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Hiroko Konishi's mini-album "Harukanojima" to heal Japan 80 years after the war to be released on August 1 (Fri.)! Six healing songs that remind you of summer are included in the album.

オフィススクワレル合同会社

 Office Squarel LLC, a planning, production, and management office for music-related projects, plans to release the mini-album "Harukanojima" by its singer-songwriter Hiroko Konishi on August 1, 2025 (Friday), from various music download sites. This original mini album contains six songs, all written, performed, and recorded by Hiroko Konishi herself, under the theme of summer in Japan, which marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. With her soft and deeply expressive voice that only a voice actress can provide, this album will envelop you with a deep tenderness this summer.


Detail page: https://hirokokonishi.com/harukanoshima2025/


小西寛子「遙カノ島」ジャケット写真

Hiroko Konishi "Harukanojima" jacket photo


A song of "life" without conflict, but certainly existing

 The songs on "Harukanojima" are all nostalgic, yet dreamlike and analog, as if tracing a landscape that exists nowhere else. And each of the songs is filled with a quiet prayer without any embellishment, and Hiroko Konishi's deep respect and tenderness toward people.


 One of the songs on the album, "Miyuki Bridge," is set in Hiroshima, but does not directly describe the tragedy of the city. The sound of the bombing, the rubble, the hatred.... Everything is blended into the silence. However, within that silence, "people" certainly exist, and "proof of life" is inscribed. Shadows reflected in the sunset, bits of light shimmering on the surface of the river, and the sound of someone's footsteps.... They are not meant to mourn the past, but to ask us "how we will walk in the future time".


 The sentiment expressed in the first line of the song, "I'm not sad, I just want to look at my hometown a little bit," is not a criticism or a condemnation of anyone. It is filled with a gaze of "kindness" as a human being. Miyuki Bridge is a place where we have seen someone off, waited for someone who never returned, and is still gently but surely staring at us as we walk along pretending not to know anything.


 Harushima," which is also the title of the album, sings about an imaginary island like Okinawa. Other songs that are deeply close to the heart include "SODA WATER," which describes a town that a traveler has reached, "Minato no Ballad," a song about a hometown from a distant city, and the vibrant "1975," a song dedicated to the youth of 1975. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Okinawa, and how many other Japanese summers come to mind?



Music that resonates more by listening than by talking

 Hiroko Konishi's music does not have a "message" that is forced upon you. She simply leaves a message of what "true kindness" is in the hearts of those who listen to her music. It is something so delicate and precious that it would break down if it were explained in too many words.

 That is why Hiroko Konishi's songs show their true value when you listen to them quietly, rather than saying too much. You will want to believe in the tenderness in the silence and gently surrender your heart to it.... That is what this mini-album "Harukanojima" is all about.



Album Overview

Album name: Harukanojima

Songs: Minato no Ballad (New Version)

      SODA WATER

      Sandy Road (new version)

      1975 (New Version)

      Miyuki Bridge

      Harushima

Price : Undecided

      Available at iTunes Store and other music download sites



Hiroko Konishi Profile

Voice actress and singer-songwriter, born October 26, 1975 in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture and raised in Hiratsuka. She is a graduate of Sagami Women's University Junior College and Chuo University Faculty of Law, and has appeared in NHK's "Ojarumaru," "Arrest me," "Dr. Slump," "Urayasu Reinforced Family," "Amazing! Masaru-san," "Digital Monster," and many other animations and games, in which he has appeared as the lead or main character. On the music side, he has released more than 50 major CDs since his debut in 1994. Recently, he has been active as a singer-songwriter, performing, writing lyrics, composing, arranging, performing, and recording all kinds of music.


URL: https://hirokokonishi.com

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