starRo

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| birth_name = Shinya Mizoguchi

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| birth_place = Japan

| origin = Los Angeles, California, United States

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| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|R&B|electronic}}

| occupation = Record producer

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| associated_acts = {{hlist|Masego|Gavin Turek|Oohyo|Joyce Wrice|Mr. Carmack|SARA-J}}

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starRo is the moniker of Grammy nominated{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7701847/starro-grammy-heavy-star-movin-video-remix|title=starRo Shares Interpretive Dance Video for Grammy-Nominated Remix 'Heavy Star Movin:' Exclusive|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-11-15}} R&B producer Shinya Mizoguchi. His debut album Monday was released world wide October 20, 2016 and subsequently rose to the top of the charts in Japan{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}. In 2016 he became the first Grammy nominated producer from Japan{{Cite news|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.42358/title.starro-speaks-on-hip-hop-influences-as-first-japanese-electronic-artist-to-be-nominated-for-grammys|title=starRo Speaks On Hip Hop Influences As First Japanese Electronic Artist To Be Nominated For Grammys|work=HipHopDX|access-date=2017-11-15|language=en-US}} rising him to fame in his country of origin. Uproxx later wrote, "starRo may well be one of the first, true SoundCloud producers to be nominated for a Grammy."{{Cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/starro-japanese-producer-historical-grammy-win/|title=How An Unexpected, Historical Grammy Nom Changed starRo's Life Forever|last=Fulton|first=Nick|date=2018-01-22|website=UPROXX|access-date=2019-01-02}} The LA-based, Japanese-born producer also became the first to host a Beats1 Radio show focused on Tokyo culture.{{Cite news|url=http://rollingstonejapan.com/articles/detail/26058|title=Apple Music、Beats1にて初の日本フィーチャー番組が始動|date=2016-06-06|work=Rolling Stone(ローリングストーン) 日本版|access-date=2017-11-15|language=ja-JP|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207114054/http://rollingstonejapan.com/articles/detail/26058|archive-date=2017-02-07}} Since then, he produced for a number of Japanese and Korean R&B/Hip Hop stars including the Korean group Common Cold (Mad Clown and Justhis) called "WASH!WASH!"{{Citation|title=Mad Clown & Justhis – Wash! Wash! (세탁중)|url=https://genius.com/Mad-clown-and-justhis-wash-wash-lyrics|language=en|access-date=2017-11-15}} which went to number 3 in Korea and received critical acclaim in Korea.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}