Artist Profile
Kengo.
Born in Chiba Prefecture. Singer-songwriter. He started his music career while working as an office worker. He writes songs during early mornings, commutes, lunches, travel time, and holidays on weekdays, and has appeared in numerous music audition programs and events. In 2016, he won the runner-up prize at the Yamaha Music Audition "The Songwriter STAR" with his first song "Eki". In 2020, he demonstrated his multi-talented talents by producing songs for the official NTV channel "Papipupe Pop! Yubi-sack" sung by Chocolate Planet, and by utilizing his special skill of impersonation, appearing on an impersonation program and winning MVP. In 2022, he quit his job to focus on his music career. In May of the same year, he released the digital single "Kimi no Kuse". It was used as the background sound for the AKB48 TikTok official account and the player introduction video for Orix Buffaloes-hosted games. The second single "Fure Fure Oenka! " was chosen as the insert song for Nippon Television's "Hajimete no Otsukai" and the ending theme for the November episode of Nippon Television's information program "Baguette". It has become a hot topic as a song that "encourages people to be positive and do their best". In 2023, he was in charge of composing songs for the comedy duo "Chocolate Planet"'s four-part song release project on the theme of "Finger Sleeves" for each of the four seasons of "Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter".