ASIA ENGINEER

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ASIA ENGINEER promoting Zettai Makenai! (2008)

ASIA ENGINEER (エイジアエンジニア) is a J-Hip-Hop group who are currently signed under Rhythm Zone.

1 Members
2 Information
3 Discography
4 External Links

Members

YOPPY (MC)
KZ (MC)
ZRO (MC)
SHUHEI (MC & trackmaker)

Information

ASIA ENGINEER promoting Zehii!! (2005)

ASIA ENGINEER is contrived of 4MC’s hailed from Tokyo’s bay area. In 1998, they started to perform live in clubs all around Tokyo. In 2001, SHUHEI joined the group. Establishing melodious and pop style Hip-hop “Asia Engineer Style”, became known as the next generation. They are super entertainers, their pleasure is to give a vigorous performance and bring happiness to the listener. ASIA ENGINEER has two meanings: ‘advancing to Asia’ and ‘wants to be a craftsman for the smile’. They are known of their happy expressions and choreography during live concerts, two of their strongest characteristics.

Their debut mini album, Groovin' Group, became top on the Indies chart. By February of 2005, they accomplished their major debut and ranked 23rd on the Oricon charts for the first time. After releasing four singles, on September 28th, 2005, they released their 1st full album Zehii!!. In November 2005, they did their first national headliner live tour Zehii!! Zenkoku no minasan, konnichitour!. On April 5th, 2006, ASIA ENGINEER released their 5th single Jiyuu ni Aruite Itoshite. This single collaborated with Yasuyou Konishi, a member of Pizzicato Five. On July 19th, they released their summer concept mini album Jun Natsu ~Jun-natsu~. The producer of this album is YANAGIMAN, more familiar as USB. They also collaborated with the new spirited creator HALFBY, SUGIURUMN, and SPINNA, who is an influenced New York DJ. The title track ’Jun-natsu’ ranked 1st place on July’s "Cable Transmission General Chart".

ASIA ENGINEER promoting Hitori no Merry Christmas (2006)

On November 29th, 2006, ASIA ENGINEER released a sad song ‘Hitori no Merry Christmas, which featured winter. This became a very big hit and, by December, they played live on the Fuji TV program Mezamashi TV. On April 4th, in the season of spring, they released a message song, Kimi wa Kimi no Mama de.

Between the end of May to the end of June, they toured 19 cities as "Asia Engineering / SOFFet TOUR 07" featuring SOFFet. On June 28th, ASIA ENGINEER cut a single Haremoyou from the album Jun Natsu ~Jun-natsu~, and released the album preceeding the single Haremoyou 2007 / Umi. On July 11th, they released their long-awaited 2nd full album ‘Ah Subarashiki Hibi.

ASIA ENGINEER released two more singles Orion and HAPPY. Soon They will release a new single named Zettai Makenai! and their third full album.