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is a member of the
is a member of the J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the ...
band, Sukima Switch
is a Japanese rock/jazz fusion duo consisting of core members , born May 9, 1978, and , born February 25, 1978, formed in 1999. Formerly with BMG Japan (bought by SMEJ in early 2009), they signed with Sony Music Japan's Ariola Japan label in ...
. He was born February 25, 1978, in Midori-ku, Nagoya
is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the ward had an estimated population of 247,475 and a population density of 6,528 persons per km2. The total area was 37.91 km2. It is the larges ...
, Aichi Prefecture Japan. He has also produced Chitose Hajime
is a Japanese singer from Amami Ōshima. She sings in the shima-uta style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects.
History
Early life
Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young ...
's comeback single "Kataritsugu Koto", ending theme to ''Blood+
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''. He enjoys soccer, judo and skiing. He especially loves music. He is usually identified with his large afro and wispy goatee.
In 2008, Tokita produced the winner of the second annual Animax Anison Grand Prix
The is a Japanese anime song music competition, organized by Animax, in association with Jupiter Telecommunications.
Outline
The annual competition is first held across a series of preliminaries in several Japanese cities, with the chosen finali ...
competition, Catherine St. Onge's debut theme song for the anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
adaptation of ''Valkyria Chronicles
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''.
References
1978 births Living people Musicians from Nagoya {{Japan-musician-stub