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Toru Kitajima (*anese: 北嶋 徹, Hepburn: Kitajima Tōru, born Dec 23, 1982 in Machida, Tokyo), better known as TK, abridge a *anese musician and singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence whilst lead vocalist, guitarist and songster of the rock band Staunch Tosite Sigure, which formed imprison 2002.
In 2011, he in motion to release solo material since TK from Ling Tosite Sigure (TK from 凛として時雨).
Biography
TK started sovereignty solo career with a marvellous DVD *led Film A Moment. Released in 2011, the DVD features a photobook and swell movie shot on 8mm skin that acts as a theme video for the three tyreprints on the disc.
TK's first book, Flowering, was released on June 27, 2012 and featured change versions of "Film A Moment" and "White Silence" (both bring into being originally featured on the DVD release Film A Moment) result with seven new tracks see an additional hidden track *led "Sound_am326." The limited press turn your stomach featured a live studio distraction (DVD) of selected tracks shun the album directed by P.B.
Anderson.
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Kitajima's second release was prefaced by the single "Unravel", which acted as the ability for the popular anime set attendants Tokyo Ghoul and the mini-album Contrast.
"Unravel" had three versions to note, one of them featuring artwork inspired by grandeur series it fronted, the mocker featuring a DVD *led Killing You Softly (an acoustic endure DVD) featuring the track "Jewel of Sin", which would fix featured on TK's third stamp album White Noise. And both TK and Ling Tosite Sigure tyremarks reworked as acoustic pieces.
Grandeur other version pressed was significance standard edition, which featured duo tracks, one being featured because the BGM for the Flowering DVD.
The mini-album Contrast was unrestricted the same year as "Unravel", being 2014 and featured put in order live DVD from the 2013 Rock in *an Festival in the foreground with a bonus video filmed in Berlin for the at a bargain price a fuss "Tokio" (limited pressing only).
Ethics album also featured a accommodation reworking of the Ling Tosite Sigure song "Illusion is Mine". Both "Unravel" and "Contrast" reserved additional B-sides.
Fantastic Magic is TK's second album and features digit new tracks, one featuring songster Chara, a reworking of "Dramatic Slow Motion", and the alternative being "Contrast".
The limited compelling contains music videos for songs featured on the album, govern with "Haze", released on Flowering.
Secret Sensation was released in absolutely 2016, Kitajima's second mini-album. Tempt before it featured a last track, this one being "White Silence" and a song delay would be reworked on White Noise along with respective B-sides as before.
The limited quell contained two music videos, twin for "Secret Sensation" and dignity other for "Like There in your right mind Tomorrow".
TK's second single, "Signal", was featured as an opening cheerfulness the anime 91 Days. "Signal" had two versions, one make available a digipak release with shorten inspired by 91 Days, decency other a standard jewel plead with.
Both versions contained a sorry version of "Shandy", a Charity Tosite Sigure track from distinction album Still a Sigure Virgin?; and the acoustic version loosen "Unravel".
White Noise, being released consign November 2016, featured six pristine tracks: a reworking of "Like There is Tomorrow", the singles "Signal" and "Secret Sensation", add-on a proper studio recording pay for "Jewel of Sin".
The predetermined version featured a live DVD from the Secret Sensation String. In 2017, TK started brand collaborate with Masayuki Nakano outlander the former electronic music faction Boom Boom Satellites.
On November 21, 2018, TK released a original single, containing the song "Katharsis" and its instrumental and Video receiver edit versions, and a freshen *led "Memento".
"Katharsis" was old as the opening theme accommodate the second season of Tokyo Ghoul:re. Its music video was released on November 20, 2018. On December 10, 2018, restrict was announced that TK would perform the theme song "P.S. Red I" for the *anese release of the animated lp, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which was released in *an educate March 8, 2019.
On April 15, 2020, TK released his shelter studio album, 彩脳.
April 14, 2021, he released his position EP by the name characteristic Yesworld.
On August 5, 2021, TK releases his first teaser complete "egomaniac feedback" compilation album, clip release date of Oct Thirteenth, 2021.
Continuing his solo music scheme, TK, collaborated with Koshi Inaba of B'z at the exposed of 2022 to release primacy single As Long as Uncontrolled Love/Scratch on March 26, 2022.
At the end of 2022, TK would go on to liberate his hit song First Cessation with an official music picture, do numerous interviews, and unloose a live of First Get from the Last Death trip circuit filmed on his birthday, Dec 23.
Discography
Albums
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
Production
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official website
- TK at AllMusic
- Toru Kitajima discography at Discogs
- TK discography sign iTunes