Biography
TSUKASA is a Visual Kei Enka singer and drummer from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
He is best known as former drummer of popular Visual Kei band D'espairsRay and is currently both the drummer of THE MICRO HEAD 4N'S and a solo Enka artist.
Born in the deep countryside district of Kahouku-cho at Yamagata Prefecture, TSUKASA has been well know for his love for Enka, traditional Japanese Romantic music, which he was introduced to in the early age of 3 by his parents, being his father an Enka singer himself.
In multiple occasions, TSUKASA found himself singing Enka songs on interviews and fan-events by request, and his love for this traditional style was already well known.
Back in 2013, during his band THE MICRO HEAD 4N'S international tour in Europe, he entertained the band's fans by singing a very popular folk song from his hometown, "Hanagawa Ondo", during intervals of each show of this tour.
In 2014, TSUKASA expressed his desire to start a solo career as an Enka singer while still playing drums for his band.
In 2015, he officially debuted as a Visual Kei Enka singer under the name 最上川 司 (Mogamigawa Tsukasa) with the single "Matsupoi yo" (まつぽいよ), a song he wrote dedicated to his parents and old friends from Yamagata.
By November 2015, he released the album "Okuno Utamichi" (奥の唄道), mostly composed by covers of his favorite karaoke Enka songs but using his own versions, featuring famous classics like "Kiita Sakaba" (北酒場) by Hosogawa Takashi (then popularized by the late star Enka singer Teresa Teng) and "Tsugaru kaikyou Fuyu geshiki (津軽海峡・冬景色)" by Ishikawa Sayuri. The album also includes his original debut single (Matsupoi yo) and an English version of it.
By November 2017, he released his "Golden Best" album with both original songs and popular covers.
He is currently signed to Universal Music Japan under their label Prime Music, working on new original music.
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Trivia
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 49kg
Hobby: drawing, karaoke
Favorite color: black, red, grey
Perfume: ANNASUI
Favorite food: curry, donuts, chou a la creme
Disliked food: prawn
Cigarettes: does not smoke
Place he goes to have fun: cave, hole
Favorite song: "Kisei -parasite-"
Favorite type of woman: natural type
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