Name Zaq Zaq Years active 2012–present Genres Pop music | Role Singer | |
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Website ameblo.jp/zaq-mikaduki-lab/ Albums NOISY Lab., Parallel of Crescentic Lab. Similar People Minori Chihara, Eir Aoi, Nana Mizuki, Crush, ChouCho Profiles | ||
My Top 15 ZAQ Songs in Anime
Zaq (stylized as ZAQ, born March 16, 1988) is a female Japanese singer-songwriter signed to Lantis.
Contents
- My Top 15 ZAQ Songs in Anime
- ZAQ Music video full size
- Biography
- Other anime songs composed or sung
- References
ZAQ / カーストルーム -Music video full size-
Biography
Zaq began to learn the piano at age three. During her college years, her idol was Minori Chihara, and it was during this time she decided to become a singer. However, she failed all her auditions. In junior high school, Zaq's favorite bands were Mongol800 and Going Steady, two rock groups which she was addicted to. She is self-taught in composing and her works were characterized by a unique style which is unrestricted by music theory and musicology.
She started writing songs for other artists in 2012, and made her solo debut with Lantis with the single "Sparkling Daydream" released on October 24, 2012; the title song is used as the opening theme to the 2012 anime series Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions. Her second single "Alteration" was released on January 23, 2013 and the title song is used as the opening theme to the 2013 anime series Sasami-san@Ganbaranai. She released two more singles in 2013, which are "Gekijouron" (激情論) and "Extra Revolution" (エキストラレボリューション). They were released on October 21 and October 23, 2014, respectively, and were used as the second opening theme for High School DxD New and the opening theme for I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job..
On January 29, 2014, she released her fifth single, "Voice", which is used as the opening theme for the second season of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions. On April 16, 2014, she released her first album, Noisy Lab.. She then again released another single, "Overdriver" on August 20, 2014, and is used for the anime Rail Wars! as the ending theme.
On June 12, 2016 ZAQ had her first concert in the United States. This concert was at the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey as part of the AnimeNext 2016 convention.
On July 13, 2016 ZAQ released her second album entitled No Rule My Rule. It was released in two editions, The standard edition with just a regular cd and the Deluxe edition with an additional DVD disc containing the music video of the title track, a making of video for that music video and several live performances by ZAQ. Each version of the cd has a slightly different album art.