ITSUKA

Last updated

ITSUKA
Itsuka tokyo.jpg
ITSUKA
Background information
OriginJapan
GenresRock, pop, blues, country
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Vocal, guitar, bass
Years active2014– present
LabelsHAT FreaK
Website itsuka.tv

ITSUKA is a singer and songwriter whose musical range encompasses rock, blues, folk and country music.

Contents

Biography

ITSUKA (Itsuka), from Tokyo, is a multi-talented musician who can not only write lyrics and music, but also handle everything from studio design, equipment setup, video production, and live streaming all on her own.

She has over a hundred original songs in Japanese and English influenced by rock, blues, folk, country, and other genres. While steadily establishing herself as a singer-songwriter, including winning the grand prize in HAKASE.COM's "Singer-Songwriter Contest 2017," she is also a standout presence in the musical instrument industry as a gear girl who loves guitars and digital equipment.

In music and musical instrument video contents, she is not only the host, but also involved in planning, directing, and video production. She produced the music video "For A Friend" by Marty Friedman, involved in Char's workshop "SINGING GUITAR," Yamaha's "Let's ENJOY SYNCROOM," MIYAKO (LOVEBITES) "metal TV," Kotaro Oshio's "Oshio no oshi," and "The SAMURAI Road Crew," a program featuring guitar technicians of famous artists such as Tatsuro Yamashita and Kiyoshiro Imawano. Her YouTube program "ITSUKA TV" has also been attracting a lot of attention.

She frequently participates in the world's largest musical instrument trade show, "NAMM SHOW," her live broadcast videos from the site in fluent English are gaining popularity. As an artist, she also appeared at the SHINOS AMPLIFIER booth. She is also active internationally, appearing in an American movie/providing the theme song, and participating in a European tour with a Japanese female band.

In April 2020, she opened "AMP UP," a live streaming and shooting studio specializing in music. So far, Marty Friedman, Char, Kiyotaka Sugiyama, Tamio Okuda, Yoshio Nomura, Kotaro Oshio, TRICERATOPS, Taigi Sato, DJ OSSHY, Nakamura Naka, MIYAKO (LOVEBITES), Miku Kobato (BAND-MAID) and others have used the studio's services.

She is highly regarded for her one-operation skills and has been responsible for the production of numerous tutorial videos for YAMAHA, ZOOM, etc. For Valentine's Day in 2021, she was the director for the Haruki Murakami Produce "MURAKAMI JAM ~No Bossa Nova ~ Blame it on the Bossa Nova" to commemorate the 50th anniversary of TOKYO FM. Currently, she is an OM (formerly OLYMPUS) ambassador.

In 2022, she is appearing in the promotion video of YAMAHA's remote ensemble app "SYNCROOM" and performing an original song, following her two previous videos for them. ITSUKA also produced the video.

In her private life, ITSUKA's love of red eye has grown to the point where she serves as the chairperson of the Red Eye Promotion Committee. The theme song "Red Eye Blues," written by ITSUKA, is spreading nationwide. Her hobbies include collecting hats (HAT Freak), red eye, and making friends all over the world.

History

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Increasingly, he also works as a delivery director for musicians' live delivery live on business trips, and is in charge of TRICERATOPS and other musicians.

2021
2022

Actress/DJ

2014
2016

2018

Personal life

She's known as a big fan of the cocktail Red Eye. ITSUKA is the chief of the Red Eye cocktail committee "RED EYE LOVERS".

Discography

Single

No.YearTitleSongsProjectCf
1st Single2015.9.1Connection
Digital ReleaseTheme Song of an American film "Love In Tokyo"
2nd Single2016.3.25SAKURA... LaLaLa
1. SAKURA...LaLaLa
2. SAKURA...LaLaLa(Karaoke)		CD/Digital Release
Commercial song for "Hanasakasu"

Album

No.YearTitleSongsProjectCf
1st Album2018.4.17GUITARS & HATS1. Woman In Tub
2. Miss Tambourine
3. Talk About Love
4. Religious Devotion
5. Start Over
6. You're So Fool		Digital ReleasePhoto album "GUITARS & HATS" was released on 2017.10.10
EP2020.1.10MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT1. Wind and Breeze
2. Just One Night
3. If You Really Love Me
4. W.A.B.K.
Digital Release
EP2022.8.5RED Episode 11. 100 times
2. Cheers
3.Where's the moonlight?
Digital Release

References

  1. ↑ Iアメリカの映画『Love In Tokyo』のために、ITSUKAが書き下ろした楽曲で、本映画の主題歌となっている myuu.jp Retrieved on March 28, 2016
  2. ↑ I女性シェアハウス「ハナサカス」CMソング itsuka.tv/ Retrieved on March 28, 2016
  3. ↑ Iヨーロッパツアー dirtrucks.com Retrieved on April 8, 2016
  4. ↑ INAMM SHOW 2017 itsuka.tv/ Retrieved on Jan 15, 2017
  5. ↑ IITSUKA、最新楽曲入りフォトブック『GUITARS & HATS』をリリース Archived 15 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine tunegate.me Retrieved on Oct 10, 2017
  6. ↑ II最優秀グランプリ選出 Archived 22 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine hakase-entame.com Retrieved on Dec 20, 2017
  7. ↑ II無償バンドルソフトのダウンロード zoom.co.jp Retrieved on April 8, 2019
  8. ↑ [// IIITSUKA MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT] zoom.co.jp Retrieved on Jan 15, 2020
  9. ↑ ITSUKA、「MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT」を配信開始 https://magazine.tunecore.co.jp Retrieved on Jan 20, 2020
  10. ↑ UNNATURAL、「Memory Card」を配信開始 https://magazine.tunecore.co.jp Retrieved on May 8, 2020
  11. ↑ ITSUKA、「RED Episode 1」を配信開始 https://magazine.tunecore.co.jp Retrieved on Aug 5, 2022
  12. ↑ I世界最大の旅行予約サイト『Expedia (エクスペディア)』のTV CM Archived 2 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine unnatural.ljp Retrieved on 28 March 2016
  13. ↑ Iシンガー/コンポーザーのITSUKAがYouTubeチャンネル「ITSUKA morning TV」をスタート tunegate.me Retrieved on 28 March 2016
  14. ↑ 東京モーターサイクルショー2016 [ permanent dead link ]itsuka.tv Retrieved on 20 March 2016
  15. ↑ Itarian Night Out @ABARTH press-on.jp Retrieved on 3 November 2016
  16. ↑ I『2016楽器フェア』 ブース出展のお知らせ zoom.co.jp Retrieved on 28 October 2016
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.