SEAMO

SEAMO promoting Owari to Hajimari / Lost Boy (2010)

SEAMO (シーモ) is a Japanese rapper and hip-hop artist who made his solo debut in 2005 under BMG JAPAN. He rose to fame after collaborating with hip-hop duo BENNIE K on his single "a love story". SEAMO would later have hit songs with the long charting singles "Mata Aimashou" and "Lupin the Fire".

Profile

• Stage Name: SEAMO (シーモ)
• Real Name: Takada Naoki (高田尚輝)
• Birthday: October 31, 1975
• Blood Type: A
• Birthplace: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
• Favourite Foods: Korokke, boiled tofu
• Hated Foods: Konnyaku
• Hobbies: Horse racing, gambling, mahjong, swimming
• Favourite Artists: Kool Keith, MC Hammer, UNICORN, SING LIKE TALKING, ORIGINAL LOVE

Information

Before SEAMO's solo debut in 2005, he was known as SEA-MO NATOR (シーモネーター). During this time, he was part of a duo called SEA-MO NATOR & DJ TAKI-SHI, and also collaborated with BENNIE K for their song "Tengu VS Benkei" on the mini-album The BENNIE K Show.

In March 2005, SEAMO made his solo debut with the single "Kanpaku", followed by his second single "DRIVE" five months later. Both singles charted around #50 on Oricon charts, however, it wasn't until SEAMO collaborated again with BENNIE K that he would gain popularity. In October, he released the single "a love story" featuring BENNIE K, two weeks prior to his debut album. Despite the single reaching #14 on Oricon, SEAMO's debut album, Get Back On Stage, did not follow the same success.

Six months later, he released his fourth single "Mata Aimashou". Like "a love story", it reached #14 on Oricon charts and experienced prolonged popularity, selling over 160,000 copies. The follow-up single, "Lupin the Fire", broke the top ten, peaking at #9. SEAMO's sophomore album, Live Goes On, would even further see an exponential rise in popularity; it debuted at #1 on Oricon weekly albums chart.

Discography

SEAMO promoting SCRAP & BUILD (2008)

Albums

• [2005.10.26] Get Back On Stage
• [2006.09.20] Live Goes On
• [2007.10.31] Round About
• [2008.11.26] SCRAP & BUILD

Other Albums

• [2008.06.18] Stock Delivery (Collection Album)
• [2009.10.07] Best of SEAMO (Best Album)

Singles

• [2005.03.02] Kanpaku (関白; Advisor to the Emperor)
• [2005.07.13] DRIVE
• [2005.10.12] a love story (SEAMO with BENNIE K)
• [2006.04.05] Mata Aimashou (マタアイマショウ; Let's Meet Again)
• [2006.07.26] Lupin the Fire (ルパン・ザ・ファイヤー)
• [2007.04.18] Cry Baby
• [2007.07.25] Fly Away
• [2007.09.26] Kiseki (軌跡; Wagon Tracks)
• [2008.05.07] MOTHER
• [2008.06.18] Honey Honey feat. AYUSE KOZUE
• [2008.10.15] Continue
• [2009.08.19] My ANSWER / Fukeiki Nante Buttobase!! (My ANSWER /不景気なんてぶっとばせ!!)
• [2010.02.17] Owari to Hajimari / Lost Boy (終わりと始まり / Lost Boy)

Download Exclusive

• [2005.12.13] Victory Road feat. Risacchi!
• [2009.09.23] Kimi wo Wasurenai feat. AYUSE KOZUE (キミヲワスレナイ)

DVDs

• [2008.04.23] SEAMO Round About Tour ~2008 Nen SEAMO Hanki Chin Play Kou Play Taishou~ Final at Nippon Budokan (SEAMO Round About Tour ～2008年 シーモ半期 珍プレー好プレー大賞～ Final at 日本武道館)
• [2009.01.21] SEAMO ON DEMAND ～perfect clip collection～

Compilation / Other

• [2004.05.08] BENNIE K - The BENNIE K Show (#2 Tengu VS Benkei feat. SEA-MO NATOR)
• [2005.11.09] BENNIE K - Japana-rhythm (#14 a love story / BENNIE K with SEAMO)
• [2006.03.08] Tenjo Chiki feat. SEAMO - The Club
• [2006.05.24] Ukatrats FC - Win and Shine
• [2006.09.27] May'n - Fallin' in or Not feat. SEAMO
• [2007.03.04] Monkey Majik + SEAMO - Sotsugyou, Soshite Mirai e.
• [2007.03.17] HOME MADE Kazoku - FAMILIA (#5 fantastic 3 feat. SEAMO)
• [2007.07.18] Shuriken Jet - Sorairo Reflect (#2 Kokoro Original feat. SEAMO)
• [2007.09.19] KARUTETTO - L.I.F.E. (#5 Boku wa Koko ni Iru feat. SEAMO)
• [2007.10.24] DJ KAORI - DJ KAORI'S JMIX (#22 Kokoro no Koe featuring AZU)
• [2007.12.05] Rhythm Nation presents TOP HITS 07-08 (#6 Kokoro no Koe featuring AZU)
• [2008.02.27] SOFFet - NEW STANDARD (#4 Koi Uta with SEAMO)
• [2008.04.23] Wada Akiko - Wadaya (#6 Sunao ni Naritai feat. SEAMO)
• [2008.07.02] AZU - Jikan yo Tomare feat. SEAMO
• [2008.10.22] Sada Masashi Tribute Sada no Uta (#2 Soba ni ~Taisetsu na Hito~)
• [2008.10.29] BENNIE K - THE "BESTEST" BENNIE K SHOW (#3 a love story / BENNIE K with SEAMO)
• [2008.12.03] YA-KYIM - Kimi ga Iru Dake de / Saa Ikou! (#2 Saa Ikou! YA-KYIM respects SEAMO)

External Links

• Official Website
• Sony Music Profile
• Oricon Profile
• Japanese Wikipedia