He worked as the vocalist, songwriter and occasional guitarist, while Nakajima was the guitarist. Yonezu's first foray into music was in 2006 during his second year of junior high school, where he formed a band with his friend Hiroshi Nakajima, called Late Rabbit Edda, to play for the school culture festival.
He was diagnosed with autism after the age of 20. Yonezu typically felt that his mother understood him. As a child, Yonezu found it difficult to communicate with other people, especially his father. Kenshi Yonezu was born on March 10, 1991, in the rural part of Tokushima. He has sold at least 4.2 million physical copies and more than 7 million digital copies in Japan.īiography Early musical career In 2012, he debuted under his real name, releasing music with his own voice. Kenshi Yonezu ( 米津 玄師, Yonezu Kenshi ) is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and illustrator who began releasing Vocaloid music under the stage name Hachi ( ハチ) in 2009.
