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Tohji | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yuki Ihara |
| Born | February 5, 1996 London, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2017-present |
Tohji (born 5th February 1996 ) is a Japanese hip-hop artist. He is also active as a member of the crew " Mall Boyz " , which he formed with Gummyboy and others.[1]
Biography
editBorn in London, England in 1996, Tohji moved to Japan at the age of 3. After moving, he lived in Kohoku New Town, Tsuzuki Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.[2]
He attended the prestigious Azabu Gakuen, a combined junior and senior high school. In his first year of junior high, he discovered hip hop when a senior student played songs by Mousouzoku and King Giddra. However, he was expelled in his third year of high school due to the stew incident. After being expelled, he stayed at home for about a year, but during this time he discovered the power of self-expression through music, and began working as a rapper on the internet, mainly on SoundCloud and other platforms.
After dropping out of high school, he obtained a high school graduation certificate and entered Musashino Art University in 2015. After entering the university, he started a share house with his friends in a house he named "Yasa", and worked hard on music production and event planning, he held events such as "PEDRO" and "OSD" with his friends. He met gummyboy and others at university and then formed "Mall Boyz".[3]
Tohji’s new-wave music comes with a well-curated and idiosyncratic look. With chronically unkept hair, wraparound sunglasses, and tracksuits that are not so much worn as half-shrugged-on, the 27-year-old’s Y2K look is both potently nostalgic and cutting-edge. Recalling the vaporwave and mallsoft aesthetics of the early 2010s with its softly cyberpunkish flavour, it’s a look that is obscurely futuristic but also rooted in retro references: simultaneously familiar and hard to define. In the music video for “Super Ocean Man,” for instance, he has his hair tied up into a rough ponytail and wears a pearl choker, white arm covers, a vintage women’s Dior tank top emblazoned with “dior surf chick,” and blue sunglasses, as he zips around the ocean on a hydroflight device like a seapunk superhero. In his more recent video for “Do u remember me,” he wears a tight cropped T-shirt with an abstract pair of blue breasts printed on it and cat-eye eyeliner while dancing next to a cobalt blue car. The overall effect is lackadaisical androgyny meets suburban boyracer. “If [something] represents a new wave of masculinity, that’s swag,” he has said before.[4]
Tohji often collaborates with international artists and invites them to perform in Japan — the members of the Drain Gang, Mechatok, Yeule, Palmistry, Namasenda, etc. He also works with Japanese artists — Le Makeup, Loota, Elle Teresa, Shaka Bose, E.O.U, etc. — and brings them to his overseas performances as a way of giving visibility to the Japanese scene.[3]
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| angel | 2019 |
| KUUGA | 2021 |
| t-mix | 2022 |
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 2017 |
| 9.97 | 2018 |
| broken cd | 2022 |
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| I'm a godzilla duh | 2017 |
| on my own way | 2019 |
| Rodeo | 2019 |
| Oreo | 2020 |
| Propella *i feel ima propella “she” she wanna hit | 2020 |
| My Swag | 2021 |
| echo | 2021 |
| Twilight Zone | 2022 |
| ULTRA RARE | 2022 |
| one | 2022 |
| Aglio e olio | 2023 |
| Phenomeno | 2024 |
| frozen rain | 2024 |
| Artist | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Shaka monk | HEISEI - Black Hole (feat. Sleet Mage, Kaine dot Co & Tohji) | 2018 |
| Taeyoung Boy | HOWL OF YOUNGTIMZ - FALL (feat. Tohji & Pablo Blasta) | 2019 |
| ULTRA KOREARS | lastnight (feat. stei, TYOSIN & Tohji) | |
| Kamui | I am Special - Salvage (feat. Tohji) | |
| DJ CHARI | GAME - aero (feat. Tohji & gummyboy) | |
| OKAMOTO'S | ART (OBKR/ Yaffle Remix) [feat. Gottz, Tohji & Shurkn Pap] | |
| Dreaming of Screaming | Dreaming of Screaming - Red Oct (feat. Tohji, Grip King Jamie, DOT.KAI, SteffenYoshiki & stei) | |
| Small bag Nariaki | Tohji's Track | |
| OKAMOTO'S | 10'sBEST - ART (OBKR/ Yaffle Remix) [feat. Gottz, Tohji & Shurkn Pap] | 2020 |
| kZm | DISTORTION - TEENAGE VIBE (feat. Tohji) | |
| DJ CHARI & DJ TATSUKI | GOKU VIBES (feat. Tohji, Elle Teresa, UNEDUCATED KID & Futuristic Swaver) | |
| Sawaki | Ridin' (feat. Tohji) | |
| Mahne Frame | SAMETIMES I TRY NOT TO CARE (feat. Tohji) | |
| Bloodz Boi | across the sea my dreams are born in silence (feat. Tohji & bod) | |
| Mahne Frame | Mad World - SAMETIMES I TRY NOT TO CARE (feat. Tohji) | |
| DJ CHARI & DJ TATSUKI | GOLDEN ROUTE - GOKU VIBES (feat. Tohji, Elle Teresa, UNEDUCATED KID & Futuristic Swaver) | |
| Loota | Love Sick / Melting Ice [Remix] - Love Sick (feat. Tohji) | 2021 |
| Yeule | Glitch Princess - Perfect Blue (feat. Tohji) | 2022 |
| Shaka monk | AHIRU - Moon Sun (feat. Tohji) | |
| Loota | Different Trains (feat. Tohji) | |
| Himera | Taco (feat. Tohji) | |
| Mura Masa | Demon Time - Slomo | |
| Elle Teresa | To My Bed | 2023 |
Cast
editInternet TV
edit- A Rap Star is Born! ( May 5th - December 9th, 2017 , ABEMA )
- my name is (Japanese documentary) (December 25, 2022, ABEMA )
References
edit- ^ "genius.com".
- ^ Quan, Ryan (November 2022). "MEET TOHJI: A TRUE ENIGMA".
- ^ a b "Tohji: A Gate to a New Scene". June 2023.
- ^ Clarke, Ashley Ogawa. "THE TWILIGHT ZONE, TOHJI".
- ^ "Spotify - Tohji". Spotify.