About
J-Pop producer, lyricist, and social media personality best known for being a part of the J-Pop music group Yoasobi. The group won the 2020 Billboard Japan Music Award for Hot 100 of the Year and the Japan MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year in 2020. He has accumulated over 5 billion views on his Ayase / YOASOBI YouTube channel, as well as over 480,000 followers on his Ayase_0404 Twitter account.
Before Fame
He launched his YouTube channel back on Nov 16, 2018. He met the members of Yoasobi while creating a music project on monogatary.com, an online creative writing website where music-inspired pieces are submitted.
Trivia
Yoasobi's first release together, "Yoru ni Kakeru," went double-platinum, peaking at the #1 position on the Japanese charts and #16 on the world charts in 2019. Some of his most popular songs on Spotify have surpassed 20 million views each.
Family Life
He was born in Tokyo, Japan.
Associated With
In a 2019 Billboard interview, he attributed Aiko as one of his biggest musical influences growing up.
