Today, i review one of David’s favourites Akeboshi. Yoshio Akeboshi (明星嘉男, Akeboshi Yoshio), more commonly known as Akeboshi, is a Japanese folk singer singer. He is mainly known for the song Wind, used as an ending theme for the first season of the anime Naruto. His surname means “bright star,” while his given name means “fine man.” Akeboshi was born on July 1, 1978, in Yokohama. He learned to play the piano when he was three years old, later learning to play the guitar. He studied music in Liverpool, and his time there has heavily influenced his music. Before his major debut, he produced two of the songs on Matsu Takako’s fourth album, A piece of life.
After releasing three indie albums, he made his debut with his first major record label, Epic Records Japan, in 2005. He would then go on to release 6 albums with Epic Records including “Meet Along the Way”. The full album features his street recordings with local musicians during a month-long trip he took from England to Ireland.
Akeboshi’s third album, “Roundabout”, was released on June 11, 2008, on the Epic Records label in Japan. Called a “complete selection album,” it contains no new songs, but does feature previously unreleased live versions of several of his best hits. The simultaneously released limited edition contains a DVD with a collection of his music videos, as well as a documentary of the time he spent in England recording “Meet Along the Way.”
In 2014, he founded his own record label, RoofTop Owl, and released the album “After the rain clouds go”. This album contains 11 songs. The mini album “Start Forming The Words” had been released first. The pre-release album contained of some singles in the full album such as Messed Up Mind, Standing On The Line, and Kumori Yozora. He personally handled the lyrics, composition, mixing, and mastering in the album.
His latest release to date is the mini album, “a little boy”, released in 2019.
