DAOKO

daoko promoting ShibuyaK

DAOKO is a female singer/rapper from Tokyo.

Profile

• Stage Name: DAOKO (written だをこ in hiragana)
• Indies Stage Name: daoko
• Birthday: March 4, 1997 (1997-03-04)
• Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Information

DAOKO first began writing and recording songs with her family's shared iMac in their living room. She used GarageBand software and the built-in microphone on the computer to record her voice. She chose various free tracks (for example, Vocaloid songs) from the internet and tried to remake them in her own style by following the melody and lyrics. Her whispery vocal style was not intentional at first, it was just something she ended up doing because she didn't want her voice to carry too far from the living room as she sang. When she got her own personal computer in her room, she used that to record her demos.

In her third year of junior high school, she began to post rap music on Nico Nico Douga. Through that, she met Jinmenusagi, who was on the indies label LOW HIGH WHO? PRODUCTION, and who in turn introduced her to the president of the label. By the time of her entrance into high school, she had acquired a contract with the label under the name daoko. However, because the girls' school that she attended forbade their students from entering the entertainment industry. she had to hide her face. ☆Taku Takahashi of m-flo liked her music, and m-flo collaborated with her in the song IRONY, which was then used as the theme song for the 2013 movie Taka no Tsume ~Utsukushii Elleair Shoushou Plus. She also caught the eye of film director Nakajima Tetsuya, and in 2014 her song Fog was used in his film Kawaki. Also in 2014, she worked with TeddyLoid to provide the song ME!ME!ME! for Studio Color and Hideaki Anno's video series entry into the Japan Animator Expo, and attracted a great deal of attention worldwide.

In 2015, several major label record companies competed over her, but she eventually chose TOY'S FACTORY to make her major label debut. Her first single ShibuyaK / Samishii Kamisama was released, and since she had graduated from high school that year, she also revealed her face for the first time. At the time of her major debut, she also changed her stage name to be DAOKO, all-uppercase.

Discography

Albums

• [2012.12.05] HYPER GIRL -Mukougawa no Onnanoko- (HYPERGIRL-向こう側の女の子-) (indies)
• [2013.12.11] GRAVITY (indies)
• [2015.02.04] Dimension (indies)
• [2015.03.25] DAOKO

Mini-albums/EPs

• [2012.07.20] Shoki Shoujou (初期症状) (Indies, limited distribution)
• [2013.09.11] UTUTU (indies)

Singles

• [2015.10.21] ShibuyaK/Samishii Kamisama (ShibuyaK / さみしいかみさま)
• [2016.09.14] Moshimo Bokura ga GAME no Shuyaku de / Daisuki with TeddyLoid / BANG! (もしも僕らがGAMEの主役で/ダイスキ with TeddyLoid/BANG!)

Compilations/Other

• [2012.07.07] Fukashigi/wonderboy - Sayonara, (さよなら、) (#8 Sekai Seifuku Yameta (世界征服やめた), chorus)
• [2012.08.08] Various Artists - LOW HIGH WHO? / D.I.Y. -CAMP AND SUMMER- (#1 Egg Burnin' 2nd (Fukashigi/wonderboy, Momose, Jinmenusagi, EeMuu, Utatane/nauyta, kome, daoko, kuroyagi, milen, Madogarasu, ELOQ, Ikashiyu), #2 iiko iiko (daoko, *+Ω+*), #12 Yume no naka (ゆめのなか) (daoko, Jinmenusagi))
• [2012.12.30] DJ6gatsu (DJ6月) - Tawagoto Speaker DJ6gatsu remix (戯言スピーカー DJ6月remix)
• [2013.05.15] COASARU - Henshin (変身) (#7, Houkago Koutei nite (放課後校庭にて) feat. daoko, #19 Henshin (変身) feat. Paranel, daoko)
• [2013.07.01] HakobuNe - ROAD TO 2013 (#4 Uso (うそ) feat. daoko)
• [2013.07.24] ESNO - Yuugure Parallelism feat. daoko (夕暮れパラレリズム feat. daoko)
• [2013.09.11] m-flo + daoko - IRONY
• [2013.09.18] NF Zessho - Natural Freaks (#8 Soul Train (chorus by daoko)
• [2013.09.xx] Various Artists - LHW? COLLECTION vol.1 "HI" (#13 Saikin (最近)
• [2013.09.xx] Various Artists - LHW? COLLECTION vol.2 "LO" (#10 bUd)
• [2013.11.06] Jinmenusagi - Tainai (胎内) (#9 Kagami (かがみ) feat. daoko)
• [2013.11.13] ★STAR GUiTAR - Planetary Folklore (#2 Mind Surf feat. daoko)
• [2013.12.xx] Various Artists - 2013 LHW? SAMPLER CD (#5 Nee Nee (ねえねえ) feat. Moshasuke / daoko, #12 UTUTU EeMu REMIX)
• [2013.12.22] PAGE - Studio Live Session vol.4 (13gatsu (13月) feat. daoko)
• [2014.03.19] Kitsunebi - 31sai no Real (31才のリアル) (#6 Lonely Gal (ロンリーギャル) feat. daoko, #10 Someiyoshino (ソメイヨシノ) feat. daoko)
• [2014.03.26] m-flo - FUTURE IS WOW (#11 IRONY)
• [2014.03.31] NHK E-TV - Jinsei Design U-29 (人生デザイン U-29) (Okay! - daoko & Mummy-D)
• [2014.06.11] DJ6gatsu - Batten Wolf (バッテンウルフ) (#2 motto! feat. daoko)
• [2014.07.16] GOMESS - Ai (あい) (#8 Densetsu (伝説) feat. daoko)
• [2014.11.21] Nihon Anime (ーター）Mihon'ichi Dai 3wa - ME!ME!ME! feat. daoko/TeddyLoid
• [2014.12.05] koducer × daoko - tunnel (tunnel)
• [2014.12.17] Genius P.J's - world is yours (#1 world is yours - Genius P.J's × daoko)
• [2014.12.24] koducer × daoko - Kireigoto EP () (#1 Kireigoto (きれいごと), #2 Hikari (ひかり), #3 Sudachi (すだち), #4 Amatsubu (あまつぶ), #5 Chime (skit)) (チャイム), #6 Ceremony (セレモニー) feat. toto(from SUIKA))
• [2015.01.21] Various Artists - LOW HIGH WHO? / D.I.Y. -MEMORIES AND WINTER- (#10 UTUTU REMIX (Jinmenusagi × daoko), #17 Gomen ne (ごめんね) (Jinmenusagi × daoko × GOMESS × Paranel)
• [2015.05.01] Nihon Anime (ーター）Mihon'ichi Dai 20A-banashi - ME!ME!ME! CHRONIC feat. daoko / TeddyLoid
• [2015.05.13] Various Artists - Dowango/Studio Color Original BGM Series 1 (ドワンゴ/スタジオカラー オリジナルＢＧＭシリーズ①「日本アニメ（ーター）見本市の世界」) (#11 ME!ME!ME! feat. daoko _pt.1, #12 ME!ME!ME! feat. daoko _pt.2, #13 ME!ME!ME! feat. daoko _pt.3, #14 ME!ME!ME! CHRONIC feat. daoko (TeddyLoid Mega Remix))
• [2015.07.22] ESNO - Release (#6 Yuugure Parallelism (夕暮れパラレリズム) feat. daoko)
• [2015.09.11] Nihon Anime（ーター）Mihon'ichi Dai 31banashi Yoshizaki Hibiki × DAOKO Kikaku - GIRL (Samishii Kamisama~Yumemiteta no Atashi (さみしいかみさま～ゆめみてたのあたし))
• [2015.05.13] Various Artists - Nihon Animeーター）Mihon'Ichi Vocal Collection (#2 ME!ME!ME! feat. daoko _pt.1, #3 ME!ME!ME! feat. daoko _pt.2, #4 ME!ME!ME! feat. daoko _pt.3)
• [2016.04.06] HAL 2016nendo TVCM "Kirai, Demo, Suki (嫌い、でも、好き)

External Links

• Official Website