Yuuki Ozaki
{{short description|Japanese musician (born 1991)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image =
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| name = Yuuki Ozaki
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1991|05|27}}
| birth_place = Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan
| origin = Japan
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, guitarist
| associated_acts = Bird Bear Hare and Fish Galileo Galilei, Livetune, Yoko Kanno
| years_active = 2007–present
| label = SME Records
| website = http://www.warbear.jp/
}}
{{nihongo|Yuuki Ozaki|尾崎雄貴|Ozaki Yūki|born May 27, 1991}}, is a Japanese musician, best known as the leading vocalist and songwriter for the bands Galileo Galilei and BBHF. He also performs under his solo project warbear. In 2014, he began releasing solo material. He announced his new band "Bird Bear Hare and Fish" (renamed BBHF in 2019) during his solo concert on January 27. He released his first full length solo album "warbear" in December 2017.
Biography
Yuuki Ozaki was born in Wakkanai, Hokkaido in 1991.{{cite web | script-title=ja:プロフィール | trans-title=Profile | url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/galileogalilei/profile/ |language=ja | work=Sony | access-date=September 4, 2014}} At junior high school in 2007, he formed the band Galileo Galilei, and in 2008 won the Senkō Riot music contest, as well as an independent music contract.{{cite web | url=http://skream.jp/interview/2012/01/galileo_galilei.php | title=INTERVIEW Galileo Galilei 2012年01月号掲載 |publisher=Skream! | language=ja |year=2012 | access-date=December 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821000608/http://skream.jp/interview/2012/01/galileo_galilei.php |archive-date=August 21, 2013}} After releasing the extended play Ame Nochi Galileo (2009), the band made their major label debut under SME Records with the EP Hamanasu no Hana (2010). As a member of Galileo Galilei, he has released seven albums: Parade (2011), Portal (2012), Alarms (2013), Sea and the Darkness (2016), Bee and The Whales (2023), Manster (2024), and Mantral (2024).
Ozaki collaborated with Vocaloid producer Livetune to create the opening theme song for the anime Hamatora, "Flat", which was released in early 2014.{{cite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2031641/full/ | title=livetune、アニメ『ハマトラ』主題歌でGalileo Galilei尾崎とコラボ |publisher=Oricon | language=ja |date=December 5, 2013 | access-date=September 4, 2014}} In mid 2014, Ozaki collaborated with anime composer Yoko Kanno to create "Trigger", the opening theme song for the anime Terror in Resonance.{{cite web | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/119019 | title=菅野よう子×Galileo尾崎、「残響のテロル」OP曲でタッグ |publisher=Natalie | language=ja |date=June 16, 2014 | access-date=September 4, 2014}} Ozaki with his band frequently collaborate with Aimer, the singer who performed the ending theme song for the anime, where she provides vocal for "Bananafish Hamabe to Kuroi Niiji" in their fourth EP See More Glass and "Bed" in their fourth full-length album Sea and the Darkness. Ozaki was featured on the song "Nemuri no Mori", from his extended play Dareka, Umi o,
Yuuki later announced while he was on tour that he is in a new band called Bird Bear Hare and Fish.{{cite web | title=Galileo×Aimerコラボ曲、先行配信スタート | url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/125756 | publisher=Natalie |language=ja | date=August 10, 2014 | access-date=August 10, 2014}}
Discography
Albums
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- [http://galileogalilei.jp/ Official website for Galileo Galilei]
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- [https://www.instagram.com/yukiozaki_kp/ Yuuki Ozaki] on Instagram
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Category:Musicians from Hokkaido
Category:21st-century Japanese singers