Daisuke Kawai (川合大介 / だいすけ・かわい, December 16, 1976, in

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), is a Japanese singer, better known by his

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KM-MARKIT. In 1998, he was initially part of the Urbarian Gym (URBARIAN GYM / UBG), a Japanese hip-hop group, which also featured popular Japanese

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beginning in 1997. He went on to sign with the

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label in 2004, releasing his first album, '' Vivid,'' in April the following year. He released one more album under label before parting ways to do his own projects. UBG later disbanded in 2010. After UBG's disbandment, in 2010, he co-founded the Raider Music Record and helped create the underground

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group THE RAIDERS, becoming the executive producer. The group released one album, ''The Raiders,'' along with several singles. -MARKIT also collaborated with other artists, though they were under different labels.

Biography

Daisuke "KM-MARKIT" Kawai was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 16, 1976. In 1998, he joined the Urbarian Gym, a hip-hop group who was created by Japanese rapper ZEEBRA in 1997. Daisuke departed from the group to begin his solo projects under the

label in 2005, with his debut album '' Vivid'' (stylized as ''VIVID''). The album featured Koda Kumi(倖田來未), who was one of Japan's more popular artist at the time (alongside

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). This was despite Kumi being under the

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sub-label

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at the time. He released his second studio album, '' Mark Out'' (stylized as ''MARK OUT''), a year later on May 12, 2006. Unlike ''Vivid, Mark Out'' charted only at No. 97 on the

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charts. It remained on the charts for two weeks. The album featured famed singer-songwriter

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. Urbarian Gym disbanded thirteen years after their debut on March 24, 2010. In 2010, after UBG's disbandment, KM-MARKIT co-founded the label RAIDERMUZIK RECORDS, and joined the

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group The Raiders, coming on as the executive producer. Other members included MINESIN, D-ON, HAR-CO, 8, HI-D, YUKALI, MICHO,

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(千葉雄喜), TY-KOH, TAKESHI & SATOSHI and Mr. LOW-D. Their first single, ''Oh Baby'' (stylized as ''OH BABY''), featured KM-MARKIT, YUKALI and 8. They released their first album, ''The Raiders'', the following year. The Raiders went on to release a few singles following their debut album: ''Get It On'' (stylized as ''GET IT ON''), ''B.M.N. (Big Monster Nuts)'' and ''Shut a Fu%k Up!!!''. KM-MARKIT released a few solo works post ''The Raiders'' album under the RAIDERMUZIK RECORDS label. These included ''Next Episode'' featuring NaNa in 2010, and ''Magnetic'' featuring miray in late 2014. Outside of The Raiders, KM-MARKIT worked behind-the-scenes with various artists as a lyricist and

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. He wrote the lyrics for the Japanese translations of the songs " Blood Sweat & Tears", "

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", " Not Today" and " MIC Drop" from the 2018

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album '' Face Yourself'', along with writing the lyrics to the albums' original songs "Go Go" and "Crystal Snow". He also worked with Japanese hip-hop group

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for the songs " Shampoo Bubble" (2017), in which he wrote the rap, and " Drop in the box" (2019), in which both he and RYUJA composed the instrumental. On April 19, 2020, KM-MARKIT took part in the song "Be One ~Bokura ni Dekiru Koto~" (僕らにできる事 / ''What We Can Do''), along with various other Japanese artists, including KEITA, Koda Kumi,

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and Kenji03 among others. The song was brought about to encourage citizens to stay home due to the

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pandemic.

Uncharted singles

Magnetic (along with miray)

''Magnetic'' (stylized as ''MAGNETIC'') is the third solo single by

KM-MARKIT. It featured R&B/

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artist miray. miray had previously worked with KM-MARKIT on her self-titled album, ''miray,'' in mid-2010. The single failed to chart on

and Recochoku. Information
''Magnetic'' is the third solo single by KM-MARKIT and features

artist miray. The single was digitally released on November 19, 2014. The song was released on

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Japan as a

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. miray was initially under the

sub-label

. On August 4, 2010 (four years prior to the single), she had featured KM-MARKIT on her album ''miray'' in the song "Box Seat" (stylized as ''BOX SEAT''). However, upon the release of ''Magnetic,'' she was no longer under the Rhythm Zone sub-label and chose to focus on independent work. This independent work led her to the

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Raider Music Record, which was co-founded by KM-MARKIT himself. Despite being a single, "Magnetic" did not receive a music video and was released solely as audio unlike his previous singles, ''Give a Little...'' and ''Next Episode feat. NaNa.'' The song was classified as

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/rap due to the synthesizer used predominately throughout the song. Track List
Digital Single #"Magnetic feat. miray" – 3:57 #: Arranger: KM-MARKIT • KEMUMAKI #: Lyrics: KM-MARKIT • miray

Albums

Studio albums

#" VIVID" #: April 20, 2005 #" MARK OUT"
''Rank'': No. 97 #: December 6, 2006

The Raiders albums

#"THE RAIDERS" #: August 24, 2011

Singles

Solo singles

#"Give a Little... (with SPHERE & 杏-ann-)" #: August 25, 2010 #"NEXT EPISODE feat. NaNa" #: November 24, 2010 #"MAGNETIC (along with miray)" #: November 19, 2014

The Raiders singles

#"OH BABY" #: July 6, 2011 #"SUGAR/Higher" #: July 27, 2011 #"B.M.N. -Big Monster Nuts-" #: June 27, 2012 #"Shut a Fu%k Up!!!" #: July 25, 2012 #"GET IT ON" #: August 29, 2012

Songs as featured artist

#"Taidou" (胎動 / Quickening) (December 25, 1998) #: from album ''Doytenna 2000'' / LIBRO with Ark, KEMUMAKI & DOBINSKI #"MAD MAXX" (February 19, 2000) #: from album ''THE SHOW CASE (THREE THE HARD WAY)'' / Low IQ 01 x

x UBG #"BEAT BOXING feat. KM-MARKIT" (June 14, 2000) #: from album ''ZEEBRA 「BASED ON A TRUE STORY」'' / ZEEBRA #"Usohappyaku feat. MICADELIC, INDEMORAL, KM-MARKIT, MINESIN, BACKGAMMON & DOBINSKI" (嘘八百 / Full of Lies) (December 20, 2000) #: from album ''三善的大魔境'' / Miyoshi/Zenzou #"ONEWAY" (November 20, 2001) #: from album ''N'' / UBG #"URBAN BARBARLIAN GUERRILLA (UBG)" (June 19, 2002) #: from album ''GUERRILLA GROWING PLATINUM'' / UBG #"CHANGE THE GAME" (December 18, 2002) #: from album ''Change The Game'' / Various Artists #"G.Y.M feat. OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT, BRZ" (May 8, 2003) #: from album ''NEW DEAL PRESENTS SHOW and PROVE'' / Various Artists #"Stop the Violence feat. ZEEBRA, UZI, OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT" (September 26, 2003) #: from album ''UNITED NATIONS III'' / DJ Yutaka #"THE TRAINING DAY feat. ZEEBRA, UZI, OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT & CHINO" (January 21, 2005) #: from the album ''DADDY'S HOUSE VOL.3'' / DJ MASTERKEY #" Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT" (April 13, 2005) #: from album ''

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'' / Koda Kumi #"unreliable feat. KM-MARKIT emixed by FIRSTKLAS (May 21, 2005) #: from album ''LOVE IS THE MESSAGE'' / Various Artists #"IT'S ALL A G E feat. GOTZ, CHINO, SUMI & KM-MARKIT BG REMIX (June 1, 2005) #: from album ''Street Dreams'' / ZEEBRA #"MUSIC TRIBE feat. Q & KM-MARKIT" (January 11, 2006) #: from album ''DRAMA'' / Full of Harmony #"Taste of Honey feat. CO-KEY & KM-MARKIT" (February 15, 2006) #: from album ''The New Beginning'' / ZEEBRA #"Club Happiness ~Brothahood Version feat. KM-MARKIT~" (March 1, 2006) #: from album '' For Real?'' / Toshinobu Kubota #"BOX SEAT feat. KM-MARKIT" (August 4, 2010) #: from album ''miray'' / miray

Collaborative works

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> *''FLY HIGH'' (February 22, 2012) *:"Fly High" (lyrics), "Put your hands up!!!" (lyrics) *''MOVE LIKE THIS'' (July 4, 2012) *:"Superstar" (lyrics), "SAY YES" (lyrics) < KEITA> *''SIDE BY SIDE'' (June 5, 2013) *:"Magic feat. AKLO" (lyrics), "Turn it up" (lyrics), "Hey Love" (lyrics), "One More Time" (lyrics) < Show Luo> *''Fantasy'' (February 12, 2014) *:"Fantasy" (lyrics) <

> *'' Wake Up" (December 24, 2014) *:"No More Dream" (lyrics), "Shingeki no Boudan" (lyrics), "Ii ne" (lyrics), "Boy in Luv" (lyrics), "N.O" (lyrics), "Just One Day" (lyrics), "Danger" (lyrics), "Miss Right" (lyrics), "The Stars" (lyrics), "Jump" (lyrics), "Ii ne! Pt. 2 ~Ano Basho De~" (lyrics), "Wake Up" (lyrics) *''For You'' (June 17, 2015) *:"For You" (lyrics), "War of Hormone" (lyrics), "Let Me Know" (lyrics) *" I Need U" (December 8, 2015) *:"I Need You" (lyrics), "Dope ~Chou Yabe!~" (lyrics), "Boyz with Fun" (lyrics) *''

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'' (September 7, 2016) *:"Run" (lyrics), "Butterfly" (lyrics), "Good Day" (rap lyrics), "Fire" (lyrics), "Save Me" (lyrics), "Baepsae" (lyrics), "Wishing on a star" (lyrics), "Epilogue: Young Forever" (lyrics) *'' Face Yourself'' (April 4, 2018) *:" Blood Sweat & Tears" (lyrics), "

" (lyrics), "Not Today" (lyrics), " MIC Drop" (lyrics), "Go Go" (lyrics), " Crystal Snow" (lyrics), "Best of Me" (lyrics), "Spring Day" (lyrics) *'' Fake Love/Airplane pt.2'' (November 7, 2018) *:"Fake Love" (lyrics), "Airplane pt.2" (lyrics) < SWAY> *'' UNCHAINED'' (August 28, 2018) *:"Naked" (lyrics, co-writer) <

> *''

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'' (July 18, 2018) *:" Shampoo Bubble" (rap lyrics) *'' Be the Naked'' (January 30, 2019) *:"Drop in the box" (lyrics, composer) *'' XTLIKE'' (September 4, 2024) *:"There for You" (lyrics, composer) <

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> *''Sixteen'' (February 7, 2018) *:"Sixteen" (lyrics) *''Candy'' (May 16, 2018) *:"Candy" (lyrics)

References

External links

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