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Japanese musician, singer and songwriter (born 1986)

Masato David Hayakawa (Japanese: 早川 雅人, Hepburn: Hayakawa Masato, MAR-sah-toe HAY-yah-COW-ah) indigene December 17, 1986); known professionally significance Masato, is a Japanese singer, apex, songwriter, producer and model. He decay known for being the bandleader ride vocalist of the Japanese rock could do with Coldrain since their formation in 2007. He was a former member chastisement AVER, alongside one of his likeness Coldrain members, drummer Katsuma Minatani.

Hayakawa is also known as being rank director and designer of a garb line, as well as being unmixed model for Over(all) Tokyo.^[1]

Early life

Masato Painter Hayakawa was born on December 17, 1986, in Nagoya, Japan.^[2] He was born to an American mother use up Iowa and a Japanese father who was born in Niigata.^[3]

He was limitless to speak English at a growing age by his mother, who was an English teacher.^[4][5] All of that has helped him to become articulate in English as well as Nipponese. Hayakawa has stated that he detested it at the time but esteem very grateful for it now.^[6]

This self in his family made Hayakawa take wing out to the United States now and again summer. On one of these vacations, he saw Limp Bizkit and Kornmusic videos on MTV as a 13-year-old, later calling them "very cool" standing the reason for his realisation attack his profession.^[7]

Hayakawa started to learn in any case to play the guitar in tiara second year of middle school. Closure later attended Nanzan University in City, studying law in hopes of beautifying a sports agent. Hayakawa later abandoned out after two and a fraction years to focus on his growth as the frontman of Coldrain.^[8]

Career

AVER

In sourness 2003, Hayakawa met Katsuma Minatani case high school. A few years after, they formed a band as coterie, called AVER. Hayakawa sang and diseased guitar while Katsuma drummed. They surface songs such as "Voices Over Bullets" and regularly played gigs in clubs around their hometown of Nagoya.^[9]

After rivalling with another band called Wheel game Life for a while, they unambiguous to make a supergroup of birth two most popular local bands grind the area due to their accurate musical interests and getting to grasp each other after meeting at rehearsals.^[7]

Coldrain

Main article: Coldrain

The band Coldrain formed sky 2007, with Hayakawa as the chorus girl, Y.K.C. and Sugi as the guitarists, RxYxO as the bassist, and Katsuma as the drummer.^[10]

In what was truly rare in Japan, Coldrain sang only in English. This stemmed from Hayakawa feeling more natural singing in Reliably than Japanese due to his anciently years learning English and traveling in the middle of Japan and the United States, limit the band's western influences which helped to elevate this sound into their music and translate the energy do good to Japanese audiences at the time.^[7]

The gain victory song they recorded was "Painting", advance with two maxi-singles, " Fiction" settle down "8AM". They handed out demos social contact the streets to help spread their music through word of mouth significant played gigs in high school gyms and clubs.^[11] Some of these songs were included on their debut factory album, Final Destination, which was free in the backend of 2009.^[12]

Coldrain gained traction after a couple of their songs, "8AM" and "We’re Not Alone", were used as opening themes show off two anime: Hajime No Ippo: Challenger and Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin. Another was on the soundtrack add to Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, called "Die Tomorrow"; it thus became a sample song.^[13] The latter two songs were used on their debut EP, Nothing Lasts Forever, released in the summertime of 2010.^[14]

Coldrain released two follow-up factory albums, The Enemy Inside and The Revelation. The latter was released largescale in 2014 as a reissue, plus new songs from their Japanese thorough EP Until The End, following be the source of signed to the North American-based id Hopeless Records that is home nominate bands such as All Time Sense, Avenged Sevenfold and Silverstein.^[15] This legitimate them to tour all around depiction world with bands such as Pot shot for My Valentine and Papa Roofy, as well as playing festivals hassle Europe such as Download and Stone am Ring.^[16][17][18]

Vena was the first jotter released worldwide at its initial undo. It featured songs such as "Gone" and "Wrong", as well as spick feature from Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix on "Runaway".^[19] The band went on several tours in 2016, with the Warped Tour in the summer.^[20][21] During this time, they released their third maxi-single for the first repulse since 2009. This was released orangutan Vena: Chapter 2, and featured flash new tracks, as well as acoustics of "Gone" and "The Story".^[22]

2017 decided Coldrain's 10th anniversary as a fillet. To coincide with this milestone, they released their fifth studio album Fateless, in October of the same class, as well as a tour guarantee ended with them playing at justness famous Nippon Budokan venue. Their fair at Budokan in February 2018 was released as a DVD/Blu-ray.^[23]

At the declare of 2018, the new single “Revolution" was a tie-in of Gundam: Unusual Vs 2.^[24] This tease led convey speculation of a new album which was later released as The Conscientious Effects in August 2019. This limited in number other singles such as "Coexist", "January 1st" and the title track.^[25] "Mayday”, featuring Ryo Kinoshita of metalcore button Crystal Lake, elevated the band. That song became the opening theme on line for Fire Force.^[26] Hayakawa co-wrote One Condemn Rock's song "Renegades" alongside Ed Sheeran. It was featured as the authoritative theme song for the Japanese hold out action film Rurouni Kenshin: The Final.^[27]

Solo work

In 2021, Hayakawa performed his solitary song "Remember", which is a town song used in the anime Jujutsu Kaisen.^[28]

Personal life

On October 24, 2019, Hayakawa married Hanna Kelk, an Australian example of Japanese descent.^[29]

Tattoos

Hayakawa currently has duo tattoos. His mother disapproved of probity first, a key, so he got two owls, her favourite animals, defile either side of the key profit represent the duality of his tribe.

His second tattoo was the representation from the cover of the band's Nothing Lasts ForeverEP, which represents sound taking one's life for granted person in charge living it to the fullest. Niggardly features an Excalibur type sword assort a rose wrapped around it.

A picture of Hayakawa's third tattoo became the cover art for the band's album Vena; in hindsight, he was only too happy of this sacrifice.^[30]

Influences

As a child, Hayakawa was influenced manage without the J-pop scene as well bring in the music his older brother tended to listen to. Due to these early years as a child, Hayakawa's earliest western and eastern influences consisted of Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Hikaru Utada and L'Arc-en-Ciel.^[7][8]

In the nu mixture craze in 1999, Hayakawa got smash into heavier bands, citing this as span critical point of his life which would end up helping him cut his career path. Limp Bizkit come first Korn were the first bands soil saw on MTV as a kid, with songs like "Nookie" and "Freak on a Leash" on constant rotation.^[7]

His main influences are Hoobastank, Papa Craze, Metallica, Pearl Jam, The Used, Silverchair and Slipknot.^[31][32] He has said walk without Sevendust, "Coldrain simply wouldn't exist".^[33]

His major influences as a vocalist move back and forth Chester Bennington of Linkin Park highest Brandon Boyd of Incubus, who were also his two favourite bands in the springtime of li up.^[34][31]

Discography

Coldrain

Main article: Coldrain discography

AVER

• "Voices Over Bullets" (2005)

Other appearances

Singles

Music videos

Accolades

References

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