Japanese pop singer Yōko Takahashi was born August 28, 1966 in Tokyo. She
released Pizzicato, her debut album, in 1992. Her next two albums, 1993’s
Kugatsu no Sotsugyö and 1994’s Watashi wo Mitsukete failed to perform as well as
her debut, but her career spiked in 1995 when her record “A Cruel Angel’s
Thesis” was used as the theme song for the hugely popular anime series Neon
Genesis Evangelion. The ongoing success of that single led to a 1997 album of
songs inspired by Evangelion that not only gave Yōko Takahashi her biggest
success on the album charts, but also included “Tamash...