A sample of a cover song by Natsushiro Takaaki "Yuudachi no Ribbon", composed by MikitoP |
Natsushiro Takaaki (夏代孝明, Takaaki Natsushiro), formerly known as Yuei (ゆーえい) and P-ch!, is a singer-songwriter and utaite 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 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 "Tentai Kansoku" and "Balleriko".
He is noticeably close to 4Yen, Ollie, Nigauri, Kapo and Ichinose Hidenori, the first four of whom he is friends with in real life. nqrse is one of his closed friends too, since they often goes to karaoke box together and sings with each other in recently tours. 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.
In 2019, Takaaki began performing under the solo project "Natsu to Suisei".
Affiliations and Collaboration Projects[]
- Member of Riot of Color
- Member of the indie band einie
- Member of the band Busty Asian Girl (lead vocals) with kochoP (guitar), Kuroron (bass) and Gobriel (drums)
- Member of Stars on Planet
- Member of Natsu to Suisei (lead vocalist)
- einie (Released on October 28, 2012)
- Waltz for Chroma (Marmalade butcher album) (Released on October 28, 2012)
- Aru Ichinichi (Released on April 29, 2013)
- Letter #1 (Released on August 09, 2013)
- Stars on Planet (Released on August 12, 2013)
- Ikemen Voice Paradise 7 (Released on December 18, 2013)
- Miki Uta (Released on December 18, 2013)
- Bedside Music (Released on December 31, 2013)
- HoneyWorks Kyoku Utattemita 4 (Released on December 31, 2013)
- Rensou Sankitan (Released on December 31, 2013)
- Kamikyoku wo Utattemita 8 (Released on January 15, 2014)
- STAGES (Released on March 05, 2014)
- atorie (KaiseiP album) (Released on April 26, 2014)
- Daydream QuestioN ? (Released on April 26, 2014)
- N43 Animate bonus CD (Released on July 09, 2014)
- Colorful Wonder Note (Released on August 17, 2014)
- Riot of color (Released on August 17, 2014)
- COLORFUL (Released on August 26, 2015)
- Tokyo Kenbunroku (Released on December 31, 2015)
- OFFICIAL NUMBER (Released on October 19, 2016)
- Tasogare Archive (Released on December 29, 2017)
Collaboration Units[]
List of Covered Songs[]
As P-ch!:
As Yuei:
- "Just Be Friends" (2009.10.11)
- "Saigetsu" (Touhou) (2009.10.18)
- "Fire◎Flower" (2009.11.28)
- "Dust" (2010.05.24)
- "S・K・Y" (2010.06.30)
- "Nilgiri" (2010.07.03)
- "Hello/How Are You" (2010.08.10)
- "*tear*" -two-step mix- (2010.09.17)
- "rollingirl" -Moebius ver.- (2010.10.22) (Private)
- "Raindrops" (2010.11.07)
- "Top Secret" (2010.11.17)
- "Calc." (2010.12.10)
- "rain stops, good-bye" (2011.02.25)
- "Kanade" -Piano ver.- (Sukima Switch song) (2011.04.28)
- "Yoru wo Koero" (Overcome the Night) (2011.10.11)
- "Hoshi no Uta" (Song of the Stars) (Original) (2011.11.23)
As Natsushiro Takaaki:
- "Kaede" (Maple) -acoustic cover- feat. 678 (Spitz song) (2012.07.24)
- "Irony" (Original with einie) (2012.08.15)
- "Sarishinohara" (2012.10.07)
- "HEAVEN" (2012.10.15)
- "Sider" (Original with einie) (2012.10.16)
- "Hoshi no Uta" -Acoustic ver.- (Song of the Stars) (2012.11.09)
- "Yuudachi no Ribbon" (Ribbon of the Evening Rain) (2012.11.19)
- "Kimi no Oto" (Your Sound) (2012.12.10)
- "Spica" (Original with einie) (2013.01.23)
- "Yobanashi Deceive" (Night Talk Deceive) (2013.02.18)
- "Hello, Worker" (2013.03.22)
- "Gunjou" (Aquamarine) (Original with einie) (2013.04.19)
- "Aru Ichinichi" (That Certain Day) (Original with einie) (2013.04.23)
- "Moumoku no Uchuu Hikoushi" (The Blind Astronaut) (2013.06.10)
- "Shounen Shoujo Moratorium Survive" (2013.06.21)
- "Raspberry*Monster" (2013.08.07)
- "World・Lampshade" (2013.08.20)
- "Yoru no Ikimono" (Creature of the Night) (2013.09.13)
- "Idola no Circus" (Idola's Circus) (2013.09.16)
- "Starduster" (2013.10.07)
- "Outer Science" (2013.10.25)
- "Kazemachi Hello World" (2013.11.22)
- "Cyber Thunder Cider" (2013.12.16)
- "Aimai Elegy" (Love-Lost Elegy) (2013.12.20)
- "Gyakuten Tantei" (Reverse Detective) (2014.01.09)
- "Tokyo Eki" (Tokyo Station) (2014.01.31)
- "Marshall no Kyousei" (Marshall's Coquettish Voice) -STAGES Edition- (2014.02.14)
- "Sayonara 8bit" (2014.02.25)
- "SHAKE" (SMAP song) -Arranged ver.- feat. KOOL, Ajikko, Ikkigate, Natsushiro and KEISUKE (2014.04.02)
- "Blessing" feat. Aoi, Amatsuki, 96Neko, Kiyo, vipTenchou, Kogeinu, Tama, Natsushiro Takaaki, nero, halyosy, Mi-chan, Melochin and Yuge (2014.04.14)
- "Tentai Kansoku" (Astronomical Observation) (BUMP OF CHICKEN song) (2014.05.30)
- "Hotarubi" (Firefly Lights) (2014.06.20)
- "Sayonara wo Tadotte" (Tracing Goodbyes) (2014.06.27)
- "Yakusoku no Starry Night" (Promised Starry Night) (Original with buzzG) (2014.07.01)
- "She" -Landmarks ver.- (2014.08.15)
- "Nishi he Iku" (To The West) -Landmarks ver.- (2014.09.12)
- "Hoshi ga Kieta Natsu..." (The Summer the Stars Disappeared...) (2014.10.05)
- "Ren'ai Saiban" (Love Trial) (2014.10.20)
- "Asu No Yozora no Shoukaihan" (A Patrol Squad for Tomorrow's Night Sky) (2014.11.19)
- "Kokoronashi" (No Heart) -Piano ver.- (2014.12.21)
- "Amaoto Noise" (Rain Noise) (2015.01.05)
- "Balleriko" (Ballerina Girl) (2015.01.16)
- "Yomosugara Kimi Omou" (All Night, Thinking of You) -Rap ver.- feat. Natsushiro Takaaki and nqrse (2015.01.28)
- "Fill Light Message" (Original with tomoboP) (2015.04.10)
- "Fu-rai" (Original with Nishizawasan-P) (2015.04.16)
- "Notebook" (2015.04.21)
- "Kyouhansha" (Conspirators) (2015.05.15)
- "Hoshitoriami" (Star Catching Net) (2015.07.08)
- "Hello, World!" & "Sugar Song to Bitter Step" (Kekkai Sensen OP & ED) (2015.07.14)
- "One-Man Life" (Original with Nishizawasan-P) (2015.07.20)
- "Tokyo Satsuki Yamai" (2015.12.28)
- "ORION" (Nakashima Mika' song) (2016.03.01)
- "Chronograph" (Original song; Future Card Buddyfight Triple D OP) -Short ver.- (2016.04.01)
- "Ghost Rule" -Rap ver.- feat. Natsushiro Takaaki and nqrse (2016.05.04)
- "366 Nichi" (366 Days) (2016.05.26)
- "Gingaroku" (Galaxy Log) (2016.06.22)
- "Fairytale," (2016.07.30)
- "Reason of birth" (2016.09.15)
- "Charles" (2016.11.18)
- "Universe" (2016.12.27) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Mabel" (2017.01.15)
- "Sekai no Mannaka o Aruku" (Walking in the Center of the World) (2017.04.07) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Ame to Petra" (Rain and Petra) (2017.04.21)
- "Romeo" feat. Itou Kashitarou and Natsushiro Takaaki (2017.05.11)
- "Near" (2017.07.02) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Dramaturgy" (2017.10.13)
- "Kimi dake wa." (Only You.) (2017.11.03) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Koishiteiru no sa" (I'm in Love) (2017.11.10) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Kataomoi" (2017.12.21)
- "Shinshun Motivation" (Original Song) feat. Syounen T, Amatsuki, Eve, 96Neko, and Natsushiro Takaaki (2018.01.03)
- "Takane no Hanako-san" (2018.03.17)
- "Roki" feat. Natsushiro Takaaki and Panaman (2018.04.20)
- "Juggernaut" (2018.05.27) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Recollection Endroll" (2018.07.11)
- "Endroll" (2018.07.20) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Planetarium no Shinjitsu" (2018.08.31) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "HANABI" (2018.10.14)
- "Gänger" (2018.11.20) (Original Song)
- "Comeback My Future" (2019.08.09) (Original with Akisame)
- "FROM LIVEHOUSE" (2019.10.06) (Original with Akisame)
- "Plastic Ability" (2019.11.08) (Original with Akisame)
- "Geminids" (2020.12.22) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Kurage" (Jellyfish) (2021.04.09) (Original Song)
- "From Tokyo" (2021.07.28) (Original Song/Self Cover)
- "Bloody Groovy" -Arranged ver.- (2022.01.07)
- "Ai yori Gunjou" (Bluer than Indigo) feat. Hoshimachi Suisei (2022.02.25) (Original Song)
- "Parallellalla" (Original Song)
As Natsu to Suisei:
- "juice" (2019.06.07) (Original Song)
- "CITY" (2019.10.04) (Original Song)
- "27th" (2020.01.17) (Original Song)
- "Dare demonai Monster" (Monster of Nobody) (2020.02.21) (Original Song)
- "Karma" -Japanese ver.- (2020.03.16)
- "Kinmokusei" (2020.04.04)
- "Flowering" -Japanese ver.- (2020.05.01)
- "Haru" (Spring) (2020.05.13) feat. Chohee (Original Song)
- "Coming out" (2020.11.28) (Original Song)natsushiro
Songs on TmBox[]
Notice: Due to the shutdown of TmBox, those links will not work anymore.
- "Flight Time" -Short ver.- (2013.01.27)
- "Ratto ga Shinda" (A Rat Died) -Short ver.- (2013.02.11)
- "Mahjong Kiwameta" (Mahjong Agreement) feat. Natsushiro Takaaki and Ollie (2013.02.14)
- "Lost One no Goukoku" (The Lost One's Weeping) -Short ver.- (2013.03.09)
- "Kazemachi Hello World" -Short ver.- (2013.03.31)
- "HOTCH POTCH STATION" -Acapella Short ver.- feat. Natsushiro Takaaki and Kapo (HOTCH POTCH STATION theme song) (2013.04.12)
- "Charon" -Arranged Short ver.- (NEGOTO song) (2013.05.23)
- "Boku wa Hatsune Miku to Kiss wo Shita" (I Shared A Kiss With Miku Hatsune) -Short ver.- (2013.06.04)
- "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" -Acoustic Short ver.- (ONE OK ROCK song) (2013.06.04)
- "Akenai Yoru wo Kowase" (Break The Night That Won't Dawn) -Short ver.- (2013.08.18)
- "Birthday Song for Araki Satoru" (2013.12.10)
- "Umiyuri Kaiteitan" (The Undersea Story of Water Lily) -Short ver.- (2014.05.10)
- "Sugar Song to Bitter Step" (Kekkai Sensen ED) -TV size ver.- (2015.06.22)
Commercially Featured Works[]
- "Chronograph" - Released on May 25, 2016
- Opening theme of the TV anime Future Card Buddyfight Triple D
- "Cadence" - Released on February 15, 2017
- 1st Opening theme of the TV anime Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation
- "Transit" - Released on May 17, 2017
- 2nd Opening theme of Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation
- "Ai yori Gunjou" with Hoshimachi Suisei - Released on February 25, 2022
- MoonStar's junior shoe brand SKLSHŌTER CM song
Discography[]
For Riot of Color albums see here
For einie albums see here
For Stars on Planet albums see here
Gallery[]
Illust. by liz
Illust. by Hozumi
Illust. by Subaru (すばる)
Trivia[]
- He has stated that his real name is almost identical to his utaite name, with his real name also being "Natsushiro Takaaki" when pronounced or written in romaji; however, they are not exactly the same, as he uses a different kanji reading of "Natsushiro" in real life.[2]
- He was born in Shiga Prefecture, and currently lives in Kyoto.[3]
- He is 178 cm tall (5'10")[4], and weighs 54 kg (119 lb)[5].
- He has a younger sister.[5]
- He likes summer, music, and sweet things.[3]
- 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.[6]
- He has a cat named Goma, who is currently 6 years old.[7]
- His Roomba is named after his song, Near.[8]
External Links[]
- Official Homepage
- TmBox
- TikTok (Natsu to Suisei)
References[]
- ↑ November 26, 2012 Twitter status
- ↑ April 21, 2012 tumblr. post
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 His Twitter profile Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 July 27, 2012 Twitter status
- ↑ Artwork from Heiwa (へいわ), formerly used as his Twitter avatar
- ↑ March 29, 2017 Twitter status
- ↑ August 3, 2018 Twitter status