Melocure (メロキュア, Merokyua) was a Japanese pop duo consisting of Megumi Hinata (日向めぐみ, Hinata Megumi) and Ritsuko Okazaki (岡崎 律子, Okazaki Ritsuko).
More of Melocure's work was used as insert songs and themes for subsequent seasons of the show, as well as in the soundtracks of Stratos 4 and Okusama ha Mahō Shōjo.
Less than two months later, Okazaki died suddenly at the age of 44 from septic shock as a result of sepsis.
Melocure's final song, Home & Away, was finished by Hinata after Okazaki's death and released more than a year later.
Although Okazaki has died, Hinata has said on her radio show that she will continue Melocure for the rest of her life, singing Melocure songs at her live shows in Okazaki's memory.