is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter from Tokyo known for writing the theme songs for several anime, movies and commercial ads. His name in kanji is . He uses katakana as his professional name.

Prior to career

Suga went to Kosei Gakuen Male High School in Suginami, Tokyo. After graduating from

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in 1989, he worked as a "

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" for four years in the advertisement industry.

Beginning and major debut

By 1993, at 27, he had set his mind on becoming a musician. He already had a number of lyrics written. He made his first indie single, "

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", which he released using his birth name in kanji. After 2 years struggling to have a major recording label, by age 30, he was signed up by Office Augusta. His debut single ("Hit Chart o Kakenukero") opened up a world of possibilities. His EP album ''Clover'', released in 1997, shows his

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music has jazz, funk and soul influence. His work in Office Augusta began displaying his name as スガシカオ, in katakana, which continues today.

Growth to International artist

''"Yozora no Mukō"'', the song he wrote the lyrics to, and was sung by

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, has appeared in several Japanese music textbooks. Both

's "Yozora no Mukō" (1998) and

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's "

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" (2006) either debuted at or reached quickly the top spot in the Oricon charts, and sold over 1 million units each. Several of his songs have been used in

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and live action dramas and movies adapted from

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included songs from his album "Clover", like ''"Hachigatsu no Serenade"'', ''"Tsuki to Knife"'' and ''"Yubikiri"''. Suga provided the song ''" Aozora Pedal"'' for the live version movie, starring

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. The song would become Arashi's 17th single.
The song ''"Manatsu no Yoru no Yume"'' appeared in the first

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live action movie as an insert song. His song ''"Yūdachi"'' was used as the closing theme for the movie

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. ''"Hajimari no Hi"'' was used as the first opening theme to Letter Bee, and after a year and three months, he released ''"Yakusoku"'', which would be the opening for the "Letter Bee" sequel, Letter Bee Reverse. In 2019's live action adaptation of the manga "Yotsuba ginkō Harashima Hiromi ga mono mōsu!~ Kono hito (on'na) ni kakero ~", his song ''"Tōi yoake"'' would be the first song he's written as a theme song for a TV Tokyo dorama. On June 26, 2022, it was revealed that he would provide the song "Monster disco", arranged by

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, which would serve as ending for

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's episodes, from ep 32 on. He also did the theme songs to the XXXHOLiC anime series from CLAMP, including its movie xxxHOLiC: Manatsu no Yoru no Yume (''Sanagi ~theme from xxxHOLiC the movie~''), its first TV series season (''Jūkyū-sai''), and from "XXXHOLiC Kei", its second season (''Nobody Knows''). ''"Sofa"'' was the song used in the

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"xxxHOLiC: Shunmuki" on February 17, 2009. In February 2013, XXXHOLiC live action drama started on Wowow, and Suga's ''"Aitai"'' was used as its opening theme song. In 2015, CLAMP made the drawings for the music video for ''"あなたひとりだけ幸せになることは許されないのよ"'' (Anata hitori dake shiawase ni naru koto wa yurusarenai no you, also known as "Anayuru"), including in it images of characters from "XXXHOLiC", to celebrate his debut anniversary. Suga's 2013 album "Aitai" cover and artist photos were made by Photographer and Film Director

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His songs have also been included in non-manga movies, like

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(''"Aozora"'') and Sweet Little Lies (''"Ame agari no asa ni"''). Other programs, like NTV's news program News Zero (''"Shunkashuutou"'', October 6, 2006, to December 27, 2007) have also used Sugs's songs. They have appeared as well in countless of TV ads, like those of insurance agency Sony Sompo, and some car brands and housing businesses. For Chica Umino's

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series, March Comes in Like a Lion, his song ''"Kizashi"'' was used in the commercial ad for the manga, and has appeared in it, as requested by Umino herself. His name and songs have also been mentioned in other anime, series and books.
In

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, his name has been mentioned on episode 115, and his song ''"Progress"'' has been included in a parody in the series' "Shirogane no Tamashii" arc 2nd season's episode 9. ''"Progress"'' has also been included in a parody in episode 69 of Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Animation. In

's program "Arashi ni Shiyagare" of June 30, 2018, a parody of "Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi" was made in the section "Sakurai Sho no asakatsu", headed by member

, including Suga's song "Progress".
His name has also been included in Haruki Murakami's novel After dark, with reference to his song ''"Bakudan juice"''.
In 2019, director

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twitted about his admiration for Suga, and that he "borrowed" the last name for the character Keisuke Suga from his newest anime movie,

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Tours at home and abroad

Suga started appearing at concert venues in 1997 as part of a caravan of artists that either were mostly invited by radio station events, like "Akasaka Live" (

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) or "Meet the World Beat" (

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), or were self-promoted by the agency to which he belonged, like in all the "Augusta Camp" series, as part of Fukumimi, up until 2012, in which he appeared as guest, since he had retired from

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in 2011. His first live tour as a solo artist was in 1998, in the "Shikao & The Family Sugar Tour '98". "Family Sugar" was the name given to the support band he had from 1997 to 2007. From 2007 on, Suga has had the support of other groups of musicians. One under the "Funk Fire" name, which was the name also of a concert series in larger venues. Another group (with no name) has been supporting him from 2015 on, both for his live tours as well as other events and festival concerts. He has also had tours playing the guitar by himself. Most of the concerts in this series are called "Hitori Sugar". The first one of the series was on October 22, 2006. For the 2020 Hitori Sugar Tour, Suga posted on his official site a series of recommendations about

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health-related information for people planning to go to live concerts, mainly because of the concerns of the spread of the virus throughout Asia. Suga Shikao Asia Circuit 2017

In 2009 he made his first trip overseas, to London. It was to be the first time he appeared before a non-Japanese audience.
In September 2017 he made his official first appearance in the American Continent, participating in the Greenroom Festival in Hawaii, which he repeated the following year.
In December 2017 he made his first trip within Asia, visiting Singapore on the 8th and Taiwan on the 17th, under the tour named "Suga Shikao Asia Circuit 2017". On the December 26 he ended the tour in the city of Tokyo.

Other activities

Suga is also a music producer, DJ, and radio personality. His radio stint began shortly after his debut.
In 1997 he headed FM NORTHWAVE's "スガシカオのヒットチャートをかけぬけろ" (Suga Shikao no Hitto Chaato wo Kakenukero"). From October 3, 2005, until March 27, 2006, he hosted a radio program called ''Night Stories Monday'' on

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radio station, which was downloadable as a

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. He often appears as special navigator. On April 5, 2020, Suga began a new weekly radio program on J-Wave, called "Mercedes Benz the Experience". In 2012, Suga translated the lyrics for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which started performances September 28, at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo, with

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in the lead. In 2017 he celebrated his music career's 20th anniversary with a musical festival that he named "Sugafes", which also featured renowned artists such as Dohatsuten, Pornografitti and Mr. Children. Sugafes was made in collaboration with Atsushi Shikano, from Viva la Rock Festival, as an added special. On August 12, 2017, he made his acting debut on the WOWOW drama Plage ( プラージュ (小説)).WOWOW's Plage Drama official page
Accessed May 25, 2017. He also had a cameo in the last episode of the TV Tokyo drama "Yotsuba ginkou...", appearing as himself. In March 2022, Suga performed as a guest artist at the Japanese touring ice show

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alongside fellow singers

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and . He sang his 2006 single "Gogo No Parade" in the show opening and performed in collaboration with

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and two-time Olympic gold medalist,

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, to the song "Real Face" amongst others.

Collaborations

As a songwriter for other artist

He has provided work to other artists: *

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: ''Ijimete Mitai'' (music, lyrics), ''Happy Birthday'' (music, lyrics) *

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: ''Koko ni Iru Koto'' (music, lyrics, arrangement), ''Yozora no Mukō'' (lyrics), ''Ringo Juice'' (lyrics) *

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: ''Tanpopo no Tane'' (music, arrangement), ''Mahiru no Hoshi'' (music) *

: ''

'', ''Real Face #2'' (lyrics), ''Kimi no yume boku no yume'' (lyrics and music) *

: ''Aozora Pedal'' (music, lyrics) *

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: ''Ai ni Tsuite'' (music, lyrics) * JUJU: ''Hoshizukiyo'' (music, lyrics) *

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: ''Melody'' (music, lyrics) *

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: ''Hikaru kakera'' (music, lyrics) * Akihito Okano (

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's Toku: ''Houga'' (lyrics) *

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: ''Boys and Girls'' (lyrics, music)

As member of groups and special units

He was a member of Fukumimi, a band formed by artists from the same label (

); it consisted of Shikao Suga,

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(杏子), and later on

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, COIL, Araki Yuko ( mi-gu),

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and others. During his years at Office Augusta, he toured around the country with a back up band called ''Shikao and the Family Sugar''. The members were Suga Shikao (Vocal & Rhythm Guitar, Lyrics & Composition), Mori Toshiyuki (Keyboard & Band Master, Arrangement), Numazawa Takashi (Drums), Matsubara Hideki (Bass), Mamiya Takumi (Lead Guitar), Otaki Yuko and Saito Kumi (chorus). Activities stopped in 2007 ( jp), just after the celebration of his 10th debut anniversary. In 2006 he was part of a group of singers all born in 1966. The unit was called ''

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''. And they had a special event called

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on April 2. Ten years later, in 2016, they reunited for an event called

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In 2017, they lent their voices for the ending theme of the second season of the anime ''

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'', called レッツゴー!ムッツゴー!～6色の虹～ ("Let's go! Muttsu go! ~ Rokushoku no niji"). In 2006 he was involved in another group,

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, for which he has served as vocalist and songwriter. Their first involvement was for the theme song ''Progress'' for NHK's program プロフェッショナル_仕事の流儀 (''Professional Shigoto no Ryūgi'', known overseas as ''The Professionals''). In 2016, the members reunited for their 1st official album and tour.

With other singers and singer-songwriters for radio, TV, and other commercial campaigns

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. He was involved in the

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, HY, Shigeru Kishida (

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), Shikao Suga,

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, Daisuke Yamamori (Rock'A'Trench), Sho Wada (

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). The song aired April that year. In 2015 he was part of the

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, Yohei Kawakami ( Alexandros), Kosuke Saito (

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), Maguro Taniguchi ( Kana-Boon), Haruna (

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), Tatsuya Mitsumura (

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), Ryota Yamamura (

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). Song aired in March 1 to May 31 that year. In 2018, he returns as part of the

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, Sekaikan Ozaki (CreepHyp), Kenta Kataoka ( Sumika), Gen (04 Limited Sazabys), Kosuke Saito (Unison Square Garden), Shikao Suga. In 2019 he collaborated with

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for

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's ''"Find my Tokyo"'' campaign in writing the song for its version. He also appears in a cameo in the video for the ad.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Clover'' (September 3, 1997) * ''Family'' (June 24, 1998) * ''Sweet'' (September 8, 1999) * ''4Flusher'' (October 25, 2000) * ''Smile'' (May 7, 2003) * ''Time'' (November 17, 2004) * ''Parade'' (September 6, 2006) * ''Funkaholic'' (September 10, 2008) * ''Funkastic'' (May 12, 2010) * ''The Last'' (January 20, 2016) * ''Rōdō nanka shinaide kōgōsei dake de ikitai'' (April 17, 2019) * ''Innocent'' (February 1, 2023)

Mini album

* ''

'' (1995) * ''Acoustic Soul'' (January 15, 2014) * ''Acoustic Soul 2'' (February 26, 2020) (Live concert venue and official online store limited CD)

Live, compilation and best albums

* ''Sugarless'' (October 3, 2001) * ''The Best Hits of Live Recordings -Thank You-'' (November 5, 2003) * ''All Singles Best'' (January 24, 2007) * ''All Lives Best'' (October 10, 2007) * ''Sugarless II'' (August 10, 2011) * ''Best Hit Suga Shikao ~ 1997 – 2002 (Universal)'' (February 27, 2013) * ''Best Hit Suga Shikao ~ 2003 – 2011 (Sony)'' (February 27, 2013) * ''Live Bootleg'' (February 23, 2015) * ''The Best (−1997 – 2011 -)'' (January 20, 2016) * ''Live Bootleg 2: The Last'' (September 10, 2016) * ''Live Bootleg 3: Hitori Sugar Tour 2018'' (February 26, 2018)

Singles

* ''Hit Chart o Kakenukero'' (ヒットチャートをかけぬけろ) (February 26, 1997) * ''Ōgon no Tsuki'' (黄金の月) (May 28, 1997) * ''Dokidoki Shichau'' (ドキドキしちゃう) (July 30, 1997) * ''Ai ni Tsuite'' (愛について) (November 21, 1997) * ''Story'' (ストーリー) (May 27, 1998) * ''Bokutachi no Hibi'' (ぼくたちの日々) (November 18, 1998) * ''Yoake Mae'' (夜明けまえ) (June 23, 1999) * ''Amai Kajitsu'' (あまい果実) (August 18, 1999) * ''Spirit'' (SPIRIT) (August 2, 2000) * ''Affair'' (AFFAIR) (October 12, 2000) * ''Hachigatsu no Serenade'' (8月のセレナーデ) (August 1, 2001) * ''Aozora/Cloudy'' (青空／Cloudy) (January 17, 2002) * ''Asymmetry'' (アシンメトリー) (May 29, 2002) * ''Sayonara/Kimagure'' (サヨナラ/気まぐれ) (February 26, 2003) * ''Himitsu'' (秘密) (May 12, 2004) * ''Climax'' (クライマックス) (August 25, 2004) * ''Hikari no Kawa'' (光の川) (October 27, 2004) * ''Kiseki/Natsukage/Sanagi'' (奇跡/夏陰/サナギ) (August 10, 2005) * ''Jūkyū-sai'' (19才) (April 26, 2006) * ''Manatsu no Yoru no Yume'' (真夏の夜のユメ) (June 21, 2006) * ''Gogo no Parade'' (午後のパレード) (September 6, 2006) * ''Phonoscope'' (フォノスコープ) (June 13, 2007) * ''Nobody Knows'' (NOBODY KNOWS) (May 14, 2008) * ''Kono Yubi Tomare'' (コノユビトマレ) (September 3, 2008) * ''Party People'' (July 15, 2009) No. 7 . 1st week sales – 14,639 . Total sales – 17,326 * ''Hajimari no Hi ~ feat. Mummy-D'' (はじまりの日 feat. Mummy-D) (November 25, 2009) * ''Ame Agari no Asa ni'' (雨あがりの朝に) (March 17, 2010) Digital single * ''Sayonara Homerun'' (サヨナラホームラン) (April 28, 2010) * ''Yakusoku'' (約束) (February 23, 2011) * ''Re:you'' (June 27, 2012) * ''Festival'' (October 25, 2012) * ''Aitai'' (アイタイ) (April 10, 2013) * ''Miagete goran yoru no hoshi wo ~ feat. Daniel Ho'' (見上げてごらん夜の星を feat. Daniel Ho) (March 10, 2013) Charity Relief song * ''Akai mi'' (赤い実) (September 18, 2013) * ''Akai mi remix'' (赤い実 remix) (December 4, 2013) * ''Life'' (July 5, 2014) * ''Monaural Sekai'' (モノラルセカイ) (October 22, 2014) * ''Anata hitori dake shiawase ni naru koto wa yurusarenai no yo (Anayuru)'' (あなたひとりだけ幸せになることは許されないのよ (あなゆる)) (December 7, 2015 * ''Ame nochi hare'' (雨ノチ晴レ) (May 6, 2017) * ''Happy Strike'' (ハッピーストライク) (May 6, 2017) * ''Twilight Twilight'' (トワイライト★トワイライト) (December 26, 2017) * ''Tooi yoake'' (遠い夜明け) (February 26, 2019) (digital) * ''Boku no machi ni asobi ni kite yo'' (ぼくの街に遊びにきてよ) (collaboration with

) (October 16, 2019) (digital)

BluRays and DVDs

* ''+731'' (February 26, 2002) * ''1095'' (February 26, 2002) * ''20 Music Clips of Suga Shikao'' (May 12, 2004) * ''Shikao & The Family Sugar ~FAN-KEY PARADE07~ in Nippon Budokan'' (Shikao & The Family Sugar ~FAN-KEY PARADE '07~ in 日本武道館) (June 13, 2007) * ''Jounetsu Tairiku x Suga Shikao'' (情熱大陸 x スガシカオ) (July 25, 2008) (Documentary) * ''Suga Shikao FKT-Meeting ~Haru no Utage~ (スガシカオ FKT-Meeting ~春の宴~) (Fan Club Only) * ''The Best Music Clips of Suga Shikao 2004–2011'' (August 10, 2011) * ''Live DVD "Japan – UK circuit 2009 – 2010"'' (March 21, 2012) * ''The Last ~ Encore ~ Live Tour 2016 at Toyosu Pit)'' (October 21, 2016) * ''Live Films ~ 2015 – 2016 ~ 20th Anniversary Limited Edition'' (April 26, 2017) * ''Sugafes! 20th Anniversary Edition'' (November 28, 2018)

Other songs

* ''Anata e'' (April 29, 2020, YouTube), with guest vocalists

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Collaboration with other artists in their albums or singles

* ''Physical'' (BRADBERRY ORCHESTRA feat. Suga Shikao,

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; song single) (July 27, 2012) * ''Dance dance'' (Yoshito Tanaka, feat. Suga Shikao; album "The 12 Year Experiment") (February 13, 2013) * ''Fireball'' (Fire Horns feat Suga Shikao; album "Primal Ignition") (June 4, 2014) * ''AsianLover'' ( Duran feat. Suga Shikao; album "Face") (July 11, 2018) * ''Smells'' (Yoshito Tanaka feat. Suga Shikao; album "Smells like 44 Spirit") (Self-promotion) (August 4, 2018)

Demos

* ''Demo Tracks'' (1997)

References

External links

Official sites

Shikao Suga official website

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