is a Japanese singer and songwriter. He debuted as a major label artist in 2009, with the single " Morning Sun." He is best known for this song, as well as writing

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's 2011 single " Immoralist."

Biography

Kiyoshi was born in 1989, and grew up in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

. At 15 he began to write his own music, and in the summer of 2005 produced demo recordings, which he sent to many music record personnel, beginning his musical career. In 2006, Kiyoshi competed at the Teens Rock high school band music competition and won the grand prize, which led to his appearance at the

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summer festival in 2006, as one of his prizes. In 2008, Kiyoshi released his first song commercially before being signed to a record label, with the song "Send" featured on the film ''

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s soundtrack. He debuted officially in 2009 under

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with the song "Morning Sun," which was used in a commercial campaign for cellphone provider AU. Kiyoshi released his debut album ''

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'' later in the month. The album was awarded a runner up award in the 2010 second

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. In 2010 Kiyoshi released his second album, ''

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'', led by the singles "Help Me Help Me Help Me" and " Itai yo." After the release of the album, Kiyoshi held his first major tour across Japan. In 2011, a song written by Kiyoshi, "Immortalist," was released by voice actress

, and was used as the theme song for the animation ''

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''. The song became a top 10 single on

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's singles chart. Two months later, Kiyoshi released his third album, ''

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''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other charted songs

DVDs

Music videos

Awards

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, rowspan="2", "Morning Sun" , FM Festival "Life Music Award 2009" Best Voice of Life , , - , FM Festival "Life Music Award 2009" Best New Artist of Life , , - , rowspan="2" align="center", 2010
, ''Philosophy'' , The Second

, , - , "Help Me Help Me Help Me" ,

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2010 Best New Artist Video ,

References

External links

Official site

EMI label site

Official blog
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