Overview
Guiano is a Vocaloid producer and singer-songwriter under KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO, also affiliated with the KAMITSUBAKI CREATION label. Known for warm, emotionally resonant melodies, he is active across personal releases, song provision for other artists, and cross-artist collaborations.
Within the Kamitsubaki ecosystem, Guiano is best known for his collaborative album imagine with Rim and for providing songs to KAF and Myuk. His work spans from tender ballads to rhythmically driven pop, demonstrating considerable creative range.
Role and Creative Position
Guiano’s creative style centers on melodic accessibility and emotional warmth in his lyrics. His compositions often conceal deeper emotional layers beneath light arrangements — a “soft on the surface, strong within” quality that gives his work a distinctive presence among Kamitsubaki’s creator roster.
As a member of KAMITSUBAKI CREATION, Guiano’s activities extend beyond the virtual singer sphere into real-artist collaborations and cross-genre projects.
Artistic Position and Creative Lineage
Guiano is a composer and a self-accompanied singer-songwriter affiliated with ANARCHIC RECORD. His creative lineage can be summed up as “EDM arrangements × delicate, literary lyrical rock”.
| Dimension | Characteristics |
|---|---|
| Arrangement foundation | A fusion of Future Bass, EDM and piano balladry; he excels at preserving the narrative clarity of the piano within a vast synthesizer sound field |
| Textual orientation | Distinctly literary lyrics, whose themes mostly revolve around life and death, nihilism, a transparent world, and self-affirmation |
| Dual identity | He both supplies songs to others and releases his own works in a self-accompanied form |
| Representative works | 《死んでしまったのだろうか》《透過夏》《透き通る世界》 |
His place within KAMITSUBAKI: Guiano is one of the veteran members from KAMITSUBAKI’s founding period in October 2019, and his solo works have grown in step with the worldview of the KAMITSUBAKI label.
Activity History
- 2014: Debuted as a Vocaloid Producer at age 13.
- October 18, 2019: Joined KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO as a founding member.
- February 20, 2023: Released the single “Watashi wa, Watashitachi wa.”
- May 24, 2023: Released the EP “Kachou Fuugetsu.”
- September 20, 2023: Released the collaborative album imagine with Rim.
- 2023: Appeared at KAMITSUBAKI FES’23 (DAY2 main act alongside Kanzaki Iori, DUSTCELL, Onuma Paseli).
- March 27, 2024: Released the single “Good Style.”
- Provided songs for Myuk including “Ai no Uta” (2023) and “Arcana” (2024).
- Held at least 2 solo one-man live concerts.
Representative Works and Related Entries
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Albums & EPs
| Release date | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-27 | EP | Love & Music -DISC2- |
| 2020-03-13 | Album | Love & Music -DISC1- |
| 2020-08-12 | EP | あの夏の記憶だけ |
| 2021-03-24 | Album | A |
| 2023-04-29 | Album | 花鳥風月 |
| 2023-09-20 | Album | imagine |
| 2024-12-11 | EP | Save Me |
| 2025-05-28 | EP | Hold Me Tight (yourself) |
| 2026-01-28 | Album | The Sky |
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Singles
| Release date | Title |
|---|---|
| 2019-12-25 | シャナ |
| 2019-12-25 | スーパーヒーロー |
| 2021-03-23 | 法螺話(self cover) |
| 2021-04-29 | Black Gold (feat. IA) |
| 2022-03-08 | 舞 feat. 理芽 |
| 2022-05-21 | 花 |
| 2022-09-22 | 鳥 |
| 2022-10-20 | 風 |
| 2022-11-22 | 月 |
| 2023-01-17 | 透過夏 (feat. RIM) |
| 2023-03-21 | 私は、私達は |
| 2023-09-19 | 法螺話 (with Guiano) |
| 2024-03-26 | Good Style |
| 2024-04-23 | faker |
| 2024-05-21 | Da Ba Du |
| 2024-10-29 | 星くずのうた |
| 2025-04-29 | スーパーヒーロー (in 2025) |
| 2025-06-07 | 光線歌 |
Index of Representative Works
| Date | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-22 | 《死んでしまったのだろうか》 | An early, widely transmitted masterpiece that established his poetic style fusing acoustic piano with electronic dance music |
| 2019-10-18 | 《透き通る世界》 | A representative work released during KAMITSUBAKI’s founding period, with a clear, ethereal worldview |
| — | 《透過夏》 | A collaboration with RIM, included in the body of works related to RIM |
| — | 《ナユタ》 | A work created using the music isotope SEKAI as the prototype for its voice |
Style summary: Guiano’s music always strikes a balance between “the grandeur of the electronic sound field” and “the intimacy of piano narration”; this unity of opposites is precisely what gives him an irreplaceable position among KAMITSUBAKI’s creative circle.
Symbiotic Relationships with RIM and Other Artists
- With RIM (理芽): Guiano is one of the most important songwriters of RIM’s early period, having provided several of her core flagship tracks and establishing one of the acoustic foundations of RIM’s “urban indie pop”;
- With the music isotopes: his works are frequently sung by AI voice libraries such as SEKAI (星界), making him one of the active creators in the “isotope co-creation network” — 《ナユタ》, for instance, uses SEKAI as its singing voice library, fusing grand strings with EDM to display SEKAI’s operatic vocal range;
- With ANARCHIC RECORD: as a member of that label, Guiano forms the core of KAMITSUBAKI’s “realist creators” together with Kashii Moimi, Onuma Parsley and others.
A contrast with the “artist symbiosis system”: unlike Kanzaki Iori, who is bound to a single artist (KAF) in depth, Guiano belongs to the “multi-point supplier” type of creator — he serves specific artists while also participating widely in isotope and compilation projects, which represents another way of connecting within KAMITSUBAKI’s creative network.
References
- KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO Guiano page: https://kamitsubaki.jp/artist/guiano/
