He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to two Japanese immigrants.
Inoue performs every instrument on his recordings in addition to writing and composing the pieces on his own.
He gained prominence when his song "Closer" was used as the fourth opening theme for Naruto: Shippuden.
[2] His fifth single "Kaze no Gotoku" was used as the second theme song for the Yorinuki Gin Tama-san anime.
by rapping on the track "Eden"[4] and later wrote and was featured on Totalfat's 2011 single "World of Glory".