| Do As Infinity |
Song Writers (Lyricists)
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The following people wrote lyrics for Do As Infinity:
The following people wrote lyrics for Do As Infinity:
- Tomiko Van (伴都 美子) - she's the lead vocalist of the band, and the main lyricist. Her lyrics range from playful ("BE FREE") to bitter ("Sariyuku Yuube") to reflective ("We are."), and her voice conveys these feelings quite well. She's truly a storyteller and good at her craft. =)
- Ryo Owatari (大渡 亮) - truly a "Jack-of-All-Trades", Ryo plays guitar, sings backup vocals, composes music AND writes lyrics for the band! (^_^) His lyrics also cover a wide range, sometimes abstract and silly ("under the sun", "Good for you"), and sometimes powerful and serious ("Tooku Made", "I can't be myself").
- Naoto Suzuki (鈴木 直人) - he might be 3rd on this list, but he's actually the one who got Do As Infinity started! He wrote the lyrics to their first 3 singles...and he's also their Executive Producer. Without him, Do As Infinity truly wouldn't be where they are now. As a sidenote, Mr. Suzuki also composes music and has worked with Dai Nagao for other artists, including Ayumi Hamasaki. (^^) You can learn more by visiting Dai's website.
- AKI.shibuya (渋谷 亜希) - not much is known about her, but Ogawa (a member of DAIForum) said that AKI.shibuya is "an avex actress". That confused me a little, because I didn't know avex had actresses; I thought they just created music. So I did some more research, and stumbled onto her official profile page. Sure enough, she IS an actress!!! She's even been on TV dramas!!! ^^ Aside from her acting talent and beauty (she's really pretty!! There's a pic on her profile page!!), one of the most interesting things about Aki is that she's very good with English. She wrote 2 of their English songs ("SUMMER DAYS" and "Break of Dawn"), and she supposedly helped Van with her English pronunciation!!
- Jun Harada (原田 淳) - for the most part, Mr. Harada is a very private man. Not too much is known about him, but we do know that he's the band's A&R, which (I believe) means that he's their "coach". He helps them with their music and lyrics. And he probably helps them correspond with the media, as well as important, hard-to-reach people at avex. (Last I checked, he was in charge of avex's Press Relations [PR] department). Anyway...Jun Harada, along with Kayoko Shinchi (and "Saiko Kawamura") REALLY seem to be the "philosophers" of the Do As Infinity. The two of them only wrote 18 songs before the band broke up, but those songs are among the most powerful, haunting, moving pieces in Do As Infinity's history. Jun has a way with expressing deep thoughts with the simplest, prettiest words. The man's truly got skills. ;)
- Kayoko Shinchi (新地 カヨコ) - she's also a very secretive and private person. But thanks to Mr. Harada's comments/liner notes from "Do The A-Side", I know that she's actually a full-time beautician who sometimes wrote lyrics for the band. (No doubt, she has connections at avex; they wouldn't let just any beautician write lyrics, hehe. xD) Mr. Harada calls her a "genius" when it comes to writing lyrics, so you know she's good. (^_^) Not only that, but she sang the demos for a lot of Do as Infinity songs. She's definitely a very important person to the group!
- Saiko Kawamura (川村 サイコ) - this is a pen name/entity that Jun Harada and Kayoko Shinchi share. (^^) Sometimes Kayoko and Jun work together, and sometimes they work separately...but either way, Saiko is quite an accomplished lyricist. Many of Saiko's lyrics deal with anti-war themes, and human emotion (so I'm quite sure Jun and Kayoko love Ryo, since several of his lyrics deal with the same thing. =) Aside from Do As Infinity, Saiko has also written songs for the anime series Full Metal Alchemist, and J-Pop artists Nami Tamaki and Youko Ishida. In 2010, this pen name was changed to "Psycho" Kawamura. Other lyricists who've worked with Do As Infinity include:
- Kano Inoue (井上 カノ)
- Jun'ya Urushino (漆野 淳哉)
- ZENTA
- Hiroaki Hayama (葉山 拓亮)
- Kanata Alexis Okajima - she writes English lyrics, and the Japanese "version" of those lyrics. ^^
- Kyasu Morizuki - helped co-write "Kimi ga Inai Mirai" (along with Tomiko Van and Kano Inoue)
- Kenn Kato
Click on a lyricist's name to see which songs they wrote.
| # of Lyrics
2 (1.50%)
39 (30.2%)
1 (0.80%)
24 (18.35)
2 (1.50%)
7 (5.40%)
4 (3.10%)
8 (6.20%)
1 (0.80%)
2 (1.50%)
1 (0.80%)
6 (4.60%)
1 (0.80%)
1 (0.80%)
1 (0.80%)
1 (0.80%)
4 (3.10%)
1 (0.80%)
1 (0.80%)
23 (17.7%)
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Tomiko Van -- 39
»10W40 »ai no uta »Another »CARNAVAL »Desire »Eien »Ever... »Everything will be all right »Faces »Glasses »Grateful Journey »GURUGURU »Hi no Ataru Sakamichi »Hiiragi »Holiday »I miss you? »Kokoro no Chizu »mellow amber »My Wish - My Life »one flesh »Raven »Remember the hill »rumble fish »Sariyuku Yuube »sell... »sense of life »Shinjitsu no Uta »SHIGUNARU (Signal) »Simple Minds »Snail »Standing on the hill »TOREJA PUREJA (Treasure Pleasure) »Ultimate G.V »under the moon »WADACHI »We are. »Weeds »Wings »Yesterday & Today (TOP)
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Ryo Owatari -- 24
»1/100 »135 »Azayaka na Hana »BE FREE »Blue »For the future »Get yourself »Good for you »Honjitsu wa Seitan Nari »Honoo »I can't be myself »Need Your Love »nice & easy »One or Eight »Painful »Perfect Lady »Piece Of Your Heart »Rakuen »Tooku Made »Tsubasa no Keikaku »Tsurezure Naru Mama ni »under the sun »Welcome! »What you gonna do? (TOP)
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Jun Harada -- 7
»Buranko »Enrai »Field of dreams »Hang Out »Kuusou Ryodan »Tadaima »Thanksgiving Day (TOP)
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Saiko Kawamura (or "Psycho Kawamura") -- 8
»aurora »Fukai Mori »Kagaku no Yoru »Na no Hanabatake »PAIRUDORAIBAA (Piledriver) »ROBOT »TAO »Yotaka no Yume (TOP)
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Kano Inoue -- 6
»his hometown »Kitakaze »Let's get together at a-nation »NAITAA (Nighter) »Namonaki Kakumei »Saigo no GAME (TOP)
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Excluded Songs (remakes, covers, etc.) -- 23
(note: the first songs are collaborations, NOT tributes/covers) »again »Boku-tachi no 10th Anniversary »Drive me nuts »El Dorado »Hold me... »All The Things She Said under the moon »All The Things She Said »Ya Soshla S Uma (original, Russian version of "All The Things She Said") »Hands Up High »Just a Word (to Let Me Know) »Flyout (feat. GICODE) »Right Here »Play That Number »Lame Game You Played »Shattered Star »Highway Star »Women Doushi Sha Ya Tou (Cantonese Version of "Mahou no Kotoba...") »Neoui Ggum (Korean Version of "Hi no Ataru Sakamichi") »Oasis [English Version] »Rock and Roll All Nite! »Shinjitsu no Uta [Mandarin Version] »Susume Namake-mono [Mandarin Version] »Trust (TOP)
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