is a Japanese-American rock musician signed to

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Ki/oon Records is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Artists Their artists include L'Arc-en-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Home Made Kazoku, Puffy AmiYumi, Polysics, Supercar, Pushim, Chatmonchy, Denki Groove, Tomoe ...

label.

Background and career

He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to two Japanese immigrants. It was not until middle school that he became interested in music and that eventually led him to start his musical career in 2007. He was accepted to UCLA and UC Berkeley but had chosen music. Inoue performs every instrument on his recordings in addition to writing and composing the pieces on his own. He claims to have learned Japanese by reading

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and watching

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. He gained prominence when his song "Closer" was used as the fourth opening theme for '' Naruto: Shippuden''. His fifth single "Kaze no Gotoku" was used as the second theme song for the '' Yorinuki Gin Tama-san'' anime. Inoue contributed to

Tetsuya Tetsuya is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tetsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 哲也, "philosophy, to be" * 鉄也, "iron, to be" * 哲哉, "philosophy, alas" * 徹也, "devotion, to be" ...

's 2011 solo album '' Come On!'' by rapping on the track "Eden" and later wrote and was featured on

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's 2011 single "World of Glory".

Discography

* '' In a Way'' (2007) * '' Me! Me! Me!'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010)

Songwriting contributions

* "Eden" by

from the album '' Come On!'' – rap * "World of Glory" by

from the album ''Damn Hero'' – songwriting * "Adrenaline" by Yoko Yazawa from the album ''Give Me!!!'' – songwriting * "Spinning World" from '' Naruto: Shippuden'' – songwriting * "Rescue Rescue" by Kanjani 8 – songwriting * "Chan-Chara-Chan" by Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku – songwriting * "Hankō Seimei" by

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from the album ''Dai Gyakushū'' – songwriting, credited as Tenguboy * "Amagami Days" by

from the album ''Dai Gyakushū'' – songwriting, credited as Tenguboy * " Elevator Girl" (English ver.) by

Babymetal (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese kawaii metal band consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal". The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency. Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrume ...

from the album ''

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'' – lyrics, credited as Joemetal

References

External links

Official English website

Official main YouTube channel

Other YouTube channels
{{DEFAULTSORT:Inoue, Joe 1985 births American alternative rock musicians American musicians of Japanese descent Japanese-language singers Living people Musicians from Los Angeles Ki/oon Music artists Alternative rock singers