Artist Detailed Info: Ray

There are at least four artists with the name of Ray.

1. RAY is a Japanese shoegaze idol group formed in 2019 from Tokyo.

Members:
** 内山結愛 (Uchiyama Yua; ex ・・・・・・・・・; 2019-present)
** 琴山しずく[/bandmembe] (Shizuku Kotoyama; ex Avandoned; 2012-present)
** 月海まお (Mao Tsukiumi; 2022-present)
** 紬実詩 (Tsumugi Mikoto; 2022-present)
** 春音友希 (Yuki Harune; 2025-present)

Former members:
** 白川さやか (Sayaka Shirakawa; from 2019 to 2021)
** 甲斐莉乃 (Kai Marino; ex 虹のコンキスタドール/Niji no Conquistador; from 2019 to 2022)
** 月日 (Tsukihi; ex RYUKYU IDOL; from 2019 to 2022)
** 愛海 (Ami; from 2029 to 2025)

History:
Their musical focus is on the fusion of "minor genres", such as shoegaze, noise pop, and techno.
They have been signed to DISTORTED RECORDS and Lonesome Record (since 2021). Their office is SOVA (since 2020). Their main producer is みきれちゃん (Mikire-chan).

RAY was formed on April 15, 2019 after the disbanding of ・・・・・・・・・ (Dots/Dots Tokyo). RAY also has the same team like they did.
The initial line-up consisted of four members: Sayaka Shirakawa, Tsukihi, Marino Kai, and Yūa Uchiyama. They performed live for the first time on May 1. They released their debut single, "Blue", on October 30. The lead track from the single, titled "Meteor", was produced by American shoegaze band Ringo Deathstarr, while the second track "Butterfly Effect" was produced by Natsubot of For Tracy Hyde, and the third track "Sekai no Owari wa Kimi to Futari de" was produced by Yusuke Hata of Cruyff in the Bedroom.
They released their debut album, Pink, on May 23, 2020. They held their first solo concert on May 11. On November 19, Ray transferred to the agency Sova.
Sayaka Shirakawa graduated from the group on February 23, 2021. Shizuku Kotoyama joined the group on July 3.
They released their second album, Green, on May 25, 2022. On July 23, Marino Kai and Tsukihi left the group.[8] Mao Tsukiumi and Mikoto Tsumugi joined the group on September 19.
On February 1, 2023, they released the split EP, Atmosphere, with Dai Dai Dai and Crossnoesis. In 2023, Ray released a digital single every month from February to July. The first of the singles, "Dokusho Nikki" was released on February 19, followed by "Himitsu ga Itaiyo" on March 25, then "Tameiki wo Sagashite" on April 23, then "Frontier" on May 27, then "This is not a love song" on June 25, and "Bloom" on July 29. All six of the digital singles were featured on their third album, Camellia, which was released on October 18.
Their first EP, Vase, was released on April 3, 2024.
Their second EP, Seasons, was released on March 5, 2025. Ami graduated from the group on May 4. They released their fourth album, White, on October 1. On October 30, Yuki Harune joined the group.


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

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