Tatsuya Kitani
{{Short description|Japanese singer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tatsuya Kitani
| image =
| background = person
| alias = Konnichiwa Tanita-san
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|2|28|df=y}}
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|alternative rock|funk|R&B|hip hop}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer|lyricist|composer|arranger|record producer}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|bass guitar|guitar{{Cite web|url=https://www.smile-co.jp/archives/creator/495|title=Tatsuya Kitani|publisher=Smile Company|accessdate=2023-02-23}}{{cite web|date=2022-06-27|url=https://plugplus.rittor-music.co.jp/hint/news/kitanitatsuya_bipolar-interview/|title=Interview with Tatsuya Kitani's new album "Bipolar". What lies behind the dark lyrics and upper sound? |website=plug+|publisher=Ritto Music|accessdate=2023-02-23}}|saxophone|programming}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| label = {{hlist|Karent|Emo, Alternative & Cool|Mastersix Foundation|Echoes}}
| current_member_of = Gemn
| past_member_of = Sajou no Hana
| website = {{URL|tatsuyakitani.com}}
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| alma_mater = University of Tokyo{{Cite tweet|author=Kentaro Toda|date=2015-12-11| user=tonytoda|number=674967191603793920|title="Social Research" corner, Thursday we will send you about "students' musical activities". Tonight, I'd like to introduce you to 20 years old. "Hello Tanida-san," a student artist enrolled in the Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo |accessdate=2023-02-23}}{{cite web|date=2019-11-13|url=https://news.j-wave.fm/news/2019/11/-1111.html|title=What does Tatsuya Kitani, a bassist who graduated from the University of Tokyo think, is the "good quality of a bass"? |website=J-Wave News|accessdate=2023-02-23}}
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{{nihongo|Tatsuya Kitani|キタニタツヤ|Kitani Tatsuya|born 28 February 1996}} is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist, composer, and arranger. He is the bassist of the three-member band sajou no hana.{{cite web|url=https://whv-amusic.com/sajounohana/biography/|title=Biography| website=sajou no hana Official Website|accessdate=2023-02-23}} He was also active as a Vocaloid producer under the name of "Konnichiwa Tanita-san" (Hello Tanita-san). The affiliated office is Smile Company, and the affiliated label is Echoes under Sony Music Entertainment Japan.{{cite web |title=Tatsuya Kitani joins Echoes |url=https://echoes-label.com/news/detail/?id=575243 |website=Echoes |access-date=July 10, 2025 |language=ja |date=July 6, 2025}} His official fan club is "Club Unreality".
Biography
= Band era =
When he was in elementary school, he learned about rock from Asian Kung-Fu Generation, and then fell in love with Vola and the Oriental Machine and 8otto.{{cite web|date =October 2018|url=https://skream.jp/interview/2018/09/tatsuya_kitani.php|title=Interview with Tatsuya Kitani|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}} After graduating from junior high school, he bought a bass and formed a cover band for Asian Kung-Fu Generation with his friends. After that, while producing original music with his band, he realized that he was good at composing and went independent. During that time, he became interested in Vocaloid as well.
In October 2011, he formed the band {{Nihongo|2=羊の群れは笑わない|3=Hitsuji no Mure wa Warawanai}}.{{cite web|url=https://rojack.jp/contests/jack2015/artists/32133|title=Sheep don't laugh.|website=RO69JACK 2015|publisher=Rocking On|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116054440/https://rojack.jp/contests/jack2015/artists/32133|archive-date=2021-01-16}}
Later he joined the Honeybee Light Music Club.{{cite web|url=https://ameblo.jp/tksgss/entry-11472439954.html|title=受験生|website=Ameblo}} He later formed a three-piece band "humanic", being in charge of bass and vocals;{{cite web|author=humanic|date=2012-07-02|url=https://ameblo.jp/tksgss/entry-11292275377.html|title=Crying back for another year|website=ameblo|publisher=CyberAgent|access-date=2023-02-23}} They were active until February 2013.{{cite web|url=https://ameblo.jp/tksgss/entry-11472439954.html|title=受験生|website=Ameblo|access-date=August 13, 2023}}
= As Vocaloid producer, bassist, and composer =
In May 2014, Kitani started releasing Vocaloid music under the name "Hello Tanita-san", posting his first song "Kujira to Mercury" using Hatsune Miku on Nico Nico Douga.{{cite AV media|date=2014-05-14|title=[Hatsune Miku] Whale and Mercury/Hello Tanida-san|url=https://nicovideo.jp/watch/sm23554934|medium=Nico Nico Douga| language=en|publisher=Tatsuya Kitani/Hello Tanida-san|access-date=2023-02-23}} In July 2016, he released his first full-length album, "He's watching from the ceiling", on The Voc@loi M@ster.{{cite AV media|date=2016-07-03|title=[Bomas 35] He is watching from the ceiling/Hello Tanida-san[ XFD] |url=https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm29173895|medium=Nico Nico Douga|language=en|publisher=Tatsuya Kitani/Hello Tanida-san|access-date=2023-02-23}}
In 2016, he began participating in the live performances of Vocaloid producer n-buna and Takeaki Wada as a support bassist, and as a composer he belongs to Smile Company and other artists.{{cite tweet|user=TatsuyaKitani|number=764795353006690305|date=2016-08-14|title=Starting today, I officially became "Kitani Tatsuya" and became the bassist of Nabuna Band...|access-date=2023-02-23}}{{cite tweet|author=Tatsuya Kitani Tatsuya Kitani|date=2016-12-19|user=TatsuyaKitani|number=810837870239891459|title=On March 19th next year, at the Yuzuki Yukari 5th anniversary live event in Ebisu, Tokyo Tatsuya Kitani will join Yukari Master Takeaki Wada's band. I'm in charge of bass. …|access-date=2023-02-23}} After that, as a support bassist in the band "Yorushika" formed by n-buna in 2017, he had fully participated in recording and live performances from the beginning to the present.{{cite web|url=http://yorushika.com/biography/|title=BIOGRAPHY|website=Yorushika|access-date=2023-02-23}}
= Turned into a singer and formation of sajou no hana =
On 30 March 2017, in commemoration of his Vocaloid song "The Trash Room Sinks into a Rust Color" becoming his first music video to achieve 100,000 views on Nico Nico Douga and being inducted into the site's Hall of Fame, he posted a self-cover under the name Tatsuya Kitani.{{cite tweet|user=TatsuyaKitani|number=843809001007534080|date=2017-03-20|title=Thank you for 100,000 views. Being inducted into the Hall of Fame has been one of my goals ever since I started playing Vocaloid, so I'm very happy...|access-date=2023-02-23}}{{cite AV media|date=2017-03-30|title=The Mustard Room Sinks in Rust / Kitani Tatsuya|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFAhidfN5vA|medium=YouTube|language=en|publisher= Kitani Tatsuya official|access-date=2023-02-23}} This was the first time the name Tatsuya Kitani was used in his works, and since then his activities have become prominent as a singer-songwriter.
In the spring of 2018, he graduated from Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo and formed the band sajou no hana.{{cite tweet|user=TatsuyaKitani|number=973147436167254016|date=2018-03-12|title=University, I think I graduated, so it's sunny It's Putaro...|access-date=2023-02-23}} The band released their debut single "Hoshie" from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in August, making a major debut.{{cite web|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000156370|title=sajou no hana to release debut single "Hoshie" featuring ending theme for TV anime "Tenro Sirius the Jaeger"|website=Barks|date=15 June 2018 |publisher=Japan Music Network|access-date=2023-02-23}} In the same year, on September 26, he released his first album as a singer-songwriter, "I Do (Not) Love You."{{cite AV media|date=2018-09-25|title=Tatsuya Kitani – "I Do (Not) Love You." Official Album Trailer|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hph_EBVXePA|medium=YouTube|language=ja|publisher=Kitani Tatsuya official|access-date=2023-02-23}}
On February 16, 2019, he held his first one-man live, "I Do Love You" at Shimokitazawa Mosaic. 11–19{{cite web|url=https://skream.jp/news/2018/11/kitanitatsuya_1st_one_man_live.php|title=Singer-songwriter Tatsuya Kitani will hold her first one-man live at Shimokitazawa MOSAiC on February 16 next year, "I Do Love You." "Confirmed|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}} In the same year, on September 25, the album "Seven Girls' H(e)avens" was released.{{cite web|url=https://skream.jp/news/2019/07/tatsuya_kitani_mini_album_detail.php|title=Tatsuya Kitani announces details of 1st mini album "Seven Girls' H(e)avens" released on 9/25|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}}
= After major debut =
On August 26, 2020, he made his major debut.{{cite web|url=https://skream.jp/news/2020/06/tatsuya_kitani_demagog_release.php|title=キタニタツヤ、ソニー・ミュージックレーベルズよりニュー・アルバム『Demagog』8/26リリース決定。10月より全国ツアーも|website=Skream|access-date=August 13, 2023}} By December he announced that he would release a single for four consecutive months. The singles were "Shiromuku",{{cite web|date=2020-12-21|url=https://skream.jp/news/2020/12/tatsuya_kitani_shiromuku.php|title=Tatsuya Kitani Releases Digital Single "Shiromuku" 12/23|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}} "Cinnamon", "Tousougeki" and "Ghost".{{cite web|date=2021-01-27|url=https://skream.jp/news/2021/01/tatsuya_kitani_cinnamon.php|title=Tatsuya Kitani, 4 months consecutive release As the second release, the new song "Cinnamon" featuring Edma Harushi (Polkadot Stingray) will be released today on 1/27. MV will be released at 20:00|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}}
In 2021, the opening theme for the Fuji Television Idaten-tatsu's OP was released on the first day of the airing and Tite Kubo's manga Bleach original art exhibition "Bleach Ex." Theme song "Rapport",{{cite web|date=2021-10-18|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/449756|title=Tatsuya Kitani wrote the theme song for the "Bleach" original picture exhibition|website=Music Natalie|publisher=Natasha|accessdate=2023-02-23}} Image song "Thanatophobia"{{cite web|url=https://skream.jp/news/2021/12/tatsuya_kitani_thanatophobia.php|title=Tatsuya Kitani, "Tanatophobia" written as an exhibition image song for "Bleach Ex." Will be distributed from 24:00. Tomorrow at 21:00, the MV premiere will be released|website=Skream!}} In the same year June 12, under the name of Hello Tanita-san, he released an album "In the margin" containing past works as Vocaloid P.{{cite web|date=2021-06-12|url=https://skream.jp/news/2021/06/tatsuya_kitani_konnichihatanitasan_al.php|title=Tatsuya Kitani, Vocaloid P "Hello Tanida-san" album "In the margin" distribution release|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}}
After entering 2022, the tie-up continued, and the Fuji TV serial drama Gossip theme song "Tsumetai Uzu", "Planets". At the same time Asahi Super Dry x The First Take collaboration project tie-up song "chiharu feat. n-buna" from Yorushika was released.{{cite web|url=https://skream.jp/news/2022/02/tatsuya_kitani_tsumetaiuzu_release.php|title=One of the theme songs for the drama "Gossip #She wants to know the real 〇〇" starring Tatsuya Kitani and Hana Kuroki will be released on 2/10. Artwork also available|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=}}{{cite web|date=2022-02-17|url=https://skream.jp/news/2022/02/tatsuya_kitani_platenes_artwork.php|title=Tatsuya Kitani, Hana Kuroki starring drama "Gossip #The real thing she wants to know" Second theme song "Planetes" 2/24 delivery release. Artwork Released|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}}{{cite web|date=2022-02-22|url=https://skream.jp/news/2022/02/the_first_take_asahibeer_tatsuya_kitani_ai.php|title="The First Take" and "Asahi Super Dry" collaboration second. Tatsuya Kitani wrote "Chiharu feat. n-buna from Yorushika" and AI wrote "Welcome Rain". WEB CM release|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}} On May 25, he released his second major album "BIPOLAR".{{cite web|date=2022-04-28|url=https://skream.jp/news/2022/04/tatsuya_kitani_bipolar_tracklist.php|title=Tatsuya Kitani announces all contents of new album "Bipolar". Released "Human Mitane" from the first edition BD recording live "Sendo"|website=Skream!|publisher=Geki Rock Entertainment|access-date=2023-02-23}} After that he made a collaboration with Harumaki Gohan in a song called "Moonlight". On November 23 he released a new EP "Scar" featuring Bleach tie-up songs as "Scar", "Thanatophobia" and "Rapport".{{cite web|date=2022-05-20|url=https://gamebiz.jp/news/349548|title=Sega and Colorful Palette add "Moonlight", a newly written song by Tatsuya Kitani and Gohan Harumaki in "Project Sekai"!|website=gamebiz|access-date=2023-02-23}}{{cite web|date=2022-09-11|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202209/11275452.html|title=Animation Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War will be broadcast from October 10th! The second PV, broadcast information, additional casts, etc. have been lifted. Tatsuya Kitani will be in charge of the theme song OP, and SennaRin will be in charge of the ED!|website=Famitsu.com|publisher=Kadokawa Game Linkage|access-date=2023-02-23}} On July 7, 2023, he released the lead track "Ao No Sumika" of his EP "Where Our Blue Is", which served as the opening theme song for the first 5 episodes in the second season of the anime Jujutsu Kaisen.{{Cite web |last=Department |first=Skream! Editorial |title=キタニタツヤ、TVアニメ"『呪術廻戦』「懐玉・玉折」"OPテーマ収録『青のすみか』のアニメ描き下ろしジャケット＆収録曲公開。表題曲は7/7先行配信 |url=https://skream.jp/news/2023/06/tatsuya_kitani_where_our_blue_is_jkt.php |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Skream! 邦楽ロック・洋楽ロック ポータルサイト}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-19 |title=キタニタツヤ、『呪術廻戦』OPテーマ「青のすみか」で救う青春時代の記憶 "届ける"ために芽生えた変化も明かす |url=https://realsound.jp/2023/07/post-1378644.html |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Real Sound｜リアルサウンド |language=ja}}{{Citation |title=TVアニメ『呪術廻戦』第2期「懐玉・玉折」ノンクレジットOPムービー／OPテーマ：キタニタツヤ「青のすみか」｜毎週木曜夜11時56分～MBS/TBS系列全国28局にて放送中!! | date=6 July 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcgKUcJKxIs |access-date=2024-03-01 |language=en}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| JPN {{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/707851/rank/album/ |title=キタニタツヤのランキング情報 – アルバム |trans-title=Tatsuya Kitani ranking information – albums |website=Oricon |language=ja |access-date=17 January 2024}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | I Do (Not) Love You.
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| — |
| scope="row" | Seven Girls’ H(e)avens
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|— |
| scope="row" | Demagog
|
|46 |
| scope="row" | Bipolar
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|23 |
| scope="row" | Roundabout
|
|9 |
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | EP details ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | JPN |
|---|
| scope="row" | Scar {{Nihongo||スカー}}
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| 21 |
| scope="row" | Love: Amplified
|
|—{{efn|Love: Amplified did not enter the Oricon Albums Chart, but it peaked at number 12 on the Oricon Digital Albums Sales Chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/707851/rank/dia/ |title=キタニタツヤのランキング情報 – デジタルアルバム |trans-title=Tatsuya Kitani ranking information – digital albums |website=Oricon |language=ja |access-date=24 October 2023}}}} |
| scope="row" | Where Our Blue Is
|
|6{{efn|Where Our Blue Is charted on the Oricon Singles Chart.}} |
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year ! colspan="6" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Certifications ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | JPN {{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/707851/rank/single/ |title=キタニタツヤのランキング情報 – シングル |trans-title=Tatsuya Kitani ranking information – singles |website=Oricon |language=ja |access-date=6 July 2024}}
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | JPN
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | JPN
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | TWN ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | WW |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Sad Girl"
| rowspan="2" |2019 |— |— |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="2" |Seven Girls’ H(e)avens |
| scope="row" | "Club Unreality" {{Nihongo||クラブ・アンリアリティ}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Hide and Seek" {{Nihongo||ハイドアンドシーク}}
| rowspan="3" |2020 |— |— |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="2" |Demagog |
| scope="row" | "Bad Dream" {{Nihongo||悪夢}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Slush" {{Nihongo||白無垢}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="4" {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Cinnamon"
| rowspan="8" |2021 |— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Accomplices" {{Nihongo||逃走劇}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Ghost!?"
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "When the Weak Go Marching In" {{Nihongo||聖者の行進}}
|45 |— |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="5" |Bipolar |
| scope="row" | "Rapport"
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Thanatophobia" {{Nihongo||タナトフォビア}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Inner Whirlpool" {{Nihongo||冷たい渦}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Two Drifters" {{Nihongo||プラネテス}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Chiharu" {{Nihongo||ちはる}} (featuring N-buna from Yorushika) | rowspan="4" |2022 |— |— |— |— |— |— | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Moonlight" {{Nihongo||月光}} (featuring Harumaki Gohan) |— |— |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="4" | Roundabout |
| scope="row" |"Scar" {{Nihongo||スカー}}
|— |— |93 |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Bakeneko" {{Nihongo||化け猫}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Where Our Blue Is" {{Nihongo||青のすみか}}
|rowspan="4"|2023 |6 |3 |2 |15 |13 |85 |
|
| scope="row" | "As I Longed for" {{Nihongo||憧れのままに}} {{small|(with Yama)}} |— |— |— |— |— |— | |Awake&Build |
| scope="row" | "Moonthief"
|— |— |— |— |— |— | | rowspan="2" | Roundabout |
| scope="row" | "Night Routine" {{Nihongo||ナイトルーティーン}}
|— |— |— |— |— |— | |
| scope="row" | "Preview of Me" {{Nihongo||次回予告}}
| rowspan="5" | 2024 | 37 || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="5" {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Always Be with You XD" {{Nihongo||ずうっといっしょ}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Fatal"|ファタール}} {{small|(with Kento Nakajima as Gemn)}} | 5 || 2 || 3 || — || — || — |
|
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Chained"|いらないもの}} {{small|(with Natori)}} | 30 || — || 95 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Whisper"|ウィスパー}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — | |
= "Leaks From His Laptop" demo singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |
| scope="row" | "Heaven's Turnstiles" {{Nihongo||天国の改札}}
| rowspan="4" |2021 | rowspan="4" {{Non-album single}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | "Even As An Adult" {{Nihongo||大人になっても}} |
| scope="row" | "Cute Aggression" {{Nihongo||キュートアグレッション}} |
| scope="row" | "Ode to Joy" {{Nihongo||よろこびのうた}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://tatsuyakitani.com/ Tatsuya Kitani ofiicial website]
- {{twitter|TatsuyaKitani|Tatsuya Kitani}}
- {{instagram|inunohone|Tatsuya Kitani}}
- {{Instagram|tatsuyakitani2|Kitani Tatsuya staff}}
- {{YouTube|channel=UCgP3GbgbuVzAhlctGU5yuPA|Kitani Tatsuya official}}
- {{YouTube|channel=UCQ9G3CXA8dxA0bH_GtBddgQ|Sheep do not laugh. }}
- [https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/kitanitatsuya/ Kitani Tatsuya Sony Music Official Site]
- [https://www.smile-co.jp/archives/creator/495 Tatsuya Kitani Lyricist, Composition & Arrangement Smile Company]
- [http://whv-amusic.com/sajounohana/ Sajou no hana Official Website]
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