tracks as Julia. Bandai Namco distribution; largely off-streaming.
  • Milky Holmes Feathers duet with Ayasa Itō. Not surfacing.
  • はれるといいよね (LIVE IT NOW bonus). Deluxe-edition bonus track, not on streaming.

Companion playlists

  • Aimi · With Poppin’Party (HIGH) — twenty-plus singles, two albums, compilations. ~25–30 tracks.
  • Aimi · With Peaky P-key (HIGH) — Master Peace + D4DJ compilations. ~10–15 tracks.
  • Aimi · Character Songs (MEDIUM) — Cardfight!! Vanguard (if availability changes), Million Live Julia, Milky Holmes Feathers, assorted anime character credits.

Final listen sequence

 1. Photograph                         (2021) · Poppin'Party (Oricon #1, 5th anniv)
 2. MAGICAL DESTROYER                  (2023) · Magical Girl Magical Destroyers OP
 3. 無敵☆moment                        (2020) · Peaky P-key (D4DJ, Elements Garden)
 4. カザニア                            (2021) · Realist Hero ED (Oricon #10)
 5. ときめきエクスペリエンス！          (2017) · Poppin'Party S1 OP
 6. ステラメロウディ                    (2024) · LIVE IT NOW self-lyric
 7. We're the stars                     (2013) · Fairy Tail OP (Pony Canyon era)
 8. NEO ELDOLADO                        (2025) · A/CODE opener
 9. 咲ケ、舞踊無双                      (2020+) · Peaky P-key (second slot)
10. スターリア                          (2022) · AIMI SOUND opener (KR reboot)
11. Link                                (2012) · Oda Nobuna OP
12. will                                (2024) · LIVE IT NOW closer