DAOKO

[Website](http://daoko.jp/) | [Blog](http://daoko.life/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/daok0) | [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/daoko_official/) | [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzc1_X3OAFquArF3EOVeWw) | [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/daok0) | [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@daoko.official) __Introduction:__ DAOKO is a Japanese female vocalist, rapper and lyricist. She first gained popularity in 2012, at the age of 15, when one of her uploaded videos on Nico Nico Douga received attention. <b>Biography:</b> DAOKO released her first album, *"Hyper Girl: Mukougawa no Onna no Ko"* in December 2012 through *Low High Who? Production*. In December 2013 she released a sophomore album titled *"GRAVITY"*. She received a lot of attention for her collaboration with TeddyLoid for *"Me!Me!Me!"* (a song featured in an animated short for [Nihon Animator Mihonichi](https://anilist.co/anime/20947)) in November 2014. DAOKO was nominated for Next Break Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2015. DAOKO left *Low High Who? Production* after releasing her album *"Dimension"* in February 2015, and subsequently shut down her blog. She released her self-titled album *"DAOKO"* via *Toy's Factory* a month later. DAOKO started her first tour in January 2016. In December 2017 she released the album *"THANK YOU BLUE"*. In December 2018 she released *"私的旅行 (Shiteki Ryouko)"*. In October 2019 she collaborated with mobile game *Dragalia Lost* to release *"DAOKO×Dragalia Lost"*. DAOKO's 2017 single *"Uchiage Hanabi"* for Studio Shaft's anime movie [Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?](https://anilist.co/anime/97908) is the most viewed anime song on YouTube, with over 400 million views. She won the *2018 Space Shower Music Award* in the Song of the Year category for *"Uchiage Hanabi"*, and in the Best Breakthrough Artist category. In July 2020 she released the album *"anima"*.