Taiiku Okazaki

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Taiiku Okazaki
Native name 岡崎 体育
Birth name Akitoshi Oka (岡 亮聡 Oka Akitoshi?)
Born (1989-07-03) July 3, 1989 (age 35)
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Origin Uji, Kyoto Prefecture
Genres Techno, Pop music
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2012–present
Labels SME Records
Website okazakitaiiku.com

Akitoshi Oka (岡 亮聡 Oka Akitoshi?, born July 3, 1989)[1], known professionally under the stage name Taiiku Okazaki (岡崎 体育 Okazaki Taiiku?) is a Japanese musician and songwriter who is signed to SME Records. Beginning his career as an independent musician in 2012, he made his major debut with the release of his first major album Basin Techno in 2016. The album includes the song "Music Video", which became a viral hit in Japan for parodying common tropes used in music videos. That same year, he performed the song "Pose", which was used as the first ending theme to the anime series Pokémon: Sun & Moon. He has also written music for commercials and other musicians.

Biography

Oka was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture on July 3, 1989.[1] When he was around three years old, he and his family moved to Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, where he would spend much of his early life. While in elementary, he started learning to play the piano and became part of a local baseball team. His interest in music began at an early age, when he began listening to artists such as Eminem, Queen, and Deep Purple. To further his music skills, he would compose songs on the Nintendo DS game Daigasso! Band Brothers.[1]

Upon graduating from high school, Oka enrolled at Doshisha University, and started working part-time at a video store. He then became part of a band called Aishinkakura Nuruhachi (愛新覚羅ヌルハチ?), which disbanded after a year when one of its members migrated to America. He then became part of another music group, while starting a new part-time job at a supermarket.[1]

Following his graduation from university in 2012, Oka began music activities as a independent musician under the stage name Taiiku Okazaki.[1] His first three releases were albums titled Greatest Hits, Koi no Hello Keihō (恋のハロー警報 Koi no Harō Keihō?), and Phantom Seishōnen (ファントム青少年 Fantomu Seishōnen?).[1] The following year, he released two more albums: Bonchi Hero Kenzan (盆地ヒーロー見参 Bonchi hīrō kenzan?) and Fictional Zodiac.[1]

In 2016, Okazaki made his major debut under the SME Records label with the release of the album Basin Techno.[2] The album ranked first on iTunes's J-Pop chart, and peaked at number 9 on Oricon's Weekly Album Charts.[3][2] The song "Music Video" from the album became a viral hit in Japan for its lyrics and music video, which parodied commonly-used tropes in Japanese music videos.[4][5][6] That same year, he began performing songs for various commercials, as well as writing music for other artists.[3] He then performed two songs for anime series: "Shiokaze" (潮風?), which was used as the opening theme to The Great Passage,[7] and "Pose" (ポーズ?), which was used as the first ending theme to Pokémon: Sun & Moon;[8] "Shiokaze" was released as his first single on December 7, 2016.[9][7]

In 2017, Okazaki released his second major album XXL, which peaked at number 2 on Oricon's Weekly Album Charts.[10] The album includes the song "Natural Lips", which features lyrics that are in Japanese but sung in a way that makes them resemble English words.[6] The following year, he performed the song "Jari Boy Jari Girl" (ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール Jaribōi Jarigāru?), which was used as an ending theme to Pokemon: Sun & Moon.[11] He then released his third major album OT Works in April 2018; the album peaked at number 18 on Oricon's Weekly Album Charts.[12] In October of that year, his song "Kimi no Bōken" (キミの冒険?) began to be used as the fourth opening theme to Pokemon: Sun & Moon.[13]

Okazaki released his fourth studio album Saitama on January 9, 2019; the album peaked at number 5 on Oricon's Weekly Album Charts.[14] He will make a voice acting cameo in an episode of Pokemon: Sun & Moon that will air on March 31, 2019,[15] and he will hold a solo live concert at the Saitama Super Arena on June 9, 2019.[16]

Discography

Singles

Title Peak Oricon position Peak Billboard position
"Shiokaze" (潮風?)
  • Release date: December 7, 2016
 42[9] —[upper-alpha 1]

Albums

Title Peak Oricon position Peak Billboard position
Basin Techno
  • Release date: May 18, 2016
 9[2] 11[18]
XXL
  • Release date: June 14, 2017
 2[10] 2[19]
OT Works
  • Release date: April 25, 2018
 18[12] 33[20]
Saitama
  • Release date: January 9, 2019
 5[14] 5[21]

Notes

  1. ↑ Charted at number 44 on the Top Singles Sales chart.[17]

References

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