is a Japanese rapper, vocalist and lyricist. He was known by the moniker from 2014 to 2018. In 2021, Tanaka formed a band with Ichika Nito and Sasanomaly called Dios.
Life and career
Tanaka (birth name unknown) was born in Yokohama, Japan, and went to school in the same area. He first became interested in releasing music in junior high school, and began uploading songs on the Japanese video streaming service Nico Nico under the moniker from February 2012, at the age of 14. This name (later changing the name to ) was his utaite moniker, a Nico Nico specific term for a person who uploads sung vocal covers of Vocaloid songs. Among the songs he covered were Ishifuro's "Yurufuwa Jukai Girl", Denpol-P's "Hitorinbo Envy" and Hachi's "Donut Hole".
Tanaka became interested in rap music through the Nico Nico community Nico Rap, especially a rapper in the community called Vacon. After becoming friends, Vacon inspired Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi to try releasing original rap songs. In late 2012, he uploaded his first rap song, "One Night Stand and Rain". He decided on his stage name late at night while uploading the song, arbitrarily choosing the phrase . He felt that his voice while rapping sounded as if he were singing in a monotone instead of rapping, so decided on the name because of this. Originally he wanted to form a band, however did not have any friends who wanted to join in. As a student at an elite high school, he found that his friends had little interest in music, so he decided to release music as a solo act.
In April 2014, Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi released a free to download extended play through the independent hip-hop label Idler Records, a label run by Denpa Girl member Hashishi. Later in 2014, he was announced as one of the finalists of the Tokyo FM teen music contest Senkō Riot, after submitting the song "Sub/objective" because it had the biggest response on the internet. Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi submitted another song, "Fuckin' Summer Vacatioooooon!!!!!!!!!!!", for the contest's annual contestant compilation album.
In December 2015, Tanaka released his debut album Hollow World as Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi through newly founded JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment sub-label Connectone, His second album Noah’s Ark (2017) features a collaboration with Latin jazz producer Nicola Conte, and "Be Noble", the theme song for the film March Comes in like a Lion Part 1 (2017).
In September 2018, Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi announced that he would leave the music industry, by releasing a final studio album, Botsuraku, and a compilation album, Ningen, on December 12. In 2019, he announced that he would change his stage name to Tanaka. In April 2021, Tanaka formed a band with Ichika Nito and Sasanomaly called Dios.
In 2025, he contributed to the original soundtrack of the Netflix original series Glass Heart.
Discography
Studio albums
+ List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak positionsJPNOriconJPNBillboard Hollow World Released: December 16, 2015 Label: Connectone Formats: CD, digital download 39 17 Noah’s Ark Released: January 25, 2017 Label: Connectone Formats: CD, digital download 24 22 Fruits Decaying Released: November 22, 2017 Label: Connectone Formats: CD, 2CD, 2CD/DVD, digital download 18 15 Released: December 12, 2018 Label: Connectone Formats: CD, digital download 20 17
Extended plays
+ List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak positionsJPNOriconJPNBillboard Parrot's Paranoia Released: April 30, 2014 Label: Idler Records Formats: Free digital download — — Released: October 12, 2016 Label: Connectone Formats: CD, digital download 26 —"—" denotes items which were ineligible to chart, or charted on a Billboard sub-chart.
Compilation albums
+ List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak positionsJPNOriconJPNBillboard Released: December 12, 2018 Label: Connectone Formats: CD, digital download 32 47
Singles
+ List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumJPNOriconJPNBillboard 2015 — 86Hollow World"Sub/objective" — 39 "Newspeak" 2016 — 73 Dystopia / Noah's Ark "After That" — 53Noah's Ark "Be Noble" 2017 77 50 "Sky's the Limit" 45 27 Fruits Decaying — — 85 2018 — — Botsuraku — 86"—" denotes items that were ineligible to chart on Oricon singles chart, or items that did not chart.
Guest appearances
+ List of non-single guest appearances with other performing artists Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Sunrise"2014 Nqrse Compilation Album W.W.W 2014 "Cock Pitt" Rikon Nozaki, Shakabooz, Nera_K, Twoface "Fuckin' Summer Vacatioooooon!!!!!!!!!!!" Senkō Riot 2014 "Idler Stella" 2015 Denpa Girl, Nera_K, Rikon Nozaki Who "Fukurou Session featuring Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi (streamed online live on 2016.06.21)" 2016 Sakanaction "Tabun, Kaze" (single) "Game of Life"2017 Sasanomaly Game of Life Denpa Girl, Sasanomaly Health 2018 Sky-Hi Best Catalyst: Collaboration Best AlbumSuspected, Confused and Action2019AscaFoolish2019TeddyloidSilent Planet: Infinity
Songwriting credits
List of songs written by Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi for other artists.
YearSongArtistAlbumCo-written with2018 "Kiss Is My Life" SingTuyo (Shingo Katori and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) "Kiss Is My Life" (single) Yoshi Kenkai (Loyly Lewis) "Anymore" Miyakawa-kun Star Land
Notes
References
External links
Official website Official blog