is a Japanese singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the Japanese "visual kei air band"

Golden Bomber is a Japanese visual kei "air" rock band formed in 2004 and signed to the independent label Euclid Agency (sublabel ''Zany Zap''). Despite not actually performing the instruments themselves during concerts, they have gained popularity through t ...

. He also writes, composes and co-arranges all the songs for the band. He plays multiple instruments including guitar, bass guitar and drums, and dabbles in piano and violin. He is the voice provider for the Cevio vocal synthesizer, KIRUNE.

Early life

Shō Kiryūin was born on 20 June 1984 in

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.4 ...

. He attende
Tokyo Metropolitan Mukogaoka High School
where he participated in the Light Music club.

Career

Golden Bomber

He formed the band

with guitarist Yutaka Kyan. Initially the members played live instruments, but due to Yutaka Kyan's lack of musical ability, they decided to switch to play their music from an iPod and restyle themselves as an "air band". He writes songs and lyrics by himself. However, he went to the recording studio with other members of Golden Bomber, Kiryūin plays instruments including violin. He touring live with Oneman Kowai, and Zenryoku Baka tours along with other members of Golden Bomber. In 2008 He and other members of Golden Bomber signed with Euclid/Zany Zap records, but signed with

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most ...

. Kiryūin and members of Golden Bomber performed for 2 days at the Yokohama Arena, He performed in Nippon Budokan, and on 21 January, Kiryūin and members of Golden Bomber performed in Osaka-jō Hall, but in 2010, the Expo 2010 concert in

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was cancelled.

Parodies

Kiryūin makes many parody songs of songs by famous singers and bands, imitating their melody, lyrics, singing style. For example, "Ultra Phantom" is Koshi Inaba, "Tsunami no Johnny" - Keisuke Kuwata imitation.

Other ventures

On June 20, 2012, Kiryūin released his autobiography "I’m Golden Bomber’s vocalist, are there any questions?". He made his solo debut with the opening theme "

Life is SHOW TIME "Life Is Show Time" (stylized as "Life is SHOW TIME") is the debut solo single of Golden Bomber vocalist Shō Kiryūin (credited as "Shō Kiryūin from Golden Bomber"). It serves as the opening theme song to the 2012 Kamen Rider Series ''Kamen Rid ...

" from

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Radio hosting

Kiryuin hosted the

All Night Nippon is a Japanese radio program broadcast by Nippon Broadcasting System and other radio stations from 1–5 am (JST). It preempts broadcasts from TBS Radio's programming heard on stations under both JRN and NRN ( TBC Radio, CBC Radio, etc.). ...

radio program, from January 5, 2011 to June 29, 2015.

Personal life

Kiryūin lists his hobbies and interests as meat, bread, alcohol,

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manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...

, adult videos, detective games, and 1990s

J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the ...

. Since middle school, he has been a big fan of

Gackt , better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized as GACKT), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raised ...

and

Malice Mizer Malice Mizer (stylized as MALICE MIZER) was a Japanese visual kei rock band active from August 1992 to December 2001. Formed by guitarists Mana and Közi, their earlier music and themes were characterized by their strong French and classical ...

. On September 4, 2021, Kiryuin announced on both Twitter and his personal Ameba blog that he had gotten married. Due to his wife's uninvolvement with the entertainment industry, he asked that fans respect her privacy and not harass either party's extended families.

Discography

References

External links

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Ameba (blog)

Euclid Group Official
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