Garnidelia (stylized as GARNiDELiA) is a Japanese pop rock duo, consisting of singer Mai Mizuhashi, better known by her stage name MARiA and Vocaloid record producer Yoshinori Abe, better known by his stage name toku. The duo first collaborated on the song “Color”, which was used as the opening theme to the 2010 anime television series Freezing. The name of their unit came from the French phrase “Le Palais Garnier de Maria” (Maria’s Opera), and the asteroid Cordelia, which was discovered in 1978, the year of toku’s birth.
In 2014, they made their debut under the major record label Defstar Records with the single “ambiguous”, which was released on March 5, 2014, whose title track is used as the second opening theme to the 2013 anime television series Kill la Kill. Later that year, MARiA collaborated with Vocaloid producer Jin and performed the song “Daze”, which is used as the opening theme to the 2014 anime television series Mekakucity Actors. Their second single “Grilletto”, which was released in July 2014, was used as the second opening theme to the anime television series The Irregular at Magic High School. Their third single “Blazing”, which was released in October 2014, is used as the first opening theme to the anime television series Gundam Reconguista in G. Their debut album Linkage Ring was released in January 2015.
GARNiDELiA’s fourth single “MIRAI”, which was released in May 2015, is used as the ending theme to the anime series Gunslinger Stratos. Their indie album Birthia was released in August 2015, which contains remade songs that were made before their debut single, such as “ARiA”, “SPiCa”, and “ORiON”. Their third digital single “Burning Soul” was released in April 2016. It was used as the theme song for the MMORPG game Soul Worker. Their fifth single “Yakusoku -Promise Code-” was available digitally 10 days before it was released in August 2016; and was used as the second ending to the anime series Qualidea Code. The B-side to that single, Gokuraku Jodo, received unexpected popularity in China as a dance hit after it was shared onto the video site Bilibili, spoofing various covers. GARNiDELiA collaborated with ClariS in performing the song “Clever” released in September 2016; the song is used as the third ending theme to Qualidea Code.Their second album Violet Cry was released in December 2016.
GARNiDELiA moved to the Sacra Music record label under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in April 2017. Their sixth single “Speed Star” is released in June 2017; the song is used as the ending theme of The Irregular at Magic High School: The Movie – The Girl Who Summons the Stars. Their seventh single “Désir” (Desire) was released in August 2017; the song is used as the ending theme of anime Fate/Apocrypha. Their eighth single “Aikotoba” (Password) was released in November 2017; the song was used as the opening theme of anime Animegataris. Their ninth single, “Error” was released digitally in January 2018, and received a physical release in January 2018; the song is used as the opening theme of anime series Beatless. Their third album G.R.N.D. was released in March 2018. Their second compilation Eurodance-style album “Kyouki Ranbu” (Dancing Wildly with Joy) was released in September 2018; the album contains dance covers by MARiA, Miume, and Niina (217), such as Gokuraku Jodo, Kureha Itoshiuta, Tougen Renka, avra K’davarah, Lamb, Girls, and PiNK CAT.
Their tenth single, “Rebel Flag” was released digitally in January 2019, and received a physical release in March; the song is used as the ending theme of anime series Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka. At the end of August 2019, it was announced that they would leave Sacra Music following their contract expiration in 2019. Their last best album under the label, GARNiDELIA BEST, was released in December 2019. In June 2020, it was announced that GARNiDELiA moved to the label music Universal Music Japan, following the release of their first digital single of their new label “Star Trail”. In August 2020, they made a self cover of the song “Gurenge” in their official YouTube; the cover is part of their official cover, titled GARNiDELiA Cover Collection. Their 2nd digital single “Secret Party” was released on September 23. It was used as theme song to their Halloween Party. Their 4th album Kishikaisei was released in November 2020. The album contains 8 brand-new songs along with Secret Party and Star Trail.
