Aoi

Aoi, born on the 4^th june 1984, is a Japanese singer. He started to be famous thanks to BOUNTY, a band he created with KAZUYA (ex Fanatic◇Crisis), whom he met at their management company. He performs concert after concert with BOUNTY, playing all kinds of music among which he used for his solo career that he started the 12^th December 2007 with the release of the single 「VISION」.

In 2008, he did his first concert at the « Takadanobaba AREA » on the 18 January, then two other concerts at the « HOLIDAY SHINJUKU » the 9^th and 22^nd February, one the 18^th April he returned to the « Takadanobaba AREA » for an event named 「SHOCK WAVE～APORO～ vol.13」. He did the release of his second single「EDEN」on the 28^th May then started again his concerts from May to June: the 29^th at the « Takadanobaba AREA », the 13^th June at the « Kanazawa AZ », the day after at « Niigata CLUB JUNK BOX » and the 20^th June at « Sendai HOOK ». Aoi did the release of his first album「Veil」on the 25^th June then he went to France for the JAPAN EXPO 9^e Impact.

He returned to Japan for a concert at « Shibuya O-WEST » the 23^rd July, this day he participated to the compilation of the CD of the media BARKS named『VISUAL BLOOM vol.1』.

Then he did a series of concerts from August to December, participated to the Chibi JAPAN EXPO, performed a concert on the 17^th October at « Shibuya RUIDO K2 » and celebrated his 1 year of career at the « E.L.L Nagoya ».

In 2009, Aoi did the release of his third single「MASQUERADE」the 25^th February, did a concert on the 28^th February at « Urawa Narcisse » and the 10^th April at « Ikebukuro CYBER ». On the 13^th June, he did a concert at the Japantag in Düsseldorf, in Germany. He went to the JAPAN EXPO 10^e impact where he did a concert on the 5^th July. It was also the day when his first one-man live, named Virgin Blue, was announced. Two dates: one at the end of July of Germany and the second on the 1^st August at « La Locomotive », in Paris. During the concert of the 1^st August, he sang in exclusivity the song “VIRGIN”. It was on the 16^th September that he made the release of his fourth single named 「VIRGIN」. On the 18^th September, he participate to the event  「SHOCK WAVEAPORO Vol.30」at « Takadanobaba AREA » . He also participated at the「V-ROCK FESTIVAl’09」 as BOUNTY on the 24^th October and as Aoi on the 25^th October. In the end of October, he went to the Chibi JAPAN EXPO for signs sessions and a press conference. On the 22 November, he did a one-man live with BOUNTY at « Shinjuku MARZ » and celebrated his two years of career on the 12^th December at the same Live House.

In 2010, he performed a private concert for the members of the MAXIM fanclub on the 13^th February at « Ikebukuro Black Hole », went for the first time at the JAPAN EXPO Sud where he did a concert and a signing session on the 21^th February and did his last single as BOUNTY’s singer on the 13^th March at the « Shibuya RUIDO K2 ».

Before his throat infection was announced, Aoi planned an EURO TOUR named ～Romanesque～ which the dates were: the 18^th April at « La Scène Bastille »(Paris, France), the 20^th April at « Nosturi » (Helsinki, Finland), the 22^nd April at « Nachtleben » (Frankfurt, Germany) and the 23th Paril at « Spektakulum » (Düsseldorf, Germany). He also planned to do a concert at « Shibuya O-WEST » on the 7^th August.

Since then, his fans are waiting for him while sending him gifts and support messages.