14 Facts About Yojiro Noda

Yojiro Noda, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.

Yojiro Noda was born in Tokyo, Japan, to a businessman father and piano teacher mother.

Yojiro Noda first became interested in the guitar in junior high school, after hearing Oasis.

Yojiro Noda tried to learn how to play the chords with a guitar his family owned.

Yojiro Noda joined after being asked by a friend to be the band's vocalist.

The band was named Radwimps, and Yojiro Noda became the band's vocalist, guitarist, and sole songwriter.

In 2008, Yojiro Noda produced a song for another artist for the first time.

Yojiro Noda wrote and produced the song "Labrador" for Japanese singer Chara, which was used as the leading promotional track for her album Honey.

In 2015, Yojiro Noda wrote the song "Oaiko" for Hanaregumi's sixth studio album What Are You Looking For.

Yojiro Noda began the solo career to perform overseas, which is a goal his band, Radwimps, did not share.

Yojiro Noda first performed live as Illion at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on March 17,2013.

In 2015, Yojiro Noda made his debut as an actor in the film Pieta in the Toilet, which he starred in as the lead character Hiroshi.

In May, Yojiro Noda debuted as an author with Rarirure-ron, a book of essays written while RADWIMPS were on their Grand Prix 2014 Jikkyo Namachukei tour of Japan, as well as his decision to star in Pieta in the Toilet.

In 2016, Yojiro Noda resumed his Illion solo project with a series of live concerts in July.