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Tatsuya Kitani

Tatsuya Kitani (キタニタツヤ, Kitani Tatsuya; born 28 February 1996) is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist, composer, and arranger. He is the bassist of the trio band Sajou no Hana. He was also active as a Vocaloid producer under the name of "Konnichiwa Tanita-san" (Hello Tanita-san). The affiliated office is Smile Company, and the affiliated label is Echoes under Sony Music Entertainment Japan. His official fan club is "Club Unreality".

When he was in elementary school, he learned about rock from Asian Kung-Fu Generation, and then fell in love with Vola and the Oriental Machine and 8otto. After graduating from junior high school, he bought a bass and formed a cover band for Asian Kung-Fu Generation with his friends. After that, while producing original music with his band, he realized that he was good at composing and went independent. During that time, he became interested in Vocaloid as well.

In October 2011, he formed the band Hitsuji no Mure wa Warawanai (羊の群れは笑わない).

Later, he joined the Honeybee Light Music Club. He later formed a three-piece band "humanic", being in charge of bass and vocals; They were active until February 2013.

In May 2014, Kitani began releasing Vocaloid music under the name "Hello Tanita-san", posting his first song, "Kujira to Mercury", featuring Hatsune Miku on Nico Nico Douga. In July 2016, he released his first full-length album, "He's watching from the ceiling", on The Voc@loi M@ster.

In 2016, he began participating in the live performances of Vocaloid producer N-buna and Takeaki Wada as a support bassist. As a composer he belongs to Smile Company and other artists. After that, as a support bassist in the band "Yorushika" formed by n-buna in 2017, he has fully participated in recording and live performances from the beginning to the present.

On 30 March 2017, in commemoration of his Vocaloid song "The Trash Room Sinks into a Rust Color" becoming his first music video to achieve 100,000 views on Nico Nico Douga and being inducted into the site's Hall of Fame, he posted a self-cover under the name Tatsuya Kitani. This was the first time the name Tatsuya Kitani was used in his works, and since then his activities have become prominent as a singer-songwriter.

In the spring of 2018, he graduated from Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo and formed the band Sajou no Hana. The band released their debut single "Hoshie" from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in August, making a major debut. In the same year, on September 26, he released his first album as a singer-songwriter, "I Do (Not) Love You."

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