Fujii Kaze (藤井 風) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician under Universal Music Japan.
Raised in Satoshō, Okayama in Japan, he began uploading covers to YouTube since the age of 12.
1922
On April 22 "Kirari" started airing in the new Honda Vezel TV ad. "Kirari" was later released as Fujii's 8th single on May 3.
The song led to an explosion of his popularity both domestically and internationally, debuting at number one on the Billboard Japan Download Songs chart.
The music video of "Kirari" was released on the official YouTube channel on May 21, which incorporated dance and motorcycle scenes that Fujii requested by himself for the first time, according to Fujii's 'After Talk' live streaming.
"Kirari" surpassed 100 million streamings in August 2021 and 300 million streamings in June 2022.
On January 14 of the following year, Fujii digitally released a remix EP Kirari Remixes (Asia Edition).
On May 20, 2021, in commemoration of the 1st anniversary of Help Ever Hurt Never, Help Ever Hurt Cover which was originally came with the 1st edition of Help Ever Hurt Never as a bonus disc, was reprinted and also digitally released.
Help Ever Hurt Cover contains 11 English cover songs.
Along with this, the analog record of Help Ever Hurt Never was also resold (limited quantity production by lottery) .
In August 2021, Fujii was named one of the most exciting musicians around the world by GQ.
On September 4, "Fujii Kaze "Free" Live 2021 at Nissan Stadium" was held at Nissan Stadium in Kanagawa, Japan.
This performance was live-streamed on Fujii's official YouTube channel for free, and about 180,000 people watched it simultaneously, recording the world's No.1 trending word.
On the same day, Fujii performed " Mo-E-Yo" for the first time and the song was released as a digital single.
From October to November, "Fujii Kaze "Help Ever Arena Tour"" was held.
The concert movie (Blu-ray) of the final performance at Yoyogi National Gymnasium was released on June 14, 2022 and ranked No. 1 for the second consecutive year, which made Fujii Kaze the first solo artist in the history to have two consecutive No. 1 for its concert movies.
On December 31, 2021, Fujii performed on the prestigious year-end music program, NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, for the first time.
1923
Furthermore, on March 23, Help Ever Hurt Never won the Grand Prize of 13th CD Shop Awards.
1997
Fujii Kaze was born in 1997 in Satoshō in Okayama, Japan, and has one older brother and two older sisters.
As a child, he listened to all kinds of music such as jazz, classical music, pop, and enka.
Starting at 12 years old, Fujii uploaded various piano and vocal cover videos on his personal YouTube channel, amassing more than 30 million views.
During his high school years, he stopped uploading to focus on his musical studies; he returned to YouTube after he graduated.
2010
On March 10, Fujii won the "Popular New Artist" Award at the 33rd Music Pen Club Music Awards.
2019
In early 2019, he moved to Tokyo.
Fujii released his debut single, "何なんw" on November 18, 2019, and his second single, "もうええわ (Mo-Eh-Wa)" on December 24.
Each single was re-released digitally with its own extended play, with each EP including cover songs that can only be downloaded on Apple Music.
2020
He released his first studio album, Help Ever Hurt Never in 2020, which reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart and number two on the Oricon Albums Chart.
His second album, Love All Serve All, released in 2022 topped both the Japanese Billboard charts and the Oricon Albums Chart and has since been certified platinum in March 2022 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), beating his debut's gold certification in January 2021.
Fujii was the first Asian act in history to debut a song in all 73 available countries and regions of the Spotify Daily Viral charts.
In January 2020, he was named as one of Spotify's Early Noise 2020 Top 10 Breaking Artists.
One-man live performances in the form of Nan-Nan Show 2020 were scheduled for April 4 and 26 at Zepp Namba and Zepp Tokyo respectively, but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fujii released his first studio album Help Ever Hurt Never on May 20, 2020, and reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart.
He also announced his first national hall tour, which consists of 12 performances in 11 cities from December 25, 2020, to January 31, 2021.
In August 2020, he became the first Japanese person to be a YouTube's Artist on the Rise.
Immediately after Fujii Kaze "Nan-Nan Show 2020" Help Ever Hurt Never at Nippon Budokan, Fujii released two new singles: "Hedemo Ne-Yo" and "Seishun Sick" on October 30.
Each single was released digitally with its own extended play and selection of cover songs.
In January 2021, "Tabiji" started airing on TV Asahi as the theme song for a TV drama series "Nijiiro Carte “ (にじいろカルテ/ Niji Village Clinic). This was the first time Fujii's song was used as a tie-in. The song was digitally released as the 7th single on March 1, and on the same day Fujii performed the song live with piano during the TV news program "Houdo Station" (TV Asahi), which was his first live TV appearance. The song won first place in the Oricon Weekly Digital Single Ranking which was announced on March 10.
On March 8, Fujii won the Best Breakthrough Artist award at Space Shower Music Awards 2021.
In addition to that, the music video for "Seishun Sick" won the Best Conceptual Video award.
Fujii gave a live performance of "Seishun Sick" with piano and was broadcast on Space Shower TV.
