DAOKO

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Introduction:
DAOKO is a Japanese female vocalist, rapper and lyricist. She first gained popularity in 2012, at the age of 15, when one of her uploaded videos on Nico Nico Douga received attention.

Biography:
DAOKO released her first album, "Hyper Girl: Mukōgawa no Onna no Ko" in December 2012 through Low High Who? Production. In December 2013 she released a sophomore album titled "GRAVITY". She received a lot of attention for her collaboration with TeddyLoid for "Me!Me!Me!" (a song featured in an animated short for Nihon Animator Mihonichi) in November 2014. DAOKO was nominated for Next Break Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2015.

DAOKO left Low High Who? Production after releasing her album "Dimension" in February 2015, and subsequently shut down her blog. She released her self-titled album "DAOKO" via Toy's Factory a month later. DAOKO started her first tour in January 2016.

In December 2017 she released the album "THANK YOU BLUE". In December 2018 she released "私的旅行 (Shiteki Ryoko)". In October 2019 she collaborated with mobile game Dragalia Lost to release "DAOKO×Dragalia Lost".

DAOKO's 2017 single "Uchiage Hanabi" for Studio Shaft's anime movie Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? is the most viewed anime song on YouTube, with over 400 million views. She won the 2018 Space Shower Music Award in the Song of the Year category for "Uchiage Hanabi", and in the Best Breakthrough Artist category.

In July 2020 she released the album "anima".