GAKU

GAKU

GAKU (Gaku Itou) Born on January 22, 1995, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Since he was little, he was influenced by his mother (Minako Ito), a singer-songwriter, and the friends around him. Then he was really into music and started to listen to Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Queen, Aerosmith, etc. He is into rock and blues. He started playing guitar when he was 14 years old. From the age of 19, he studied abroad at San Diego State University for one year. After he returned to Japan, he started to work as an actor while working in a restaurant at a US military base. After working as an actor and model, he currently appears regularly on Nippon Television ZIP's "Traveling Apron." He was strongly influenced by John Mayer then he decided to be a singer-songwriter. In 2023, he met music producer Gyo Kitagawa, who graduated from Berklee College of Music and started producing his music. His debut single "What If You Feel" will be released in March 2024.