Wataru Hatano announces a project to celebrate the 5th anniversary of his artist debut!　Single and mini-album release, live tour, and more!

Popular voice actor Wataru Hatano appeared at the presentation of the 5th anniversary project of his artist debut.



While appearing in many popular works such as "Kuroko no Basket" (Reo Jitsubuchi), "Arslan Senki" (Jasuwanto), and "One Pan Man" (Metal Bat), Wataru Hatano made his artist debut onDecember21,2011with his firstsingle "Hajimarino Hi" and has released 6singlesand1albumto date. To date, Wataru Hatano has released six singles and one album .To commemorate the 5th anniversary of his artist debut,five major announcements were made under the title of " Wataru Hatano 5th Anniversary Project.

First, he will release a new single " You Only Live Once" on November 23. This song will be used as the ending song for the TV anime "Yuri!on ICE," in which she also appears as a cast member, and will challenge herself to create a new tune while keeping close to the worldview of the anime. In addition, on December 21, the same day as her debut five years ago, she will release a mini-album, "CaravanplaysFilia," a five-song mini album withsongs bycomposers whohavecreated songs for her in thepast, withthe theme of"traveling the world and time-space.Mr. Hatanohimself wasalsoheavily involved in theordering of the songs.

On January 25, 2017, the DVD " WataruHatano Live 2016 "Synchronicity" Live DVD" containing thelive performanceheld onFebruary7,2016 will be released, and a live tour 2017 will also be held. This will be his first solo live performance in about a year, and the new single "You Only Live Once" will include a priority application ticket for the event.

As the culmination of the5th anniversaryproject,Hatano'sfirst artist bookwill be released byKADOKAWA.Details will be announced in the company's voice actor magazine "Voice Newtype" and other publications. On the occasion of the anniversary, Ms. Hatano said, " Thanks to all of you, we are celebrating our 5th anniversary! We will continue to walk on. Let's walk together! He also commented, "Thanks to all of you, we will continue to walk together.