1. RAY, a Japa… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least four artists with the name of Ray.
1. RAY, a Japanese shoegaze idol group formed in 2019. Based in Tokyo, they are considered sucessors to ・・・・・・・・・ (Dots), being managed by the same team and playing similar music. Members Uchiyama Yua (former Dots), Kai Marino (former Niji no Conquistador), Tsukihi (former RYUKYU IDOL) and Kotoyama Shizuku (former Avandoned) also promote many solo performances and activities. Their musical focus is on the fusion of "minor genres", such as shoegaze, noise pop, and IDM. The first album Pink was released in May 2020, containing 12 original songs and covers of two Dots songs, "Slide" and "Satellite".
In February 2021, founding member Shirakawa Sayaka graduated from the group. In July 2021, Kotoyama Shizuku joined the group. Their second album, Green, was released in May 2022 featuring a cover of Dots' "Shizuka no Umi". New members joined in September 2022: Ami, Tsukiumi Mao, and Tsumugi Mikoto. Third album Camellia is set to release in October 2023.
2. 中山怜香 (Nakayama Reika, born October 14, 1990), better known by her stage name Ray, is a Japanese singer and radio personality from Hokkaido. She signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment.
Ray originally worked as a gravure idol, performing at a singing audition event sponsored by Avex and Usen called a-motion2007, and releasing a DVD called Peach Collection and a second DVD called Pure Smile in 2008. She tried out for the All-Japan Anime Song Grand Prix in 2010. She also covered songs under the moniker Clione (クリオネちゃ).
She made her debut as a singer in 2012, performing the opening theme song "Sign" for the anime Waiting in the Summer. Her second single "Rakuen Project" (楽園PROJECT Paradise Project) was released on October 24, 2012, which is used as the opening theme to the 2012 anime television series To Love-Ru Darkness. Her third single "Recall" was released on February 6, 2013, which is used as the ending theme to the 2013 anime television series Amnesia.
On a blog post posted on January 25, 2017, Ray announced her retirement from singing to pursue other unspecified activities.
3. RAY - RUSSIAN HARDCORE band, formed in the end of 2004 in Moscow, Russia. They play old school hardcore with lots of melodies and breakdowns. They say they are trying to bring hardcore what it should be with messages to express their personal feelings and beliefs, to reveal what they feel are social and ethical problems of this world.
In spring/summer of 2010, RAY disbanded.
4. Ray, the japanese singer and vocalist in Galactica Phantom and yaiba.
5. A band from New York, an early project of Hugo Stanley from Palm
Altair
Ray Lyrics
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「今夜の星はとても綺麗だね」って
待ち合わせは 今日も窓辺
互いの空を見上げれば 一つのうみ
強く輝くあなたを見てます
2人の未来を 照らす光
夏の夜風で届けて
電話の声、元気ないね？
離れてたってわかるから その煌めき
強く輝くこの星の下で
夜が明けるまで話をしよう
瞳とじれば あなたが傍にいる
夏の夜風に抱かれて 抱かれて
The lyrics to Ray's song Altair describe a beautiful summer evening where two people meet up by the window as they gaze up at the stars together. The singer notes the beauty of the post-rain scent and comments on how gorgeous the stars look. As they stare up at the sky, they realize that they share a common space under the same sky. The singer tells the other person that they see their radiance shining brightly and that they can picture their future together in that same light. They dream together about their shared future, wondering what it will hold, and sending their hopes and desires out with the summer night breeze.
In the second verse, the singer receives a phone call from the other person who seems down. Though they are separated, the singer can sense the twinkle in their eye. They continue to watch the stars, agreeing to talk until the morning light. The singer closes their eyes, imagining the other person beside them wrapped up warmly in the summer night breeze.
Overall, the lyrics of Altair describe a romantic summer evening spent in the company of another person, contemplating the stars and dreaming about their future together. The song is a beautiful celebration of love and the wonder of the natural world.
Line by Line Meaning
雨上がりと初夏の香り
The scent of early summer after the rain
「今夜の星はとても綺麗だね」って
You say that the stars are beautiful tonight
待ち合わせは 今日も窓辺
Our meeting place is by the window again today
互いの空を見上げれば 一つのうみ
If we look up at the sky together, it's like one big sea
強く輝くあなたを見てます
I'm looking at you shining brightly
2人の未来を 照らす光
The light that shines on our future
瞬くほどに 確かめ合う夢を
We confirm our dreams as they twinkle
夏の夜風で届けて
Let's send it off with the summer night breeze
電話の声、元気ないね？
Your voice sounds down over the phone, huh?
離れてたってわかるから その煌めき
I know you're far away, but I can still see your sparkle
強く輝くこの星の下で
Under this strong shining star
夜が明けるまで話をしよう
Let's talk until morning comes
瞳とじれば あなたが傍にいる
When I close my eyes, you're by my side
夏の夜風に抱かれて 抱かれて
Embraced by the summer night breeze
Writer(s): 中沢伴行
Contributed by Riley I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.