Kanaria

Kanaria (; born 30 May 2002) is a Japanese musician and VTuber. After making his debut with the song "Hyakkisai", he rose to popularity with his next song "King", released three months later. He has also released two albums, King (2020) and Kanaria.code (2022).

Biography Kanaria was born on 30 May 2002. On 10 May 2020, twenty days before his eighteenth birthday, he made his career debut with his Hatsune Miku song "Hyakkisai", which Eimika Katsuya characterizes as having "a rhythmic wa melody like a Bon Odori dance" and lyrics as "mysterious, code-like [and a] Japanese-style song that will send shivers down your spine".

Kanaria rose to popularity with his next song "King", released on 10 August 2020. He also wrote, composed, and arranged the song "Domestic De Violence" on Ado's 2022 debut album Kyōgen.

In September 2022, Kanaria released a greatest hits album named "Kanaria.code". In February 2023, his song "Yoidore Shirazu" topped Billboard Japan's Top User Generated Songs chart.

In April 2023, Kanaria released "Requiem", a collaboration song with Hololive VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei. In July 2024, he was the songwriter for "Champion", the last song for Pokémon and Hatsune Miku's Project Voltage collaboration.

On 24 August 2024, Kanaria debuted as a VTuber, saying that there were several cases of people impersonating him, with at least one case of catfishing on the game Apex Legends. He confirmed on his debut stream that he is male.

Discography Albums Title Year Details Peak chart positions Sales Ref. JPN JPNComb. King 2020 Released: 9 December 2020 Label: Self-released 44 — — Kanaria.code 2022 Released: 21 September 2022 Label: Self-released 18 26 — Singles Title Year Details Peak chart positions Sales Ref. JPNDig. JPNStr. 2022 Released: 2 May 2022 — 48 — 2022 Released: 16 November 2022 33 — —