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Website | eveofficial |
Eve [a] (born 23 May 1995) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and Vocaloid producer. He entered the music industry by singing covers of popular music on Niconico.
He signed to Toy's Factory in 2019, moving away from his independently owned label, buHarapeco Records, of whom Eve had produced under since the release of his debut album, Wonder Word. [2] He was also a guest in "School of Lock!" by Tokyo FM. [3]
His style of music was reportedly influenced by pop culture, such as movies. [4]
His music has been featured as the theme song for various anime, such as "Dark Night" (闇夜) for Dororo , " Kaikai Kitan " (廻廻奇譚, lit. 'Round Round Mysterious Story') for Jujutsu Kaisen , "Ao No Waltz" (蒼のワルツ, lit. 'Blue Waltz') for Josee, the Tiger and the Fish , "Fight Song" (ファイトソング, Faito Songu) for Chainsaw Man , "Bokurano" (ぼくらの, lit. 'Our') for My Hero Academia , and "Teenage Blue" (ティーンエージブルー, Tīnēji Burū) for Ao no Hako .
Eve began his career on the Japanese video-sharing service, Niconico in October 2009. [5] His first cover was released on Niconico on 1 October 2009, singing "TRAGIC BOY". [6] Kurowa and Keitora were his previous names on Niconico, before he began to use his current name.
From 2012 to 2013, Eve was the lead vocalist for the Japanese indie band Einie, alongside Natsushiro Takaaki, another well-known Vocaloid musician within the utaite (歌い手) community. Afterward, Eve was a member of a group called "Riot of Color" in 2014, before releasing his debut album, Wonder Word, on 14 August 2014.
Eve followed Wonder Word with Round Robin in 2015, before releasing Official Number in 2016. Official Number was his first charting album at the time, peaking at 35 and 99 on the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100.
Following the success of Official Number, Eve released Bunka (文化, lit. 'Culture') on 13 December 2017, which peaked at 14 and 33 on the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100, respectively.
On 7 March 2018, Eve released Blue (蒼), a collaboration album alongside Sou.
In 2019, Eve signed to Toy's Factory. On 6 February 2019, Eve released Otogi (おとぎ, lit. 'Fairy'), his first major album with the label. [7] Otogi was Eve's highest chart position at the time, peaking at 6 and 4 on the Oricon Albums Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot 100 respectively.
Eve followed Otogi with Smile , his most successful album by chart position to date, on 12 February 2020. Smile peaked at 2 and 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot 100 respectively. Following the release of Smile, Eve released his second EP, Kaikai Kitan/Ao no Waltz on 23 December 2020. [8] The EP was preceded by three singles: "Kaikai Kitan", "Ao no Waltz" and "Shinkai", which were used as the soundtrack for the anime Jujutsu Kaisen and the movie Josee, the Tiger and the Fish respectively. [9] [10]
On 25 January 2022, Netflix announced a musical film, Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation, a collaboration project with Eve. [11] The film featured various scores produced by Eve and had a runtime of 60 minutes. The film premiered on 15 March 2022 and also had a limited theatrical release in Japan. [12] [13] A day after the release of the film, his third major album Kaizin (廻人, Kaijin), was released. The album peaked at 4 on the Oricon Albums Chart. In the following month, he performed the title track for the anime film Bubble alongside Riria. [14] [15] His single "Fight Song" (ファイトソング, Faito Songu) used as the 12th ending theme song for the anime series Chainsaw Man , was released digitally on 28 December 2022. [16] [17]
In January 2023, Eve released "Bokurano" (ぼくらの, lit. 'Our'), the opening theme for the second part of the sixth season of My Hero Academia . [18] A Bokurano EP was released on 22 March 2023. [19]
Eve collaborated with composer Hiroyuki Sawano on a song titled "Pray" released on 13 January 2024, and it was featured as the ending theme song for the 2024 television drama Innai Keisatsu. [20] [21]
In May 2024, Eve began touring outside of Japan with his first Asia tour "Eve Asia Tour 2024 Culture", beginning in Hong Kong. [22] [23]
Throughout 2024, Eve continued releasing singles and performing songs with tie-ins including "Insomnia" and "Sweet Memory" for My Home Hero (live action) [24] and Shōshimin Series respectively. On 20 August 2024, Eve announced his next album titled Under Blue. [25] In October 2024, Eve performed the single "Teenage Blue" as the ending theme song for the anime series Blue Box . [26]
Under Blue, Eve's fourth major album, was released on 27 November 2024. [27] On the same day, a music video for "Lazy Cat", the first track on Under Blue was released. [28]
Eve created a clothing store named Harapeco Store in 2016 and currently manages, designs, and sells unisex apparel and accessories. Eve also manages a second Store, named Eve Official Store, where he sells different types of merchandise, including clothing and accessories. [29]
He created and published a manga, Kara no Kioku, illustrated by Newo, on 15 April 2020. The manga currently has 32 chapters through 4 Volumes, the most recent volume being released on 27 December 2022.
Alongside the manga, Eve is also writing a light novel, named How to Eat Life, of which was announced on 1 August 2022 on Eve's Twitter page. Volume 1 proceeded to release on 22 September 2022. [30] Volume 2 was also being worked on at the time. [31] Volume 2 proceeded to release on 11 January 2023, with an attached announcement that Volume 1 of the Novel would be proceeding with a reprint. The announcement was made by MF Bunko J, a novel publishing label, affiliated with Media Factory. [32] Volume 3 was released afterwards, on 26 May 2023. [33]
Eve also streams on TwitCasting. [34]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
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JPN [35] | JPN Comb [A] [36] | JPN Hot [37] | |||
Round Robin |
| — | — | — | |
Official Number |
| 35 | — | 99 | |
Bunka (文化; Culture) |
| 14 | — | 33 | |
Otogi (おとぎ; Fairy) |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | |
Smile |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Eve Vocaloid 01 |
| — | — | — | |
Kaizin (廻人; People) |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | |
Under Blue |
| 5 | TBA | 5 | |
"—" denotes items which did not chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JPN [35] | JPN Comb [B] [36] | JPN Hot [39] | |||
Wonder Word |
| — | — | — | |
Kaikai Kitan/Ao no Waltz (廻廻奇譚 / 蒼のワルツ) |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Bokurano (ぼくらの) |
| — | — | — | |
"—" denotes items which did not chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
JPN [40] | JPN Hot [41] | |||
Oyasumi (Good Night) (Eve & Yurin) |
| — | — | |
Ao (蒼) (Eve × Sou) |
| 7 | 11 | |
"—" denotes items which did not chart. |
Title | Year | Peak positions | Notes | Certifications | Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JPN Comb [C] [42] | JPN Hot [43] | |||||
Indies | ||||||
"Nonsense Bungaku" (ナンセンス文学; "Nonsense Literature") | 2017 | — | — | Bunka | ||
"Anoko Secret" (あの娘シークレット; "The Secret About That Girl") | — | — | ||||
Major | ||||||
"We're Still Underground" (僕らまだアンダーグラウンド; "Bokura Mada Underground") | 2018 | — | — | Otogi | ||
"Yamiyo" (闇夜; "Dark Night") | 2019 | — | 31 | 2nd ED for the 2019 anime Dororo . [44] | Smile | |
"Raison d'être" (レーゾンデートル; "Reason for Being") | — | 45 | ||||
"Hakugin" (白銀; 'Silver') | — | 98 | ||||
"Kokoro Yohō" (心予報; "Heart Forecast") | 2020 | 50 | — | |||
"Kaikai Kitan" (廻廻奇譚; "Round Round Mysterious Story") | 7 | 7 | 1st OP for the anime Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1. [45] | Kaikai Kitan / Ao no Waltz | ||
"Promise" (約束; "Yakusoku") | — | — | ||||
"Shinkai" (心海) | — | — | Insert song for the 2020 anime film Josee, the Tiger and the Fish . [47] | |||
"Ao no Waltz" (蒼のワルツ) | — | — | ED for the 2020 anime film Josee, the Tiger and the Fish . [47] | |||
"Heikousen" (平行線; "Parallel Lines") | 2021 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Yoru wa Honoka" (夜は仄か; "Faint at Night") | — | 54 | Kaizin | |||
"White Snow" (白雪; "Shirayuki") | 2022 | — | — | Under Blue | ||
"Fight Song" (ファイトソング) | 29 | 26 | 12th ED for the anime Chainsaw Man . [17] | |||
"Bokurano" (ぼくらの; "Our") | 2023 | 5 | 42 | 2nd OP for the anime My Hero Academia Season 6. [18] | ||
"Boukenroku" (冒険録; "Adventure Log") | — | — | ||||
"Hanaarashi" (花嵐; "Flower Storm") | — | — | ||||
"Touhikou" (逃避行) | — | — | ||||
"Sweet Memory" (スイートメモリ) | 2024 | — | — | OP for the anime Shōshimin Series . [48] | ||
"Teenage Blue" (ティーンエイジブルー) | — | — | ED for the anime Blue Box . [26] | |||
"—" denotes items which did not chart. |
Released | Song title | Animator(s)/director(s) | Production company | Notes |
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18 October 2016 | Demon Dance Tokyo | Mah Hirano | — | [49] |
2 December 2016 | Sister | Avogado6 [50] | — | [51] |
5 May 2017 | Literary Nonsense | Mah Hirano | — | [52] |
15 July 2017 | The Secret About That Girl | Sayuri Okamoto | TriF Studio | [53] |
11 October 2017 | Dramaturgy | Mah Hirano | — | [54] |
27 November 2017 | As You Like It | Waboku | — | [55] |
25 February 2018 | Instant Heaven | Norainu | — | With Akari Nanawo [56] |
7 April 2018 | Outsider | Mah Hirano | — | [57] |
6 July 2018 | Tokyo Ghetto | Waboku | — | [58] |
24 August 2018 | Ambivalent | Sayuri Okamoto | — | [59] |
14 December 2018 | Last Dance | Mah Hirano | — | [60] |
24 January 2019 | We're Still Underground | Nobutaka Yoda | Wit Studio | [61] |
20 April 2019 | This World to You | Nobutaka Yoda | Wit Studio | [62] |
24 June 2019 | Dark night | Mah Hirano, Waboku | Twin Engine Digital Studio | [63] |
29 August 2019 | Baumkuchen End | Waboku | — | [64] |
10 October 2019 | Raison d'être | Ryū Nakayama | Enishiya | [65] |
20 January 2020 | Heart Forecast | Nobutaka Yoda | Enishiya | [66] |
15 February 2020 | LEO | Mah Hirano | — | [67] |
28 February 2020 | Snow | Ryōsuke Sawa | Pancake | [68] |
22 May 2020 | How to Eat Life | Mariyasu | — | [69] |
23 October 2020 | Promise | Ken Yamamoto | CloverWorks | [70] |
20 November 2020 | Kaikai Kitan | Yūichirō Saeki | MAPPA | [71] |
7 December 2020 | Shinkai | Mariyasu | Bones | [72] |
21 December 2020 | Ao no Waltz | Nobutaka Yoda | Bones | [73] |
6 February 2021 | Heikousen | Nobutaka Yoda | 10GAUGE, Studio DURIAN | With suis from Yorushika [28] |
26 March 2021 | Kaikai Kitan (Live Film ver) | Yoshiharu Ota, Satoshi Tani | — | [74] |
30 April 2021 | Night is Faint | zemyata [75] | — | [76] |
10 September 2021 | Living Idly and Dying as If Dreaming | niL | — | [77] |
30 September 2021 | Ultramarine Hymn | くっか | — | [78] |
24 December 2021 | Aisai | Glens sou | — | [79] |
11 March 2022 | Don't replay the boredom. | Waboku | — | [80] |
18 March 2022 | YOKU | Yoneyama Mai | Wit Studio | [81] |
28 April 2022 | Bubble | Araki Tetsuro | Wit Studio | [82] |
23 May 2022 | Mob | Hibiki Yoshizaki | Khara | [83] |
30 August 2022 | Kaikai Kitan (Adam by Eve ver.) | Yūichirō Saeki | — | [84] |
23 December 2022 | White Snow | Haruka Fujita | CloverWorks | [85] |
28 December 2022 | Fight Song | Mariyasu | — | [86] |
24 February 2023 | Bokurano | Waboku | Folium LLC | [87] |
11 August 2023 | Adventure Log | MimicryMeta | — | [88] |
27 August 2023 | Kororon | Ligton | — | [89] |
1 October 2023 | Flower Storm | Kutsuka | StudioXD | [90] |
23 November 2023 | Avant | Eke | — | [91] |
24 December 2023 | Tohiko | Ten to Ten | — | [92] |
4 February 2024 | pray | YKBX | Ai Takahashi(TFC) | [93] |
9 March 2024 | Glorious Day | Daisuke Chiba | Folium LLC | [94] |
9 June 2024 | Insomnia | Mariyasu | — | [95] |
Year | Award ceremony | Category | Work(s)/nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Space Shower Music Awards | Best Animation Video | "We're Still Underground" | Won | [96] |
Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Best Opening Sequence | "Kaikai Kitan" (from anime Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1) | Nominated | [97] | |
2021 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Japanese Act | Eve | Nominated | [98] |
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