StarRo

starRo is the moniker of Grammy nominated[1] R&B producer Shinya Mizoguchi. His debut album Monday was released world wide October 20, 2016 and subsequently rose to the top of the charts in Japan. In 2016 he became the first Grammy nominated producer from Japan[2] rising him to fame in his country of origin. Uproxx later wrote, "starRo may well be one of the first, true SoundCloud producers to be nominated for a Grammy."[3] The LA-based, Japanese-born producer also became the first to host a Beats1 Radio show focused on Tokyo culture.[4] Since then, he produced for a number of Japanese and Korean R&B/Hip Hop stars including the Korean group Common Cold (Mad Clown and Justhis) called "WASH!WASH!"[5] which went to number 3 in Korea and received critical acclaim in Korea.

starRo
Background information
Birth nameShinya Mizoguchi
BornJapan
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)Record producer
Associated acts

Awards and nominations
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016 Heavy Star Movin' by The Silver Lake Chorus Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical[6] Nominated

Discography

Albums
  • Monday (2016)

EP
  • Komorebi (2011)
  • Soulection White Label: 004 (2013)
  • Emotion (2015)

Singles
  • "Touching the Void" (2013)
  • "Waiting" (2014)
  • "California" (2014)
  • "House Party" (2015)
  • "I Will" (2015)
  • "Relapse" (2016)
  • "Milk" (2016)
  • "Yams" (2016)

References
  1. "starRo Shares Interpretive Dance Video for Grammy-Nominated Remix 'Heavy Star Movin:' Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  2. http://hiphopdx.com, HipHopDX -. "starRo Speaks On Hip Hop Influences As First Japanese Electronic Artist To Be Nominated For Grammys". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  3. Fulton, Nick (2018-01-22). "How An Unexpected, Historical Grammy Nom Changed starRo's Life Forever". UPROXX. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  4. "Apple Music、Beats1にて初の日本フィーチャー番組が始動". Rolling Stone(ローリングストーン) 日本版 (in Japanese). 2016-06-06. Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  5. Mad Clown & Justhis – Wash! Wash! (세탁중), retrieved 2017-11-15
  6. "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved 9 February 2017.


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