TeddyLoid
{{Short description|Japanese DJ and music producer}}
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| native_name = 榊原良
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| birth_name = Teddy Sakakibara
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|8|23}}
| birth_place = Hamamatsu, Japan{{cite web |title=TeddyLoid |url=https://tower.jp/artist/1344955/TeddyLoid |website=Tower Records Japan |accessdate=22 April 2020 |language=ja |date=7 July 2014}}
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| genre = J-pop, EDM, electronic
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| years_active = 2008–present
| label = Evil Line{{cite web|url=https://evilline.com/artist/teddyloid/|title=TeddyLoid|lang=ja|website=evilline.com|publisher=Evil Line Records|accessdate=May 14, 2023}}
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{{Nihongo|Teddy Sakakibara|榊原良|Sakakibara Teddy|born August 23, 1989|lead = yes}}, known professionally as TeddyLoid, is a Japanese DJ and music producer. He is known for producing many songs in the soundtrack of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, which charted on Oricon Albums Chart. He is also known for partnering with Daoko in "ME!ME!ME!", an anime music video submitted to the 2014 Japan Animator Expo.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Austin |title=Get Ready to Kick It to the Beat With Teddyloid at Crunchyroll Expo! |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/08/22/get-ready-to-kick-it-to-the-beat-with-teddyloid-at-crunchyroll-expo |website=Crunchyroll|accessdate=19 April 2020 |date=23 August 2018}}
Career
TeddyLoid's career first began by publishing remixes on MySpace, where he gained popularity and climbed to the top of the platform's electronic indie chart. In 2008, he toured internationally as Miyavi's background DJ in the guitarist's "This Iz The Japanese Kabuki Rock Tour 2008".{{cite news |title=柴咲コウ、異色新ユニットで11月デビュー |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2002389/full/ |accessdate=19 April 2020 |agency=Oricon |date=4 October 2011 |language=ja}}
TeddyLoid's first partnership with Taku Takahashi came when Takahashi created his record label, TCY Records. In the record label's debut album, TCY Recordings Sampler Vol.0, TeddyLoid produced the song "Another Day".{{cite news |title=☆Taku Takahashiが世界基準レーベルTCY Recordings発足 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/25294 |accessdate=19 April 2020 |agency=Natalie |date=17 December 2009 |language=ja}} The two then worked together on the soundtrack for the anime series Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, with TeddyLoid producing multiple songs.{{cite news |title=☆Takuアニメ進出「パンティ&ストッキング」サントラ全貌 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/41204 |accessdate=19 April 2020 |agency=Natalie |date=28 November 2010 |language=ja}} The soundtrack album, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt The Original Soundtrack, reached 10th on the Oricon Albums Chart,{{cite web |title=Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt The Original Soundtrack |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/530652/products/895848/1/ |website=Oricon |accessdate=19 April 2020 |language=ja}} while its follow-up album Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt The Worst Album also reached 24th.{{cite web |title=Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt THE WORST ALBUM |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/541199/products/920100/1/ |website=Oricon |accessdate=19 April 2020 |language=ja}} In 2011, he formed Galaxias! along with vocalist Ko Shibasaki and music producer Deco*27. The three produced one album titled Galaxias! and toured Japan, including a concert at Nippon Budokan.{{cite news |title=galaxias!、デビュー前夜に東京初ライブを敢行 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/60086 |accessdate=19 April 2020 |agency=Natalie |date=23 November 2011 |language=ja}}
On 17 September 2014, TeddyLoid released his debut album, Black Moon Rising.{{cite news |title=TeddyLoid、劇場版エヴァのあの名曲をRemix |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/125444 |accessdate=22 April 2020 |agency=Natalie |date=5 September 2014 |language=ja}} Then, for the 2014 Japan Animator Expo, TeddyLoid produced the music for an anime music video "ME!ME!ME!", which was visualized by Hibiki Yoshizaki from Studio Khara and vocals sang by Daoko. The music was written in three parts, and the video, notable for its sexual violence content, featured a male protagonist in a surreal-psychedelic setting while surrounded by nude women, which becomes a viral hit over 100 million views on YouTube.{{cite news |last1=Mahoney |first1=Rachel |title=3rd Animator Expo Short is "ME!ME!ME!" TeddyLoid Music Video |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-18/3rd-animator-expo-short-is-me-me-me-teddyloid-music-video/.81171 |accessdate=22 April 2020 |agency=Anime News Network |date=18 November 2014}}{{cite news |author1=高橋克則 |title=「日本アニメ（ーター）見本市」第3弾「ME!ME!ME!」 過激なミュージックビデオアニメ |url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2014/11/22/20946.html |accessdate=22 April 2020 |agency=アニメ！アニメ！ |publisher=PR Times |date=22 November 2014 |language=ja}} A follow-up remix titled "Me!Me!Me! Chronic" was released in May 2015.{{cite news |title=TeddyLoid×daoko「ME!ME!ME!」別Ver公開！ VJが紡ぐ不思議な世界 |url=https://getnews.jp/archives/941286?kanren=true |accessdate=22 April 2020 |agency=ガジェット通信 |publisher=東京産業新聞社 |date=1 May 2015 |language=ja}} In 2015, TeddyLoid partnered with Momoiro Clover Z and released Re:Momoiro Clover Z, which featured remixes of the idol group's songs and has also composed two of his own VOCALOID originals, including "Over Drive", "Invisible Lovers" and ULTRA C.{{cite news |title=1位はこの曲！ももクロリミックス盤投票結果 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/150407 |accessdate=23 April 2020 |agency=Natalie |date=12 June 2015 |language=ja}}{{cite web |last1=Gunji |first1=Waka |title=Re:MOMOIRO CLOVER Z |url=https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/8474 |website=Mikiki |publisher=Tower Records Japan |accessdate=23 April 2020 |language=ja |date=15 October 2015}} He then released Silent Planet later the same year and began releasing a series of follow-up extended plays under the same title. Each release featured different artists including Kohh, Bonjour Suzuki, Chanmina, Aina the End, and IA. The series then cumulated in two albums, Silent Planet: Reloaded and Silent Planet: Infinity.{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Lachlan |title=TeddyLoid to Release Two New 'SILENT PLANET' Albums |url=https://www.otaquest.com/teddyloid-silent-planet-albums/ |website=Otaquest |accessdate=22 April 2020 |date=5 November 2018}}{{cite news |author1=狛犬 |title=TeddyLoid『SILENT PLANET: RELOADED』『SILENT PLANET: INFINITY』 〈沈黙の惑星〉から豪華な2タイトルが登場! |url=https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/20046 |accessdate=22 April 2020 |agency=Mikiki |publisher=Tower Records Japan |date=11 December 2018 |language=ja}}{{cite web |title=TeddyLoid「SILENT PLANET」シリーズの集大成、新作アルバムを11月に連続リリース ！ |url=https://qetic.jp/music/teddyloid-181019/298713/ |website=Qetic |accessdate=22 April 2020 |language=ja |date=19 October 2018}}
In 2016, TeddyLoid was the fifth most-listened-to Japanese artist outside of Japan on Spotify.{{cite news |title=2016年Spotifyで最も聞かれたアーティストはドレイク、国内ではワンオクが最多 |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/44964/2 |accessdate=23 April 2020 |agency=Billboard Japan |date=1 December 2016 |language=ja}} In 2018, he worked with virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI to produce the single "melty world", which he later remixed himself in 2020 to create a "black" version of the title to sound like it was sung by Kizuna AI's cynical alternate ego, Kizuna AI Black. February 17, 2018, TeddyLoid made his first American performance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a DJ for a concert at Anime Milwaukee.{{Cite web |date=2018-02-19 |title=TeddyLoid: Japanese musician talks music, manga, and Milwaukee |url=http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/profiles/teddyloid-japanese-musician-talks-music-manga-milwaukee/ |website=The Milwaukee Independent |language=en-US}}
In 2021, he began collaborating with fellow DJ/Music Producer, Giga. Their first major song together was "Odo", a single for Ado. Their other collaborations include "KIKIKAIKAI" (feat. Yuzu), "Let's End the World" (feat. Mori Calliope), "Desperate" (feat. LOLUET), "Show" (also featuring Ado), "Let Me Battle" (feat. 9Lana), "Go-Getters" (also featuring Mori Calliope), "ULTRA C" (feat. Kagamine Rin & Len), "Knock It Out!" (feat. Kanata Amane), "POW POW" (feat. ELSEE), "Upboomboom" (feat. MYERA), "Act" (feat. Daoko), "Pikaaan!" (feat. Rina Matsuda & Hikaru Morita of Sakurazaka46), and “Awake” (feat. Hoshimachi Suisei).
In 2022, he made his debut in the rhythm game Arcaea with the song "Defection", with DELTA on vocals for the pack Final Verdict. In 2024, he released "Gimme Dat" on Tokyo Machine's label CHOMPO.
Discography
= Albums =
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! Oricon Weekly |
| align="left"| 27 August 2014
| align="left"| Black Moon Rising | 223{{cite web |title=TeddyLoid |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/476086/rank/ |website=Oricon |accessdate=23 April 2020 |language=ja}} | {{n/a}} | |
| align="left"| 16 September 2015
| align="left"| Re:Momoiro Clover Z | 12{{cite web |title=Hot Albums [2015/09/28 付け] |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2015&month=09&day=28 |website=Billboard Japan |accessdate=23 April 2020 |language=ja}} | |
| align="left"| 2 December 2015
| align="left"| Silent Planet | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"| 11 November 2018
| align="left"| Silent Planet:Reloaded | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"| 28 November 2018
| align="left"| Silent Planet:Infinity | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"| 4 October 2017
| align="left"| TV ANIME [18if] Album | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"| 14 February 2019
| align="left"| Fight League Gear Gadget Generators Original Motion Picture Soundtracks | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
= Extended plays =
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! Oricon Weekly |
| align="left"|27 August 2014
| align="left"|Under the Black Moon | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"|28 July 2016
| align="left"|Silent Planet 2 EP Vol.1 {{smaller|(feat. Kohh)}} | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"|16 September 2016
| align="left"|Silent Planet 2 EP Vol.2 {{smaller|(feat. Bonjour Suzuki)}} | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"|4 November 2016
| align="left"|Silent Planet 2 EP Vol.3 {{smaller|(feat. Chanmina and Daoko)}} | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"|17 March 2017
| align="left"|Silent Planet 2 EP Vol.4 {{smaller|(feat. Aina the End)}} | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"|24 November 2017
| align="left"|Silent Planet 2 EP Vol.5 {{smaller|(feat. IA)}} | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
| align="left"|15 December 2017
| align="left"|Silent Planet 2 EP Vol.6 {{smaller|(feat. Yoshikazu Mera)}} | {{n/a|–}} | {{n/a|–}} | |
= Singles =
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! Oricon Weekly |
| align="left"| 22 June 2016
| align="left"| "Pipo Password" {{smaller|(feat. Bonjour Suzuki)}} | {{n/a|–}} | align="left"| Ending theme of Space Patrol Luluco |
| align="left"| 4 November 2016
| align="left"| "Daikirai" {{smaller|(feat. Chanmina)}} | | | align="left"| Silent Planet 2 EP Vol. 3 |
| align="left"| 9 November 2018
| align="left"| "You Made Me" {{smaller|(feat. Chanmina)}} | | | align="left"| Silent Planet Reloaded |
| align="left"| 13 February 2024
| align="left"| "Gimme Dat" | | | |
= Other notable works =
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| 30 October 2013
| "Over Drive" {{smaller|(feat. IA)}} | |
| 21 November 2014
| "ME!ME!ME!" {{smaller|(feat. Daoko)}} | Submission to the 2014 Japan Animator Expo |
| 1 May 2015
| "ME!ME!ME! Chronic" {{smaller|(feat. Daoko)}} | |
| 1 June 2015
| "Shooting Star" {{smaller|(feat. IA)}} | |
| 24 November 2017
| "Invisible Lovers" {{smaller|(feat. IA)}} | |
| 7 July 2018
| "Red Doors" {{smaller|(feat. Yoshikazu Mera)}} | Opening theme of 18if |
| 30 November 2018
| "melty world" {{smaller|(feat. Kizuna AI)}} | Kizuna AI collaboration single |
| 27 November 2020
| "Neo-Neon" {{smaller|(with Deco*27 | |
| 16 December 2020
| "After Rain" {{smaller|(with JUVENILE | Single for INTERWEAVE |
| 27 April 2021
| "Odo" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
| 25 June 2021
| "Ojamamushi II" {{smaller|(with Deco*27 | |
| 12 November 2021
| "KIKIKAIKAI" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
| 7 July 2022
| "Defection" {{smaller|(feat. DELTA)}} | Arcaea collaboration |
| 18 August 2022
| "Let's End the World" {{smaller|(with Giga | Hololive English collaboration |
| 14 September 2022
| "Desperate" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
| 10 November 2022
| "Movie Star (#kzn & TeddyLoid Remix)" {{smaller|(with Steve Aoki | Remix for Hiroquest: Genesis |
| 21 June 2023
| "Tik(Q)et" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
| 6 September 2023
| "Show" {{smaller|(with Giga | Halloween Horror Nights collaboration |
| 24 December 2023
| "Matsuken Samba II ✖️ Ikuze! Kaitō Shōjo -TeddyLoid ULTRA MASHUP ver.-" {{smaller|(with Ken Matsudaira & Momoiro Clover Z)}} | |
| 6 January 2024
| "Knock It Out!" {{smaller|(with Giga | Single from the 1st album Unknown DIVA |
| 14 May 2024
| "Let Me Battle" {{smaller|(with Giga | Third ending theme for Pokémon Horizons: The Series |
| 11 June 2024
| "Play Back" {{smaller|(feat. Ren Zotto and Doppio Dropsythe)}} | Nijisanji EN collaboration |
| 26 June 2024
| "Go-Getters" {{smaller|(with Giga | Ending theme of Suicide Squad Isekai |
| 7 July 2024
| "ULTRA C" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
| 8 August 2024
| "Space Colony Ark: Act1 (TeddyLoid x Jun Senoue Remix)" {{smaller|(with Jun Senoue)}} | Remix for Shadow Generations |
| 27 September 2024
| "POW POW" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
| 11 October 2024
| "Pikaaan!" {{smaller|(with Giga & Deco*27 | Fourth ending theme for Pokémon Horizons: The Series |
| 15 November 2024
| "Awake" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
| 27 December 2024
| "flowers" {{smaller|(feat. Yuzu)}} | |
| 26 March 2025
| "Upboomboom" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
| 23 April 2024
| "Cupid" {{smaller|(feat. Kanata Amane)}} | Single from the 2nd album Trigger |
| 27 April 2024
| "Act" {{smaller|(with Giga | |
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