Keita Tachibana
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Keita Tachibana (橘慶太, Tachibana Keita) (born December 16 1985) is a Japanese musician. He is the lead singer of the J-Pop boy band w-inds. and is also very involved with their dance sequences.
Tachibana got his big break when he was the only male finalist in the 2000 Kyushu-Okinawa Starlight Audition, beating thousands of contestants, but did not win. He joined forces with two dancers from Sapporo, Ryuichi Ogata and Ryohei Chiba, to form w-inds.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing rounds of pool or soccer. Keita is also capable of playing various musical instruments; piano, guitar and bass guitar[citation needed].
He has an older brother, Yuta, and two younger sisters, Mai and Mio; Mio is currently a model and was part of the group Soran Happies.
Tachibana has now has his own solo career as well as being in a band. His debut single was released on the 18th October 2006, titled "Michishirube,". Although he is a solo artist now, he mentioned that w-inds. is a big part of him. w-inds. will not be disbanding.
His debut solo single, "Michishirube," debuted at #3 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. His solo album made it to the #5 on the first week on Oricon Weekly Albums Chart; it is also the first ending theme to the anime Reborn!.
His second solo single, "Friend", features the first OP of the anime adaption, Blue Dragon.
He has a blog that won the "Blog of the Year 2006".(by Cyber Agent)[citation needed].
Tachibana has also been rumoured to have dated fellow J-pop artists including Matsuura Aya, BoA Kwon and Ai Otsuka. [citation needed].
In 2007, Tachibana voiced Prince Arthur (Artie) in the Japanese dubbed version of Shrek the Third.
Discography
Singles
| # | Information | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1st / Debut Single |
Michishirube
|
48,000+ |
| 2nd | Friend | TBD |
Albums
| Album information | Copies sold |
|---|---|
Koe
|
40,000+ |