:Yojiro Noda
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{{Short description|Japanese musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image = File:Radwimps Yojiro Noda.jpg
| name = Yojiro Noda
| caption = Noda performing with Radwimps in 2015
| birth_name = Yojiro Noda
| alias = {{hlist|illion|Yoji Noda}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|7|5}}
| birth_place = Japan
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| instrument = {{Flat list|
- Vocals
- guitar
- piano
}}
| genre = {{Flat list|
}}
| occupation = {{Flat list|
- Singer
- songwriter
- musician
- record producer
}}
| years_active = 2001–present
| label = Warner
| current_member_of = Radwimps
| website = {{URL|illion-web.com}}
}}
{{nihongo|Yojiro Noda|野田洋次郎|Noda Yōjirō|born July 5, 1985}}, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Noda is the lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the Japanese rock band Radwimps and also began a solo project, illion, in 2012.
Life and career
= Early life, Radwimps =
Noda was born in Tokyo, Japan, to a businessman father and piano teacher mother.{{cite journal |journal=Rockin' on Japan |volume=February 2007 |date=January 20, 2007 |location=Tokyo, Japan |publisher=Rockin' On |language=ja }} From the ages of six to ten, Noda lived overseas in the United States.{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/meet-yojiro-noda-tokyos-answer-to-thom-yorke-781825 | title=Meet Yojiro Noda – Tokyo's Answer To Thom Yorke | work=Mark Beaumont | publisher=NME | date=November 13, 2012 | access-date=March 22, 2013}} He first became interested in the guitar in junior high school, after hearing Oasis. He tried to learn how to play the chords with a guitar his family owned.{{cite web | title=RADWIMPS 特集 |trans-title=Radwimps Feature | url=http://www.neowing.co.jp/music/essentials/radwimps/index.html | work=Neowing |language=ja | year=2006 | access-date=February 9, 2011}}
While studying his first year of high school at Tōin Gakuen in Yokohama, he joined a band in 2001. He joined after being asked by a friend to be the band's vocalist.{{cite web | url=http://www.radwimps.jp/biography.html | title=Biography | work=RADWIMPS.jp |language=ja | date=April 10, 2008 | access-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112055253/http://www.radwimps.jp/biography.html |archive-date=January 12, 2006}} The band was named Radwimps, and Noda became the band's vocalist, guitarist, and sole songwriter. They released their debut independent album, Radwimps, in 2003, and the band made their major debut under Toshiba EMI in 2005. In 2006, the band became widely popular in Japan, with their fourth album Radwimps 4: Okazu no Gohan being certified platinum.{{cite web | script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2007年09月 |trans-title=Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (September 2007) | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200709.html | work=RIAJ |language=ja | date=October 10, 2007 | access-date=January 19, 2011}}
In 2008, Noda produced a song for another artist for the first time. He wrote and produced the song "Labrador" for Japanese singer Chara, which was used as the leading promotional track for her album Honey.{{cite web | script-title=ja:ブームいつまで!? 羞恥心の2曲目はふられた女の子への応援ソング |trans-title=Booming forever!? Shuchishin's second song is an encourage song for jilted women | url=http://www.rbbtoday.com/article/2008/06/25/52259.html | work=RBB Today |language=ja | date=June 25, 2008 | access-date=February 9, 2011}} In 2015, Noda wrote the song {{nihongo|"Oaiko"|おあいこ||"Draw"}} for Hanaregumi's sixth studio album What Are You Looking For.{{cite web | script-title=ja:ハナレグミ、8/19にニュー・アルバム『What are you looking for』をリリース決定。野田洋次郎（RADWIMPS）らが楽曲提供 | url=http://skream.jp/news/2015/07/hanaregumi_new_album.php | work=Skream! |language=ja | date=July 7, 2015 | access-date=July 10, 2015}}
= Solo career =
Noda's solo project, Illion, was first announced in November 2012. He began the solo career to perform overseas, which is a goal his band, Radwimps, did not share.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/79595 | title=野田洋次郎ソロ始動、マイブラと「TOKYO ROCKS」出演へ |trans-title=Yojiro Noda solo work, performing at Tokyo Rock with My Bloody Valentine | work=Natalie | language=ja | date=November 8, 2012 | access-date=March 22, 2013}} His debut album, Ubu, was released in Japan and Europe, first on February 25, 2013, in the United Kingdom.{{cite web | url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000085785 | title=RADWIMPSのヴォーカル野田洋次郎、illionとして世界進出 |trans-title=Radwimps vocal Yojiro Noda, going to worldwide as illion | work=Barks | language=ja | date=December 24, 2012 | access-date=March 22, 2013}} The album was promoted with two singles, "Brain Drain" in January 2013, which received a 24-hour exclusive live music video, and "Maharoba," which was released in February 2013. Noda first performed live as Illion at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on March 17, 2013. He also performed at the Indra Musikclub in Hamburg, Germany on March 19.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/86937 | title=野田洋次郎ソロ・illion初ライブでUKオーディエンス魅了 |trans-title=Yojiro Noda solo project Illion, first live captivating Uk audience | work=Natalie | language=ja | date=March 19, 2013 | access-date=March 22, 2013}} He planned to perform at the Tokyo Rocks rock festival in Tokyo on May 12, however the event was cancelled.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/87780 | title=マイブラ、BLURら出演フェス「TOKYO ROCKS」中止に |trans-title=My Bloody Valentine, Blur, etc featuring festival Tokyo Rocks cancellation | work=Natalie | language=ja | date=March 31, 2013 | access-date=April 12, 2013}}
In 2015, Noda made his debut as an actor in the film Pieta in the Toilet, which he starred in as the lead character Hiroshi.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/137918 | title=RAD野田主演映画に大竹しのぶ＆宮沢りえ |trans-title=Shinobu Otake and Rie Miyazawa feature in Noda from Radwimps' movie | work=Natalie | language=ja | date=February 6, 2015 | access-date=February 6, 2015}} Radwimps also performed the theme song for the film, entitled {{nihongo|"Picnic"|ピクニック}}.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/143969 | title=RADWIMPS、野田主演映画「トイレのピエタ」主題歌シングルリリース |trans-title=Radwimps release the theme song of Noda's Toilet no Pieta as a single. | work=Natalie | language=ja | date=April 13, 2015 | access-date=April 13, 2015}} In May, Noda debuted as an author with Rarirure-ron, a book of essays written while RADWIMPS were on their Grand Prix 2014 Jikkyō Namachūkei tour of Japan, as well as his decision to star in Pieta in the Toilet.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/144356 | title=野田洋次郎、初のエッセイ本「ラリルレ論」で映画出演の心境明かす | work=Natalie | language=ja | date=April 16, 2015 | access-date=April 18, 2015}}
In 2016, Noda resumed his Illion solo project with a series of live concerts in July. This began with a performance at the Fuji Rock Festival, followed by two solo billed concerts in Tokyo and Osaka, billed as his Illion Japan Tour 2016.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/180973 | title=RADWIMPS野田ソロプロジェクト・illion再始動、フジロック＆東阪ライブ決定 | work=Natalie | language=ja | date=March 25, 2016 | access-date=March 9, 2016}}
In 2019, Noda composed the theme song 気まぐれ雲 for the movie Day and Night.{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Natasha |title=清原果耶の歌声流れる、山田孝之プロデュース「デイアンドナイト」PV予告 |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/317082 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=映画ナタリー |language=ja}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak positions |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;"|JPN {{cite web | title=illionの作品 |trans-title=illion Products | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/582724/products/ | work=Oricon | access-date=January 24, 2015}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | Ubu
|
| 7 |
| scope="row" | P.Y.L
|
| 8 |
= Singles =
Production discography
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes ! class="unsortable"|Ref. |
|---|
| 2015
|{{nihongo|Pieta in the Toilet|トイレのピエタ|Toire no Pieta}} |Hiroshi | | |
| 2017
|{{nihongo|Million Yen Women (TV)|100万円の女たち|100 Manen no Onna-tachi}} |Shin Michima | | |
| 2018
|News Anchor (voice) |American film | |
| 2018
|{{nihongo|The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan|泣き虫しょったんの奇跡}} |Yuya Suzuki | | |
| 2020
|Yell (TV) |Masato Kogarashi | |
| 2021
|It's a Flickering Life |Terashin | |
Bibliography
- {{nihongo|Rarirure-ron|ラリルレ論}} (2015), Bungeishunjū, {{ISBN|416390235X}}
Notes
{{notelist-ua}}
References
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- [http://www.illion-web.com/ Official website]
- {{Facebook|illion.official|Illion}}
- {{Twitter|name=Illion}}
- {{YouTube|user=illionofficial|title=Illion}}
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0003055507|label=Illion}}
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Category:Japanese expatriates in the United States
Category:Japanese rock guitarists
Category:Japanese male rock singers
Category:Universal Music Japan artists
Category:Warner Music Japan artists
Category:21st-century Japanese singers