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FictionJunction – Introduction

“FictionJunction” is Yuki Kajiura’s pseudonym when she works with other selected singers, such as “FictionJunction featuring YUUKA”; eventually this changed to “FictionJunction + vocalist name”, to indicate the collaboration between Yuki Kajiura and the respective vocalist.

In a newsletter sent to FJS members in 2018, she revealed that she is the only member of FictionJunction as the one who composes the music. Kajiura explained the meaning behind the name. She liked the word “Fiction” and purposely took the English meaning of it (a creation made by a person). While the word “Junction” is where everyone (her “Fiction”, singers, and musicians) intersect or meet to create music. Hence, the word “FictionJunction” is born.

In these collaborations, Yuki composed, wrote and arranged all the songs. From 2009 onwards, four of the FictionJunction-titled vocalists (WAKANA, KEIKO, KAORI) formed a legitimate singing group named “FictionJunction”, with the addition of Yuriko Kaida, who till then was providing chorus to songs along with Kaori Nishina, without being part of the collaborations. FictionJunction YUUKA is still performing solo in collaboration with Yuki Kajiura, but now releasing under the “FictionJunction” group, while even though Asuka Kato (from is FictionJunction ASUKA) theoretically is inside FictionJunction, she didn’t release something since the everlasting song single and didn’t appear in the group’s live appearances for a long time until much later (check her page below for more)

The FictionJunction collaborations from 2003 until 2008 have been (in alphabetical order of appearance):
FictionJunction ASUKA (along with Asuka Kato)
FictionJunction KAORI (along with Kaori Oda)
FictionJunction KEIKO (along with Keiko Kubota)
FictionJunction WAKANA (along with Wakana Ootaki)
FictionJunction YUUKA (first known as FictionJunction featuring YUUKA) (along with Yuuka Nanri)

FictionJunction – Flying Dog / Spacecraft era 2008 – 2019

Vocalists: Yuuka Nanri, Kaori Oda, Keiko Kubota, Wakana Ootaki, Asuka Kato, Yuriko Kaida
Composer/Arranger: Yuki Kajiura
Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Producer: Yuki Kajiura
Publisher: Victor Entertainment (later known as Flying Dog)
Agency: Spacecraft Produce

The FJ band with the 2008-2019 line up: Yuki Kajiura with Wakana Keiko Kaori Yuriko and Yuuka, during Yuki Kajiura Live Vol.#4.

In 2009, an album is announced, containing self-covers of Yuki’s previously released songs along with some previously released songs sung by the FictionJunction girls, plus new tracks. Its name is Everlasting Songs and was released on February, 25th.

The first single of the new FictionJunction era, titled Parallel Hearts, is released on April 29th 2009. It contains the homonymous song, which is the opening theme of an anime series called Pandora Hearts, plus a b-side called (Hitomi no Chikara). Parallel hearts (performed by Wakana, Kaori, Keiko and Yuriko Kaida) is a nice up-tempo song, and the lyrics describe the process of growing up. For this song Yuki wanted to go back to her early days (simple melody and easy-to-understand lyrics)

The PV is different from what we usually see, with a more present Yuki. It takes place in a building that distributed boiled rice during wartime in Japan, and now only the walls we can see in the PV were left.

On July 12th, 2009, JVC announced that the Yuki Kajiura LIVE Vol. #4 Everlasting Songs Tour 2009 concert in Tokyo, will be released in 2 DVDs separately. The first DVD was released in October 21, 2009, containing the first part of the live where FictionJunction YUUKA performed, while the 2nd DVD, titled FictionJunction～Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#4 PARTⅡ～ was released in December 23, 2009, containing the second part of the event, where the 4 girls of FictionJunction (Wakana, Keiko, Kaori, Yuriko Kaida) performed. Its notable that the last song ” Angel Gate ” was included in both DVDs, because its originally an FJYUUKA song while in the concert it was performed by all the singers (Yuuka, Hikaru, Wakana, Keiko, Kaori, Yuriko Kaida).

On November 16, 2009 was announced by JVC that FictionJunction will be performing the Opening theme song for the anime Ookami Kakushi, called Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora, with single release on January 27, 2010.

On January 12th, 2010, the day of the first live vol 5 concert, was announced that a double CD release will come out in May 12, 2010, containing songs recorded from the Yuki Kajiura lives vol 2 – 5. Later was released tracklist and the release title, “FictionJunction 2008-2010 The BEST of Yuki Kajiura LIVE”. Its noteable that in the 2nd disc was included the unreleased song “voyagers” which Yuki Kajiura had composed for NHK and was used as theme of the ecomics show 「経済羅針盤」 (Keizai Rashinban).

On February 23, 2011, was released, a cover album for the anime Yuusha Exkaiser titled Harvest, containing covers by various artists of songs from the anime. FictionJunction did track #8, Gatherway, which was arranged by Koichi Korenaga, Yuki electric guitarist, while Yuki Kajiura did the chorus arrangements. Main vocals sung by KAORI while YURIKO KAIDA, WAKANA and KEIKO were providing chorus.

On May 9th, was announced that they would release their 3rd single stone cold, with hitorigoto as b-side song, the single would be used as Opening them of the TV anime Sacred Seven.

On June 16 was announced that FictionJunction is also doing the Opening Theme song for the PSP game Senritsu no Stratus developed by KONAMI. The song is titled Eternal Blue.

One year later, on June 28th, 2012, was announced that will release a single for their new song 「distance」 (used as Ending Theme on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED HD Remastered anime), coupling with 「eternal blue」, on August 29, 2012.

On November 30 was announced that a live DVD/BD with video recording of the Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#9 “Shibuya Public Hall Special” would be released on February 20, 2013. The concert had Hanae Tomaru as guest vocalist and FictionJunction Asuka as secret guest. This Live DVD/BD was the first released since vol#4 and the first Yuki Kajiura concert released on Blu-ray.

On September 25, 2013 was announced that FictionJunction would release a new album, titled 「elemental」 in early 2014, the group’s first album since Everlasting Songs released 5 years ago. Later it turned out the new album would come out on January 22, 2014, containing 13 songs in total, of which 8 were the songs released from “Parallel Hearts” till “distance/eternal blue” singles, and 4 the new songs of which 1 would be a self-cover (storm, from Mai-Otome Zwei, originally sung by Ami Koshimizu). FictionJunction Yuuka’s “Yakusoku” was also included, first time making it into an album. No PV was released for the album. A Tour titled Yuki Kajiura Live vol #11 tour / elemental Tour 2014 was announced to promote the album, with performances from February 22 til April 20, 2014, with 2 FictionJunction YUUKA performances prior to the tour on February 8 and 9, 2014 titled FictionJunction YUUKA 2 Days Special. Furthermore a Taiwan performance was announced later on titled 「Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#11 / elemental Tour 2014　in Taipei」which would be held on April 12, 2014 (Saturday) at ATT SHOW BOX (Taipei)

LIVE Performances (2008–2019)

Discography (2008–2019)

「FictionJunction 2010-2013 The BEST of Yuki Kajiura LIVE, vol 2」
VTCL60397 | June 3, 2015
Live CDs (3 Discs)
18 + 17 + 18 Tracks

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#11 elemental Tour 2014 -Tour Original Making-
DSA-52 | ? , 2014
DVD
1 Tracks

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#11 elemental Tour 2014 2014.04.20 @ NHK Hall + Making off
VTXL-21 | September 24, 2014
Blu-ray
24 Tracks

FictionJunction – elemental
VTCL-60361 | January 22, 2014
Album
13 Tracks

FJ + FJ YUUKA – Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#4 PART I & PART II – Everlasting Songs Tour 2009
VTXL-14 | May 8, 2013
BD (DVD Compilation)
14 + 15 = 29 Tracks

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#9 “渋公 [Shibuko] Special”
DVD: VTBL-23~4, Blu-Ray: VTXL-12 | February 20, 2013
DVD/BD
24 Tracks

Fictionjunction – distance/eternal blue
VTCL-35137 | August 29, 2012
Single (Gundam SEED HD Remastered ED/Senritsu no Stratus OP)
4 Tracks

FictionJunction – stone cold
VTCL-35114 | August 3, 2011
Single (Sacred Seven OP)
4 Tracks

Yusha Series 20 Shunen Kinen Kikaku Shudaika Cover Album HARVEST
VTCL-60242 | February 23, 2011
Cover Album
16 Tracks (1 covered by FictionJunction)

FictionJunction 2008-2010 The BEST of Yuki Kajiura LIVE
VTCL-60201 | May 12, 2010
Live CDs (2 Disks)
14 + 16 Tracks

FictionJunction – Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora
VTCL-35083 | January 27, 2010
Single (Ookami Kakushi OP)
4 Tracks

FictionJunction～Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#4 PARTⅡ～
VTBL-8 | December 23, 2009
DVD (Region 2)
15 Tracks

FictionJunction – Parallel Hearts
VTCL-35065 | April 29, 2009
Single (Pandora Hearts OP)
4 Tracks

FictionJunction – Everlasting Songs
VTCL-60106 | February 25, 2009
Album
15 Tracks

Appearances (2008–2019)

Everlasting Songs many tracks in this album are rearrangements of songs which were used in anime
Parallel Hearts – Opening Theme song of Pandora Hearts
Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora – Opening Theme song of Ookami Kakushi
Stone Cold – Opening Theme song of Sacred Seven
Eternal Blue – Opening Theme song of Senritsu no Stratus
distance – Ending Theme song of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED HD

FictionJunction – SACRA / Highway Star / FJMusic era 2019- present

Vocalists (2019-Oct 2023): Kaori Oda, Keiko Kubota, Yuriko Kaida, Joelle, Asuka Kato, rito and LINO LEIA + other collaborative artists
Vocalists (January 2024 – present): Kaori Oda, Yuriko Kaida, Joelle, Emiko, LINO LEIA + other collaborative artists
Composer/Arranger: Yuki Kajiura
Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Producer: Yuki Kajiura
Publisher: SACRA MUSIC
Agency: Highway Star
Label: FictionJunction Music

The FJ band with the 2019-Oct 2023 line up: Musicians, Vocalists & guests after YK Live vol #17 “Parade” (Aug 12 performance)

After 「Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#11 / elemental Tour 2014　in Taipei」, Kajiura focused on producing music and lives for Kalafina, until she left SpaceCraft produce on February 21,2018, and Kalafina disbanded as a result, with Keiko (April 13, 2018) and Hikaru (October 20 2018) leaving the group, and Kajiura making her own company “FictionJunction Music” (June 30 2018) and later the new fanclub “FictionJuction Station” (July 22 2018) and moving from Flying Dog to Sony’s SACRA and to talent agency “HighwayStar” . Meanwhile, starting on Yuki Kajiura Live vol.#14 Joelle (previously seen as member in SoundHorizon) joined the Kajiura family and the YKL live performances.
With Kimetsu no Yaiba anime starting on spring 2019 and Kajiura composing some music and theme songs for it, she started using the “FictionJunction feat + [Vocalist]” format again for her songs, starting with the famous singer LiSA and the song “from the edge” released on June 30, 2019, first time as a digital single, a trend that continued after the Covid-19 pandemic ended. Kajiura continued composing songs for third party vocalists like Aimer under their own artist name. However, in LiSA’s case, follow-up songs under her collaboration with Yuki Kajiura (Homura, Akeboshi, Shirogane, Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake etc) were not released under FictionJunction feat. LiSA name, but as songs of LiSA herself, presumably due to her being way more popular than Kajiura.

Keiko came back to Kajiura Family and FictionJunction with the announcement of Yuki Kajiura LIVE TOUR vol.#15 ～The Junctions of Fiction 2019 and stayed as permanent member of the lineup, while Hikaru followed as a guest vocalist on FictionJunction Station Fan Club Talk &; Live vol.#1 (March 2020) and she appeared as guest on YKL Lives from now on along with other guests (AIMER , ASCA , JUNNA KOKIA etc).
In 2020 YKL vol#16 was announced but postponed for 1 year due to the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Instead, Kajiura had an online studio live called “Yuki Kajiura LIVE Special Edition ～STUDIO Broadcast LIVE vol.#1 reprise!” that was streamed on “Streaming+” on September 18 2020 with KAORI KEIKO YURIKO KAIDA and Joelle on vocal and the FBM musicians.

Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#16 happened in 2021 with 8 regular concerts titled ～Sing a Song Tour 2020～ and 2 Soundtrack Special lives. On the the regular concerts there were KAORI, KEIKO, YURIKO KAIDA, Joelle doing vocal and Aimer, Hikaru as guests and Eri Itou and Shaylee Mary for the soundtrack specials.

On August 15, 2021 was announced that Yuki Kajiura would compose a new insert song for the anime movie “Princess Principal Crown Handler part 2“, titled “Fairy game” and performed by FictionJunction feat. shuri. The movie was screened in Japan starting September 23, 2021, however, so far this song is still unreleased.

On December 1, 2021 was announced that Yuki Kajiura and Highway star would hold an audition for a new vocalist that will participate in a new FictionJunction Album that would be released on 2022. On February 2022 was announced that the winner of the audition were not 1 but 2: Rito and LINO LEIA !

They appeared for the first time singing at Yuki Kajiura Live vol.#17 ～PARADE～August 11 and 12, 2022 performances! At the last day of the tour the 3rd FictionJunction album that was previously hinted for release was finally announced. The album -unsurprisingly- called “Parade” and was released on April 19, 2023, with Regular and Limited First Press Edition (CD+BD). Meanwhile that performance was Live-viewed on cinema in Taiwan and Hong Kong on October 30, 2022 and was streamed in Japan on November 1, 2022.

On October 10, 2022 was announced that the song Soukyu no Fanfare, performed by FictionJunction feat. Aoi Eir & ASCA & ReoNa, written by Yuki Kajiura to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the anime SWORD ART ONLINE would be released digitally on October 28,2022. The song would be later become a frequent way to end the YKL setlists, covered by the regular lineup vocalists and the guests.

On March 2023 the tracklist for the Parade album came out and in it the new vocalists Rito and LINO LEIA would sing Mō kimi no koto o mitakunai 「もう君のことを見たくない」 and Hachigatsu no orugan 「八月のオルガン」resprectively. The album tracklist also featured FJ covers of Kajiura anisongs (Sore wa chīsana hikari no yōna (from ERASED), Moonlight melody (from Princess Principal soundtrack), covers of Chiba Saeko songs (Sekai no hate, Beginning) as well songs with anime tie-in (Soukyu no Fanfare (SAO), from the edge (Kimetsu no Yaiba)), and original album songs (Prologue, Koto no hoka yawarakai 「ことのほかやわらかい」, Parade, performed by the regular lineup- singers and songs performed by guest vocalists, (Yakō toryō 「夜光塗料」 feat. ASCA , Kai 「櫂」 feat. Aimer ). The Limited Edition contained footage from Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#16 ~Sing a Song Tour~” held on July 28, 2021 at NHK Osaka Hall, and MV of “Parade”. The year’s live performances ended with FictionJunction performing at SAO 10th Anniversary Event “FULL DIVE” on November 6, 2022, at Tokyo Garden Theater, Tokyo, Japan

In 2023’s YKL Yuki Kajiura celebrated the 30 years from the year she started working as composer (1993-2023) so added “30th Anniversary “ to both the Fanclub lives “FictionJunction Station Fan Club Talk＆Live vol# 2”, May 13-June 10, 2023 and the YKL concert tour “30th Anniversary Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#18 〜The PARADE goes on〜”, between July 22, 2023- October 9, 2023. On August 4 – 6, 2023 Yuki Kajiura/ FictionJunction attended and performed at AnimagiC 2023, Mannheim, Germany, while on October 28, 2023 performed at NHK WORLD-JAPAN MUSIC FESTIVAL. She continued celebrating with a Asia version of the tour titled “30th Anniversary Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#18 ~The PARADE goes on~ in Asia” between November 4 -18, 2023, visiting and performing at Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
The live tour ended with 2 grand concerts titled Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.# 19 Kajifes 2023 -30th Anniversary Live held at at Nippon Budokan on December 8– and 9, 2023. Day 1 had guests Revo (Sound Horizon) / Aimer / 笠原由里 Yuri Kasahara / Remi, and Day 2 had 伊東恵里 Eri Itou / Aira Yuuki (Asuka) / 戸丸華江 Hanae Tomaru / Hikaru / JUNNA / ASCA / KOKIA, and the regular lineup singers were KAORI KEIKO YURIKO KAIDA Joelle rito LINO LEIA. Furthermore, apart from the usual musicians were also invited Yoshiaki Sato (Accordion), and 中原直生 Naomi Nakahara (Uilleann pipes) This way the tour ended at totally 15 concerts!
On Feb 26, 2024 was announced that both “KajiFes” concerts would released on BD/DVD on May 29, 2024 for the separate days and on August 28, 2024 a limited edition with both days. However from the release was excluded the performance of Revo, where they sand “Sajin no Kanata e” 「砂塵の彼方へ…」 from DreamPort 2008.
Other than that 2024 was a year of a lot of non-FJ releases (KEIKO’s Yuyami no Uta single, FSN [Heaven’s Feel] OST (standalone), See-Saw’s Sarigiwa no Romantics , Anti-Hero OST).

FictionJuction/Yuki Kajiura started the live’s of the year 2024 with performance at LisAni Live 2024 “SATURDAY STAGE” and later continued with the year’s YKL tour 7-concert tour titled “Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#20” (June 2- August 3, 2024), with regular line-up singers KAORI (Except Aug 3), KEIKO, YURIKO KAIDA, Joelle / rito, LINO LEIA, and guest vocals by Eri Ito (all dates), and Hikaru (Aug 3 only).

What surely ruined the mood was the sudden decision by KEIKO and HIKARU on October 3, 2024 to (seemingly) quit the Kajiura Family, rejoin Spacecraft, and suddenly announced with Wakana a reunion Kalafina concert titled 「Kalafina Anniversary LIVE 2025」on January 15, 2025 at Tokyo Garden Theater with music direction by 武部聡志 Satoshi Takebe who was responsible for their earthquake concert and for Wakana’s album “Sono saki e”. Kajiura was taken by surprise and made a public announcement on twitter that she was never informed about all that. However she had no objection of the Kalafina girls performing the songs they used to sing for 10 years even without her as a producer.
The peculiar thing is that the concert did happen, it was full of Kajiura-composed songs , no new songs were performed, and also at the time of writing this text (2025) Kalafina as a unit have doing nothing else apart from that concert except from few live streams together, and are focusing on their solo career, so one wonders why they quit just for a single live concert? No further background information has become known since then.

*The YKL Lineup after Keiko, Hikaru, rito’s departure and Emiko’s addition as guest vocalist (from August 24, 2025 Saitama live after-concert).
Pictured: > Kajiura, Emiko, Joelle, Yuriko, LinoLeia, Kaori

On January 27, 2025 the Lineup for Yuki Kajiura Live vol#21 was announced and the striking differences were that rito was missing from it and a new singer Emiko Suzuki (鈴木瑛美子) was added as guest but for all the tour’s dates :O Later we learned that she meant to replace Keiko as her vocal range is between Keiko’s and Kaori’s 😊

On January 31, 2025, singer Rito and HighwayStar announced will quit the HighWayStar agency because her contract is ending / not renewed. This also means she quits from her FictionJunction activities and its apparently why her name wasn’t in the vol#21 lineup. In her announcement she said “The experiences I have had thus far remain, without question, precious treasures to me. Holding these treasures close, I have resolved to forge ahead on a new path. I intend to continue pursuing my own unique music from here on.” (machine translation)

On March 8 2025 was announced that FictionJunction feat. LINO LEIA would perform Mobile game’s Madoka Magica ☆ Magia Exedra Theme Song “Lighthouse”. The game intro was revealed at AnimeJapan 2025 on March 23, 2025, game was released on Android and iOS on March 27, 2025. An extended version of the song was used for the end credits of the first story arc. The song was released on May 2, 2025 as a Digital single.

On Jun 17, 2025 Yuki Kajiura confirmed she has recorded a few new songs and one of them, titled “black rose” would be performed at the upcoming Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#21～60 Songs starting on July 26, and on the same day it would be also released on the music platforms (apple music, spotify etc).
On July 26, 2025, another new song titled 『引き出しで発光している』 (Hikidashi de hakkō shiteiru = “It’s glowing in the drawer.”) feat. KAORI）that was performed on July 26 for the first time at “Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#21 ~60 Songs~” concert in Osaka, would be released digitally on August 23, 2025, the day before the final concert of the tour!

On Aug 24, 2025 the last day of Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#21～60 Songs, at Omiya Sonic City Main Hall, Saitama, Japan, with ASCA, JUNNA, Emiko Suzuki as guests and LiSA and Utabito Zanmai Samadi as secret guests at the end, performing “Zankoku no Yoru ni Kagayake” and “Homura“. At the end it was announced that the live will be broadcasted (around November) at TBS Channel 1

Yuki Kajiura has also announced the first Yuki Kajiura LIVE Special Edition ~Christmas Dinner Show 2025~ that take place on December 21, 2025 at Hotel New Otani (Tokyo) Tsuru no Ma Hall . A Dinner show is a type of event where the audience is seated in restaurant and eating dinner while watching the live show.
it’s going to have 2 performances on the same day, one in lunch time and one in dinner time. Vocalists will be KAORI, YURIKO KAIDA, Joelle, LINO LEIA and also Emiko Suzuki as a guest. Musicians will be the usual team.

LIVE Performances (2019-present)

Discography (2019-present)

FictionJunction feat. KAORI – Hikidashi de Hikaru Shiteru 『引き出しで発光している』
VVXX01844B00Z | August 23, 2025
Digital Single
1 Track

FictionJunction feat. EMIKO – black rose
VVXX01831B00Z | July 26, 2025
Digital Single
1 Track

FictionJunction feat. LINO LEIA -Lighthouse
ANXX01330B00Z | May 2, 2025
Digital Single (Theme song of Magia Exedra mobile game)
1 Track

30th Anniversary Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#19 -Kaji Fes.2023- BD-DVD (Day 1 & 2, LE box)
VVXL-203 (Day 1), VVXL-204 (Day 2), VVXL-200/2 (Day 1 & 2)
May 29, 2024 (Day 1, Day 2) August 28, 2024 (both days LE)
BD/DVD
61 Tracks

FictionJunction – PARADE
LE: VVCL-2147~2148 RE: VVCL-2149 | April 19, 2023
Album
13 Tracks (CD), 20 Tracks (BD)

FictionJunction feat. Eir Aoi & ASCA & ReoNa – Soukyuu no Fanfare 「蒼穹のファンファーレ」
VVXX-01299 | October 28, 2022
Digital Single (TV Anime “Sword Art Online” 10th Anniversary Song)
1 Track

Yuki Kajiura LIVE TOUR vol. # 15 “Soundtrack Special at the Amphitheater” 2019.6.15-16 Chiba / Maihama Amphitheater
VTCL-60527-8
June 10, 2020
Live CD
21 + 15 Tracks (2 Discs)

FictionJunction feat. LiSA – from the edge
?? | June 30, 2019 (TV size), September 2, 2019 (full size)
Digital Single (Kimetsu no Yaiba Ending Theme)
1 Track

Appearances (2019-present)

from the edge – 1st Ending Theme song of season 1 of TV anime Kimetsu no Yaiba
Fairy Game – Theme song of Princess Principal: Crown Handler Movie part 2
Soukyuu no Fanfare 「蒼穹のファンファーレ」 – TV Anime Sword Art Online 10th Anniversary Song
Lighthouse – Theme song of Magia Exedra mobile game

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