Orangestar

Orangestar is a Japanese Vocaloid music producer and composer. He began uploading songs to Niconico in 2013. In 2015, he released his first album Unfinished Eight Beats at the age of 17, which topped at rank 45 in Japan according to Oricon's weekly charts. Later that year, he married illustrator Kase (:ja:夏背).

Biography

Orangestar was born in Japan into a Christian household. He started going to church at an early age. He then went to Tsudanuma High School, a music high school in Chiba, for a year. During his one year of high school, he got to know Vocaloid music through his friends, while his father bought him DAW software, including Cubase.

Orangestar's second album, , was released on January 18, 2017. The album ranked 26 on Oricon's weekly chart. This is their first collaboration, though they have listened to each other's songs and known each other for a long time.

In April 2017, Orangestar hosted his first live in , a live house in Taitō City.

In August 2017, after releasing the song as a part of Hatsune Miku's 10-year anniversary album Re:Start, Orangestar stopped his musical activities and moved to Riverside, California to become a Mormon missionary. Kase had written the lyrics, drawn the illustration, and sung the vocals for Orangestar's April 2020 song "Sunflower". , composed by Orangestar and sung by , was selected to be the ending theme song of Digimon Adventure:, a 2020 anime belonging to the Digimon series. This was the first time Orangestar wrote a song for an anime; he claimed that he watched the first Digimon as a child and thus felt strange writing the theme song for the series. Orangestar also wrote the song "Surges" for a 2021 promotional video of CalorieMate, an energy bar brand made by Otsuka Pharmaceutical. The video depicts student athletes' practice interrupted by COVID-19 and eventually resuming with explosive heat in the summer. Orangestar's wife Kase was one of the vocalists in the song.

In August 2022, Orangestar held his second live titled "UNDEFINED SUMMER-NOISE" in Tokyo Garden Theater in Tokyo. Orangestar himself and his wife Kase hosted the live.

Orangestar's music heavily features summer; he was born in the summer and loved the summer in Japan.

Influence

Besides ranking 26th and 45th place on Oricon's weekly sales chart, Orangestar's songs are featured on Billboard Japan's 2022 UGC songs chart, which ranks user-generated songs on YouTube. Both "Henceforth" and "Night Sky Patrol of Tomorrow" reached top 10 in the list, despite the latter song being posted in 2014.

Orangestar's works have been covered by many artists. For example, "Night Sky Patrol of Tomorrow" was covered by VTuber HIMEHINA in their first cover album and by singer Yuaru in her 5-year anniversary music video. It was also included in mobile rhythm games BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! and Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!. These two games have also added Orangestar's "DAYBREAK FRONTLINE" into their list of playable songs.

Discography +List of Orangestar albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Details Peak chart position Unfinished Eight Beats Released: April 22, 2015 Label: Subcul-rise 45 Released: January 8, 2017 Label: U&R – Seaside Soliloquies Released: January 18, 2017 Label: U&R 26 Light in the Distance Released: April 27, 2022 The vocals are by Orangestar's wife Kase – And So Henceforth, Released: August 30, 2023 Label: Pony Canyon 9