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Kensuke Ushio
牛尾憲輔
Birth nameKensuke Ushio
Also known asAgraph
Born (1983-03-01) March 1, 1983 (age 41)
Tokyo
OriginJapan
GenresTechno, Rock, Minimalism
Occupation(s)DJ, Composer, Programming
Years active2007–present
LabelsKi/oon Records, Kuan Music, Beat Recordings
Websitewww.agraph.jp

Kensuke Ushio (Japanese: 牛尾憲輔, Hepburn: Ushio Kensuke, born March 1, 1983) is a Japanese composer, rock and EBM musician who performs under the moniker Agraph.

He is a member of Japanese rock band Lama. Together with Lama he released two full-length studio records New! in 2011 and Modanica a year later. Both albums charted on the Japanese Albums Chart.[1]

As an EBM musician he released three albums, all of which peaked in the Japanese Albums Chart.[2] He wrote and composed soundtracks for several anime television series and movies such as A Silent Voice, Space Dandy, Devilman Crybaby, Boogiepop, Ping Pong, Liz and the Blue Bird and Sanī/32.[3]

Career

As a child Ushio learned playing piano. He studied arts and music at university. At the same time he learned the usage of the audio editor software Pro Tools. At the age of 20 Ushio got his first contact with electronic music such as techno.[4]

He started his solo career in 2007 under the moniker agraph. and creates electronic music. His debut album A Day, Phases which was produced by Takkyu Ishino was released in December 2008.[4] Two years later his second album Equal was released which ranked in the Japanese Albums Charts.[2]

In 2011 Ushio and some former musicians of bands like Supercar and Number Girl formed a rock band called Lama.[5][6] The band released two albums which both ranked on the official Albums Charts of Japan.[1]

Due to his involvement in Lama, Ushio's third album named The Shader was released in 2016, six years after his second album. Ushio works as composer of film music as well, with a particular focus on animated projects. Among his film and television credits are music composition for Space Dandy (2014), A Silent Voice (2016), Liz and the Blue Bird (2018), and Boogiepop and Others (2019).[7][8] He is a frequent collaborator of directors Masaaki Yuasa and Naoko Yamada, as well as the animation studio Science Saru, for which he has composed the scores of Ping Pong the Animation (2014), Devilman Crybaby (2018), Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020), and The Heike Story (2021).[9][10]

Discography

Solo

  • 2008: A Day, Phase
  • 2010: Equal
  • 2016: The Shader

LAMA

  • 2011: Now
  • 2012: Modanica

Composer

References

  1. ^ a b "Rama no Arubamu Uriage Rankingu" LAMAのアルバム売上ランキング [LAMA Album Sales Rankings]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Agraph no Arubamu Uriage Rankingu" agraphのアルバム売上ランキング [Agraph Album Sales Rankings]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Kensuke Ushio no Sakuhin" kensuke ushioの作品 [Kensuke Ushio's Works]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Hashimoto, Shōhei. "agraph - Ongaku Natarī Tokushū Intabyū" agraph - 音楽ナタリー 特集・インタビュー [agraph - Music Natalie Feature / Interview]. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "Liz and the Blue Bird Press Release" (PDF). Pony Canyon. June 25, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "Nakamura Kōji, Furukawa Miki-ra ga, Shin Bando LAMA wo Shidō!" 中村弘二、フルカワミキらが、新バンドLAMAを始動! [Kōji Nakamura, Miki Furukawa, and Others Start New Band LAMA!]. Oricon (in Japanese). February 28, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (March 9, 2018). "Boogiepop and Others Light Novel Gets 2018 TV Anime by Madhouse". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  8. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 24, 2018). "Anime Expo Hosts U.S. Premiere of Liz and the Blue Bird Anime Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  9. ^ Coats, Cayla (July 22, 2020). "To Make Something Solid: A Conversation with Kensuke Ushio, Composer of Japan Sinks 2020". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  10. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 2, 2021). "Science SARU Reveals The Heike Story TV Anime by Naoko Yamada". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
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