is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He belongs to the label

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, a sublabel of

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. Before 2017 he made music using

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and other related software under the name .

Life and career

Keina Suda started playing drums in junior high. He wanted to be a

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and went to

Kunitachi College of Music The is a private music conservatory in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, Kunitachi now offers study programs in performance, music education, composition, computer music, and musicology, for bachelor ...

, but soon after dropped the drums in favor of the guitar. Starting in 2013, he began composing

music under the name Balloon on Nico Nico Douga. His most famous song as Balloon was titled "Charles" and was covered by several other singers. In October 2017, he announced he would start as a singer and songwriter under the name of "Keina Suda". In January 2018 he released his first album under the name Keina Suda, titled ''Quote''. In March of the same year, he performed live for the first time at Shibuya WWW. In January 2019, he released a new EP under the title ''Teeter'' through unBORDE. On 29 August 2019, his EP ''Porte'' was released. His song "Moil" was used as the theme in the '' Ni no Kuni'' movie, and his song "Veil" was used as the ending theme in the

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adaptation of ''

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''. His single "Alba" was the theme song of the 2020 movie ''Wednesday Disappears''. His single "Mellow" (メロウ) was the opening theme song of the 2023 anime ''

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Life and career

Discography

Music released as Balloon

Albums

EP

Split album

Music released as Keina Suda

Singles

Albums

EP

References