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Hirano Aya will release a new single called "Namida Namida Namida" on October 8th 2008 and is produced by Tsunku (also known as the producer behind Morning Musume). This single has a distinct pop sound to it, a bit different from her rock/pop image from her last album.
The song is also the ED song of the new anime Hyakko, which also features Aya as one of the main characters.

And Aya will also have her birthday on the 8th and will be 21 years young, Happy Birthday Aya! (only 6 days after Ayu ^^)

Catalog no.: LACM-4531
Tracklisting:
1. Namida Namida Namida
2. WIN
3. Namida Namida Namida (OFF Vocal)
4. WIN (OFF Vocal)

No PV yet, so here is just the song:
Namida Namida Namida

and

WIN

It has finally arrived, Hirano Aya's first album. After 6+ singles, during which many artist have already released 2 albums, she finally released her first. It wasn't until last year that she really started to focus on her singing career more. Besides still doing her job as a seiyuu for anime series which made her popular, she now also aspires a kind of idol career as well, releasing several photo books and already 2 dvds.
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Together with the announcement of the album, also comes the information about the concert tour of this album.

There are 3 dates planned:

October 24th 2008: O-EAST in Tokyo
October 30th 2008: DIAMOND HALL in Nagoya
November 14th 2008: Namba HATCH in Osaka (right on my birthday ^^)

Doors open at 18h and concert starts at 19h.
Tickets are 5000yen (standing, no seats)

After 7 singles and some anime character singles, Hirano Aya is finally releasing her first full album. Title and track listing is still unknown, but the album will be released on July 16th 2008. As bonus a special AYA pack is included, of which the contents are still unknown as well. She has already quite a repertoire of songs to fill 2 albums. Will she just stick to (a selection of) the official singles? Will there be new material on the album? Still many questions ;p

Update June 2nd 2008:
On her blog, Aya announced the title of her first album as "Riot Girl" with accompanying PV (is Riot Girl also a song on the album?). From looking her webpage, songs included in the track listing are: Breakthrough (album version), Bouken Deshou Deshou?, Asu no Prism, Yorokobi no Uta (Asu no Prism's second track), LOVE GUN, NEOPHILIA, MonStAR, Maybe I Can't Good-bye, and supposedly new tracks as well. So the album will include all of her solo single A-tracks, one B-track and one B-track from an anime ED single.

Update June 17th 2008:
Again on her blog, Aya posted what seems to be preview of the album cover. She also mentions that the PV is ready. Only one month to go until the release ;p

Update June 18th 2008:
Aya just posted a bigger image of the cover, which I think is very cute ^^
Also new picture on her website & blog.

Update (2) June 18th 2008:
After consulting with the official Lantis website, it seems that the full track listing has been published! And also a preview of the RIOT GIRL PV

1. LOVE GUN
2. HERO
3. MonStAR
4. Asa no Prism
5. Breakthrough (Album version)
6. Bouken Deshou Deshou?
7. Aimai Scream
8. Yorokobi no Uta
9. Maybe I Can't Good-bye
10. NEOPHILIA
11. Harmonia Vita
12. For You
13. Hoshi no kakera
14. RIOT GIRL

Keep you updated on more info ;p

Support Hirano Aya!

Hirano Aya, the famous seiyuu of Haruhi & Lucky Star, will be releasing her first trading cards.
They will be out in July 2008.
Aya will also be releasing her first album "Riot Girl" on July 16th.

The official site of the trading cards
12 preview cards (aren't they lovely ^^)

Hirano Aya's newest release is an anime character single called Unnamed World. It is the ED song for the anime Nijuu mensou no Musume (or The Daughter of Twenty Faces) in which she also voices the main character Chiko. Because it is a character song, it is not part of her single series as a solo artist, so it's not her 7th single.
This single also features her new look, which we had already seen on her photo blog. It gives her a less playful and a more serious style and look.

Release date: April 23rd 2008
Catalog number: LACM-4485

Tracklisting:
1. Unnamed World
2. Maybe I can't good-bye
3. Unnamed World (OFF VOCAL)
4. Maybe I can't good-bye (OFF VOCAL)

Support Hirano Aya :
Hirano Aya - Unnamed World on YesAsia

Here's a piece of the PV: