Kenshi Yonezu

Yonezu Kenshi (Japanese: Yonezu Kenshi/Yonezu , Romanized: Yonezu Kenshi; March 10, 1991 -) is a Japanese male singer-songwriter, musician, illustrator, and video writer. He was born in Tokushima Prefecture and is one of the representative singers of Japanese pop music in recent years. Around 2009, he began to release music produced with VOCALOID vocal synthesis software on the Internet under the VOCALOID craftsman stage name "Hachi (Hachi)", and then debuted with the album "diorama" in 2012. In 2016, he switched from Universal Music to Sony Music Japan. The album "BOOTLEG" released subsequently was a huge success. It not only won the Outstanding Album Award at the Japan Record Awards, but also achieved good commercial results. The eighth single "Lemon" released in 2018 is the theme song of the Japanese drama "Forensic Queen". The global physical and digital copies have exceeded 3 million, and it has topped the Japanese Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive years. It is Kenshi Yonezu's masterpiece. The music video for this song has been viewed more than 900 million times on Youtube, making it one of the most viewed videos in Japan. The fifth album "STRAY SHEEP" released in 2020 ranked 7th on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's global sales list, the highest record for a Japanese singer.