Diana Caroline Garnett (Japanese: ãÂÂã¤ã¢ãÂÂãÂȋÂÂã£ãÂÂã©ã¤ã³ãÂȋ‹¼ãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂ, Hepburn: Daiana Kyarorain GÃÂnetto, born August 25), known professionally as Diana Garnet, is an American-born J-pop singer and voice actor. They are signed to Mastersix Foundation under Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
Born in Washington, D.C., Diana was influenced by their father, a fan of anime and manga, and grew up interested in Japanese culture. They were influenced by Japanese music used in anime, which motivated them to pursue a singing career in Japan.
Their interest in the country was further sparked by two year-long exchanges in Japan in both high school and university. Upon graduating from university, they relocated to Tokyo, Japan, to work as an Assistant Language Teacher while doing freelance narration and vocals for radio and advertisements.
They began uploading covers of anime, J-pop and vocaloid songs onto YouTube and Niconico, gaining popularity and attention under their aliases Tonkhai and ãÂÂã³ã«ã¤.
Diana appeared on NTV's singing competition "Nodojiman The World" and won the Spring 2013 edition.
Following their victory, they signed with Sony Music Entertainment Japan and made their major debut on October 22, 2013, with their first single "'", under Mastersix Foundation and Sony Music Records.
A cover album named "", compiling the tracks "Mata Kimi ni Koi shiteru" and "My Revolution" from their first single among other covers of songs like Judy and Mary's "Sobakasu", Zone's "Secret base (Kimi ga kureta mono)" and Yoko Takahashi's "Zankoku Tenshi na These" was released on November 27.
2014 saw Diana being featured as an artist in Dohzi-T's track "Turn Me On ft. Diana Garnet", released on March 19 on his sixth studio album "T's Music".
The title track of their first original single, "", released on February 11, 2015, was used as the ending theme song for the anime ' and grew to be one of the most beloved songs to their fans. As of 2024, the song has amassed more than 2 million plays on Spotify.
They promoted their first theme song feature with appearances on TV shows like TV Tokyo's "" and variety shows like TV Asahi's "".
On February 25, Japanese rock band Flow released their compilation album Flow Anime Best Kiwami, featuring Diana on their cover track "Blue Bird ft. Diana Garnet", originally by Japanese pop-rock band Ikimono-gakari. On August 15, the singer, as well as the band Granrodeo, went on to perform with the band as guest performers on their Flow World Tour 2015: Kiwami world tour finale in the Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Diana's second original single, ', was released on November 25. Its title track was chosen to be the theme song of the anime adaptation of the original light novel series Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note.
In 2017, Diana branched out in their engagements, appearing in many events in Japan like the KIDSTONE Summer Presentation Program and stateside anime and manga conventions, like Ohayocon and Animazement, as well as on TV and in print. They also took on voice acting, narration and becoming a TV host.
In February, they first provided their voice for English-speaking roles of Joule and Lumen the double identities of the heroine of Azure Striker Gunvolt, in the English dub of the original video anime adaptation of the game, released worldwide on the Nintendo eShop.
In March, they provided the voice for the main character Koko in the English Dub of the anime film Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis. Later on in 2018, they also lent their voice to the main character Aura in the English Dub for the anime film Shimajiro the Movie: Adventures on Magic Island.
From April until March 2018, Diana was the host for the 2017 season of the long-running series ', an establishment in the Japanese world of Go.
Since April, they have been one of the co-hosts of the educational NHK radio show "Kiso Eigo 1", a main staple among language education in Japan since its first broadcast in 1994. As of 2024, alongside fellow co-host Chris Nelson, they possess one of the longest tenures a co-host of this radio show has ever had.
During the same time they also narrated the NHK World series "Anime Supernova", highlighting different directors in the Japanese animation industry for a global audience. They also landed their first Japanese-speaking role for the dramatization of Yushi Okajima's book "Gijinka de manabo! IT Infra no shikumi", voicing the role of DBMS.
Later in the year, they provided their voice for English-speaking roles in several games, like Super Bomberman R and released their third original single, "", on November 7. The title track was chosen to be the second ending theme for the third season of the anime series "".
2019 marked Diana's participation in original soundtracks for video games, as they performed the theme songs of the two video games Nippon Marathon, "Hyperlove Racing", and , "Faranaja".
The year also saw them venturing into acting, as they appeared in the January TV Kanagawa drama "Shiba Kà Âen", the February commercial short movie "Man'yà  ni Ikà Â." for hot spring hotel chain and the June Line Live web drama "Shibuya Boys Scramble".
On June 5, they released their first digital single, "Hello Again", providing the first ending theme for the fourth season of "Meow Meow Japanese History".
They continued to pursue voice acting and appeared in Japanese-speaking roles in the anime series "Meow Meow Japanese History" they had previously provided ending themes for, voicing historical characters like Heian period buddhist monk in February, samurai Egawa Hidetatsu and legendary folk hero Ishikawa Goemon later on in June. In an English-speaking role, they voiced Sophia in the Japanese movie "Prison 13" in August.
2020 saw Diana contributing more theme songs and participating in live performances throughout the year.
On January 15, 2020, they released their fifth original single, "". The single contains the cooperation of several individuals: professional Go players Yohei Shimojima penning the lyrics and Asami Ueno designing the cover, singer Chris Hart composing the song with musician Paul Ballard and mangaka Nodoka Tsurimaki drawing the cover art.
They went on to perform the theme songs "Fight Yourself" for the readers theater play "Dragon Zakura~2nd season~" in January and "Here and Now" for the visual novel Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy in March, for which they also voiced the main character Eliza.
In 2021 and 2022, Diana continued to voice act, lending their voice bilingually to both Japanese and English-speaking roles.
Since February, they have been voicing the Japanese-speaking role of Japanese English teacher Momo Tomozawa, a main character of the well-received Benesse franchise "Kà «sà  Gakuen Pantasia". They appeared in the animated Netflix series "Bee and Puppycat" as the TempBot in September.
Diana also worked as a casting director and voice-over director on several games, namely "Rival Megagun XE", "" and "Azure Striker Gunvolt 3".
In December, they voiced the Genshin Impact character Dehya in the Dillongoo Studios web anime short "Nameless Road" for MiHoYo's regular fan event "HoyoFair 2023". This marked the beginning of Diana's collaborations with Dillon Gu and Dillongoo Studios projects.
2023 saw Diana create their first manga series, "MIKU's NY Broadway Diary", providing the story for the series, while artist Nobile provided the art. The series was first released the "Radio Chà «gakusei no Kiso Eigo Level 1" educational book series in March, published by . The last chapter was released in February 2024.
On April 15, they released their second digital single "'", providing the theme song for the first ("The Shogunate") and fourth episodes ("Visiting Neo Inazuma") of the MiHoYo commissioned Genshin Impact alternate universe anime series, "Progenitor". Remixes of the song would also be featured as the opening and ending themes for episode 2 ("Albedo"). Furthermore, Diana voiced the character Klee for the series. As Klee, they contributed the character song "Klee's Lullaby" for the original soundtrack of the series.
On July 28, Diana released their third digital single "'", the theme song for the Yostar commissioned Arknights alternate universe anime short film "Legend of Chongyue". Diana also contributed to the short film as a casting and voice director.
On October 19, they released their first duet single, "'", with Norwegian singer and YouTuber PelleK. The music video was shot in Hjertnes Kulturhus in Sandefjord, Norway.
On October 31, Diana performed the theme song "Ruby Red Shoes" for AstralShift's acclaimed visual novel "Little Goody Two Shoes". They also voiced Elise, the protagonist of the game, and contributed the character song "Ruby Mirage Slippers" as said character for the original soundtrack of the game.
In December, they performed as a guest performer in the Yokohama leg of Flow's domestic tour, "FLOW THE CARNIVAL 2023: NARUTO Shibari". The concert was recorded and broadcast on Space Shower TV as a TV special on February 7, 2024, and later released as on Blu-ray and CD.
On February 11, 2024, Diana's VTuber character Lumin Tsukiboshi debuted through her first livestream. Originally introduced on a character sheet on September 20, 2023. The character maintains in her livestreams that Lumin and Diana are to be seen as two different entities, with "Diana Garnet" being her family-friendly real life identity with commitments to their clients, while "Lumin" would be able to interact with fans more and cover songs that wouldn't necessarily align with Diana Garnet's public image. Whenever Lumin alludes to her real life, she would refer to her persona "Diana Garnet" as "the voice inside". Lumin would pursue activities as a music artist under the name "Lumin".
Diana also provided vocals for the character song "No Name (English ver.)" of ninja Asahi, a character of the Bank of Innovation smartphone game "MementoMori".
In July, Diana performed the theme song "Set Sail" for the summer event "Beauty Full Shot" of the Shift Up smart phone game "".
In October, they performed the character song "Lamb's Requiem" and co-wrote four different character songs for the Inti Creates game "Card-en-Ciel".
Diana also provided vocals for the theme of the video game "The 257th Element" in August and performed the theme for the video game "Starlight Re:Volver" in December.
In December, their tenth digital single "" provided the theme song for the fifth ("Invasion") and the final sixth episodes ("Keep Moving Forward") of the MiHoYo commissioned Genshin Impact alternate universe anime series, "Progenitor".
In January 2025, Diana released their eleventh digital single "", providing the theme for the MiHoYo commissioned alternate universe anime short film, "Millennium Idol: In Another Life".
In March, their twelfth digital single in collaboration with music producer RichaadEB and singer Little V was a cover of "Kingslayer" (originally by Bring Me the Horizon featuring Babymetal).
In July, they contributed their vocals for the ending theme "Sono Saki no Sora e" ("The Sky Ahead") for upcoming Netflix anime series adaptation of the novel Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, penned by Joe Hisaishi and arranged by Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi." A year prior in July 2024, production company Qubic Pictures teased the singer's live performance of the song at their panel discussing the anime series at Otakon.
In August, their thirteenth digital single "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (Alice Thymefield Version)" (originally by Supercell) was released to commemorate their role of Alice Thymefield in the video game Zenless Zone Zero.
In December, their fourteenth digital single "Spinning World (10 Year Anniversary Version)" was released to commemorate the ten year release anniversary of their first original single "Spinning World".
In January 2026, they contributed lyrics and, along Tateshi Starwalker, also their vocals for "Straight to the Top", an insert song for the anime Medalist, composed by Yuki Hayashi.
Diana identifies as non-binary.
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