tofubeats
tofubeats | |
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Birth name | Yūsuke Kawai (河合 佑亮) |
Born |
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan | November 26, 1990
Genres | hip hop, house |
Occupation(s) | singer, record producer, DJ |
Years active | 2008–present |
Labels |
Warner Music Japan Unborde Maltine Records |
Associated acts |
lyrical school Chisato Moritaka |
Website |
tofubeats |
tofubeats (real name: Yūsuke Kawai,[1] Japanese: 河合 佑亮;[2] born November 26, 1990) is a Japanese singer, record producer, and DJ.
Kawai began producing music at the age of 14. Under the name "DJ Newtown," he initially distributed his music online through websites such as 2channel and YouTube. He would later release music with Maltine Records, a Japanese netlabel, before signing with the Warner Music Japan sublabel Unborde in 2013.[1][3]
The video for his song "No. 1 feat. G.Rina" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Dance Video (in 2014),[4][5][6][7][8] and his album titled First Album for the Grand Prix at the 2015 CD Shop Awards.[9][10][11][12]
Discography
Albums
No. | Album delails | Charts |
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JPN [13] | ||
1 | Lost Decade
|
40 |
EP1 | Don't Stop The Music
|
26 |
EP2 | Disco no Kami-sama (ディスコの神様)
|
35 |
1 | First Album
|
11 |
2 | Positive
|
13 |
3 | Fantasy Club
|
19 |
- Mini-albums
- Future (June 14, 2011)
- Remix albums
- Lost Decade Remixes (September 19, 2013)
- First Album Remixes (January 28, 2015)
- Positive Remixes (January 20, 2016
Singles
- See the singles section in the Japanese Wikipedia.
Music videos
Title | Director(s) |
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"Her Favorite" feat. Okadada & "Koromogae" "Oshiete Kensaku" feat. Noko "Shopping Mall" "Callin" |
tofubeats |
"Suisei" feat. Onomatope Daijin | Arasounara Ōkan Moyase |
"Come On Honey!" feat. Arai Hitomi from Tokyo Girls' Style | Shunsuke Sugiyama, Kuroudo Furuya, and Shōta Mori |
"poolside" feat. PES (RIP SLYME) | Shunsuke Sugiyama, Kuroudo Furuya, and Hiroyuki Ohashi |
"No.1" feat. G.Rina | Takuya Hosogane and Shunsuke Sugiyama |
"Don't Stop The Music" feat. Chisato Moritaka "Disco no Kamisama" feat. Takashi Fujii "BABY" |
Yuki Mori |
"Stakeholder" | Shunsuke Sugiyama, Yūya Yamaguchi, and Takuma Miyamoto |
"Lonely Nights" | Ryoji Kamiyama |
References
- 1 2 "Kobe's tofubeats moves from blogs to the big time". The Japan Times. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
- ↑ "作品データベース検索". JASRAC. 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ "tofubeats calls on pals for his 'First Album'". The Japan Times. 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ↑ "VMAJ 2014: Our Moment in Music History". MTV 81 (in Japanese). Viacom International Inc. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "VMAJ 2014: We Ask MTV Japan's Interns to Share Their Picks!". MTV 81 (in Japanese). Viacom International Inc. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "ミュージックビデオの国際的授賞式「MTV VMAJ 2014」最優秀ダンスポップビデオ部門に「No.1 feat. G.RINA」がノミネート!|tofubeats|ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン" (in Japanese). Warner Music Japan. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "Best Dance Video | MTV VMAJ 2014". MTV Japan.com (in Japanese). Viacom International Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "MTV Japan Unveils "MTV VMAJ 2014" Nominations" (in Japanese). MTV Asia. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "第7回CDショップ大賞2015に「First Album」がノミネート|tofubeats|ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン" (in Japanese). Warner Music Japan. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ Barks (2015-02-06). "tofubeats、4/1に新作『STAKEHOLDER』リリース" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "tofubeats、メジャー3枚目となるEPが4月1日発売 - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE" (in Japanese). Tower Records Japan. 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "「CDショップ大賞」二次ノミネートに大森靖子、林檎、しゃちほこら" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ↑ "tofubeatsのアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
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