is a Japanese rock musician signed to
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...
's
Ki/oon Records 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
manga
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and watching
anime
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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's 2011 solo album ''
Come On!'' by rapping on the track "Eden"
and later wrote and was featured on
Totalfat's 2011 single "World of Glory".
Discography
* ''
In a Way'' (2007)
* ''
Me! Me! Me!'' (2009)
* ''
Dos Angeles'' (2010)
* ''
JOEpop #1'' (2016)
* ''
JOEpop #2'' (2016)
* ''
Polyglot Musix #1'' (2016)
* ''
Hats On! Tunes'' (2017)
* ''
Jiwa Jiwa LP'' (2018)
EP's
* ''
The Wish That Never Came True'' (2020)
* ''
Hip Hop Collection'' (2021)
Songwriting contributions
* "Eden" by
Tetsuya from the album ''
Come On!'' – rap
[
* "World of Glory" by Totalfat 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 Ayumikurikamaki from the album ''Dai Gyakushū'' – songwriting, credited as Tenguboy
* "Amagami Days" by Ayumikurikamaki from the album ''Dai Gyakushū'' – songwriting, credited as Tenguboy
* " Elevator Girl" (English ver.) by ]Babymetal
(stylized in all caps as BABYMETAL) is a Japanese kawaii metal band consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal", Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" and Momoko Okazaki as "Momometal". The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse Inc., Amuse talent a ...
from the album ''Metal Galaxy
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'' – lyrics, credited as Joemetal
References
External links
Official English website
Official main YouTube channel
Other YouTube channels
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1985 births
American alternative rock musicians
American musicians of Japanese descent
Japanese-language singers of the United States
Living people
Musicians from Los Angeles
Ki/oon Music artists
Alternative rock singers