1. Sowelu
A lot of you know this lovely songstress for her ending theme that she contributed to Full metal alchemist 'I Will' but I've known about her for a little bit before that. Glisten was such a fun poppy song and I loved listening to it back in middle school this and 'No Limit' were so very fun and catchy. So what exactly happened after she disappeared? Sowelu went on a long hiatus and other than her collab with Verbal from m-flo and Clazziquai I hadn't heard of her since.
This is Sowelu now. Unfortunately this is a bit old and right after Sowelu announced get again, another hiatus. She got really sexy and a lot more 'adult' oriented. Perhaps it's the record label change and going onto Avex or maybe it's the fact she's grown now. While this isn't my favorite video, 'Let me Lead U' was her return video and shocked quite a couple who didn't know exactly what the hell to expect.I'd definitely suggest checking out her collaboration video with Wise under 'I want U To..' which it a lot more interesting of a video.
2. Nana Kitade
Nana Kitade was also a contributing ED theme for the same series as well as other animes as well but she's also been known for her many face lifts. If it wasn't Kamkaze Girls (Shitsuma monogatari) that perked your interest in lolita fashion or the brand Baby the Stars Shine Bright-Nana Kitade for sure did sporting later on in her music career their cute fashions and carrying around what was the newly crafted image of the BABY Usakumya.
Nana Kitade soon went on hiatus for health reasons and nobody exactly heard of her since. However looking up info she actually was in a band called 'Loveless' for a short time and toured Europe. However recently she's taken a very gothy dark image change with her newest and 'The Teenage Kissers'. Her vocals remain unchanged but a lot more raw this time around and I've been a big fan since the release!
3. Nami Tamaki
By far one of the most shocking transformations of all time for me other than Nana Kitade would have to be Nami Tamaki who really went underwent a huge identity crisis for the last part of her career where she was famous for an era there. She's know yet again to have given a lot of songs for anime series but other than that back in the day she was very young and a great dancer. Her last couple of singles weren't that great before she disappeared.
In 2011 she came back with a Japanese cover of T-ara's infamous 'Time to Love'. K-Pop had just then hit the Japanese pop culture market tremenously and I suppose Nami Tamaki was trying hard to ride on the wave but didn't quite make it.
However finally a year or so again she collabs with Shinichi Osawa for a track called 'Ladymind' which really hit off. She's always been known for doing really great electronic songs and I felt like her collabing with a well respected DJ really helped her make a proper comeback for focusing on what she was known for. Due to that song doing so well they also released another single called 'Paradise' which was also a very fun song. Each video was interesting to watch and really showed a very outrageous but very grown up Nami. Her current single 'Real' however definitely had an anime feel to it and if you like her 'Brightdown' era you'll really like her newer song!
4. Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay has this thing for disappearing and coming back again. Yet again like most (jeeze so many of this artist did things for Full metal alchemist and up and disappeared. was it a sign?! haha) she did a couple of anime and drama related music things. She had this Janet Jackson like feel to her with really fun and funky tracks. Honestly her collaborations with m-flo were by far the best.
Crystal Kay has done a lot of collaborations in the past with artists like Chemistry and Akanishi Jin but I think seeing her trying to hit or get involved with the US market a year or so back and try to through the Far East Movement (though Koda Kumi tried this tactic too admitted but through the Japanese market-it was a Japanese song) was a little shocking. I didn't know exactly how to feel about it but the people I have showed have dug it.
5. Akanishi Jin
Bringing up Crystal Kay brings up a good point. Akanashi Jin was a huge deal way back then. Long with Kamenashi Kazuya he was the most popular member of the boyband Kat-tun and known for having a pretty bad ass octave range in songs like GOLD. He was also featured in a lot of dramas one being the second season of the liveaction adaptation of Gokusen.
A bit back he left Kat-tun to go solo and go on tour and one of the stops was in the US. I think due to that he thought he could also hit that market as well. I was pretty shocked to see an all English release from him.
6. Kanon Wakeshima
Last pick for the most shockingly changed artist would have to go to Kanon Wakeshima. She debuted gracefully and was big news considering that Mana himself was supporting her debut. She was a great celloist to boot. But a lot of lolitas especially admired her style and eventually she did collaborate with Alice and the Pirates/Baby the Stars Shine Bright for a couple of pieces that her featured in her second album release. She was highly popular for contributing songs to the series Vampire Knight and did quite a lovely US concert for her fans as well.
Other than that Kanon also collabed with An Cafe's Kanon for a song as well.
Recently Kanon Wakeshima ditched her crazy fashions and went for more of an otome type of style. I suppose the purpose would be to have a more grown up style and also allow her audience focus on her music.
With that said have you guy found any artists that went on a hiatus for a little bit and came back shockingly? Was it a good comeback or a bad one? Feel free to share!
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