WITHDOM

WITHDOM

WITHDOM is a 4-piece vocal "performance" group from Kyoto, Japan, introduced to the world by Grammy artist Boyz II Men. They are currently releasing digital singles for 12 consecutive months in 2024. WITHDOM has been highly acclaimed by artists at home and abroad, including Sota Hanamura of Da-iCE, Kaoru Kurosawa of The Gospellers, who celebrates his 30th anniversary this year as a pioneer of vocal groups, and Koushu Suzuki, a member of THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE. The vocal and chorus work by the four voices of SMOOTH, ROY, and Ryo, each with their own individuality, and rapper SHVNYA, with whom they can harmonize, sets them apart from other vocal groups. In 2023 and 2024, they were selected to sing the national anthem for the Orix Buffaloes pre-game ceremony at Kyocera Dome Osaka, and are expected to be a vocal group that will lead the next generation. In 2024, this vocal group is expected to make further progress. <WITHDOM Biography> Formed in Kyoto in 2017. In 2018, they held their first anniversary live performance at Myokenji Temple in Kyoto, a historic temple built in the 1300s. In November 2019, they became Kyoto Tourism Omotenashi Ambassadors. In December 2020, they will hold a live performance live-streamed worldwide on YouTube with "Kimono Forest" in the background on the platform of Arashiyama Station on the Arashiyama Randen, a world-famous landmark in Kyoto. In August 2022, he was appointed by the city of Kyoto as a Kyoto Tourism Global Supporter with the mission of spreading awareness of Kyoto Tourism Morals overseas. In April 2020, [Kanon], a CD released in April 2020, reached No. 8 on the Oricon Album Daily Chart, and songs from the digital album Synergy, released in 2021, reached No. 1 in a total of 18 categories on the iTunes Store. SMOOTH sings and participates in the image song [We are] for [EXPO TRAIN 2025 Osaka Monorail-go] an original design for the Osaka-Kansai Expo and Osaka Monorail Co. wrapping train to be unveiled at the departure ceremony on November 7, 2022, and wrote the lyrics. In addition, public participants from all over the world including China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Poland, Peru, and other countries living in Osaka are also participating in the chorus. July 2023: Released the official cover album [Somesing else] featuring official covers of King Gnu, YOASOBI, ORIGINAL LOVE, Yumi Matsutoya, Anri, Tatsuro Yamashita, and others. The official covers of YOASOBI's [Gunjo] and Yamashita Tatsuro's [Ride on Time] have appeared in web news in over a dozen countries including Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, USA, Mexico and France. In addition, [RIDE ON TIME] and original songs [Tetris] [Trippin' on you] and [Universe] were selected for the J-POP power play on the FM station [DJFM] in Surabaya, Indonesia, and reached the second highest position on the J-POP weekly chart. WITHDOM's songs, which are also highly acclaimed overseas, such as [Escape] [Without you] and [Kotonoha] have been long hits in Japan and abroad, and songs released in 2023 and digital singles for 12 consecutive months in 2024 were selected for the official playlists of various sites across the board. On January 27, 2024, their first solo live [STARDOM] at Zepp Namba was a SOLD OUT success, and from March 2024, they will be holding a tour to commemorate their 7th anniversary. Their high singing ability and stage performance at the tour final was highly acclaimed.