Itou Kashitarou

Itou Kashitarou (伊東歌詞太郎, Kashitarou Itou), formerly known as weezer, is a singer-songwriter and known for his strong, clear, "refreshing", and earnest-sounding voice, with a narrow, almost quavering vibrato. Although this distinct vibrato is occasionally described as being fluttery and slightly "peculiar", his voice is commonly considered to be "warm" and pleasant to listen to. He is a technically sound singer, capable of hitting notes cleanly and effortlessly as well as having a decent vocal range; he is also very good at controlling his singing volume.

His first upload was in fact not an cover, but an original VOCALOID song titled "Namida ga Koboreru Mae ni" using, after which he was given the  honorific and dubbed FuwamokoP (ふわもこP). In addition to VOCALOID work, he posted a few acoustic and arranged covers on the side under the utaite name weezer; but though they were well-received, their view counts almost never broke the 10K mark. His cover of "Melt", posted in early 2012, was his first breakthrough hit - shortly afterwards, he created a new account, changing his utaite name to Itou Kashitarou. He has since deleted his old account (thus halting his activity as a producer), but despite this, the videos posted on it remain viewable.

Before and during his tenure on Nico Nico Douga, he has also been known among Japanese indie music circles as the lead vocalist of the band the sailers (known as MANIAC SEA PLAY until 2008, but more popularly known as The Magical Steppers. before they changed their name again to the sailers in 2011) under his real name, Yashiro Tatsuya (家城竜也, Tatsuya Yashiro). To date, the band has released two singles and a mini-album; however, they have been on indefinite hiatus since July 2012. Although he has confirmed that he and Yashiro Tatsuya are one and the same, it is advised that fans and listeners keep his identities separate.

He is good friends with Amatsuki, with whom he often collaborates, and is also friends with the illustrator and mangaka Kuwahara Souta, who has illustrated some of his twitter avatars. He is a close, longtime friend of LeftyMonsterP (with whom he forms the unit Itowokashi) and often collaborates with him, including composing songs or having lives together. They have known each other since childhood, and performed together in middle school. Whenever he performs live as Itou Kashitarou, he wears a fox mask, while LeftyMonsterP wears one of several other masks.

His first entry into the utattemita category was an acoustic cover of the pillows' "Strange Chameleon", however his first cover under his present name was "Narisumashi Gengar" , which currently has 198K views and 8.5K mylists. His first hit cover was "Shiwa", which currently has over 381K views on NND and 21.5K mylists, and is the most popular cover of that song; while his most popular solo cover to date is "Children Record" , which currently has 795K views and 32.5K mylists.

Discography
For Circle of Friends albums see here For ShimeFive (〆5) albums see here For Smiley*2GS albums see here