tofubeats

tofubeats
Birth name Yūsuke Kawai (河合 佑亮)
Born (1990-11-26) November 26, 1990
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Genres hip hop, house
Occupation(s) singer, record producer, DJ
Years active 2008–present
Labels Warner Music Japan
Associated acts lyrical school
Website www.tofubeats.com

tofubeats (real name: Yūsuke Kawai,[1] Japanese: 河合 佑亮;[2] born 26 November 1990) is a Japanese singer, record producer, and DJ.

The video for his song "No. 1 feat. G.Rina" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Dance Video (in 2014),[3][4][5][6][7] and his album titled First Album for the Grand Prix at the 2015 CD Shop Awards.[8][9][10][11]

Discography

Albums

No. Album delails Charts
JPN
[12]
1 Lost Decade
  • First album
  • Released: April 24, 2013
 40
EP1 Don't Stop The Music
  • First EP on a major label
  • Released: November 13, 2013
 26
EP2 Disco no Kami-sama (ディスコの神様)
  • Second EP on a major label
  • Released: April 30, 2014
 35
1 First Album
  • First album on a major label
  • Released: October 2, 2014
 11
2 Positive
  • Second album on a major label
  • Released: September 16, 2015
 N/A
Mini-albums
  1. Future (June 14, 2011)

Singles

Music videos

Title Director(s)
"Suisei" feat. Onomatope Daijin Arasounara Ōkan Moyase
"Come On Honey!" feat. Arai Hitomi from Tokyo Girls' Style Shunsuke Sugiyama, Kuroudo Furuya, and Shōta Mori
"Her Favorite" feat. Okadada & "Koromogae"
"Oshiete Kensaku" feat. Noko		 tofubeats
"No.1" feat. G.Rina Takuya Hosogane and Shunsuke Sugiyama
"Don't Stop The Music" feat. Chisato Mori
"Disco no Kamisama" feat. Takashi Fujii		 Yuki Mori
"Stakeholder" Shunsuke Sugiyama, Yūya Yamaguchi, and Takuma Miyamoto

References

  1. ↑ "Kobe's tofubeats moves from blogs to the big time". The Japan Times. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  2. ↑ "作品データベース検索". JASRAC. 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  3. ↑ "VMAJ 2014: Our Moment in Music History". MTV 81 (in Japanese). Viacom International Inc. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  4. ↑ "VMAJ 2014: We Ask MTV Japan's Interns to Share Their Picks!". MTV 81 (in Japanese). Viacom International Inc. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  5. ↑ "ミュージックビデオの国際的授賞式「MTV VMAJ 2014」最優秀ダンスポップビデオ部門に「No.1 feat. G.RINA」がノミネート！｜tofubeats｜ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン" (in Japanese). Warner Music Japan. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  6. ↑ "Best Dance Video | MTV VMAJ 2014". MTV Japan.com (in Japanese). Viacom International Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  7. ↑ "MTV Japan Unveils "MTV VMAJ 2014" Nominations" (in Japanese). MTV Asia. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  8. ↑ "第7回CDショップ大賞2015に「First Album」がノミネート｜tofubeats｜ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン" (in Japanese). Warner Music Japan. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  9. ↑ Barks (2015-02-06). "tofubeats、4/1に新作『STAKEHOLDER』リリース" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  10. ↑ "tofubeats、メジャー3枚目となるEPが4月1日発売 - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE" (in Japanese). Tower Records Japan. 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  11. ↑ "「CDショップ大賞」二次ノミネートに大森靖子、林檎、しゃちほこら" (in Japanese). Natalie. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  12. ↑ "tofubeatsのアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
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