高橋洋子

Yōko Takahashi (高橋 洋子) is a Japanese singer from Tokyo, best known for performing "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (残酷な天使のテーゼ), the opening theme song of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.She also performs one of the closing themes, an "acid bossa" version of "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Tamashii no Rufuran" (魂のルフラン), the closing theme of Evangelion: Death and Rebirth.She also performed "Metamorphose," the opening theme to studio Gainax's 20th anniversary series, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, the ending theme "Yoake Umarekuru Shōjo" (夜明け生まれ来る少女) for the anime Shakugan no Shana (灼眼のシャナ) and the opening theme "Aoki Flamme" for Pumpkin Scissors (パンプキン・シザーズ) She is also Arimi Matsuno's sister-in-law.