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Takahiro Moriuchi (Japanese: 森内 貴寛, Hepburn: Moriuchi Takahiro, born April 17, 1988, in Tokyo),
known professionally as Taka, is a Japanese musician who is the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band
One Ok Rock. Moriuchi is the main lyricist and composer of his band. In 2017, Kerrang! magazine placed
him at number 27 on their list of the "50 Greatest Rockstars in the World".[1] He was also listed by Rock
Sound magazine as one of "50 Most Influential Figures in Rock".[2]

Takahiro Moriuchi

森内 貴寛

Taka during Back to the Future Hearts Tour at CFE Arena, Orlando, Florida in 2015

Taka during Back to the Future Hearts Tour at CFE Arena, Orlando, Florida in 2015

Background information

Birth name

森内 貴寛

(Moriuchi Takahiro)

Also known as

Taka

Born

17 April 1988 (age 32)

Tokyo, Japan

Genres
Alternative rock post-hardcore

Occupation(s)

Singer lyricist composer

Instruments

Vocals guitar piano

Years active

2003–present

Labels

Johnny & Associates A-Sketch Warner Bros. Fueled by Ramen

Associated acts

NEWS (2003) Chivalry of Music (2004) One Ok Rock (2005–present)

Website

ONE OK ROCK official website

Prior to this, he was in the boyband NEWS throughout 2003 until he left the group and the agency.[3] He
performs in English and Japanese.

Personal life Edit

Moriuchi was born on April 17, 1988, the eldest son of famous Japanese singers Masako Mori and
Shinichi Mori.[4] He has two younger brothers named Tomohiro Moriuchi who works on TV Tokyo, and
Hiroki Moriuchi who is the lead singer of the band MY FIRST STORY.[5][6]

He attended Keio Elementary School and graduated in March 2001. Then he began attending Keio
Middle School in April 2001 and continued his studies at Keio High School in April 2004. In his first year
of high school (March 2005), he dropped out to pursue his musical career.[4] A month later, his parents
divorced.

In 2005, he changed his last name from Moriuchi (森内) to Morita (森田) due to the divorce of his
parents.[7] However, in the June 2012 issue of the magazine, Rockin'On Japan, he stated in an interview
that his real name is Takahiro Moriuchi.[8] In 2013, he is shown again in a photo using his last name,
Moriuchi, where all ONE OK ROCK band members held a written sign of their real names. The photo was
taken by photographer, Rui Hashimoto.[9]

Career Edit

2002–2004: Career beginnings and other musical pursuits Edit

Moriuchi signed with Johnny's Entertainment in 2002 and joined the boy band, NEWS, in 2003. Owing to
a sex scandal in which pictures were taken of him in bed with a young lady, he left in 2004 to ostensibly
"focus on his studies".[4][7] He was briefly in a band called Chivalry of Music in 2004.[10]

2005–present: ONE OK ROCK Edit

Main article: One Ok Rock

Moriuchi was invited by guitarist Toru Yamashita to join One Ok Rock in 2005.[10] The band released
their first independent CD in 2006 and were signed by Amuse, Inc., whom they made their major debut
with.

Taka during an autograph session at Lucky Strike Live, October 22, 2015

The band did moderately well with music sales until they hit with major success in August 2012 upon the
release of "The Beginning", which was the theme song for the live action movie adaption of the manga
and anime, Rurouni Kenshin.[11] The band's concerts have been sold out many times with high
attendance and constantly adding new tour dates in Japan. ONE OK ROCK has also held concert tours
overseas in Asia, U.S., Europe and South America.

In March 2013, Simple Plan announced a new version of their song "Summer Paradise" with Moriuchi
for a Japanese-only release [12] They later performed together at the music festival, Punkspring 2013 in
Tokyo, Japan.[13]

In November 2013, Moriuchi helped Pay Money to My Pain to sing one of their songs on their tribute
album "Gene" after their vocalist, K (Kei Goto), died due to heart failure.[14]
In summer 2014, ONE OK ROCK's newest songs, "Mighty Long Fall" and "Heartache" were featured as
theme songs for the live action movie sequels, Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno and Rurouni Kenshin: The
Legend Ends, respectively.[15]

In February 2015, Moriuchi was featured as a guest vocalist on the track "Dreaming Alone" by Against
the Current.

As of July 2015, ONE OK ROCK is signed with the U.S. label, Warner Bros. Records and released an
English version of their album, 35xxxv in February 2015.

On September 11, 2016, ONE OK ROCK signed with Fueled by Ramen. Their eighth album, Ambitions,
was released on January 11, 2017, for the Japanese version album under the Japanese label A-Sketch
and on January 13, 2017 for the English version album under the American label Fueled by Ramen.

In July 2017, Moriuchi was featured on the track "Don't Let Me Go" from Goldfinger's album The Knife as
a guest vocalist.[16] On 27 October 2017, he appeared at Linkin Park and Friends – Celebrate Life in
Honor of Chester Bennington, performing "Somewhere I Belong" with the remaining members of Linkin
Park.[17] On May 12, 2018, he guested on Linkin Park co-vocalist Mike Shinoda's show at Identity
Festival in Los Angeles, performing "Waiting for the End / Where'd You Go" mash-up.[18][19]

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Last edited on 14 May 2020, at 09:34

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