Shikao Suga

After 2 years struggling to have a major recording label, by age 30, he was signed up by Office Augusta, with his debut single ヒットチャートをかけぬけろ("Hit Chart o Kakenukero") being released later.

Both SMAP's "Yozora no Mukō" (1998) and KAT-TUN's "Real Face" (2006) either debuted at or reached quickly the top spot in the Oricon charts, and sold over 1 million units each.

Suga provided the song "Aozora Pedal" for the live version movie, starring Arashi's Sho Sakurai.

[6] On June 26, 2022, it was revealed that he would provide the song "Monster disco", arranged by Hyadain, which would serve as ending for Digimon Ghost Game's episodes, from ep 32 on.

In February 2013, XXXHOLiC live action drama started on Wowow, and Suga's "Aitai" was used as its opening theme song.

In 2015, CLAMP made the drawings for the music video for "あなたひとりだけ 幸せになることは 許されないのよ" (Anata hitori dake shiawase ni naru koto wa yurusarenai no you, also known as "Anayuru"), including in it images of characters from "XXXHOLiC", to celebrate his debut anniversary.

[13][14] Suga's 2013 album "Aitai" cover and artist photos were made by Photographer and Film Director Mika Ninagawa[15][16] His songs have also been included in non-manga movies, like Dark Water ("Aozora") and Sweet Little Lies ("Ame agari no asa ni").

[17] They have appeared as well in countless of TV ads, like those of insurance agency Sony Sompo, and some car brands and housing businesses.

In Gintama, his name was mentioned on episode 115, and his song "Progress", which is theme song of NHK's "Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi" has also been included in all sorts of parodies, including in Gintama's "Shirogane no Tamashii" arc 2nd season's episode 9, episode 69 of Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Animation, and in Arashi's program "Arashi ni Shiyagare" (June 30, 2018), in a parody of "Professional" in the section "Sakurai Sho no asakatsu", headed by member Sho Sakurai.

In 2019, director Makoto Shinkai twitted about his admiration for Suga, and that he "borrowed" the last name for the character Keisuke Suga from his newest anime movie, Weathering with You.Replying to @shikaosuga Japanese: ...スガさんは「思春期にこんな大人に出会いたかったな」という人で、須賀というキャラクターにお名前お借りいたしました笑。ありがとうございます！ Suga started appearing at concert venues in 1997 as part of a caravan of artists that either were mostly invited by radio station events, like "Akasaka Live" (TBS Radio) or "Meet the World Beat" (FM802),[32] or were self-promoted by the agency to which he belonged, like in all the "Augusta Camp" series, as part of Fukumimi, up until 2012, in which he appeared as guest, since he had retired from Office Augusta [ja] in 2011.

[38] For the 2020 Hitori Sugar Tour, Suga posted on his official site a series of recommendations about coronavirus health-related information for people planning to go to live concerts, mainly because of the concerns of the spread of the virus throughout Asia.

[40][41] In September 2017 he made his official first appearance in the American Continent, participating in the Greenroom Festival in Hawaii, which he repeated the following year.

[47][48] In 2012, Suga translated the lyrics for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which started performances September 28, at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo, with Mirai Moriyama in the lead.

He sang his 2006 single "Gogo No Parade" in the show opening and performed in collaboration with figure skater and two-time Olympic gold medalist, Yuzuru Hanyu, to the song "Real Face" amongst others.

The members were Suga Shikao (Vocal & Rhythm Guitar, Lyrics & Composition), Mori Toshiyuki (Keyboard & Band Master, Arrangement), Numazawa Takashi (Drums), Matsubara Hideki (Bass), Mamiya Takumi (Lead Guitar), Otaki Yuko and Saito Kumi (chorus).

[76] On his debut anniversary on February 26, 2023, Suga appeared in a special live concert introducing a new funk band, "Funksaurus".

Members of the band are Suga ("Bossaurus", vocals), Yoshito Tanaka ("Guitarsaurus", guitar), Ryuta Sakamoto ("Bassaurus", bass) and Gakushi ("Synthsaurus", synth).

[82] The group consisted of musicians Mao Abe, HY, Shigeru Kishida (Quruli), Shikao Suga, Bonnie Pink, Daisuke Yamamori (Rock'A'Trench), Sho Wada (Triceratops).

[83] Sugar & The Radio Fire is the special unit made to sing the song, and it consisted of musicians Shikao Suga, Sakurako Ohara, Yohei Kawakami (Alexandros), Kosuke Saito (Unison Square Garden), Maguro Taniguchi (Kana-Boon), Haruna (Scandal), Tatsuya Mitsumura (Nico Touches the Walls), Ryota Yamamura (Flumpool).

Spring campaign as a singer, this time as part of the special unit Radio Bestsellers, with the song 「栞」(Shiori), written by Ozaki Sekaikan (CreepHyp).

[84] Radio Bestsellers was made up by musicians Aimyon, Sekaikan Ozaki (CreepHyp), Kenta Kataoka (Sumika), Gen (04 Limited Sazabys), Kosuke Saito (Unison Square Garden), Shikao Suga.