Mafumafu

Mafumafu worked across singer, composer and television producer. This article rests on 23 catalogued compositions, 7 issued recordings and 2 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 — Mafumafu • Born — 18 October 1991 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Genre — * J-pop • anime song • game music • Vocaloid • Years Active — 2010–present • Label — * NBCUniversal (2016–2019) • A-Sketch (2019–present) • Current Member Of — After the Rain • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • composer

Mafumafu grew up in a strict household where he had to take multiple lessons, including piano lessons. As a child he wished to become a scientist or an astronomer. His first experience with composing music was when he was in elementary school and composed a ringtone for a flip phone given to him by his father. He was bullied as a student and felt a disconnection between the upbeat music popular in society and his own situation. He began to feel understood by the music made by rock bands and artists who produced darker songs. He also felt that expressing the reasons and pain he felt about giving up on life was easier to express through music than using words. This led to him wanting to become a musician at the age of 15. After entering university, he used his tuition exemption to buy Cubase and a guitar. In university, he formed a visual kei rock band with his friends where he played guitar and vocals, vocals, guitar, and drums. The guitarist in the band introduced him to the culture of vocaloid songs and utaite on the internet. This inspired him to upload his songs on the internet.

He began publishing song cover videos on Niconico in late 2010. In interviews, he has said that he enjoys listening to a variety of music including electronic, and that he was drawn to music because his childhood was painful and he felt he could convey in music the emotions he had difficulty expressing otherwise. He also believes he grows when he is able to overcome the things he did not know or was unable to do before. Since his life in the music industry began, he has stored vocabulary and experiences within himself, which he pulls on when composing and writing lyrics. While Mafumafu primarily works on his solo dōjin albums, he has done two albums with utaite singer Soraru. On 13 April 2016, they released Crocrest Story under the name After the Rain under the Universal Entertainment Japan label. Mafumafu handled most of the composition and arrangement for the album. He said that he tried to create songs that matched both of their musical ranges, was fun for them, and that drew out both of their strengths. The album reached second place on Oricon's weekly charts. His first solo tour ran from 15 January to 5 February 2017. On 7 May, Mafumafu hosted Hikikomori-tachi demo Fest ga shitai! and performed alongside Soraru, Amatsuki, Urashimasakatasen, luz, un:c, Araki, nqrse, and kradness. On 18 October 2017, he released the album titled Ashita-iro World end, an album which looks at the end of the world. Connected to Disney, an official Disney cover album, was released on 13 March 2019. Mafumafu helped produce the album, as well as performed alongside six other singers. On 22 June 2019, he held a solo live performance at the MetLife Dome with an audience of 35,000 people. On the next day, 23 June, Mafumafu hosted the annual Hikikomori-tachi demo Fest ga shitai!. In July, Mafumafu released the single Sacrifice. This was his first time creating music for an anime, this time for the anime To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (Season 1). His album titled Kagura-iro Artifact was released through A-Sketch Inc. on 16 October. There were 20 songs in the album, more than any other album Mafumafu had previously released. He attempted to select the best 20 songs he was capable of creating and included songs with a variety of musical styles, which was a different trend from previous albums. Mafumafu also wrote the lyrics, composed, and arranged the music for the opening theme of Pokémon Journeys, scheduled to first air on 17 November 2019, on TV Tokyo. The opening theme "One, Two, Three" is sung by After the Rain, Mafumafu and Soraru's music duo, for the first 31 episodes. On 16 February 2020, Mafumafu was found unconscious in his living room by staff visiting his home. He was transported to a medical institution, where he was diagnosed with cardiogenic syncope. Mafumafu was scheduled to hold a solo show at the Tokyo Dome on 25 March 2020 as well as his (ひきこもりたちでもフェスがしたい！) in the Tokyo Dome on 26 March. However, he announced on 12 March that he would hold off on the performances due to the impacts of COVID-19. While he did consider postponing the events to a later date, it was officially announced on 31 March that they were canceled. Sales of Mafumafu's first video release was scheduled to go on sale on 14 October 2020, consisting of video shot during his 2019 performance at the MetLife Dome. Mafumafu continues to be active on both YouTube and Niconico. He has participated in live shows and summer comic market events. He is currently posting videos with fellow utaite singers and friends Soraru, Amatsuki, Uratanuki, Aho no sakata, as well as game commentator Kiyo. Mafumafu has a Teru teru bōzu character called Mafuteru which acts as his guardian. Mafuteru is sometimes said to help Mafumafu with the illustrations and editing for his music videos. The internet series Hikikomori demo maru maru ga shitai!, also known as Hikimaru, started on 19 December 2018, with appearances by Mafumafu. The second season, Hikimaru 2nd, started on 26 September 2019, with a line up of eight people consisting of Mafumafu, Soraru, Amatsuki, luz, Uratanuki, Shima, Tonari no sakata, and Senra. Mafumafu appeared in the 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on 31 December 2021, the first utaite to do so. On 5 June 2022, Mafumafu announced on Twitter that after his following live performances on 11 and 12 June, he would go on an indefinite hiatus from all personal musical activities as Mafumafu for the first time in 11 years, citing his medical condition. He still plans to be active as a songwriter for other artists, as well as continue to participate in group collaborations.

For much of his career up to spring 2021, Mafumafu maintained that he could not fall in love and had not been involved in romantic relationships. On January 25, 2024, the weekly tabloid Josei Seven reported that Mafumafu had been married for a short period from December 2021 to July 2022 and was involved in legal proceedings against his ex-wife at the time of the report. Mafumafu confirmed the reports on his blog the next day, explaining that he had been subjected to various emotional abuse, cheating, and defamation through online harassment by his ex-wife, who he referred to as Girl A (A子). On January 28, the online streamer and VTuber Mikeneko posted a response, confirming she was Girl A in the process. She denied Mafumafu's allegations of cheating, said she did not consider what she did to constitute emotional abuse, and stated she has countersued since her legal team considered Mafumafu's comments against her to be defamatory. Mikeneko and Mafumafu both released statements on October 8, 2024 announcing that they have dropped legal proceedings against each other. Mafumafu expresses gratefulness for the legal guarantee that "both parties will have no contact or involvement whatsoever."

The highest rank is based on Oricon weekly charts. • Released date — Title — Label — Standard — Standard product number — List of recorded songs and benefits — Highest rank • 1 — 11 August 2012 — Yumeiro signal — Mafumafu — CD — — — 13 Songs; CD # AM 4:00 # Jinsei reset button # Sakura uta (Album ver.) # Kodoku no komo lembo # Senbonzakura # PM 10:00 # Ikasama life game # Caseaman (Album ver.) # Kanzen hanzai love letter # Poker face feat. Suzumu # Kamisamane jimaki # AM 5:00 # DAYBREAK • 2nd — 31 December 2013 — Setsuna-iro syndrome — CD — — — 16 Songs; CD # Kyō hana sōzō (Instrumental) # Ada-gaeshi Syndrome # Inochi no Eustatia # Yume hanabi # Happy tune # Ryokushōiro no yūutsu # Kanashimi no nami ni oboreru # Eimin dōwa (Instrumental) # Last effect # Gigantic O.T.N # Enmei chiryō – Arranged version # Atogaki no hajimari, kyomu no mokuji # Last leaf # Nemu-hai (Instrumental) --Bonus Track--: 15. Ada-gaeshi Syndrome (Instrumental setsunairo +3 ver.): 16. Setsuna-iro syndrome (Instrumental setsunairo ver.) • 3rd — 25 April 2015 — Yami-iro Night parade — CD — — — 15 Songs; CD # [Trance] (Inst) # Kyūsonekokami no Susu me # Bōkyaku no Quare # Ringo hanabi to soda no umi # Plastic # Hearted Doll # Shopan to Kōri no hakken # [Vulgar entertainment] (Inst) # Gikyoku to Deforma toshi # Rakugaki no kakushi kata # Sora o kake orite # Chris night parade # Septet Minus a fear # [Before goodbye] (Inst) # Yume to utakata • 4th — 18 October 2017 — Ashita-iro World end — NBCUniversal — First Press Limited Edition A (with benefits) — GNCL-1274 — 16 Songs; CD # [Nexus] # Rin'netensei # Tachiiri kinshi # Nemurerumori no Cinderella # Suisei ginga no Chronicle # Yume no mata yume # Futaribocchi # [Anonymous] # Batsu Game # Fury # Akuma no shōmei # Koi to bitansan Soda # Tokoyo no kuni no asobikata # Super nuko ni naritai # [Lycoris] # — 2 • First limited-edition B (with benefits) — GNCL-1275 • Normal Edition — GNCL-1276 • 5th — 16 October 2019 — Kagura-iro Artifact — A-Sketch — First limited-edition A — AZZS-90 — 20 Songs; CD # Shinobi no Susume # Jikai Program # Sacrifice # Jigsaw puzzle # Malfunction # Oborodzuki # Super nuko ni narenkatta # On'nanoko ni naritai # Ugokazaru koto yama no gotoshi # Kimi no kureta Asterism # Rewrite the saga # Manjushage # Toosenbou # Kugutsu no shinzō # Haikyo no kuni no Alice # Umareta imi nado nakatta # Art wo Kagakusuru # Sore wa koi no owari # Haikei, sakura maichiru kono hi ni # Asakiyumemishi — 2 • First limited-edition B — AZZS-91 • Normal Edition — AZCS-1082 • 6th — 25 December 2024 — Sekaiiro Universe — Limited edition/ Type A — AZZS-152 — 34 Songs CD Disc 1 # [Killing time] # Kami-sama no Idenshi # Kuyamu to Kaite Mirai # Trojan # Order-Made # Nare no Hate no Grief # Kuufuku # Karasu to Usagi # Ototoi Kiyagare # Kinjirareta Kajitsu # Crossword Puzzle # Uragoi Hanabi # Witch-Hunt Undo # Execution # Saihate no Universe # [Impermanence of all things] # Shiori Disc 2 # Saishuu Senkoku # Rat King # Under Control # Keitai Renwa # Bunny Boiler # Ongaku o Urandeiru # Nisengohyakumanbun no Ichi # [Passphrase] # Kami-sama no Iutoori # Lielac # Touhikou # Kurai Madoromi no Yobu Hou e # Shitsui no Étude # Isshou Fukou de Kamawanai # Wasurete Ii yo # [Submerged city] # Hitomodoki — 5 • Limited edition/ Type B — AZZS-156 • Standard Edition — AZCS-1127

• # — Released date — Title — Label — List of recorded song • 1st — 27 April 2013 — Meikyō shisui — Mafumafu — 10 Song; CD # Yakubyougami # Good sleep console # Kyū-gaeshi syndrome # Atogaki no hajimari, kyomu no mokuji # Ryokushōiro no yūutsu # Kakushi goto # Karakuri Idenshi nō # Yūgure semi nikki # Meikyō shisui # Tōmei palette

• Released date — Title — Formats — Album — Billboard Japan Download songs • From Music label A-Sketch • 1 — 1 July 2019 — Sacrifice — Digital download — Kagura-iro Artifact — 41 • 2 — 21 February 2020 — Sore o ai to yobu dake — N/A — 36 • 3 — 1 April 2020 — Saishū senkoku — Sekaiiro Universe — 82 • 4 — 10 January 2021 — Nighty night — N/A — N/A • 5 — Deja vu • 6 — Non-title • 7 — Rear jū ni naritai • 8 — Kuyamu to kaite mirai — Sekaiiro Universe • 9 — Keitai renwa — N/A • 10 — Alter ego • 11 — Yozora no Crayon • 12 — Akaifusen • 13 — Hyakkiyakō • 14 — Hitomodoki — Sekaiiro Universe • 15 — Ikasama Dance — N/A • 16 — 92 • 17 — Yoru sō to hakuchūmu — N/A • 18 — 12 March 2021 — Katakoi • 19 — 3 December 2021 — Breath • 20 — 4 February 2022 — Nisengo Hyaku man-bu No ichi — Sekaiiro Universe • 21 — 18 February 2022 — Shiori • 22 — 12 October 2022 — Shitsurakuen — N/A • 23 — 22 October 2022 — Seishun Kippu • 24 — 25 December 2023 — Sekaiiro Universe • 25 — 4 October 2024 — Order-Made • 26 — 24 July 2025 — Shinigami-sama ni onegai — N/A • 27 — 29 December 2025 — レッツゴー！まふまふ (Let's go! Mafumafu) • 28 — 死んだらどこへ行くのかな (shindara dokone ikunokana) • 29 — どーでもいいよ (Do-demoiiyo)

• Year — Title — Japan Hot 100 Peak position — Album • 2019 — Onnanoko ni naritai — 85 — Kagura-iro Artifact • 2021 — Takt by ryo (supercell) feat. mafumafu, gaku

• 2016 – Theater anime Sukininaru sono shunkan wo.~ Kokuhaku jikkō iinkai ~ (The moment love it Confession Executive Committee) role as School boy A • 2017 – TV Anime – Atom: The Beginning Role as Student 2 (EP.4)

• 19 October 2019 – on NHK

• 27 January 2018 – Wakeari veggie on AbemaTV Ultra games • 19 December 2018 – (also known as) on Yahoo! JAPAN

Mafumafu worked as singer, composer and television producer. Active from 2010. Mafumafu played the piano, the guitar, the bass instrument and the voice. Mafumafu worked in Japanese.