Toru Kitajima

Toru Kitajima
北嶋 徹
Birth name Toru Kitajima (北嶋 徹)
Also known as
  • TK
  • TK from Ling tosite sigure
Born (1982-12-23) December 23, 1982
Saitama, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • bass
Years active 2002–present
2012–present (solo)
Labels Sony
Associated acts
Website http://tkofficial.jp

Toru Kitajima (北嶋 徹, Kitajima Tōru, born December 23, 1982 in Saitama), better known as TK, is a singer, songwriter and the lead vocalist and guitarist of the Japanese rock band Ling tosite sigure. In 2011, he started to release solo material as TK from Ling tosite sigure,[1] and started to collaborate with Masayuki Nakano from the former electronic music band Boom Boom Satellites.[2]

Biography

Debuting with a limited DVD titled Film A Moment, which features a photobook, and movie shot on 8mm film which acts as a music video for the three tracks on disc which was released in 2011.[3]

TK's first album, Flowering, was released on June 27, 2012 and featured alternate versions of "Film A Moment" and "White Silence" (both being originally featured on the DVD release Film A Moment) along with seven new tracks and an additional hidden track titled "Sound_am326." The limited press version featured a live studio session (DVD) of selected tracks from the album directed by P.B. Anderson. Musicians such as BOBO from Miyavi Crew, and Hidekazu Hinata from Nothing's Carved in Stone featured on the album.[4]

Kitajima's second release was prefaced by the single "Unravel", which acted as the opening for the popular anime series Tokyo Ghoul and the mini-album Contrast. "Unravel" had three versions to note, one of them featuring artwork inspired by the series it fronted, the other featuring a DVD titled Killing You Softly (an acoustic live DVD) featuring the track "Jewel of Sin", which would be featured on TK's third album White Noise. And both TK and Ling Tosite Sigure tracks reworked as acoustic pieces. The other version pressed was the standard edition, which featured three tracks, one being featured as the BGM for the Flowering DVD.[5]

The mini-album Contrast was released the same year as "Unravel", being 2014 and featured a live DVD from the 2013 Rock in Japan Festival along with a bonus video filmed in Berlin for the song "Tokio" (limited pressing only). The album also featured a live reworking of the Ling tosite sigure song "Illusion is Mine". Both "Unravel" and "Contrast" contained additional B-sides.[6]

Fantastic Magic is TK's second album and features seven new tracks, one featuring vocalist Chara, a reworking of "Dramatic Slow Motion", and the other being "Contrast". The limited pressing contains music videos for songs featured on the album, along with "Haze", released on Flowering.[7]

Secret Sensation was released in early 2016, Kitajima's second mini-album. As before it featured a live track, this one being "White Silence" and a song that would be reworked on White Noise along with respective B-sides as before. The limited press contained two music videos, one for "Secret Sensation" and the other for "Like There is Tomorrow".

TK's second single, "Signal", was featured as an opening for the anime 91 Days. "Signal" had two versions, one being a digipak release with artwork inspired by 91 Days. The other being a standard jewel case. Both versions contained a reworked version of "Shandy", a Ling tosite sigure track; and the acoustic version of "Unravel".

White Noise, being released in November of 2016, featured six new tracks, the reworking of "Like There is Tomorrow", the singles "Signal" and "Secret Sensation", and a proper studio recording of "Jewel of Sin" the limited version featured a live DVD from the Secret Sensation Tour.[8]

As of 2018, it was announced TK was recording a new song. This new song is "Katharsis" supposedly the new opening for the fourth season of the popular anime Tokyo Ghoul.[9]

Discography

As TK from Ling tosite sigure

Albums

Title Album details Peak positions Rating
JPN
[10]
Flowering[11] 14 AllMusic: [12]
Fantastic Magic[13]
  • Released: August 27, 2014
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download
 12
White Noise[14]
  • Released: September 28, 2016
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, digital download
 14

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak positions
JPN
[10]
Contrast[15] —
Secret Sensation[16]
  • Released: March 2, 2016
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download
 11

Singles

Title Year Peak positions Notes Album
JPN
Oricon
[17]		 JPN
Billboard
[18]
"Film A Moment"[19] 2011 — — Flowering
"Unravel"[20] 2014 9 6[21] OP for the anime series Tokyo Ghoul.[22] Fantastic Magic
"Contrast" 10 48
"Secret Sensation"[23] 2016 — — White Noise
"Signal"[24] 18 28[25] OP for the anime 91 Days.[26]
"Katharsis"[9] 2018 — — OP for the anime series Tokyo Ghoul: re Season 2.[9] TBA

Production

Title Role(s) Album Album Artist Year
"Mode Inversion" Guitarist Code Acid Android 2010
"Switch" (TK Remix) Remixer Alcove/#1 2011
"Nano" (TK Kaleidoscope Remix) Remixer, guitarist Since 2 Spangle Call Lilli Line[27] 2013
"Tenohira no Sekai"
(掌の世界)		 Composer, lyricist, producer Joy!! SMAP
"Miruiro no Hoshi"
(みるいろの星)		 Arranger, strings arranger Panorama Asaco Nasu[28] 2014
"Dramatic Starlight" Composer, lyricist, producer Mr. S SMAP
"Zephyr" (TK Remix) Remixer Immortalis Sukekiyo 2015
"Us" Composer, lyricist, arranger, producer, recording, mixer, programming, guitarist, additional vocals Daydream Aimer[29] 2016
"Kowairo"
(声色)		 Composer, lyricist, arranger, producer, recording, mixer, mastering, guitarist
"Last Eye" Composer, producer Itadakimono Yuko Ando
"Draw (A) Drow" Composer, arranger, producer, guitarist Draw (A) Drow Seiko Omori[30] 2017

References

  1. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨 の記事まとめ" [TK from Ling Tosite Sigure overview]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Posted by nakano 2017.8.12". August 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ "film A moment". tkofficial.jp. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  4. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  5. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  6. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  7. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  8. ↑ "white noise web site｜TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨 特設サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  9. 1 2 3 Sherman, Jennifer (2018-09-10). "Tokyo Ghoul:re Season 2's Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  10. 1 2 "北嶋徹のアルバム売上ランキング" [Toru Kitajima's albums ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  11. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  12. ↑ Buchanan, John D. "Flowering - TK | Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  13. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  14. ↑ "white noise web site｜TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨 特設サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  15. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  16. ↑ "Secret Sensation / TK from 凛として時雨". Secret Sensation / TK from 凛として時雨 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  17. ↑ "北嶋徹のシングル売上ランキング" [Toru Kitajima's singles ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  18. ↑ "TK from Ling Tosite Sigure | Billboard Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  19. ↑ "film A moment". tkofficial.jp. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  20. ↑ "TK from 凛として時雨". TK from 凛として時雨. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  21. ↑ "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  22. ↑ Loveridge, Lynzee (June 1, 2014). "TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, People In The Box perform Tokyo Ghoul songs". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  23. ↑ Co.,LTD., Label Gate. "音楽ダウンロード・音楽配信サイト　mora ～WALKMAN®公式ミュージックストア～". mora ～WALKMAN®公式ミュージックストア～ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  24. ↑ Co.,LTD., Label Gate. "音楽ダウンロード・音楽配信サイト　mora ～WALKMAN®公式ミュージックストア～". mora ～WALKMAN®公式ミュージックストア～ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  25. ↑ "Japanese Music: Top Japanese Songs Chart". Billboard. 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  26. ↑ Hallmark, Kyle (May 29, 2016). "TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, ELISA perform "91 Days" theme songs". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Spangle call Lilli line "nano - TK kaleidoscope Remix" (Official Music Video)". youtube.com.
  28. ↑ "Recording "みるいろの星" by 南壽あさ子 - MusicBrainz". beta.musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  29. ↑ "Recording "us" by Aimer - MusicBrainz". beta.musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  30. ↑ "大森靖子「draw (A) drow」（Music Video / 千葉雄大Ver.)". youtube.com. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
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