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Examples of "ryo_owatari"
All words and music by
Ryo
Owatari
. All songs arranged by Missile Innovation, and with Seiji Kameda on Track 3.
"Missile Innovation" is the debut mini-album released by the band Missile Innovation, headed by
Ryo
Owatari
, the former guitarist of Do As Infinity.
, is a Japanese pop singer and occasional actress, as well as a member of the band Do As Infinity (DAI), along with
Ryo
Owatari
and Dai Nagao, that has resumed activities after their 2005 split.
"Week!" is the ninth single by Do As Infinity, released in 2001. The B-side, "Tsuredzure Naru Mama ni", is the only studio-recorded song by the guitarist
Ryo
Owatari
, who also wrote the lyrics. The melody parallels that of song "Yesterday & Today". It was used as the theme song for the drama Yome wa Mitsuboshi.
Under the concept of "Whoever the songwriter is, it is D.A.I", the credit was written as "D.A.I" at first, even if any other member would compose the music. After "Be Free" was collected in "Do the B-side", it came to be specified who wrote a song, and, after re-formation, it came to be specified who composed as well. Tomiko Van and
Ryo
Owatari
mainly write lyrics. Saiko Kawamura, which is a joint nom de plume of Jun Harada and Kayoko Shinchi, and Naoto Suzuki also write songs besides them. It seems that Dai Nagao composed almost all the music except for "Azayaka na Hana" collected in "Gates of Heaven", which
Ryo
Owatari
composed. They produced the first and the second singles by themselves, but Seiji Kameda became a joint producer from the third single; he also plays a bass guitar in recording.
Gates of Heaven is an album by Do As Infinity. It was released in 2003. "Azayaka na Hana" is one of the first songs
Ryo
Owatari
wrote before auditioning for Do as Infinity, it was written for his former band, "Peek-A-Boo!" He also recorded a new version of the song with his new band Missile Innovation in their self-titled mini-album. The Asia version of the album included a Mandarin version of "Shinjitsu no Uta" as a bonus track.
Live in Japan is Do as Infinity's second live album, as well as a concert DVD. It was a recording of the first live concert that Do as Infinity held in Budokan which was part of the Gates of Heaven Tour. Guitarist
Ryo
Owatari
considered Budokan as a place where only the best bands could play. The CD version was recorded on 31 January 2004 and the DVD version on 1 February 2004.
Tomiko Van, the lead singer, pursued a solo career and debuted on March 29, 2006 with her album, "Farewell".
Ryo
Owatari
, the guitarist, worked with his band, Missile Innovation, and released their first single on February 1, 2006. Owatari also worked with other Avex artists such as Ayumi Hamasaki, Ai Otsuka and AAA. Dai Nagao went on to work with Amasia Landscape and other artists under the True Song Music label, writing songs for various artists.
Do As Infinity is a Japanese pop and rock band that formed in 1999 with three members: vocalist Tomiko Van, guitarist
Ryo
Owatari
, and guitarist and composer Dai Nagao. The band's name is sometimes abbreviated as D.A.I., alluding to the fact that Do As Infinity was named after Dai Nagao. Signed to Avex Trax, the band released their debut single "Tangerine Dream" on September 29, 1999, followed by three more singles between 1999 and 2000, which appeared on their debut album "Break of Dawn" (2000). In December 2000, Nagao decided to devote all his time to composing the music and no longer appeared at live events. Five more studio albums were released between 2001 with "New World" and 2005 with "Need Your Love".
The discography of Do As Infinity, a J-pop and rock band formed in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan, consists of 11 studio albums, 4 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 28 singles, 19 video releases, and 39 music videos. Composer Dai Nagao of Avex Trax hosted auditions for a band in 1999, eventually choosing Tomiko Van as lead vocalist and
Ryo
Owatari
as guitarist. The trio released their first single "Tangerine Dream" in 1999 and released three more singles between 1999 and 2000 which appeared on their debut album "Break of Dawn" (2000). "Break of Dawn" did well commercially, peaking at No. 3 on the Japanese Oricon albums chart. In December 2000, Nagao decided to devote all his time to composing the music and no longer appeared at live events. Do As Infinity's next two studio albums released in 2001, "New World" and "Deep Forest", both peaked at No. 1 on Oricon. The band released their first greatest hits compilation album "Do the Best" in 2002, which also charted at No. 1. Do As Infinity's next three studio albums charted in the top 5 of Oricon: "True Song" (2002) at No. 5, "Gates of Heaven" (2003) at No. 3, and "Need Your Love" (2005) also at No. 3.
Eventually, auditions were held, and he chose Tomiko Van as lead singer and
Ryo
Owatari
as guitarist. Ryo turned up for the auditions in a red tracksuit with a Fender Jaguar and his effects pedals. He was asked to perform a small segment, but instead played three songs. Tomiko sang "Heart" as a band member 42 hours after the Avex staff read her application. On September 29, 1999, the trio released their first single "Tangerine Dream", and held a live concert at the Shibuya AX. They performed almost daily at a number of locations, ranging from Shibuya's 109 (which is famous for street performers), to Yokohama Station and traveled to Fukuoka and other cities. Before "Tangerine Dream" was released, DAI and their fellow workers were giving out copies of their recordings for free to passers by. At their one-hundredth concert, held at Shibuya AX for free, the members of DAI recognized that the fans were the same bunch that bothered to listen to them.