Since Vickeblanka made his career debut in 2016, he has been able to impress and gain the love of the audience with his good melodies and a beautiful falsetto voice. The versatile singer cum songwriter began composing music when he was in elementary school.
His kind of music is quite different and unique in the Japanese music scene. It is said that his musical spirit and themes are Japanese but his sonic palette is drawn from many other places. His songs are usually musically adventurous with different stylistic elements containing all kinds of twists and turns which makes it exciting and entertaining for his fans. He has become a favorite in Japan for his outstanding pop musicality and versatile songwriting.
Who Is Vickeblanka?
Vickeblanka was born on November 30, 1987, in Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His real name is Yamaike Junya but he is better known by his stage name Vickeblanka. He has been active since 2014 but he made his official debut in 2016.
Foreign Music Influenced His Kind of Music
Growing up, Vickeblanka listened to a lot of foreign music under the influence of his parents. He started listening to all the CDs his parents owned, his father particularly liked groups such as Alice and Tulip, a pop/folk band. And also, other foreign musicians such as Abba, Carpenters, Bay City Rollers, Queen, and Michael Jackson. Also, the kind of music the older people around him indirectly influenced him. His parents’ choice of music is at the core of his influences.
Vickeblanka’s Style and Genre
He started music at a very tender age and he was inspired by Michael Jackson. He plays his piano like Ben Folds and performs like Mika enthralling his audience.
The talented singer considers the piano a big part of his sound. He always uses the piano to compose music naturally because he believes it gives him some level of freedom. Vickeblanka prefers to work with the outcome of his work in the studio even though he prepares the harmony and arrangement on his own beforehand. He is a highly creative singer and composer who focuses on his creative production and vocal harmonies and string arrangements.
Vickeblanka right now is considered a newcomer in the music industry with a unique voice that sets him apart and his new artistic sense of pop music in piano riff ensemble. He plays almost every musical instrument by himself ranging from beats infused into danceable songs to mellow love songs. His genre is J-Pop and Synth Pop. Vickeblanka is signed to a record label known as Avex Trax
He encourages his fans through the lyrics of his songs which has really been working in his favor as his fan base keeps getting bigger and stronger.
The J-pop singer made his major debut with the single Urara and it topped radio charts all over Japan. The original music video of his song, black rover was included on Vickeblanka’s Urara single. The song is regarded as a fast-paced, heroic song to be performed by the singer in an anime.
Vickeblanka released his first mini-album in 2014 before he released his debut album in 2016 with the release of the song slave of love. Since his debut, he has attained great success in the music industry and has sold out tours all over Japan. The Japanese singer-songwriter record and released quite a number of songs and albums. After he made his major-label debut, he released a second single, Masshiro which was featured on several television series and it also made the billboard japan streaming chart for 17 consecutive weeks. Vickeblanka won an event called Minami wheel in 2012 with his song ‘Wake Up Sweetheart’.
His Songs were used in Anime Series
He likes and enjoys quite a number of anime such as Kimetsu No Yaiba, Durarara!!, Black Clover, Fruits Basket, Fist of the North Star, Chuka Ichiban! And a few others. His song Black Catcher has become the opening theme song for the anime series, Black Clover.
Vickeblanka is active on Social Media
The talented singer joined Twitter in May 2012 and so far, he has amassed followership of over 46.4k. on Instagram, Vickeblanka has over 29.6k followers and on his Youtube channel, he has 12.9k subscribers. It is quite obvious the numbers will definitely add up as he becomes more popular internationally.
