Kimeru

Born June 17, 1980 in Kumamoto-ken in Japan, after graduating from high school, he originally became a mailman, but later decided to pursue a career as a singer.

In the spring of 2003, Kimeru originated the role of Shusuke Fuji, the prodigy of Seigaku Middle School's tennis club, in The Prince of Tennis musical production series (commonly called Tenimyu), and understudied the lead role of Ryoma Echizen.

Less than two weeks before the second musical of the series, Remarkable 1st Match Fudomine, the lead actor cast for the main role of Echizen, Kotaro Yanagi, was struck by a car and was in critical condition for some months.

Because the musical's rehearsals were well underway and performance dates already set, Kimeru had to step up into the role.

Kimeru was struck so hard by his friend's accident that when he released his third single, "OVERLAP" (a theme song for the anime Yu-Gi-Oh!

Kimeru returned to his role of Fuji when Yuya Endo was brought in as the new Echizen (Nagayama went back to Kikumaru as well, and Ichitaro permanently left).

With only three dates (one in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo), it was his stepping stone into real touring as a professional singer.

On August 25, 2004 he released his fourth single, "Be Shiny", as well as his first DVD with live footage and music videos.

At the beginning of 2005, for his last show in Tenmiyu - Side Fudomine - Kimeru was reunited with a recovered Kotaro Yanagi, who would share the role of Echizen with Endo.

Kimeru's role of Fuji would be carried on by Hiroki Aiba, Yuuta Furukawa, Hashimoto Taito, Ryou Mitsuya and Yusuke Yata.

Not losing any steam, Kimeru released his fifth single "The Pleasure of Love", as well as toured yet again, adding two new stops to his route (Sendai & Fukuoka).

Kimeru's popularity was growing, and on May 21, 2005, he performed in his first seated live house (Shibuya Public Hall in Tokyo).

Being signed onto a larger and more well-known label proved beneficial for Kimeru, and with the release of his sixth single "Answer Will Come", he put on his special Kimeru-Land Summer Eruption 2005 tour, complete with games and selling of old merchandise.

At the start of 2006, Kimeru departed on another tour to promote Glorious, kicking off at the Kouseinunkin Hall in Tokyo on New Years Day, and hand-signing over 1000 posters that would be given out to each attendee.

He also sang the song "Style", the ending song for the new anime "Musashi", created by Monkey Punch, as well as released his new single "恋のパフォーマンス: To Be with You (Koi no Performance ~To Be with You~") and his DVD Glorious Films, a recording of his glorious tour.

His visit resulted after his fans in China continuously mailed letters and presents to a place in Beijing called the "Japanese Music Information Center (JAMIC)".

During his entire visit, he was completely overwhelmed with the amount of support he received, and was very surprised when his name appeared in "Cool-kei Ongaku", a magazine for Japanese and Korean artists, ranking 9th in Individual Male Performers, among huge acts like Hyde, Yamapi, and other famous acts.

Anticipation rose for the single when Kimeru announced the PV for Timeless would feature some of his old castmates from Tenimyu: Sota Aoyama (Sadaharu Inui), Eiji Takigawa (Kunimitsu Tezuka), and Naoya Gomoto (Kaoru Kaidoh).

In addition to this, Kimeru was delighted to announce a stop in Kumamoto during his tour, his first time performing in his home town.

When "Timeless" was finally released on October 4, the announcement was made about Kimeru's next single, featuring a collaboration between him and popular musician Daisuke Asakura.

Known as DA to most of his fans, most people know him from either his work with the popular anime series Gravitation, or from producing many songs for the singer T.M.Revolution.

Kimeru, along with Endo and Nagayama, went to see Yanagi when he was graduating from his role of Echizen during Tenimyu's Dream Live 3rd concert.

Shortly after the release of the album, Kimeru performed at his second "Ark" special celebrating his 5th Anniversary.

Along with all his touring, Kimeru released his 11th single, "With You", which was produced by Tetsuya Komuro, who has worked with such acts as BoA, Backstreet Boys, and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Taking a small break from his singing, Kimeru returned to the stage to star as the title role in the musical Pippin.

Kimeru returned to his role as Shusuke Fuji and reunite with the 1st generation Seigaku cast to perform in Tenimyu's Dream Live 7th.

He then took part in another stage play called Shounen Hollywood, which co-starred fellow TeniMyu cast member Takashi Nagayama.

KIMERU released two new works: on March 13 his new mini album, "Liar", which contained "Go Forward" and 6 new songs.

Waiting For... (instrumental) DVD track listing 1.Junk Beat PV (Single) October 31, 2007

February 27, 2005 - Shibuya-AX, Tokyo March 5, 2005 - Ma.Ca.Na, Sendai March 12, 2005 - E.L.L., Nagoya March 13, 2005 - Big Cat, Osaka March 21, 2005 - Drum Be-1, Fukuoka K's Ark 2005 May 21, 2005 - Shibuya Public Hall, Tokyo Kimeru-Land Summer Eruption 2005 August 6, 2005 - Drum Be-1, Fukuoka August 7, 2005 - Namikijan Kushon, Hiroshima August 13, 2005 - Big Cat, Osaka August 20, 2005 - Shibuya-AX, Tokyo August 21, 2005 - Shibuya-AX, Tokyo August 28, 2005 - Club Junk Box, Sendai September 3, 2005 - E.L.L., Nagoya September 4, 2005 - E.L.L., Nagoya Kimeru Tour 2006 "Glorious" January 2, 2006 - Kouseinunkin Hall, Tokyo (New Years Special) January 9, 2006 - Big Cat, Osaka January 14, 2006 - Diamond Hall, Nagoya January 21, 2006 - Club Junkbox, Sendai January 22, 2006 - Club Junkbox, Niigata January 28, 2006 - Namiki Junction, Hiroshima January 29, 2006 - Drum Be-1, Fukuoka Kimeru Tour 2006 "Beat Performance April 19, 2006 - O-West, Tokyo (Release Special) April 30, 2006 - Drum Logos, Fukuoka May 1, 2006 - Namiki Junction, Hiroshima May 3, 2006 - Big Cat, Osaka May 4, 2006 - Diamond Hall, Nagoya May 7, 2006 - Club Junk Box, Sendai May 14, 2006 - Club Junk Box, Niigata May 28, 2006 - Tokyo International Forum Hall C, Tokyo Kimeru-Land Summer Dream 2006 July 22, 2006 - Shinkiba Studiocast, Tokyo TSM PresentsR&R Newsmaker "Mix Up!"