Kanaria (musician)

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Kanaria
Born (2002-05-30) 30 May 2002 (age 22)
OccupationMusician
Instrument Vocaloid
Years active2020–present
Kanaria
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Channel
Years active2020 –
GenreMusic
Subscribers1.26  million [1]
Total views331,266,602 [1]
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YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2023

Last updated:September 18, 2024

Kanaria (born 30 May 2002) is a Japanese musician and VTuber. After making his debut with the song "Hyakkisai" (2020), he rose to popularity with his next song "King", released three months later. He has also released two albums, King (2020) and Kanaria.code (2022).

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Biography

Kanaria was born on 30 May 2002. [2] On 10 May 2020, twenty days before his eighteenth birthday, he made his career debut with his Hatsune Miku song "Hyakkisai", which Eimika Katsuya characterizes as having "a rhythmic wa melody like a Bon Odori dance" and lyrics as "mysterious, code-like [and a] Japanese-style song that will send shivers down your spine". [3]

Kanaria rose to popularity with his next song "King", released on 10 August 2020. [3] On 9 December 2020, his album King was released. [4] On 7 May 2021, Kanaria appeared on Music Station as "the next big thing". [5] He also wrote, composed, and arranged the song "Domestic De Violence" on Ado's 2022 debut album Kyōgen . [6]

In September 2022, Kanaria released a greatest hits album named "Kanaria.code". [7] In November 2022, he released "Dainōteki-na Rendezvous  [ ja ]", the ending theme for the Chainsaw Man episode "Kill Denji"; it was the first time he sang himself instead of using a Vocaloid bank. [8] In February 2023, his song "Yoidore Shirazu" topped Billboard Japan's Top User Generated Songs chart. [9]

In April 2023, Kanaria released "Requiem", a collaboration song with Hololive VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei. [10] In July 2024, he was the songwriter for "Champion", the last song for Pokémon and Hatsune Miku's Project Voltage collaboration. [11]

On 24 August 2024, Kanaria debuted as a VTuber, saying that there were several cases of people impersonating him, with at least one case of catfishing on the game Apex Legends . [12] He confirmed on his debut stream that he is male. [13]

Discography

Albums

TitleYearDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesRef.
JPN
[14]
JPN
Comb.

[15]
King2020
  • Released: 9 December 2020
  • Label: Self-released
44 [4]
Kanaria.code2022
  • Released: 21 September 2022
  • Label: Self-released
1826 [7]

Singles

TitleYearDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesRef.
JPN
Dig.

[16]
JPN
Str.

[17]
"Yoidore Shirazu" (酔いどれ知らず)2022
  • Released: 2 May 2022
48
" Dainōteki-na Rendezvous  [ ja ]" (大脳的なランデブー)2022
  • Released: 16 November 2022
33

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