History
yasu grew up listening to Japanese rock and pop music. He has individualistic style of singing and clear high tone of voice.
yasu is a music producer who personally oversees the mixing and mastering of music for all the original songs. The lyrics he writes are in natural and simple Japanese with realistic expressions.
Acid Black Cherry began performing in the summer of 2007. He performed virtually “secretly,” opening for other acts at small venues―an unheard of practice for an artist of his stature―at 15 locations nationwide between May 6 and June 10, 2007. The finale of that tour was an unannounced live performance held outside Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. The performance attracted some 5,000 people and had to be suspended after only two songs ("Black Cherry" and "Spell Magic") because of orders from the police. On July 18 of the same year, yasu made a major debut with his first single "Spell Magic".
Acid Black Cherry then participated in the Summer Sonic 07 in Osaka on August 12, garnering widespread attention. His much-awaited first album Black List was released the next year on February 20, 2008, followed by a nationwide tour. 27 performances were held at 26 locations across Japan, culminating in the first Budokan performance, a huge success attended by approximately 13,000 people.
"Recreation Track", was recorded as a cover song on an Acid Black Cherry record single. The album Recreation was also released on May 21 of that year. Recreation 2 was also released in June 2010.
Acid Black Cherry’s second album Q.E.D. was released on August 26, 2009, and the tour took place between September 16 and November 2 at 15 locations nationwide. yasu was diagnosed with vocal fold cysts a few days prior to the public dress rehearsal to be held on the first day of the tour. Fans feared that the entire tour would be abandoned, but only one public dress rehearsal was cancelled and the tour was carried out according to schedule. After the tour ended, Acid Black Cherry activities were temporarily suspended to enable yasu to concentrate on medical treatment and recuperate after an operation.
The single "Re:birth" was released on August 18, 2010. By September yasu had recovered completely for the tour. A total of four performances were held at Nippongashi Hall (Nagoya), Yokohama Arena (performances on two days), and Osaka Jo Hall, tickets for which were all sold out immediately.
In 2011, the fourth anniversary of his debut, yasu held the ABC Dream Cup to express his gratitude to his fans. Fans received four give aways: free ringtones of the singles released from 2011 to the beginning of 2012, free live performances for 40,000 people in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, free video downloads of the free live performances, and free music downloads of the 0th single "Because You Are Here". For the second gift, free live performances for 40,000 people in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka were held in July. 160,000 applications were received for the 40,000 places. Starting from September of the same year, five consecutive single tracks were released each month.
The eleventh single, "Pistol" was released on September 21, 2011. The twelfth single, "Shangri-La" was released on October 19, 2011. The thirteenth single, "Chou" was released on November 16, 2011. The fourteenth single, "Crisis" was released on December 21, 2011 and the fifteenth single "Yes" was released on January 18, 2012. "Yes" becomes Acid Black Cherry most successful single to date with 73,268 copies sold and it is also very popular in the digital market. "Yes" is chosen as the theme song for the BeeTV short drama, Re:dream.
Acid Black Cherry’s third album 2012 was released on March 21, 2012. 2012 went to the top of the Oricon weekly album chart with 117,744 copies sold in the first week and has sold over 160,000 copies so far. Like the first album Black List, that was based on the theme of the "seven deadly sins" and the second album Q.E.D. (inspired by the Black Dahlia murder), 2012 is also a theme-based album that embodies the beliefs that Acid Black Cherry has consistently sung about since it began. Following the release of the album, their 2012 tour began on May 1, with 22 performances scheduled for 21 locations nationwide. General ticket sales for the May and June shows was held on April 7 and it was sold out in just few minutes, meanwhile the general ticket sales for the July shows which was held on April 21 was sold out instantaneously.
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