Hanafu, a virtual singer affiliated with KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO/PHENOMENON RECORD, made a guest appearance at the CHiCO solo live “LAWSON presents CHiCO 1st Hall Live “CONFETTi”” held at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA (Shibuya Public Hall) on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 (national holiday).
Hanafu has been following CHiCO’s singing activities for many years as a listener. CHiCO made a guest appearance on Hanafu’s regular radio program “Pampaka Cuff (R)” on interFM three years ago, and the collaboration has been realized for the first time since they met.
It was announced that the collaboration song would be performed for the first time prior to the live performance on the day, but only two songs were unveiled during the encore. It has been announced that the collaboration song “Tekite” (Leader: Butte) “Story Tellers” will be released by both Hanafu and CHiCO.
Each song is produced by a gorgeous artist, with Kiyo Ryuto participating in “Techte,” and “Story Tellers” being composed by SPYAIR’s MOMIKEN and CHiCO, as well as UZ from SPYAIR’s composition.
It has also been decided that “Getting” will be released as the sixth installment of “Suite 2,” a collaboration project with various artists, by Hanafu. The release date will be announced at a later date, so please wait for further information.
■Hanafu Artist Profile
A virtual singer who started with “KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO.”
He made his debut in 2018 at the age of 14.
Establishes a virtual artist with a unique singing voice and worldview.
The artist collaboration in the “Suite” series has also become a hot topic, with the current number of YouTube subscribers exceeding 1 million and total views exceeding 300 million. The fanatic community of fans is expanding both domestically and internationally.
The songs he produced with Kanzaki Iori, the main composer from the early days of his activities, received high praise, and in August 2022 they held a solo live performance at Nippon Budokan, “Muslim San (Kuru).”
In January 2024, the 4th ONE-MAN LIVE “Kai-song” was held at Yoyogi First Gymnasium, which could be said to be the beginning of chapter 2, and, following Budokan, successfully performed the first arena performance, the largest virtual singer solo performance.
Overseas performances have also been announced in 2025, so witness this “continuation of the Juvenile” as it plunges into an unexplored world.
Official Website:https://kaf.kamitsubaki.jp/
■CHiCO Artist Profile
They debuted in 2014 with the single “The World is Falling in Love” as a collaboration unit with creator team HoneyWorks.
He has been in charge of theme songs for numerous popular anime such as TV anime “Ao Haru Ride,” “Majik Kaito 1412,” and “Gintama,” “Haikyu!! TO THE TOP,” “BORUTO NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS,” “My science fell in love, so I tried to prove it. r=1-sinθ,” and “Rent-a-Girlfriend.”
CHiCO with HoneyWorks has been announced to be temporarily suspended with the final performance of the Zepp Tour on April 8, 2023.
He has launched a solo project to take on new challenges as vocalist CHiCO.
■About KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
It is a creative label that brings together the cutting edge of online culture together with the next generation of creators, and operates a new era of artist management business. We have created an operational structure consisting of management staff who discover and develop artists, as well as marketing staff who have the know-how to operate YouTube and social media.
We collaborate with a variety of creators and artists, including virtual singers, singer-songwriters, composers, filmmakers, story writers, illustrators, designers, and other creators and “co-create” our works together with everyone who receives them, creating new creative live shows and works, and updating the music experience itself.
Official website:https://kamitsubaki.jp/
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