Eve[a] (born 23 May 1995) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and Vocaloid producer. He entered the music industry by singing covers of popular music on Niconico.
He signed to Toy's Factory in 2019, moving away from his independently owned label, buHarapeco Records, of whom Eve had produced under since the release of his debut album, Wonder Word.[2] He was also a guest in "School of Lock!" by Tokyo FM.[3]
His style of music was reportedly influenced by pop culture, such as movies.[4]
His music has been featured as the theme song for various anime, such as "Dark Night" (闇夜) for Dororo, "Kaikai Kitan" (廻廻奇譚, lit.'Round Round Mysterious Story') for Jujutsu Kaisen, "Ao No Waltz" (蒼のワルツ, lit.'Blue Waltz') for Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, "Fight Song" (ファイトソング, Faito Songu) for Chainsaw Man, "Bokurano" (ぼくらの, lit.'Our') for My Hero Academia, and "Teenage Blue" (ティーンエージブルー, Tīnēji Burū) for Blue Box.
Career
2009–2018: Early years
Eve began his career on the Japanese video-sharing service, Niconico in October 2009.[5] His first cover was released on Niconico on 1 October 2009, singing "TRAGIC BOY".[6] Kurowa and Keitora were his previous names on Niconico, before he began to use his current name.
From 2012 to 2013, Eve was the lead vocalist for the Japanese indie band Einie, alongside Natsushiro Takaaki, another well-known Vocaloid musician within the utaite (歌い手) community. Afterward, Eve was a member of a group called "Riot of Color" in 2014, before releasing his debut album, Wonder Word, on 14 August 2014.
Eve followed Wonder Word with Round Robin in 2015, before releasing Official Number in 2016. Official Number was his first charting album at the time, peaking at 35 and 99 on the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100.
Following the success of Official Number, Eve released Bunka (文化, lit.'Culture') on 13 December 2017, which peaked at 14 and 33 on the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100, respectively.
On 7 March 2018, Eve released Blue (蒼), a collaboration album alongside Sou.
2019–2022: Major debut and Kaizin
In 2019, Eve signed to Toy's Factory. On 6 February 2019, Eve released Otogi (おとぎ, lit.'Fairy'), his first major album with the label.[7]Otogi was Eve's highest chart position at the time, peaking at 6 and 4 on the Oricon Albums Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot 100 respectively.
Eve followed Otogi with Smile, his most successful album by chart position to date, on 12 February 2020. Smile peaked at 2 and 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot 100 respectively. Following the release of Smile, Eve released his second EP, Kaikai Kitan/Ao no Waltz on 23 December 2020.[8] The EP was preceded by three singles: "Kaikai Kitan", "Ao no Waltz" and "Shinkai", which were used as the soundtrack for the anime Jujutsu Kaisen and the movie Josee, the Tiger and the Fish respectively.[9][10]
On 25 January 2022, Netflix announced a musical film, Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation, a collaboration project with Eve.[11] The film featured various scores produced by Eve and had a runtime of 60 minutes. The film premiered on 15 March 2022 and also had a limited theatrical release in Japan.[12][13] A day after the release of the film, his third major album Kaizin (廻人, Kaijin), was released. The album peaked at 4 on the Oricon Albums Chart. In the following month, he performed the title track for the anime film Bubble alongside Riria.[14][15] His single "Fight Song" (ファイトソング, Faito Songu) used as the 12th ending theme song for the anime series Chainsaw Man, and released digitally on 28 December 2022.[16][17]
2023–present: First foreign tour and Under Blue
In January 2023, Eve released "Bokurano" (ぼくらの, lit.'Our'), the opening theme for the second part of the sixth season of My Hero Academia.[18] A Bokurano EP was released on 22 March 2023.[19]
Eve collaborated with composer Hiroyuki Sawano on a song titled "Pray" released on 13 January 2024, and it was featured as the ending theme song for the 2024 television drama Innai Keisatsu.[20][21]
In May 2024, Eve began touring outside of Japan with his first Asia tour "Eve Asia Tour 2024 Culture", beginning in Hong Kong.[22][23]
Throughout 2024, Eve continued releasing singles and performing songs with tie-ins including "Insomnia" and "Sweet Memory" for My Home Hero (live action)[24] and Shōshimin Series respectively. On 20 August 2024, Eve announced his next album titled Under Blue.[25] In October 2024, Eve performed the single "Teenage Blue" as the ending theme song for the anime series Blue Box.[26]
Under Blue, Eve's fourth major album, was released on 27 November 2024.[27] On the same day, a music video for "Lazy Cat", the first track on Under Blue was released.[28]
Other ventures
Eve created a clothing brand named Harapeco in 2016, and currently manages, designs, and sells unisex apparel and accessories. Eve also manages a second Store, named Eve Official Store, where he sells different types of music and tour-related merchandise that includes clothing and accessories.[29]
He created and published a manga, Kara no Kioku, illustrated by Newo, on 15 April 2020. The manga currently has 32 chapters through 4 Volumes, the most recent volume being released on 27 December 2022.
Alongside the manga, Eve is also writing a light novel, named How to Eat Life, of which was announced on 1 August 2022 on Eve's Twitter page. Volume 1 proceeded to release on 22 September 2022.[30] Volume 2 was also being worked on at the time.[31] Volume 2 proceeded to release on 11 January 2023, with an attached announcement that Volume 1 of the Novel would be proceeding with a reprint. The announcement was made by MF Bunko J, a novel publishing label, affiliated with Media Factory.[32] Volume 3 was released afterwards, on 26 May 2023.[33]
