HEY-SMITH
Formed in 2006.
Origin of the band name.
SMITH” was taken from the initials of the band members, and “HEY” was added just because it seemed to be in a good mood!
Formed in 2006.
Origin of the band name.
SMITH” was taken from the initials of the band members, and “HEY” was added just because it seemed to be in a good mood!
Born in 1989. Singer-songwriter.
Born in Kagawa, raised in Nagano, and moved to Tokyo for college.
She started learning classical piano when she was 2 years old, and later experienced violin, chorus, voice, drums, guitar, etc., and was exposed to various kinds of music.
Started performing mainly as a keyboard player at the age of 18.
In 2016, she made her major debut with her 1st ALBUM “One Hundred and Sixty Degrees”.
Their performance ability and essential musicality, which they have cultivated over the years, have been highly acclaimed both inside and outside the industry, and they have performed at major festivals such as “FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL” and “RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL”.
In January 2022, She was selected to write “Akuma no Ko” for the ending Theme of the TV anime “Attack on Titan” The Final Season Part 2.
The piano and straight alto voice approach with overwhelming persuasiveness as if singing. The passionate emotions that flow from the small body united with the piano sometimes portray gentle beauty, sometimes heart-stirring frustration, and sometimes light amid loss.
The lyrical world written from a unique perspective dramatically sublimates daily life’s ordinary scenes like a short story.
A singer-songwriter, she started her artist career in earnest in 2020.
Her emotional songs are produced by Ako herself.
She also produces music videos and other activities led by her creative team, londog.
In September 2020, she released her first EP “Potential Misty”, in January 2021 her second EP “ANTI BLUE”, and in December 2023 her third EP “Steal your heart” from her own label, londog. To date, they have released 3 EPs and 15 singles.
In 2023, Ako hold her first tour “Ako Live Tour 2023 ” l’m crazy now, over you”” at Shangri-La Umeda and Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO.All shows were sold out,And she announced the debut of her major label from Pony Canyon/IRORI Records.
The full album will be released in early summer of June 2024, and “Ako Live Tour 2024 “Umbilical Cord”” will be held in August.
A 5-piece band presenting a mixed musical style, sublimating influences from all music genres such as R&B / Funk / Soul / Rock / Hip-Hop.
Formed in February 2018. In June 2021, they launched their major debut with their first album “LENS”.
Besides their musical activities, each member is involved in various activities such as fashion modeling, design, and music production, and they are also involved in the cultural scene.
Born in Tokyo.
A singer-songwriter who charms with her musicality based on black music and her voice that has sweetness, sadness, glamor, and strength.
Her artist name comes from “Eill,” the goddess of healing in Norse mythology. The name reflects her belief that the power of healing also resides in music.
She began singing at the age of 15 and started composing music on her PC at the same time.
She debuted in June 2018 with the single “MAKUAKE” and released a mini album “MAKUAKE” in October.
In November 2019, she released her 1st AL “SPOTLIGHT”, which was created with the concept of “dance music you can listen to with earphones”. The song “SPOTLIGHT” was No. 1 on the radio air charts for two weeks in a row, making her name become well-known in Japan.Her versatile songwriting sense has received high acclaim, and she has provided songs for NEWS, Taeyeon (ex Girls’ Generation), EXID, and others.
Many artists have been attracted by her emotional voice, and she has performed as a guest on songs for artists in Japan and international artists such as SKY-HI, m-flo, Sanari, and PINK SWEAT$, a R&B singer from Philadelphia, among others. And she is also loved by DJs, dancers, curators, actors, and other non-artists.
Her second mini-album “LOVE/LIKE/HATE” released in November 2020 is based on the theme of love and hate, which is also the starting point of her music creation. The lyrics, which delicately describe the subtleties of the heart, have a more human touch, and the musicality has evolved to include everything from ballads to rock.
She made her major label debut in 1998 with the single “Ashita. To date, they have released 44 singles, 15 original albums, 2 best albums, and 1 singles collection, including such hits as “Hanabi,” “Beetle,” “Boyfriend,” “Kira Kira,” “KissHug,” “milk,” “Koi no Super Ball,” “Motto,” and “Straw. After releasing her 15th full-length album, “Mutual Love for the Two of Us Now,” on March 29, 2023, she will embark on aiko Live Tour “Love Like Pop vol.23,” a concert hall tour of 30 concerts in 19 locations throughout Japan. From January to March 2024, they held aiko Live Tour “Love Like Pop vol.24”, their first arena tour in five years. A new song, “love each other” was chosen as the theme song for the movie version of “Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five-Year Road,” which is going to be released in theaters on April 12, 2024.
Since its debut, aiko has continued to attract support from a wide range of people, young and old, male and female. aiko will celebrate its 25th anniversary on July 17, 2023.
~An impossibly hard rocking maid band~
Band-Maid are an impossibly hard rocking, 5 pieces, an all-female rock band formed in 2013.
Don’t let their aesthetics fool you, these five “maids” are highly skilled musicians and songwriters, and their hard hitting sound, shredding guitars,
pounding drums and catchy hooks have been praised by fans and media around the world.
A burgeoning fan base both domestic and international has seen Band-Maid sell out multiple dates in the US, UK, and Europe, and scores of YouTube reaction videos from fans around the world blown away by the group’s level of virtuosity and musical chops.
The total number of views on Youtube is over 150 million, and the total number of views on reaction videos is over 40 million.
2020 saw the release of the full album “Unseen World, and 2021 will see the group make their Hollywood debut in the Netflix film “Kate”.
In 2022, the band will perform at the world-famous music festival “AFTERSHOCK” and tour the United States with an attendance of over 20,000 people.
The group continues to make great strides on a global scale toward its goal of world domination.
OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM — aka “HIGEDAN” for short — are a Japanese pop band originally formed in 2012 in Shimane. Now based in Tokyo, the band consists of lead vocalist and keyboardist Satoshi Fujihara, guitarist Daisuke Ozasa, bassist and Saxophonist Makoto Narazaki, and drummer Masaki Mastsuura.
They released their debut mini-album “Love and peace are inside of you” in 2014.Their first album “ESCAPARADE” which includes their popular song “No doubt” was released in 2018.
Returning in 2019,their second single ”Pretender” reached number one song in Japanese chart of Billboard JAPAN HOT100 and Apple music , numerous streaming services. Their second full album ”Traveler” , released in October 2019 , became their first No. 1 album in Japan.
They have released their third album “Editorial” includes “Cry Baby” (theme song of TV Anime“Tokyo Revengers”) and announced their first domestic arena tour 2021.
The unit name GARNiDELiA is an anagram of “Le Palais Garnier de Maria” (“The place where Meilia sings”) and “Cordelia,” an asteroid of the same name discovered in the year of TOKU’s birth. The name is a play on the word “Cordelia”.
Meilia, who models for various fashion brands and is popular among women of her generation, is in charge of GARNiDELiA’s artwork and lyrics. Meilia, who models for various fashion brands and is popular among women of her generation, is responsible for GARNiDELiA’s artwork and lyrics, while TOKU, who is in charge of GARNiDELiA’s sound production, has provided and produced music for numerous artists.
In March 2014, they made their major label debut with “ambiguous”, the 2nd OP theme of the TV anime “KILL la KILL”, and topped the overall rankings of iTunes Music Store and other music distribution sites. Since their debut, they have released 10 singles, 2 distribution singles, and 5 albums.
The dance video, “Gokuraku Jodo,” released on video sharing websites in 2016, became an explosive hit, especially in Asia, with total video views exceeding 60 million.” The series of dance videos, called “Odottacchatta-mita” (I tried dancing to it), has a total of 10 works, with a cumulative total of over 100 million views, and is attracting attention around the world.
GARNiDELiA’s diverse musicality and overwhelming performance ability attracted much attention.
The singer known for her worldwide hit “Midnight’s Door – stay with me,” known as a masterpiece of Japanese city pop.
The song was released in 1979 and became a huge hit in a revival in 2019,
It still has over 3.6 billion views on YouTube including Spotify and UGC.
Unfortunately, she passed away in 2004.
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