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kj1980 · 2004-05-12, 01:52

source:
http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0511/003.html
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/obit/news/20040511zz22.htm

Ms. Okazaki Ritsuko, the singer/songwriter for numerous animes and part of the duo vocal Melocure has passed away at a much early age at 44. She passed away suddenly today May 5th due to a condition called severe sepsis and septic shock, a very rare blood vessel disease which affects 3 in 10,000 persons.

Among her notable works were providing music and lyrics, as well as singing on the following:

"For FruitsBasket" Fruits Basket
"Sakurasaku" and soundtracks for Love Hina
"Priority" Stratos4
Character image songs and themes for "Sister Princess RePure"
Song for bishoujo animes such as "Minky Momo" and "Wedding Peach"
As well as providing music and lyrics to countless seiyuu artists from Hayashibara Megumi, Inoue Kikuko, Iiduka Mayumi and Horie Yui

You will be definitely missed....

lordwu · 2004-05-12, 02:14

I was shocked when I saw the news this afternoon. I always loved her music and am very sad to see such a talent to pass away so young.

wao · 2004-05-12, 02:54

I was so shocked too. She is quite a well known person, even though she never made a huge name like well known singers, rather staying in the background...

Some other songs she did were the OP and ED for Princess Tutu. Which are really quite decent too. At 44... That is a very young age to die at, and it was so shocking. From such an odd disease too.

My respects to her. I hope she didn't suffer too much. Oh well... People die in the end... but her music was nice

Marine-RX179 · 2004-05-12, 03:55

This is quite sad indeed.....not much to say except...

'Amen, may she rest in peace' T.T

zalas · 2004-05-12, 05:02

It is tragic that this should happen to someone still relatively young. I appreciate her for her work on Fruits Basket and would like to give her a big thanks for her contributions.

Gold_Rogers · 2004-05-12, 15:29

I really liked her music. This is just too sad.

Yamano667 · 2004-05-13, 10:58

May she Rest in PEACE << R.I.P >>>

I was her most devoted fan

***GHDpro*** · 2004-05-13, 11:42

I noticed some "Memorial" music torrents on "that other torrent site", which did make me feel
uncomfortable -- you don't label files "Memorial" unless, well, someone has passed away usually.

But darn, there was as reason for that labeling

Sigh, count me in as one of the people who really liked her music (got quite a few songs of her on
my iPod, including the Melocure album). Not to repeat what others have said, but... she will be missed.

Mr_Paper · 2004-05-13, 12:05

She'll surely be missed. I really enjoyed her music, especially her work on the Fruits Basket series.

/will listen to some of her albums again when he gets home.

***relentlessflame*** · 2004-05-13, 14:29

That's really sad. Count me as another one of her fans, who also has many of her songs on my iPod. A life cut tragically short...

Perhaps, like many great artists, her work will gain more popularity from this point on, and in that small sense she'll live on through her many fans.

Yogo_Pogo · 2004-05-13, 16:52

Her music will always be in our hearts, so it will be like like she was still alive.

bluemist · 2004-05-13, 17:57

I rearranged by CD pile here, and out of boredom I re-emerged the Fruits Basket "Shiki" album so that it is be one of the CDs I can listen to while on the go...

I did it on May 5.

Of course I never knew about her passing until a blog posted about it a week later. I never even bothered wanting to know about 'when' she passed away until I read it directly in this thread just now. I'm definitely freaked out. Such coincidences don't happen everyday.

She will be missed.

jennwenn · 2004-05-13, 19:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by GHDpro

I noticed some "Memorial" music torrents on "that other torrent site", which did make me feel
uncomfortable -- you don't label files "Memorial" unless, well, someone has passed away usually.

But darn, there was as reason for that labeling

Sigh, count me in as one of the people who really liked her music (got quite a few songs of her on
my iPod, including the Melocure album). Not to repeat what others have said, but... she will be missed.

I noticed those too, and it made me unconformtable even though I knew the reason. It just feels wrong to honour her memory by putting her music up for illegal download again. I participate in illegal activity just as much as the rest of us here, but that just doesn't sit well with me.

I'm sure they didn't mean any harm and whoever submitted those files was only trying to spread the beauty of her work to others, but that method didn't seem as respectful as they perhaps intended it to be.

Chiaki Nozomi · 2004-05-16, 11:14

Its always sad when a musician passes away, but their songs are more than enough legacy. Her music is understated beautiful. Its low key, but somehow always manages to catch my ear and soften my mood with its sweetness.

I hope her cd she was working on is released and not vaulted away forever. I know I would buy it. Hell, probably even preorder!

Realist_Classic · 2004-05-18, 06:00

I've been offline for two months and during the interim, I must've played Okazaki-san's music about a few hundred times. I wholeheartedly agree that 'understated beauty' would be the way to describe her work. To think that she passed away at such a young age...Rest in Peace.

jordanlim4 · 2004-05-18, 09:13

Let her music hug us for eternal

dragonz20 · 2004-05-18, 10:27

Don't know anything about her at all but I do know that the music in Fruit Basket is amazing and this makes me sad to know that the person responsible for it passed away. I will definitely be looking out for more of her music.

Mr_Paper · 2004-05-18, 10:51

Let us all hope that they eventually release her last album even if it is unfinished.

Angela Sanctisstessa · 2004-05-22, 05:24

may the gods springkle her with blessings
her songs were great
itz so sad she passed away so young..at least she didn't suffer from her illness

2004-05-12, 01:52	Link #1
kj1980 Gomen asobase desuwa! Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 43	Ms. Okazaki Ritsuko...passed away (;´д⊂ source: http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0511/003.html http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/obit/news/20040511zz22.htm Ms. Okazaki Ritsuko, the singer/songwriter for numerous animes and part of the duo vocal Melocure has passed away at a much early age at 44. She passed away suddenly today May 5th due to a condition called severe sepsis and septic shock, a very rare blood vessel disease which affects 3 in 10,000 persons. Among her notable works were providing music and lyrics, as well as singing on the following: "For FruitsBasket" Fruits Basket "Sakurasaku" and soundtracks for Love Hina "Priority" Stratos4 Character image songs and themes for "Sister Princess RePure" Song for bishoujo animes such as "Minky Momo" and "Wedding Peach" As well as providing music and lyrics to countless seiyuu artists from Hayashibara Megumi, Inoue Kikuko, Iiduka Mayumi and Horie Yui You will be definitely missed....

2004-05-12, 02:54	Link #3
wao OK. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Fields of High Attus Age: 34	I was so shocked too. She is quite a well known person, even though she never made a huge name like well known singers, rather staying in the background... Some other songs she did were the OP and ED for Princess Tutu. Which are really quite decent too. At 44... That is a very young age to die at, and it was so shocking. From such an odd disease too. My respects to her. I hope she didn't suffer too much. Oh well... People die in the end... but her music was nice __________________ Thanks for the fish

2004-05-13, 17:57	Link #12
bluemist i am the mist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Japan	I rearranged by CD pile here, and out of boredom I re-emerged the Fruits Basket "Shiki" album so that it is be one of the CDs I can listen to while on the go... I did it on May 5. Of course I never knew about her passing until a blog posted about it a week later. I never even bothered wanting to know about 'when' she passed away until I read it directly in this thread just now. I'm definitely freaked out. Such coincidences don't happen everyday. She will be missed. __________________ bluemist anime blog

2004-05-18, 06:00	Link #15
Realist_Classic Casual prosumer of anime Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Germany, most of the time.	Utter Disbelief I've been offline for two months and during the interim, I must've played Okazaki-san's music about a few hundred times. I wholeheartedly agree that 'understated beauty' would be the way to describe her work. To think that she passed away at such a young age...Rest in Peace.

2004-05-12, 02:14	Link #2
lordwu Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003	I was shocked when I saw the news this afternoon. I always loved her music and am very sad to see such a talent to pass away so young.

2004-05-12, 03:55	Link #4
Marine-RX179 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004	This is quite sad indeed.....not much to say except... 'Amen, may she rest in peace' T.T

2004-05-12, 05:02	Link #5
zalas tsubasa o sagashite Join Date: Jul 2003	It is tragic that this should happen to someone still relatively young. I appreciate her for her work on Fruits Basket and would like to give her a big thanks for her contributions.

2004-05-12, 15:29	Link #6
Gold_Rogers Famous Dead Pirate Join Date: Mar 2004	I really liked her music. This is just too sad.

2004-05-13, 10:58	Link #7
Yamano667 Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The moon :)	May she Rest in PEACE << R.I.P >>> I was her most devoted fan

2004-05-13, 11:42	Link #8
*GHDpro* Administrator Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Age: 45	I noticed some "Memorial" music torrents on "that other torrent site", which did make me feel uncomfortable -- you don't label files "Memorial" unless, well, someone has passed away usually. But darn, there was as reason for that labeling Sigh, count me in as one of the people who really liked her music (got quite a few songs of her on my iPod, including the Melocure album). Not to repeat what others have said, but... she will be missed.

2004-05-13, 12:05	Link #9
Mr_Paper Hmm... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Looking for his book...	She'll surely be missed. I really enjoyed her music, especially her work on the Fruits Basket series. /will listen to some of her albums again when he gets home.

2004-05-13, 14:29	Link #10
*relentlessflame* 　 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 41	That's really sad. Count me as another one of her fans, who also has many of her songs on my iPod. A life cut tragically short... Perhaps, like many great artists, her work will gain more popularity from this point on, and in that small sense she'll live on through her many fans.

2004-05-13, 16:52	Link #11
Yogo_Pogo A laughing demonic Skull Join Date: Apr 2004	Her music will always be in our hearts, so it will be like like she was still alive.

2004-05-16, 11:14	Link #14
Chiaki Nozomi Indie Director Join Date: Jul 2003 Age: 37	Its always sad when a musician passes away, but their songs are more than enough legacy. Her music is understated beautiful. Its low key, but somehow always manages to catch my ear and soften my mood with its sweetness. I hope her cd she was working on is released and not vaulted away forever. I know I would buy it. Hell, probably even preorder!

2004-05-18, 09:13	Link #16
jordanlim4 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Age: 37	Let her music hug us for eternal

2004-05-18, 10:27	Link #17
dragonz20 Cantonese Dimples Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: North Jersey (near NY city) Age: 46	Don't know anything about her at all but I do know that the music in Fruit Basket is amazing and this makes me sad to know that the person responsible for it passed away. I will definitely be looking out for more of her music.

2004-05-18, 10:51	Link #18
Mr_Paper Hmm... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Looking for his book...	Let us all hope that they eventually release her last album even if it is unfinished.

2004-05-22, 05:24	Link #19
Angela Sanctisstessa I'm a boy..K? Join Date: May 2004 Location: =\|=mugen no monogatari=\|= Age: 35	may the gods springkle her with blessings her songs were great itz so sad she passed away so young..at least she didn't suffer from her illness