Yoko Takahashi

Yōko Takahashi (高橋 洋子, Takahashi Yōko, born August 28, 1966) is a Japanese singer from Tokyo, best known for performing A Cruel Angel's Thesis (残酷な天使のテーゼ, Zankoku na Tenshi no Tēze), the opening theme song of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. She also performs the closing theme, an "acid bossa" version of "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Tamashii no Rufuran" (魂のルフラン, 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 Shōjo" (夜明け生まれ来る少女, The Girl who was Born at Dawn) for the anime Shakugan no Shana (灼眼のシャナ, Blazing-Eyed Shana) and the opening theme "Aoki Flamme" for Pumpkin Scissors (パンプキン・シザーズ, Panpukin Shizāzu)

She is also Arimi Matsuno's sister-in-law.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Maxi Singles

Split Singles

As YAWMIN

Other songs

Yoko Takahashi (fighter)

Yoko Takahashi (高橋 洋子, Takahashi Yōko, born on (1973-04-20)April 20, 1973) is a Japanese female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and kickboxer and former boxer and professional wrestler. Takahashi is a former Smackgirl open weight champion. She is considered Japan's first female mixed martial artist.

Background

Takahashi was born on (1973-04-20)April 20, 1973 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan.

Professional wrestling career

Takahashi debuted as a professional wrestler with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJWPW) promotion in 1994 and kept participating until the end of 1996, when she decided not to continue with professional wrestling due to a hernia in her back. She became a part-time referee for promotion Yoshimoto Pro-Wrestling Jd', where she met her long-time partner Megumi Yabushita. They both left Jd' in 2002.

Mixed martial arts career

Takahashi debuted in MMA on July 14, 1996 (1996-07-14) at AJWPW event U Top Tournament: Participants Selection Matches (U★TOPトーナメント出場者選考試合, u top tōnamento shutsujōsha senkō shiai) held at Korakuen Hall, in a fight that consisted of a single round with unlimited time, defeating German pro-wrestler Thundercrackk from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi at 10 minutes and 14 seconds, after Takahashi landed a kick to the face that made Thundercrackk give up.