Natsushiro Takaaki

Natsushiro Takaaki (夏代孝明, Takaaki Natsushiro), formerly known as Yuei (ゆーえい) and P-ch!, is a singer-songwriter and known for his exceptionally powerful, slightly rough but solid voice, and emotional and expressive singing style. Despite this, he is not a "hot-blooded" singer in the usual sense; his voice is usually described as conveying a feeling of "intensity" rather than "fire". He is noted to have a good vocal range as well as a fair amount of technical skill, and is capable of effortlessly holding notes in addition to having a firm grasp of pitch and tone.

Although in recent months he has become well known as "Natsushiro Takaaki", he has been known by several other utaite names during his tenure on Nico Nico Douga - in fact, he uploaded his first cover in 2008 at the age of 16, under the name P-ch!. However, he first rose to prominence under the name Yuei, with relatively popular covers of "Hello/How Are You" and "Calc." ; while his most popular covers under his current name include "Kimi no Oto" and "Sarishinohara".

He is noticeably close to 4Yen, Ollie, Nigauri, Kapo, and Ichinose Hidenori, the first four of whom he is friends with in real life. He is also good friends with the producer HeavenzP, who often mixes his covers. Outside of Nico Nico Douga, he is one of the lead singers for the Japanese indie band einie (in addition to composing and writing lyrics for many of their songs) under the mononym natsushiro, along with vocalist and fellow utaite Eve.

Affiliations and collaboration projects

 * 1) Member of the band einie (as lead vocalist and composer) with Eve (lead vocals and composition), iida (arrangement and guitar), nskw (arrangement and guitar), futa (bass guitar), ueno (art direction), and emumelo (video direction and editing)
 * 2) einie (einie album) (Released on October 28, 2012)
 * 3) Waltz for Chroma (Marmalade butcher's album) (Released on October 28, 2012)
 * 4) Aru Ichinichi (einie album) (Released on April 29, 2013)

Trivia

 * He has stated that his real name is almost identical to his utaite name, with his real name also being "Natsushiro Takaaki" when written in romaji; however, they are not exactly the same, as he uses a different kanji reading of "Natsushiro" in real life.
 * He was born in Shiga Prefecture, and currently lives in Kyoto.
 * He is 178 centimeters tall (approximately 5' 10½"), and weighs 54 kilograms (approximately 119 pounds).
 * He has a younger sister.
 * He likes summer, music, and sweet things.
 * He is often identified with the numbers 7240 or 7246; in Japanese, if each individual digit in those numbers is expressed phonetically and then contracted, they become similar to "Natsushiro" in pronounciation: nana tsu (two) shi zero and nana tsu shi roku, respectively.
 * His trademark favorite foods are Snickers chocolate bars; he often tweets pictures of the aforementioned confection, and is occasionally depicted in fanart with a Snickers bar.
 * One of his favorite fictional characters is Konoha from Kagerou Project.