| Background: | person |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 2002 |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Instrument: | Vocaloid |
| Years Active: | 2020–present |
| Kanaria | |
| Channel Display Name: | Kanaria |
| Channel Direct Url: | @kanaria9704 |
| Years Active: | 2020 – |
| Genre: | Music |
| Subscribers: | 1.26 million |
| Views: | 331,266,602 |
| Silver Button: | yes |
| Gold Button: | yes |
| Gold Year: | 2023 |
Kanaria (born 30 May 2002) is a Japanese musician. After making his debut with the song "Hyakkisai" (2020), he rose to popularity with his next song "King", released three months later. He has also released two albums, King (2020) and Kanaria.code (2022).
Kanaria was born on 30 May 2002.[1] On 10 May 2020, twenty days before his eighteenth birthday, he made his career debut with his Hatsune Miku song "Hyakkisai", which Eimika Katsuya characterizes as having "a rhythmic wa melody like a Bon Odori dance" and lyrics as "mysterious, code-like [and a] Japanese-style song that will send shivers down your spine".[2]
Kanaria rose to popularity with his next song "King", released on 10 August 2020.[2] On 9 December 2020, his album King was released. On 7 May 2021, Kanaria appeared on Music Station as "the next big thing".[3] He also wrote, composed, and arranged the song "Domestic De Violence" on Ado's 2022 debut album Kyōgen.[4]
In September 2022, Kanaria released a greatest hits album named "Kanaria.code". In November 2022, he released "", the ending theme for the Chainsaw Man episode "Kill Denji"; it was the first time he sang himself instead of using a Vocaloid bank.[5] In February 2023, his song "Yoidore Shirazu" topped Billboard Japan's Top User Generated Songs chart.[6]
In April 2023, Kanaria released "Requiem", a collaboration song with Hololive VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei.[7] In July 2024, he was the songwriter for "Champion", the last song for Pokémon and Hatsune Miku's Project Voltage collaboration.[8]
On 24 August 2024, Kanaria debuted as a VTuber, saying that there were several cases of people impersonating him, with at least one case of catfishing on the game Apex Legends.[9] He confirmed on his debut stream that he is male.[10]
| Title | Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [11] | JPN Comb. [12] | ||||||
| King | 2020 |
| 44 | - | - | [13] | |
| Kanaria.code | 2022 |
| 18 | 26 | - | [14] | |
| Title | Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Dig. [15] | JPN Str. [16] | ||||||
| 2022 |
| — | 48 | - | |||
| 2022 |
| 33 | — | - | |||