Yoko Takahashi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Japanese singer
Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1966
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Profession: singer
Nationality: Japan
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
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About Yoko Takahashi
- Yoko Takahashi (?? ??, Takahashi Yoko, born August 28, 1966) is a Japanese singer.
- In 1995, she released the single A Cruel Angel's Thesis (?????????, Zankoku na Tenshi no Teze), which was used as the opening song in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- The song has received gold and platinum certifications, charted on the Oricon weekly chart numerous times, and has frequently been cited as one of the most influential songs used in anime.
- She has remixed and released several versions of the single, which has been met with the same commercial success.
- Takahashi began her career in 1991, and released her first album, Pizzicato, in 1992, which reached #28 on the Oricon weekly charts.
- In the following years, she released the albums Kugatsu no Sotsugyo which charted, and Watashi wo Mitsukete, which did not achieve the same success of her previous albums.
- In 1996, she released the album Living with Joy.
- Following her achievements with music, she continued to release singles and albums throughout the 2000s and 2010s, for which she was met with mixed success. Takahashi’s other works in anime includes performing an "acid bossa" version of "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Tamashii no Rufuran" (??????, Tamashii no Rufuran, Refrain of Soul), the closing theme of Evangelion: Death and Rebirth.
- She also performed "Metamorphose," the opening theme to studio Gainax's 20th anniversary series, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, the ending theme "Yoake Umarekuru Shojo" (??????????, The Girl who was Born at Dawn) for the anime Shakugan no Shana (??????, Blazing-Eyed Shana) and the opening theme "Aoki Flamme" for Pumpkin Scissors (?????·????, Panpukin Shizazu).
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