Often regarded as one of the classic Touhou Project circles, Yuuhei Satellite (幽閉サテライト) is a Japanese Doujinshi music circle that makes arrangements of Touhou music. The origins of this circle are unknown, but their earliest album release (Emotional Chemistry) dates all the way back to August 14, 2010. Since then, they have been a prominent Long Runner still releasing albums into the present day.
Yuuhei Satellite is well-known for their distinct melodic take on the Trance genre, with arrangements that are mostly faithful to the original music source material accompanied with vocals by senya (and later on, Toa and Marcia). Aside from Trance, they also do Rock, Electro House and Eurobeat arrangements with more creative liberties. The circle is also known for providing music for the fan-made Touhou anime called Fantasy Kaleidoscope, specifically the episode "~The Spring Snow Incident~
" in 2011.
They have a sister circle called Shoujo Fractal (founded in 2014) which mostly does pure Electronic Music arrangements. Together with Yuuhei Satellite, they co-organize a monthly event called "Touhou Ongaku Fes", where various circles can join and have fun together regardless of genre.
Their discography is far too numerous to list individually on this page, but most of their discography can be found on their Touhou Wiki page and that of Shoujo Fractal.
- Autobahn — Arranger.
- でいたらぼっち (deitarabotchi) — Arranger.
- Iceon/Starving Trancer — Arranger. Also active on his own circle called Frost Fragment.
- ikuo — Guitarist.
- Marcia — Vocalist. Joined the circle in 2019.
- ぬらりひょん (Nurarihyon) — Arranger.
- 音霊 (Otodama) — Guitarist.
- 嵯峨飛鳥 (Saga Asuka) — Representative and illustrator.
- 兎明 (Toa) — Vocalist. Joined the circle in 2017.
Shoujo Fractal:note
- 二羽凛奈 (Futaba Rinna) — Vocalist.
- 黒羽結華 (Kuroha Yuka) — Vocalist. Left before getting to release anything.
- 寧彩ねい (Neiro Nei) — Vocalist.
- 十色奏音 (Toiro Oto) — Vocalist.
- senya — Formerly the primary vocalist and considered the face of the circle as a whole. Left in 2022.
- HiZuMi — Arranger. Also contributed to Shoujo Fractal.
- かませ虎 (Kamase-Tora) — Lyricist. Also contributed to Shoujo Fractal.
- 奥山ナマリ (Namari Okuyama) — Arranger. Was originally a guest contributor until officially joining the circle in 2018. Also contributed to Shoujo Fractal.
- 柚木梨沙 (Yuzuki Risa, aka Yuzurisa) — Vocalist. Contributed to Shoujo Fractal before leaving it for Yuuhei Satellite. After leaving Yuuhei Satellite, she started her own circle Luminaria that makes original songs.
Shoujo Fractal:
- 天宮みや (Amamiya Miya) — Vocalist.
- 姫城碧海 (Himegi Ami) — Vocalist.
- 星月秘那 (Hoshizuki Hina) — Vocalist. Left before getting to release anything.
- 犬岡ぽめ (Inuoka Pome) — Vocalist. Only got one song before leaving (信念の彼方).
- 神月紅璃夢 (Kanzuki Kurimu) — Vocalist.
- 水森御子 (Mimori Miko) — Vocalist. Only got one song before leaving (月に虹が架かる時).
- 凪ユイナ (Nagi Yuina) — Vocalist.
- Ryu☆ — A BEMANI musician who made some contributions.
- 如月鈴 — Vocalist.
- 夢乃瑠愛 — Vocalist.
- 真白桃樺 — Vocalist.
Not to be confused with the music group that does compositions for KanColle called Yuuhei Katharsis.
Tropes applying to Yuuhei Satellite:
- all lowercase letters: The alias of vocalist senya.
- Cool Mask: All of its vocalists are wearing some kind of party mask to cover their identity. Toa, on the other hand, wears a black veil instead. Even some extended members also wearing masks too when the circle doing a live performance.
- Compilation Re-release:
- They've released commemorative albums for various live events like Yuuhei Gakusai ~Haru no Utage~.
- Their "3in1CD" albums feature all the tracks from three old albums, with one cover from a newcomer.
- The Singles Best albums are compilations featuring both sides from three old singles.
- Cover Version: After Marcia joined the circle, she covered several of senya's most popular songs.
- Instrumentals:
- They've released a few albums that consist of instrumental versions of their songs.
- Their singles usually include instrumental versions of the featured songs.
- Rearrange the Song: Their Touhou arrangements, of course.
- Remix Album: While they like to add original songs now and then, the circle's albums consist mostly or entirely of Touhou arrangements.
- Title Track: Their non-compilation albums are named after their first track.
- Vocal Tag Team: senya used to be the sole vocalist. However, after other vocalists (Toa, Yuzurisa and Marcia) joined, the circle started splitting its songs between them.
Tropes applying to Shoujo Fractal:
- Compilation Re-release: They've released some 3in1CDs, which contain the songs from three old albums. They've also released some albums that contains both sides to three old singles.
- Cover Version: The circle has covered some of sister circle Yuuhei Satellite's songs.
- Instrumentals:
- They've released a few albums that consist of instrumental versions of their songs.
- Their singles usually include instrumental versions of the featured songs.
- Rearrange the Song: Their Touhou arrangements, of course.
- Remix Album: While they like to add original songs now and then, the circle's albums consist mostly or entirely of Touhou arrangements.
- Title Track: Their non-compilation albums are named after their first track.
- Vocal Tag Team: The circle's songs are split between its vocalists.
