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Tigarah

Tigarah
ティガラ
Background information
Born (1981-11-14) November 14, 1981 (age 44)
Tokyo, Japan
GenresGrime, baile, funk, bass music
OccupationsDJ, rapper, and record producer
Years active2006 – present
LabelUniversal Music

Tigarah (Japanese: ティガラ) is a Japanese house and dance music DJ and producer.[1] She studied politics at Keio University in Tokyo. She is known as the first Japanese Baile Funk rapper at the beginning of her career and now she is a house and dance music producer currently based in Paris, France.[2][3]

Tigarah's time in LA, along with her first EP, created a buzz which landed her "It-girl" status in the global market. Her features in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Dazed & Confused, Rolling Stone, VH1 and many more, leading to four of her songs being used for EA Sports, FIFA 2008 & 2009, FaceBreaker and Need for Speed: Carbon.[4]

Tigarah has released two albums: The Funkeira goes GANG! (2010) and This World Is My Playground (2015) from Universal Music Japan. In 2016, her track with Lewis Cancut "Say OK featuring Tigarah" working with NLV Records in Australia, as well as her collaboration with British rock band Keane for their EP Night Train the cover track of YMO "You’ve got to help yourself" amplified her brand with her tracks being played on Diplo and Skrillex's Radio.[5]

As the face for Proactiv from 2016 to 2017, Tigarah has been an icon for Cosmopolitan Japan, and ELLE girl, where her columns empower Japanese female readers. She has also been the face of E! Entertainment Japan since 2016.[6]

She moved to Paris in 2019 and focused on her DJ career signing with RCA, Sony France. Her single "Je t’emmène au vent feat. Lea Paci" made a buzz on radio and was on Hits Français. Her music video has almost 2 million views.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ティガラ、ＡＩ業績予測サービス提供へ ウェブ情報から分析". 日刊工業新聞電子版. Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
  2. ^ "BIOGRAPHY - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN". Universal Music Japan (in Japanese).
  3. ^ "Music & Nightlife in San Jose, CA | Music | Tigarah". metroactive.com. Metro Silicon Valley.
  4. ^ Sachs, Rob. "Tigarah: Japanese Rap with a Brazilian Accent". npr.org.
  5. ^ Robson, Daniel (4 September 2009). "Tigarah 'The Funkeira goes BANG!'". The Japan Times.
  6. ^ "外務省を目指していた慶応ガールがブラジルにいったワケ". Cosmopolitan (in Japanese). 20 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Tigarah changes name for new project, releases "Spunky Afro Tiger Jet"". ARAMA! JAPAN. 3 October 2014.
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