ZAQ ZAQ

Biography

ZAQ ZAQ

Real Anime Song Creater ZAQ (pronounced as "za-ku")
Revolutionary royal road song writing
New Sound Creation depicted by a fantasy called Real

ZAQ started to play the piano at the age of three and graduated from the piano department of a music college. While learning classic, she also experienced pop music in a wide range of genres, such as rock, R&B, and hip-hop. While she was studying at a music college, she was surprised by the height of musicality of anime songs which were presented on TV. Her goal was to become an anime song singer. (NOTE: If "R&B" is correct, please change it back. I have only heard of "R&B".)
In 2011, she was chosen as a finalist in the contest of a video site. Because of that, in 2012, she debuted as a creator who writes lyrics, composes and arranges music for the character song of the TV anime "Future Diary". Later, she was appointed to work on anime theme songs. In October 2012, she finally achieved her debut with the opening theme song called "Sparkling Daydream" in the TV anime "Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions". After that, she was also in charge of the opening theme songs, such as the TV anime "High School DxD NEW The Vampire of the Suspended Classroom" and "I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job". In the summer of 2013, she achieved the first appearance on Animelo Summer Live 2013.

She immersed in the world view of work. Her lyrics are fantasy that comes from the depth overlapping with her own fantasy. She was her own Real. She is an arranger and a sound producer. At the same time, she is also a unique singer and songwriter. She aims to become an artist who opens up a new anime song's "royal road" in an anime song scene towards the uniform style beauty.

ZAQ（ざっく）

3歳の頃よりピアノをはじめ、音大のピアノ科を卒業。クラシックを学ぶ傍らロックやR&B、Hip-Hopなど幅広いジャンルのポップミュージックに傾倒し、音大在学中にはアニソンの音楽性の高さに驚愕。2012年、TVアニメ「未来日記」のキャラクターソングで作詞・作曲・編曲を行いクリエイターとしてデビューを飾る。以降、アニメ主題歌にも楽曲を提供しながら2012年10月、TVアニメ『中二病でも恋がしたい!』オープニング主題歌「Sparkling Daydream」でメジャーデビュー。

その後もTVアニメ『トリニティセブン』、TVアニメ『コンクリート・レボルティオ～超人幻想～』、TVアニメ『ようこそ実力史上主義の教室へ』などのOP主題歌を担当する。

日本最大級のアニメイベント『Animelo Summer Live 2017 -THE CARD-』ではテーマソングの作詞・作曲・編曲(共同編曲)を手がけ、アーティストとしてだけでなくクリエイターとしても唯一無二の存在となっている。昨今ではレーベルの垣根を越え、多くのアーティストに楽曲提供も行なっている。アレンジャー、サウンドプロデューサー的な側面と、シンガーソングライターとしての独自性で、画一的様式美へと向かうアニソンシーンにおいて、新たなアニソン「王道」を切り拓くアーティストを目指す。

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