KOUGA, June 2016
KOUGA is a Japanese composer, arranger, and pianist. He debuted as a songwriter in April 2015 with "Gamusha LIFE" by ℃-ute.[1]
His former alias was Fujipontel before he began using KOUGA in 2013.[2]
Biography[]
KOUGA was born on August 18, 1993 in Tokyo.[3] He graduated from Wakaba Sogo High School.[4]
In November 2014, he entered the "Million Renpatsu Ongaku Sakka Juku" audition project held by music-ru TV and Music Factory Tokyo for an opportunity to write a ℃-ute song with Shonan no Kaze's SHOCK EYE.[5][6] At the time he was a sound production student at Showa Academia Musicae.[1][4]
For the audition, KOUGA wrote a demo song titled "Next Stage".[7][8] In January 2015, his demo was selected as the winner, and it became the draft for ℃-ute's 27th single A-side "Gamusha LIFE".[9]
In March 2016, KOUGA graduated from university.[10]
Profile[]
- Stage Name: KOUGA
- Aliases: Fujipontel (ふじぽんてる)[3]
- Birthdate: August 18, 1993[3]
- Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
- Blood Type: O[3]
- Western Zodiac:
Leo - Eastern Zodiac: Rooster
Credits[]
ANGERME[]
- Kagami no Kuni no Hinekure Queen (composition, arrangement)
- Watashi wo Tsukuru no wa Watashi (composition, arrangement)
Country Girls[]
- Kasa wo Sasu Senpai (composition, arrangement)
℃-ute[]
- Gamusha LIFE (composition supported by SHOCK EYE)
Hello Pro Kenshuusei[]
- Rainbow (lyrics, composition and arrangement with Nakamura Yoshinori)
Juice=Juice[]
- 25sai Eien Setsu (composition, arrangement)
- Bitansan (2023) (composition, arrangement, all instruments, programming)
- Bitansan (composition, arrangement)
- Ganbarenai yo (composition, arrangement, other instruments, programming)
- Good bye & Good luck! (composition)
Kobushi Factory[]
- Suki Kamo Shirenai (composition)
Miyamoto Karin[]
- Happy Days (composition)
Tsubaki Factory[]
- Amayadori no Epilogue (composition, arrangement, piano, programming)
- Hana Moyou (composition, arrangement)
- Ishiki Takai Otome no Dilemma (composition)
- Seishun Manmannaka! (composition)
- Shichibuzaki no Tsuzuki (composition, arrangement, piano, programming)
- Skip・Skip・Skip (composition)
- Yuki no Planetarium (composition, arrangement)[11]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "【昭和音楽大学】プロの世界で即戦力として活躍できる 音楽の作り方と表現力が身に付く！" (in Japanese). TuneGate. 2016-06-14.
- ↑ "最後のやっそ？" (in Japanese). Fujipontteru Mainichi. 2012-12-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "ふじぽんてるのプロフィール" (in Japanese). Ameba.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Under the "先輩からのメッセージ" tab. "サウンドプロデュースコース／大学" (in Japanese). Showa Academia Musicae. (archived)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujipontel/status/536922409274576896
- ↑ "musicるTV｜ミリオン連発音楽作家塾" (in Japanese). Music Factory Tokyo.
- ↑ "KOUGA「Next Stage」" (in Japanese). music-ru TV Channel (via YouTube). 2015-02-03.
- ↑ "【℃-ute「我武者LIFE」原曲】KOUGA「Next Stage -第2稿-」" (in Japanese). music-ru TV Channel (via YouTube). 2015-03-25.
- ↑ "℃-ute新曲は湘南乃風SHOCK EYEが楽曲提供 初のトリプルA面" (in Japanese). ORICON NEWS. 2015-02-17.
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BDKm-1LPt0E/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujipontel/status/966645044252848129