Kanaria (born 30 May 2002) is a Japanese musician. After making his debut with the song "Hyakkisai" (2020), he rose to popularity with his next song "King", released three months later. He has also released two albums, King (2020) and Kanaria.code (2022).
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| Born | 30 May 2002 |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Vocaloid |
| Years active | 2020–present |
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| Years active | 2020 – | |||||||||
| Genre | Music | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.19 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 331,266,602[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: September 18, 2024 | ||||||||||
Biography
editKanaria was born on 30 May 2002.[2] On 10 May 2020, twenty days before his eighteenth birthday, he made his career debut with his Hatsune Miku song "Hyakkisai", which Eimika Katsuya characterizes as having "a rhythmic wa melody like a Bon Odori dance" and lyrics as "mysterious, code-like [and a] Japanese-style song that will send shivers down your spine".[3]
Kanaria rose to popularity with his next song "King", released on 10 August 2020.[3] On 9 December 2020, his album King was released.[4] On 7 May 2021, Kanaria appeared on Music Station as "the next big thing".[5] He also wrote, composed, and arranged the song "Domestic De Violence" on Ado's 2022 debut album Kyōgen.[6]
In September 2022, Kanaria released a greatest hits album named "Kanaria.code".[7] In November 2022, he released "Dainōteki-na Rendezvous", the ending theme for the Chainsaw Man episode "Kill Denji"; it was the first time he sang himself instead of using a Vocaloid bank.[8] In February 2023, his song "Yoidore Shirazu" topped Billboard Japan's Top User Generated Songs chart.[9]
In April 2023, Kanaria released "Requiem", a collaboration song with Hololive VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei.[10] In July 2024, he was the songwriter for "Champion", the last song for Pokémon and Hatsune Miku's Project Voltage collaboration.[11]
On 24 August 2024, Kanaria debuted as a VTuber, saying that there were several cases of people impersonating him, with at least one case of catfishing on the game Apex Legends.[12] He confirmed on his debut stream that he is male.[13]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Ref. | |
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| JPN [14] |
JPN Comb. [15] | |||||
| King | 2020 |
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44 | — | — | [4] |
| Kanaria.code | 2022 |
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18 | 26 | — | [7] |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Ref. | |
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| JPN Dig. [16] |
JPN Str. [17] | |||||
| "Yoidore Shirazu" (酔いどれ知らず) | 2022 |
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— | 48 | — | |
| "Dainōteki-na Rendezvous" (大脳的なランデブー) | 2022 |
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33 | — | — | |
References
edit- ^ a b "About Kanaria". YouTube.
- ^ @Kanaria390 (30 May 2023). "今日で21歳になりました🎉" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Katsuya, Eimika (25 December 2021). "Kanaria – 大名曲「KING」を生み出した若き天才ボカロPとは…？". Cal-cha. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ a b "KING | Kanaria". Oricon News. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Shiba, Tomonori (28 May 2021). "柊キライ、卯花ロク、柊マグネタイト……「才能の登竜門」ボカコレと、頭角を現す新世代ボカロPたち（柴那典） – 個人". Yahoo! News (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Shiba, Tomonori (29 January 2022). "Ado、類まれなる歌声がJ-POPシーンで成し遂げた偉業 柴那典が考える『狂言』の意義深さ". Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Kanaria.code | Kanaria". Oricon News. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "アニメ『チェンソーマン』主題歌一覧 OPテーマは米津玄師さん! EDテーマは異例の週替わり". ABEMA TIMES (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "【YouTube UGC バズってる曲】Billboard JAPANチャート「Top User Generated Songs」(2023/02/15)". THE MAGAZINE (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Sogami, Natsume (11 June 2023). "連載『lit!』第53回：kanaria×星街すいせい、椎乃味醂×小林私……様々な場所で化学反応を起こす注目ボカロPコラボ". Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Bueno, Daniel (19 July 2024). "Last Hatsune Miku Project Voltage Pokemon Song Appears". Siliconera. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "音楽クリエイター・KanariaがVTuberデビュー。今後は配信もKanariaとしての活動のひとつになっていく". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ Kanaria (24 August 2024). 【初配信】Kanaria、喋ります。. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Kanariaのアルバム売上TOP2作品". Oricon News. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Kanariaの合算アルバム売上TOP1作品". Oricon News. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Kanariaのデジタルシングル売上TOP1作品". Oricon News. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Kanariaのストリーミング再生数TOP1作品". Oricon News. Retrieved 30 July 2024.