by Dahni

   The singer is Aoi Teshima (手嶌葵 Teshima Aoi, born June 21, 1987 in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan. Aoi Teshima is a Japanese singer and voice actor. In March 2005, she acted in "Japan-Korea slow music's world" in South Korea and her performance was favorably received among the audience. Her performance attracted the attention of anime director Gorō Miyazaki. Toshio Suzuki was also very impressed when he listened to her demo version of Bette Midler's "The Rose"

Aoi Teshima

   In 2006, she finally released a song called "Therru's song" (テルーの唄 Terū no Uta.

   This song was used in a film directed by Gorō Miyazaki Tales from Earthsea (ゲド戦記 Gedo Senki). She also voiced Therru.

   On July 29 of the same year, the film was shown in Japan after releasing her song. Aoi Teshima is in essence, a shy and humble choir girl whose unobtrusive voice soothes your senses and reminds you of our love for nature, for the purity of life and for love itself. An mp3 audio file of this song is presented on the next page and is intended for those with High Speed Internet otherwise, it could take around 10 minutes to load on a modem of 56k. An English arrangement is just two click away with your mouse.

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