Kiro Akiyama in Hiroshima

Kiro Akiyama is a Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, born in Utsunomiya in 1996, who plays alternative rock and J-pop. He made his major-label album debut with From DROPOUT and is known for songs including “Caffeine,” “Monologue,” “Identity” and “SKETCH,” several of which were used in anime and television series. In 2019, he held his first solo concert, DROWN IN TWINKLE, at Shibuya WWW in Tokyo. He later toured Japan through successive editions of 一鬼一遊TOUR and performed at ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL and JAPAN JAM.