KIMERU
Kimeru is a J-pop musician most famous for his work with
Tennis no Oojisama. Born June 17, 1980 he originally became a mailman, but later decided to pursue a career as a singer. He adopted the stage name Kimeru, which means "to decide" in Japanese, before debuting. Kimeru's birth name has never been announced publicly.
On December 5, 2001 Kimeru released his first single,
You got game ?. The song was used as the
first ending song for the anime テニスの王子様 (The Prince of Tennis, commonly called "TeniPuri" or "AniPuri"), which was based on a manga by the same name created by Takeshi Konomi. He followed up this release one year later with
Make You Free, which was also used as an
opening song for later episodes of Tennis no Oojisama.
In the spring of 2003 Kimeru was cast as
Shusuke Fuji in Tenimyu. With the rising popularity of the musical brought rising popularity to his music, and on
November 27, 2003 Kimeru released his
first mini-album,
The Beginning.
The end of 2003 also brought tragedy to Tenimyu. The actor cast for the main role,
Yanagi Kotarou, was struck by a car and was in critical condition for some months. Because the second musical's rehearsals were well underway and dates already set, Kimeru had to step up into the role of
Echizen Ryoma. Kimeru returned to his role of
Fuji once a temporary replacement for
Echizen was found.
In late
April/early May of 2004, Kimeru went on his very
first tour,
OVERLAP. On
August 25, 2004 he released his
fourth single,
Be Shiny, as well as his
first DVD with live footage and music videos.
At
the end of 2004, Kimeru
was graduated out of his role as
Fuji in
Tenimyu. Not losing any steam, Kimeru released his
fifth single The Pleasure of Love. Kimeru's popularity was growing, and on
May 21, 2005, he performed in his
first seated live house (Shibuya Public Hall in Tokyo).
Winter of 2005 brought even more success to Kimeru. After the release of his
seventh single,
LOVE BITES, he released his
first ever full length album,
glorious. He later released a piano score for the album.
Spring of 2006 proved a busy time for Kimeru. While his regular
radio show "
Kimeruのキラキラ☆レコーディング (Kimeru no KiraKira*Recording)". He also sang the song
STYLE, the
ending song for the new anime "
MUSASHI". Kimeru toured once again, holding a
special live in Tokyo on April 19 (the day of his new single's release), and ending his tour in Tokyo again. He also released his
first photobook,
Prince of New Noble Glam Rock.
On April 24, 2006, Kimeru announced that he would be making his
first ever live appearance overseas in
China. After some consultations, it was finally decided that Kimeru would visit both
Beijing and
Chongqing. This was incredible news, and a big step in Kimeru's career.).
Kimeru announced the
PV for
Timeless would feature some of his old castmates from Tenimyu:
Aoyama Sota,
Takigawa Eiji, and
Gomoto Naoya.
When
Timeless was finally released on
October 4,2006, the announcement was made about Kimeru's next single, featuring a collaboration between him and popular musician
Daisuke Asakura. Known as DA to most of his fans, most people know him from either his work with the popular anime series
Gravitation, or from producing many songs for the singer
T.M.Revolution. The new release, called Starry Heavens, was set for release just one month after Timeless.
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