SO-SO (beatboxer)
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Birth name | Sota Kato | ||
Born | Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan | October 13, 1999||
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Years active | 2016–present | ||
Labels | Sokosoco | ||
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Website | Official website | ||
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Kanji | 加藤 創太 | ||
Hiragana | かとう そうた | ||
Katakana | カトウ ソウタ | ||
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Sota Kato (加藤 創太, Katō Sōta, born October 13, 1999), better known by his stage name SO-SO is a Japanese beatboxer, looper, singer-songwriter and producer. He is currently a member of the beatbox crew SARUKANI.
Early life[]
Born in Osaka, when he took piano classes since he was 6 years old because he was influenced by his friends around him.[1] He was joined a theater company, Osaka Himawari[2] from elementary school and 10 years into his junior school graduation. He was mainly an extra in musicals, movies, and dramas such as a student in the Showa era and as a child during the war. In his freshman year of high school, he watched beatbox videos on YouTube and self-taught.[3] On his birthday in second grade of high school, he received a looper, BOSS RC-505,[4] from his mother and started a loop station. Entered in Osaka College of Music in 2018, he studied composition, music theory, mixing and continues to produce music.[5]
Career[]
In 2019, he became popular because his first Japanese beatboxer to enter the top 4 in the loopstation category of the international competition Grand Beatbox Battle held in Poland, and he won the championship in the loopstation category of the Asian Beatbox Championship[6] in Taiwan in the same year. On 2020, he has formed and active in beatbox crew SARUKANI and duo group DOILii, with Nijiiro Samurai. He is also start working as a DJ on December 2020.
Styles[]
SO-SO has a high voice that produces a unique sound from his mouth. While self-taught beatboxing from the video Reeps One and starting looping every day, he was inspired by various music, one of which was so heavily influenced by Canadian DJ REZZ that he was fascinated by bass music. After that, he studied electronic game music, musicals and others, so he created his voice with his own musical view.[7]
SO-SO is known to have a unique style in the way of fashion, colorful clothes, wearing glasses and haircut style like as anime character Nobita.[8][9]
Other ventures[]
SO-SO has maintained numerous national endorsement deals in various industries throughout their career. He starred in the commercial for Fuji School Bag on 2019-2020. On April 2021, he is in commercial for footwear retails ABC-Mart.[10]
Performance in competitions[]
Years | Competitions | Held | Result | Notes |
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2017 | Asian Beatbox Championship | Taiwan | Elimination | Loopstation |
2018 | Beatbox Battle World Championship | Berlin, Germany | Elimination | |
2019 | Grand Beatbox Battle | Warsaw, Poland | Top 4 | |
Asian Beatbox Championship | Taiwan | 1 |
Years | Competitions / events | Held | Notes |
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2018 | 12th GATSBY Creative Awards | Tokyo, Japan | Runner-up (on music category) |
China Beatbox Championship | Beijing, China | Showcase | |
2019 | Mynavi MIKAKUNIN Festival | Tokyo, Japan | Runner-up |
2020 | DADERINRIN @Ebisu LIQUIDROOM[11] | Performing | |
HaHaHa Osaka Creative Awards[12] | Osaka, Japan | ||
Tap3x Dance[13] | Toyonaka, Japan | ||
Drum'n'Bass Exchange 1st Anniversary[14] | Osaka, Japan | ||
Online World Beatbox Championship | Beatbox Community's Discord | Judges |
Discography[]
Albums[]
Title | Details |
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Party |
show
Track listing |
NO LOOP NO LIFE |
show
Track listing |
Extended plays[]
Title | Details |
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Sakura (Remixes) |
show
Track listing |
Beat Pandemic |
show
Track listing |
Singles[]
As lead artist[]
Title | Year | Album |
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"Interview" | 2019 | Party |
"CO3"
(feat. Kimura Rin) |
Non-album single | |
"Crazy Drive" | NO LOOP NO LIFE | |
"NO LOOP NO LIFE" | ||
"Sakura"
(feat. Kimura Rin) |
2020 | Non-album single |
"SARUKANI WARS"
(feat. Kohey, Rusy & Kaji) |
Beat Pandemic | |
"Interview 2.0" | Non-album single |
As promotional singles[]
Title | Year | Album |
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"Myten 2016" | 2016 | Non-album single |
"Darkness" | 2019 | Maronie Fashion Grand Prix |
"I Scream"
(with Masayoshi Iimori) |
2020 | I Scream |
"Zooming!" | ZOOM Vocal Proccesor V3 | |
"ULTRA POWER"
(as part of SARUKANI) |
2021 | ULTRA POWER |
"Renegade VIP"
(SO-SO, as part of SARUKANI) | ||
"We Saikyo"
(as part of SARUKANI) |
Non-album single |
Filmography[]
Television show[]
Year | Network | Program | Notes | Ref. |
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2021 | Nippon TV | Sôkai jôhô variety Sukkiri!! | Guest | [15] |
Musical theater[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Koriyama Rhapsody[16] | Background sound | Extras |
References[]
- ^ アヴァンギャルド (2021-02-22). "遊び心の原点。|SO-SO" (in Japanese).
- ^ "加藤創太(大阪【江坂スタジオ】・高等部)". Himawari Theater (in Japanese).
- ^ Hamada, Rin (2019-12-12). "「自分を信じて進む」 若きアジアチャンピオン ビートボクサーSO-SO". Boy Meets Art (in Japanese).
- ^ "島村楽器梅田ロフト店お得意様アーティストレビュー!【ヒューマンビートボクサー、SO-SO】". Shimamura (in Japanese). 2020-07-30.
- ^ "so-so(ビートボックス)の本名!いったい何者?出身地や経歴もチェック" (in Japanese). 2021-03-08.
- ^ "日本代表が2部門でアジアチャンピオンに!Asia Beatbox Championship 2019". Japan Beatbox Association (in Japanese). 2019-07-28.
- ^ Mochizuki, Tomohisa (2021-03-23). "The Beat Looper Competing All Over the World: SO-SO on the Frontline of Beatboxing". Block.fm.
- ^ Shin, Dong-yoon (2019-11-01). "WHY WE LOVE SO-SO'S NOT SO SO-SO BATTLE STRATEGY". Human Beatbox.
- ^ "SO-SOの年齢、大学は?ビートボックスの経歴、海外の評価は?人気のビートボクサー!" (in Japanese). 2021-04-13.
- ^ "アシックス「Evoride2 knit」、ABCマート限定モデル発売!ヒューマンビートボクサー「SO-SO(ソーソー)」を 起用したWEBCMを放映。". ABC-Mart (in Japanese). 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Eggs Presents「DADARINRIN」supported by SILAS" (in Japanese).
- ^ "HaHaHa Osaka Creative Awards" (in Japanese).
- ^ "TAP たっぷり タップダンス! official twitter" (in Japanese).
- ^ "DnB Koryukai twitter" (in Japanese).
- ^ "世界が熱狂 ヒューマンビートボクサー SO-SO (21)". Nippon TV (in Japanese). 2021-03-08.
- ^ "松村武が大和郡山の文化もとに紡ぐ、3人の"ちよ"の物語「郡山ラプソディ」" (in Japanese). 2019-08-15.
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