AYAKI is one half of the jazz duo GENTLE LOVE, which is releasing its first all-Ghibli tribute album on July 20.
AYAKI is a performer in the jazz duo GENTLE LOVE, alongside Norihiko Hibino. The duo's latest project is Prescription for Sleep: The Best of Studio Ghibli, announced by Scarlet Moon Records in July 2026. The album is the 17th in the Prescription for Sleep series and the first to focus entirely on Studio Ghibli films. It contains 12 tracks from Ghibli movies plus one original composition, and it releases digitally on July 20 across multiple platforms.
AYAKI's involvement in the music industry is documented only through this album announcement. The other two stories in the dossier, a review of Doraemon's Dorayaki Shop Story and a report on a Tauburn plastic model kit, do not mention AYAKI or GENTLE LOVE. No other projects, releases, or biographical details about AYAKI appear in the provided coverage.
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1d ago
The official X account for Kyosuke Kamishiro and illustrator Takayaki's My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Moto Kano Datta) announced on Wednesday that the light novel series will end with its 14th volume, scheduled for release on December 1, 2026. Kamishiro began the story on the Kakuyomu website in August 2017, and Kadokawa started print publication with Takayaki's illustrations in December 2018. The 13th volume shipped in October 2025. Rei Kusakabe's manga adaptation has run on Kadokawa's ComicWalker since December 2019, with Udon Entertainment handling the English manga license and J-Novel Club holding the light novel license. The novels follow Mizuto Irido and Yume Ayai, former middle school partners who become stepsiblings after their parents remarry. An anime adaptation aired on AT-X and Tokyo MX in July 2022, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired.
Jul 6
Scarlet Moon Records announced Prescription for Sleep: The Best of Studio Ghibli, the 17th album in the jazz tribute series. Performed by duo GENTLE LOVE-Norihiko Hibino and AYAKI-the album features 12 tracks from Ghibli films plus an original. It releases July 20 digitally on multiple platforms.
Jun 27
ASCII.jp reviews the Switch package version of Doraemon's Dorayaki Shop Story, a management simulation where players run a dorayaki shop in a town populated by characters from Fujiko F. Fujio's works. The game, originally released digitally in 2024 as part of the Fujiko F. Fujio 90th birthday project, now has a physical edition with a permanent bonus guide. The reviewer notes the game's relaxed pace and the appeal of seeing characters from multiple Fujiko series appear.
Jun 4
Good Smile Company is releasing a plastic model kit of Tauburn from the 2010 anime Star Driver: The Radiant Takuto. The kit is the first plastic model of the Cybody and is being produced under the full supervision of its original designer, Shigeto Koyama. Further details are pending from the official account.