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music.

Early life

Takehiro Mamiya was born on September 25, 1989, when his parents were expecting a baby girl. He first learned to play the guitar in the sixth grade, by his father. First playing on piano and guitar in junior high school, he began to write music for club activities, and later performed on guitar and vocals in a band since high school.

Career

In 2008, Yuyoyuppe began to post videos on the video sharing service Nico Nico Douga, where he would become well known for his

songs with elements of hard rock, with considerable success for his song "Hope", sung by

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. He would later join the band My Eggplant Died Yesterday as a vocalist. On September 26, 2012, Yuyoyuppe released his debut album ''Story of Hope'', as his first release on the label Yamaha Music which he joined that year. On January 16, 2013, he released the album ''Wall in the Presence: Yuppemism Edition'' to the

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. On July 7, 2014, he released the album ''Vocaloholic'', and later that month, he left My Eggplant Died Yesterday to form a new band called Grilled Meat Youngmans. Yuyoyuppe has produced music for other artists, such as

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, for their debut album ''

''. He has since written music for the band, including the song "

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" from ''

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''. Finding appeal in the band's music, he was approached by the band's manager Kobametal to write a song, to which he obliged. Mamiya also performs as a DJ under the stage name DJ'Tekina//Something, having performed at the

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and

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Musical style

His music follows the genres of

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and

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. Mamiya has expressed that although he has solid scheduling and deadlines, he follows his instincts while working, which loosens his fixation on them. He has also stated that distributing his music digitally allows for audiences abroad to discover his work.

Discography

As Yuyoyuppe

As DJ'Tekina//Something

As Draw the Emotional

As Naked Identity Created By King

Productions

– ''

'' (2014) * "Babymetal Death" * "

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" * "Uki Uki ★ Midnight" * "Rondo of Nightmare" (also lyricist and composer)

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– '' Hakkin no Yoake'' (2016) * " "Z" no Chikai"

– ''

'' (2016) * "

" (arranged as Yuppemetal; also lyricist and composer) * "Yava!" (arranged as Yuppemetal) * "From Dusk Till Dawn" (arranged as Yuppemetal) * "GJ!" (arranged as Yuppemetal; also lyricist and composer) * "Sis. Anger" (arranged as Yuppemetal)

– ''

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'' (2019) * "↑↓←→BBAB" (arranged as Yuppemetal) * "Night Night Burn!" (arranged as Yuppemetal) * "In the Name Of" (arranged as Yuppemetal) * "Kagerou" (arranged as Yuppemetal; also composer)

Remixes

;As DJ'Tekina//Something *

– "

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" (Night of 15 mix) (2013; from ''Kawa-EDM'') *

– "

" (Tekina Remix) (2013)

References

{{Authority control 1989 births Living people Japanese DJs Musicians from Ibaraki Prefecture 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers Vocaloid musicians