Fumiya Fujii

Fujii worked across singer, singer-songwriter, actor, composer and lyricist and 1 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in pop music. This article rests on 74 catalogued compositions, 69 issued recordings, 1 digitised documents and 3 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Fumiya Fujii • Native Name — 藤井 フミヤ • Birth Name — Fumiya Fujii • Born — 11 July 1962 • Birthplace — Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan • Instrument — Vocals, guitar, harmonica • Genre — J-pop, rock • Occupation — Singer-songwriter, actor, composer, producer, CG artist • Years Active — 1983–present • Label — Pony Canyon Sony Music Associated Records Chaya-zaka Records • Associated Acts — Naoyuki Fujii (younger brother) The Checkers F-Blood • Website — www.fumiyafujii.net

Fujii was born as the first child to a father who was a Japanese National Railways employee and a mother who was a beautician. When he was a junior high school student, he encountered the Japanese rock band CAROL and started playing music. After graduating from Nanchiku High School, he joined the Moji Railway Administration Bureau of the Japan National Railways (now Kyushu Railway Company), and after a six-month apprenticeship at Tosu Station, he worked as a freight train operator at Haiki Station, maneuvering and switching freight trains. He belonged to the National Railway Workers' Union (Kokurō). In 1983, after retiring from the Japanese National Railways, Fujii made his debut as the lead singer of The Checkers and had many hits. Not only his singing ability, but also his appearance and behavior attracted attention, and more and more young people imitated his progressive fashion. He also wrote lyrics for most of the original songs released as singles, and became a central figure in songwriting. In 1992, The Checkers disbanded, and the following year, 1993, Fujii changed the spelling of his first name from kanji to katakana, and started his solo career. Naoyuki Fujii, his younger brother, was also a part of The Checkers and began pursuing a solo career as well. Together they did the project F-Blood in the late 1990s. At the time of the breakup, Fujii was invited to the U.S. by Gota Yashiki, who was living in Los Angeles at the time. Kenji Suzuki, who also lived in Los Angeles, chose him and bought him a Gibson B-25 guitar. The first song he composed using this guitar was "True Love". The song, released the same year, sold 2.4 million copies, and "Another Orion", released in 1996, sold over 1.2 million copies. Fujii conceptualized the game Baby Universe; Sony Computer Entertainment Japan helped develop the game, which was released for the PlayStation in Japan and Europe by Sony Computer Entertainment in 1997. It is an interactive art video game where the player manipulates the surreal visuals of items like a kaleidoscope with the controller while equally psychedelic music plays in the background. Players can also insert CDs after removing the game disc to listen to music during the simulation in a manner similar to Vib-Ribbon. Fujii co-owns the copyright to the game. In addition to singing, he has held solo exhibitions under the name "FUMIYART" and produced the Nagoya City Pavilion "Tower of the Earth" for Expo 2005 (recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest kaleidoscope). He has also appeared in many TV dramas, and provided the voice of Rock Holmes for the 2003 Astro Boy series, in addition to writing and singing its ending theme "Boy's Heart." His songwriting credits include "Shiroi Kumo no Youni" (composed by Naoyuki Fujii) for the band Saruganseki and "Hoshizora no Katasumi de" (lyrics and composition) for Misia. He has also produced four songs, including "Heart-Shaped Tears" for Hinano Yoshikawa. His many contributions to the local community include composing the Kurume song "Furusato no Sasayaki" for his hometown Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, providing the design for the Kurume Citizen Card, creating the logo for Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation, and designing the uniform for his alma mater Nanchiku High School. The nickname of Kagoshima City FM, the first community radio station to open in Kagoshima Prefecture on October 1, 1997, "FRIENDS FM 762," was named by Fujii. He has also designed the countdown T-shirts for the 1998 Winter Olympics. The T-shirts were engraved with the number of days remaining until the day of the 1998 games, and Fujii was in charge of designing the shirts from 500 to 401 days before the games. In 2007, Fujii wrote the lyrics and composed the song "Chinju no Sato" in praise of the 62nd Jingū Shikinen Sengū. It is included in the single "Kimi ni Naru." He stayed in Ise, Mie for three days and composed the song on the riverbank of the Isuzu River near the Uji Bridge. On December 31, 2008, at a countdown live performance at the Nippon Budokan, Fujii tied with Eikichi Yazawa for first place with 102 performances, including performances during the Checkers era, under the name F-BLOOD, and as a solo artist. In response, he said that he was honored to have stood on the same stage as Yazawa at the Budokan since CAROL (with Yazawa) was the reason why he started his music career. In November 2019, Fujii opened an official channel on YouTube.

• Year — Album — Chart positions (JP) — Label • 1993 — "True Love" — 1 — Pony Canyon • 1994 — "Eros" — 3 • "Angel" — 15 • "Days" — 5 • 1995 — "Time Machine" — 4 • "Heart Break" — 9 • "Get Up Boy" — 17 • 1996 — "Girl Friend" — 7 • "Another Orion" — 1 • "Snow Crystal" — 16 • 1997 — "Do Not" — 7 • "Go the Distance" — 15 • 1998 — ""Dog of Straw"" — 8 — Sony Music • 1999 — ""Age of Wind" " — 13 • "Moonlight Magic" — 11 • 2000 — "Stay with me" — 20 • "Inside" — 10 • 2001 — "Upside Down" — 18 • "Please Let There Be Good Weather Tomorrow" — 22 • "All this love" — 18 • 2002 — "Seven Wonders" — 14 • 2003 — "Boy's Heart" — 12 • 2004 — "Thrill up" — 22 • "Blowing to Wind of Sunbeam" — 9 • 2005 — "To Sky of Victory" — 33 • "The Night When You Think Me" — 12 • 2006 — "Under Harajuku Above Shimokita" — 23 • 2007 — "Kimi ni naru" — 13 • 2010 — "Ima, Kimi ni Itteokou" — 14 • 2013 — "Seishun" — 10 • 2022 — "Mizuiro to Sorairo" — 13 — independent

• Year — Single — Reference • 2010 — "Owaranai Christmas Eve" • 2015 — "Tomo yo" • 2016 — "Miracle Smile" • 2020 — "Te no naru Hou he"

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • Angel — * Released: 6 April 1994 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 1 • Rock'en Roll — * Released: June 7, 1995 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 2 • Tears — * Released: September 20, 1996 * Label:[Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 2 • Pure Red — * Released: June 18, 1997 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 3 • Soramoyou — * Released: October 1, 1998 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 5 • 2000-1 — * Released: July 1, 1999 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 9 • In and Out — * Released: July 5, 2000 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 7 • Club F — * Released: June 20, 2001 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 11 • Equal — * Released: June 19, 2002 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 8 • Right Here Right Now — * Released: June 18, 2003 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 7 • Lady Sister Baby — * Released: October 22, 2003 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 14 • Cloverfield — * Released: May 19, 2004 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 10 • Pop Star — * Released: September 29, 2004 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 16 • Kimyou na Kajitsu — * Released: June 29, 2005 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 15 • With The Rawguns — * Released: September 20, 2006 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 13 • Order Made — * Released: June 20, 2007 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 8 • F's Kitchen — * Released: October 8, 2008 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 8 • F's Cinema — * Released: September 30, 2009 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 14 • Life is beautiful — * Released: July 11, 2012 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 6 • Winter String — * Released: October 31, 2012 * Label: Sony Japan * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 8 • Otona Rock — * Released: July 13, 2016 * Label: Space Shower Music * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 6 • Fujii Rock — * Released: July 10, 2019 * Label: Space Shower Music * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 5 • Mizuiro to Sorairo — * Released: November 2, 2022 * Label: independent * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 4

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • Standard — * Released: December 16, 1996 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 2 • Singles — * Released: November 18, 1998 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 7 • Fumiya Fujii Anniversary Best "15/25" — * Released: May 21, 2008 * Label: Sony Music * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 8 • Fumiya Fujii Anniversary Best "25/35" — * Released: July 18, 2018 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 8

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • Re Take — * Released: July 31, 2002 * Label: Sony Music * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — 6

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • My Carol — * Released: March 26, 2003 * Label: Sony Music * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — -

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • The Party Remix — * Released: July 31, 2002 * Label: Sony Music * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — -

• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • JPN Oricon • Fumiya Fujii Symphonic Concert — * Released: September 24, 2014 * Label: Sony Music * Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — -

List of non-studio album or guest appearances that feature Fumiya Fujii • Title — Year — Artist — Album/Single • "Kizetsu suru hood Nayamashii" — 1997 — V.A — Psyche-Delicious Char Tribute Album • "Rock'n Roll Widow" — 2004 — V.A — Yamaguchi Momoe Tribute Thank you for... • "Cinderella" — 2015 — V.A — A tribute to cools • "Yuki no Hana" — 2016 — V.A — Mika Nakashima Tribute

List of songs written or co-written for other artists, showing year released and album name • Title — Year — Artist(s) — Album • "Shiroi Kumo no You ni" — 1996 — Saru Ganseki — Shiroi Kumo no You ni • "Generation Gap" — 1997 — V6 — Generation Gap • "Heart Kabe no Namida", "Rururu Kataomoi" — Hinano Yoshikawa — Heart Kabe no Namida • "Usagichan Say Goodbye", "Shitteru yo" — Usagichan Say Goodbye • "Tenshi no Yubikiri", "Fun" — 1998 — Mai Fukuda — Tenshi no Yubikiri • "Pure" — 1999 — Noriko Sakai — Pure • "Katahou no Tsubasa" — Hitomi Kuroki — Katahou no Tsubasa • "Tsubasa no Sekkeizu" — 2000 — V6 — "HAPPY" Coming Century, 20th Century Forever • "Under the sky" — 2003 — Issa (Da Pump) — Extension • "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" — 2004 — Arashi — Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy • "Hoshizora no Katasumi de" — Misia — Singer for Singer • "Daydreamer" — 2007 — Tackey & Tsubasa — Takitsuba Best • "Nobara no Yume" — Tokiko Kato — Chanteuse2 -Nobarano Yume- • "Love Tear Drops" — Takashi Tsukamoto — Jiyuu Honpou • "Yawarakai Jikan" — Daikohara Yuki — Grape Home • "Amatsubu no Birthday" — 2012 — Sowelu — Best • "Abunai Onna Karinai Otoko" — 2015 — Tube — Your Tube + My Tube • "Bang On!" — 2017 — Kishidan — Manyoshu • "Kimi wo Daisuki Da" — 2019 — Kis-My-Ft2 — Kimi wo Daisuki Da

Fumiya Fujii was born on 11 July 1962 in Kurume. Fujii held the nationality of Japan. Recorded child: Kōki Fujii. Recorded sibling: Naoyuki Fujii. Fujii worked as singer, singer-songwriter, actor and composer, and the authority record catalogues a further 2 occupations under the same name, among them lyricist and recording artist. Fujii was active from 1983. The fields Fujii worked in include pop music. Fujii played the voice and the guitar. Fujii worked in Japanese.