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Shota Shimizu

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Shota Shimizu

| image = Shimizu Shota Japan Day 2008 1.jpg

| caption = Shota Shimizu performing at Japan Day 2008 in Central Park, New York City

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| background = solo_singer

| native_name = 清水 翔太

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name =

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|02|27}}

| birth_place = Yao, Osaka, Japan

| death_date =

| origin =

| instrument =

| genre = J-pop, R&B

| occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, rapper

| years_active = 2008–present

| label = Mastersix Foundation

| website = {{URL|http://www.shimizushota.com}}

}}

{{Portal|Japan|Music}}

{{nihongo|Shota Shimizu|清水 翔太|Shimizu Shōta|born 27 February 1989}} is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician from Yao, Osaka, Japan, who debuted in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.shimizushota.com/prof.html |accessdate=March 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409214501/http://www.shimizushota.com/prof.html |archivedate=April 9, 2008 |title=Profile｜清水翔太 }} On June 1, 2008, Shimizu performed at Central Park in New York City during the annual Japan Day Festival. Shota Shimizu went to a local Christian school in Osaka where he learned how to sing gospel music. He became captivated with soul music, which is how his music career started. He was inspired by Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, and Ray Charles.{{cite web|url=http://www.shimizushota.com/profile/ |script-title=ja:清水 翔太 | プロフィール |publisher=Shimizushota.com |date= |accessdate=2015-02-20|language=ja}}

Before his debut, in November 2007, Shimizu sang in English on amateur night at the Apollo Theater in New York City. He was called a "one in a million soul singer" by a local newspaper in New York.{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}} The second time he performed at the Apollo Theater was on November 19, 2008. He sang the song "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto in Japanese, where he was given a standing ovation from an audience of 1,500 people. He said he sang it because he wanted to show his Japanese pride and demonstrate the beauty of the Japanese language.{{cite web|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/ente/200811/21/ente217504.html |title=清水翔太アポロシアター凱旋！日本語「上を-」熱唱 ― スポニチ Sponichi Annex 大阪 |publisher=Sponichi.co.jp |date= |accessdate=2015-02-20}}

Career

=''Umbrella'' (2008)=

Shimizu's first single, titled "Home", was released on February 20, 2008, and he appeared on Music Station two days after the single's release to promote it. "Home" peaked at ranked at number 5 and sold 27,820 units in its first week. After 17 weeks, it had sold 125,735 copies. His second single, {{nihongo|"Aishiteru"|アイシテル|I Love You}}, was released on June 4, 2008, in Japan. It ranked at number 4 and sold 22,778 units in its first week. After 12 weeks, it had sold 47,114 copies. Shimizu released his third single "My Treasure" on October 22, 2008. It ranked at number 15 and sold 9,540 units in its first week. After 5 weeks, it had sold 15,365 copies.

He released his debut album titled Umbrella, on November 26, 2008, in Japan. The album ranked at number 2 and sold 56,442 units in its first week. After 8 weeks, it has sold 115,863 copies. In March 2009, Shimizu began his first headlining tour, the "Umbrella Tour 2009". The tickets sold out in one day.

=After ''Umbrella'' (2009)=

Shimizu released his fourth single titled "Utsukushii Hibi yo" / "Sayonara wa Itsumo Sobani" on July 15, 2009, in Japan. It debuted at number 14 and sold 8,576 copies in the first week. The track "Kaze no Youni" from this single was inspired by the song "Kaze no Dōkei" from the Chrono Trigger Soundtrack. The single sold a total of 11,144 copies so far.{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}}

=Collaborations=

Shimizu worked with Dohzi-T on the single "One Love", which was released on July 18, 2007. He also collaborated with Miliyah Kato on the song "I'm Your Angel" on the album Tribute to Celine Dion, which was released on September 26, 2007. He collaborated on the song "Be With You", a duet with R&B Legend Joe, in 2008. Shimizu collaborated with Miliyah Kato again in 2009 on her "Love Forever" single (which was also released onto Miliyah Kato's album, Ring), which was released on May 13, 2009. "Love Forever" was a hit in Japan, and its ringtone sold over two million downloads. These Japanese singers/songwriters were both twenty years old and loved soul music, but still maintained very different music styles.{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/090507_02.html |title=加藤ミリヤ×清水翔太『同年代のふたりが共通して言える"LOVE"とは？！』-ORICON STYLE ミュージック |publisher=Oricon.co.jp |date= |accessdate=2015-02-20}} On September 16, 2009, M-flo released a tribute album named Tribute: Maison de M-Flo and Shimizu covered the song "Let Go". He then released a song, "Loving You", in a compilation album named Beat Connection with Crystal Kay, Seamo, Mummy-D, and Dohzi-T on October 27, 2010.

Discography

=Singles=

CD

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"|#

!rowspan="2"|Title

!rowspan="2"|Release date

!colspan="2"|Oricon charts

!rowspan="2"|Album

Weekly
Ranking{{cite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/430574/products/release/ | title=清水翔太のCD・DVDリリース一覧 │ オリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE |publisher=Oricon.co.jp|accessdate=20 February 2015|language=ja}}

!Sales

Debut

|"Home"

  • 2008 Year-End Singles Chart: 50
  • RIAJ Certification: Gold

|20.02.2008

| style="text-align:center;"|5

|128,000

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Umbrella

2nd

|{{nihongo|"Aishiteru"|「アイシテル」|I Love You}}

|04.06.2008

| style="text-align:center;"|4

|47,000

3rd

|"My Treasure"

|22.10.2008

| style="text-align:center;"|15

|15,000

4th

|{{nihongo|"Utsukushii Hibi yo/Sayonara wa Itsumo Sobani"|美しき日々よ/さよならはいつも側に}}

|15.07.2009

| style="text-align:center;"|14

|13,000

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Journey

5th

|{{nihongo|"Kimi ga Suki"|君が好き}}

|09.12.2009

| style="text-align:center;"|8

|19,000

6th

|"Goodbye"

|07.07.2010

| style="text-align:center;"|10

|14,000

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Colors

7th

|{{nihongo|"Kimi ga Kurasu Machi"|君が暮らす街}}

|20.10.2010

| style="text-align:center;"|12

|9,000

8th

|"You & I"

|26.11.2011

| style="text-align:center;"|14

|11,000

9th

|"Love"

|29.06.2011

| style="text-align:center;"|16

|7,000

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Naturally

10th

|{{nihongo|"Mada Owaranai"|マダオワラナイ}}

|26.10.2011

| style="text-align:center;"|17

|7,000

11th

|{{nihongo|"Fuyu ga Owaru Mae ni"|冬が終わる前に}}

|21.12.2011

| style="text-align:center;"|19

|6,000

12th

|{{nihongo|"Kimi Sae Ireba"|君さえいれば}}

  • feat. Oda Kazumasa

|22.02.2012

| style="text-align:center;"|15

|7,000

13th

|{{nihongo|"366 Nichi"|３６６日}}

  • feat. Nakasone Izumi (HY)

|12.09.2012

| style="text-align:center;"|11

|10,000

| style="text-align:center;"|MELODY

14th

|"Woman Don't Cry"

|03.07.2013

| style="text-align:center;"|18

|5,000

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Encore

15th

|"Dream"

|29.01.2014

| style="text-align:center;"|28

|5,000

16th

|"Snow Smile"

|12.11.2014

| style="text-align:center;"|26

|

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|ALL SINGLES BEST

17th

|"I Miss You (Refrain)"

|21.01.2015

| style="text-align:center;"|31

|

18th

|"Bye×Bye"

|22.07.2015

| style="text-align:center;"|41

|2,000

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|PROUD

19th

|{{nihongo|"Hanataba no Kawari ni Melody wo"|花束のかわりにメロディーを}}

|28.10.2015

| style="text-align:center;"|32

|5,000

20th

|"Damage"

|17.02.2016

| style="text-align:center;"|25

|

21st

|"My Boo"

|05.10.2016

| style="text-align:center;"|15

|

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|FLY

22nd

|"Fire"

|21.02.2017

| style="text-align:center;"|22

|

23rd

|"Good Life"

|24.01.2018

| style="text-align:center;"|25

|

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|WHITE

24th

|"Friday"

|16.05.2018

| style="text-align:center;"|16

|

Digital

class="wikitable" style="font-size:small;"

! rowspan="2" |#

! rowspan="2" |Title

! rowspan="2" |Release Date

! colspan="2" |Oricon Charts

! rowspan="2" |Album

style="font-size:80%;" |Weekly Ranking日本におけるシングルチャート最高順位： {{Cite web |title=オリコン芸能人事典 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/430574/rank/single/ |accessdate=2014-02-24 |publisher=ORICON STYLE}}

! style="font-size:80%;" |Sales

1st

|"Diggin' On U"{{Cite web |date= |title=アルバム／シングル作品情報 Diggin' On U |url=http://morawin.jp/package/80312130/SRXX00566/ |accessdate=2011-11-09 |publisher=モーラ}}

|10.09.2008

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| rowspan="7" | -

|Umbrella

2nd

|"Summer Time"{{Cite web |title=アルバム／シングル作品情報 Summer Time |url=http://morawin.jp/package/80312130/SRXX00613B00Z/ |accessdate=2011-11-09 |publisher=モーラ}}{{cite news |date=2011-07-27 |title=清水翔太が恋したくなるサマーチューン配信限定リリース |publisher=ナタリー |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/35247 |accessdate=2011-11-09}}

|04.08.2010

|100

|COLORS

3rd

|"Sorry"

|26.06.2019

| rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | -

| rowspan="3" |period

4th

|"Breathe Again"

|21.08.2019

5th

|"416"

|15.04.2020

6th

|"Koi Uta" (恋唄)

|19.05.2021

|HOPE

7th

|"Baby I Love You So"

|14.09.2022

|

colspan="6" |The First Take Music
-

|"Hanataba no Kawari ni Melody wo" (花束のかわりにメロディーを) - From THE FIRST TAKE

|21.07.2021

| -

| -

| rowspan="2" |

-

|"Koi Uta" 恋唄 - From The First Take

|13.10.2021

| -

| -

=Albums=

==Studio albums==

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"| No.

! rowspan="2"| Information

! rowspan="2"| Release
date

! colspan="2"| Oricon Charts

Weekly
Albums
Charts

!Sales

1st album

|Umbrella

  • RIAJ Certification: Gold

|26.11.2008

| style="text-align:center;"|2

|124,000

2nd album

|Journey

  • RIAJ Certification: Gold

|03.03.2010

| style="text-align:center;"|1{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/74102/full/ |title=清水翔太、"平成生まれ初"のアルバム首位獲得 | ORICON STYLE |publisher=Oricon.co.jp |date=2010-03-09 |accessdate=2015-02-20}}

|117,000

3rd album

|Colors

  • RIAJ Certification: Gold

|09.03.2011

| style="text-align:center;"|7

|69,000

4th album

|Naturally

|21.03.2012

| style="text-align:center;"|6

|29,000

5th album

|Encore

|14.03.2014

| style="text-align:center;"|11

|16,930

6th album

|Proud

|30.03.2016

| style="text-align:center;"|10

|14,165

7th album

|Fly

|28.06.2017

| style="text-align:center;"|11

|

8th album

|White

|27.06.2018

| style="text-align:center;"|12

|

9th album

|Hope

|21.07.2021

| style="text-align:center;"|13

|

10th album

|Insomnia

|28.06.2023

| style="text-align:center;"|15

|3,357{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2023-07-10/p/2/|title=オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2023年06月26日～2023年07月02日|trans-title=Oricon Weekly Album Ranking June 26, 2023 – July 2, 2023|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=July 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705030316/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2023-07-10/p/2/|archive-date=July 5, 2023|url-status=dead}}

==Cover albums==

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"| #

! rowspan="2"| Information

! rowspan="2"| Release
date

! colspan="2"| Oricon Charts

Weekly
Albums
Charts

!Sales

1

|Melody

|28.11.2012

| style="text-align:center;"|5

|66,000

==Best albums==

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"| #

! rowspan="2"| Information

! rowspan="2"| Release
date

! colspan="2"| Oricon Charts

Weekly
Albums
Charts

!Sales

|The Best

|02.04.2014

| style="text-align:center;"|4

|51,000

1

|All Singles Best

|25.02.2015

| style="text-align:center;"|9

|15,000

Mini albums

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" | #

! rowspan="2" | Information

! rowspan="2" | Release
date

! colspan="2" | Oricon Charts

Weekly
Albums
Charts

!Sales

1

|Period

|11.11.2020

| style="text-align:center;" |

|

= Collaborations =

==Singles==

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"| Information

! rowspan="2"| Release
date

! colspan="2"| Oricon Charts

! rowspan="2"| Album

Weekly
Single
Charts

!Sales

One Love

|18.07.2007

| style="text-align:center;"|98

|

| style="text-align:center;"|ONE MIC

Love Forever

|13.05.2009

| style="text-align:center;"|5

|90,000

| style="text-align:center;"|THE BEST

{{nihongo|"Oyasumi no Kisu Wo (Good Night My Love)"|おやすみのキスを～Good Night My Love～}}

|11.11.2009

| style="text-align:center;"|19

|14,000

| style="text-align:center;"|Ballad Collection Mellow

Forever Love

  • Shota Shimizu x Miliyah Kato

|03.02.2010

| style="text-align:center;"|4

|60,000

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|THE BEST

Believe

  • Kato Miliyah x Shimizu Shota

|13.07.2011

| style="text-align:center;"|9

|16,000

Love Story

  • Kato Miliyah x Shimizu Shota

|17.04.2013

| style="text-align:center;"|12

|10,000

==Participation in Albums==

class="wikitable"
rowspan="1"| Information

! rowspan="1"| Release
date

! rowspan="1"| Album

I'm Your Angel

|26.09.2007

| style="text-align:center;"|Tribute to Celine Dion

Midnight Train

|18.06.2008

| style="text-align:center;"|Lyfe Change

Smile

|13.05.2009

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 ever

One Last Kiss

  • Shun feat. Shota Shimizu

|10.03.2010

| style="text-align:center;"|Ryuha-R Beginnings

Stay

|07.04.2010

| style="text-align:center;"| NEW ORDER

Roll with Me

  • Joe duet with Shimizu Shota

|28.07.2010

| style="text-align:center;"| Joe Live from Japan

Stay

|16.09.2015

| style="text-align:center;"| Gray Smoke

=Other appearances=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="1"| Information

! rowspan="1"| Release
date

! rowspan="1"| Album

Let Go

|16.09.2009

| style="text-align:center;"|m-flo Tribute: Maison de m-flo

Home

|03.02.2010

| style="text-align:center;"|Ryuha-R Greatest Hits

{{nihongo|"Ai wa Kawarazu"|愛は変わらず}}

|28.10.2020

| style="text-align:center;"|Inspire

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{commons and category|Shōta Shimizu}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.shimizushota.com}} {{in lang|ja}}
  • [http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/SR/shotashimizu/index.html Shota Shimizu Sony Music Online Japan official website] {{in lang|ja}}

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