Keina Suda is a Japanese musician, lyricist, arranger, and singer-songwriter who is part of the Warner Music Japan sublabel named ‘UnBORDE’. Starting his Vocaloid-P journey under the name ‘Ballon’, he used the Vocaloid-P and other related software and has taken center stage to prove that he can redesign and beautify music with Vocaloid-P.
Keina Suda started his music career in the 2010s and at that time in Japanese music, the Vocaloid was a huge deal and Keina proves to be everything an amazing Japanese singer and songwriter can be, jumping on the trend and making magic with the music he produces.
Brief Bio About Keina Suda
He was born on the 20th of January 1993. From as early as Junior High, Keina had started playing drums and was actively a drummer with a band but after joining the Kunitachi College of Music, he switched the drums for the guitar.
Keina wanted to be a studio musician, so it was no surprise when he started composing Vocaloid music in 2013.
10 Things We Know About Keina Suda
1. Keina Suda’s Most Notable Song So Far
His most notable hit since the conception of his career to date is his song titled ‘Charles’. The song has over 70 million views on YouTube and has many other artists supporting and jumping on it and making covers for the song.
2. Keina Suda Takes On Anime
As is a famous trend amongst Japanese musicians, taking on anime is something Keina is wont to do. His first ever anime was ‘Ni No Kuni’ and his most recent is ‘Enen no Shouboutai’.
3. Keina Suda Makes It To Ani-songs
His songs have been listed on the Top 25 Anime Opening and Ending Songs of 2019.
Keina made it to that list with various other great musicians and this just goes to show that he is quite rooted in this anime business.
4. Keina Suda Breaks Into The Movie Industry
Keina is obviously not just famous along with the anime scene. Keina and his songs are also gradually making their way into the movie industry. His single titled ‘Alba’ was the theme song for the mystery movie ‘Wednesday Disappears’. A movie about an unsuspecting psychopath with multiple personalities.
He also wrote a song titled ‘Yururu’ as a theme song for the movie ‘The Masterplan of the Nameless World’. The song is a ballad and its string arrangement depicts that of a sense of loss.
5. Who Influences His Music
He grew up listening to rock bands such as Maroon 5 and The Birthday and they were such a huge inspiration and influence to his decision to be in a band and play rock music.
6. His Biggest Debut In UnBORDE
While envisioning a beautiful future in the Japanese music industry, and under his UnBORDE label, his first extended playlist (EP) titled ‘Teeter’ was his biggest debut. He had released singles and had performed with bands before but this EP was a huge deal for Keina.
7. Keina’s First Album Release
He released his first album titled ‘Quote’ in January 2018 and afterward, the start of his singing and songwriting career. He began this career using his own voice and name ‘Keina Suda’.
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8. Keina Suda’s First Permonace After His Debut
In March 2018, Keina performed a live concert for the very first time and it was quite a great feat for him to have achieved at the time. The concert was at Shibuya WWW and the crowd was huge.
9. A New Sound From Keina
Keina Suda showed what unique nasal vocals blended beautifully with thrilling fast-paced rock instruments could sound like when he released his song titled ‘Veil’ and wowed listeners with his beautiful, melodic voice.
The song was written and arranged by him and it portrayed his voice in a fresh new light.
10. He Was The First Artist To Be Featured On Spotlight
Music Nation launched a new project called ‘Spotlight’, on its official YouTube channel and the project aims to introduce to the public, the next generation of artists. Making the list of artists to be introduced, is Keina Suda and amazingly, he not only makes it to the list, but he is also the first artist to be on the show as it debuts.
Although Keina rarely makes it to the media, he obliged this and performed his song ‘Veil’.
