Fullkawa Honpo


Fullkawa Honpo, is a Japanese musician, who began releasing Vocaloid music under the name Fullkawa-P in 2009. After self-releasing Vocaloid music and self-cover extended plays using his own voice, he debuted under independent label Balloom using the name Fullkawa Honpo in 2011.

Biography

Fullkawa Honpo is from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. When he was 14, he joined his first band, a Visual-kei band specialising in metal. He joined a guitar rock group at university, and after finishing university decided to continue to be a musician, having difficulties finding other types of work. He continued with that band, and the group moved to Tokyo for their CD debut. However, when Fullkawa Honpo was in his mid 20s, the band split before they managed to debut, and he remained in Tokyo to work as a designer. Frustrated with the band, he began working as a Vocaloid producer, and started uploading songs to Nico Nico Douga in June 2009. He took his Vocaloid moniker Fullkawa-P from a local carpark business called Furukawa Parking, thinking that something ending in "P" would be suitable, in the style of many other Vocaloid producers.
Fullkawa Honpo continued to release Vocaloid songs in 2009 and 2010, with his songs "Piano Lesson," "Mugs" and "Alice" all receiving over 100,000 views, as well as self-releasing Vocaloid music on CD, beginning with the Piano Lesson EP in September 2009. In March 2011, Fullkawa Honpo and seven other musicians created Balloom, an independent music label for Internet musicians to widen their musical opportunities. His debut album Alice in Wonderword was released two months later, and featured mostly re-recordings of his Vocaloid songs, collaborating with vocalists such as Kahimi Karie and Maki Nomiya. Fullkawa Honpo was nominated for the best Indies Artist at the Billboard Japan Awards in 2011.
In 2012, Fullkawa Honpo moved to Space Shower Music, and released his second album Girlfriend from Kyoto on November 7, 2012. His third album Soup was released on November 6, 2013. After releasing his fourth album in October 2014, Hail Against the Barn Door, Fullkawa Honpo was unsure what he wanted to do next musically, and decided to stop releasing music as Fullkawa Honpo at the end of 2015.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation album

TitleAlbum details
Peams EP
  • Vocaloid era compilation album
  • Released: September 4, 2011
  • Label: Self-produced
  • Formats: 2CD

Live album

TitleAlbum details
.Callc.

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
Singalong
  • Released: May 16, 2010
  • Label: Self-produced
  • Formats: CD
Singalong II
  • Released: September 4, 2010
  • Label: Self-produced
  • Formats: CD
    • Singalong 3
  • Released: November 19, 2011
  • Label: Self-produced
  • Formats: CD
    • Singalong 4
  • Released: September 4, 2013
  • Label: Space Shower
  • Formats: CD
    • EP
  • Released: August 7, 2013
  • Label: Space Shower
  • Formats: Rental CD
    • Singalong 5
  • Released: May 18, 2014
  • Label: Space Shower
  • Formats: CD
    • Singalong 6
  • Released: September 28, 2014
  • Label: Space Shower
  • Formats: CD
    • Singalong 7
  • Released: March 1, 2015
  • Label: Space Shower
  • Formats: CD

    • Vocaloid extended plays

    TitleAlbum details
    Piano Lesson EP
    • Released: September 6, 2009
    • Re-released: February 8, 2010
    • Label: Self-produced
    • Formats: CD
    Envy EP
  • Released: February 7, 2010
  • Label: Self-produced
  • Formats: CD
    • Alta Mugs EP
  • Released: January 16, 2011
  • Label: Self-produced
  • Formats: CD
    • The Great Escape from American Brutal Moshpit Soundtrack
  • Released: September 4, 2011
  • Label: Self-produced
  • Formats: CD
    • Fullkawa Bootleg 2011
  • Remix EP
  • Released: September 4, 2011
  • Label: Self-produced
  • Formats: CD

    • Vocaloid songs

    Video album

    TitleAlbum details
    .Callv.
    • Released: December 2, 2015
    • Label: Space Shower Network
    • Formats: DVD