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Daoko

Person · female · Japan · Tokyo · born 1997 · recording since 2012

Japanese rapper and singer

J-pop Japanese hip-hop Shibuya-kei synth-pop urban contemporary

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Also known as Daoko · DAOKO · daoko · Даоко · ▶▲●◀● · だをこ

Debut: 2012
Recording span: 14 years
Release groups: 51
Timeline events: 11
Wiki language versions: 16

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Timeline

11 events▣ Album 9◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1990s
1. 4 March 1997 · Birth
  Born 1997-03-04
  source: wikidata
2010s
1. 20 July 2012 · Debut release
  Debut release: 初期症状
  First documented EP in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 5 December 2012 · Album
  Album: HYPER GIRL -向こう側の女の子-
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 11 December 2013 · Album
  Album: GRAVITY
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 4 February 2015 · Album
  Album: Dimension
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 25 March 2015 · Album
  Album: DAOKO
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 20 October 2017 · Album
  Album: THANK YOU BLUE
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 12 December 2018 · Album
  Album: 私的旅行
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 9 October 2019 · Album
  Album: DAOKO × ドラガリアロスト
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 24 June 2020 · Album
  Album: anima
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 22 May 2024 · Album
  Album: Slash-&-Burn
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography284 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379248543

Biography

Daoko (だをこ; born March 4, 1997) is a Japanese singer and rapper born in Tokyo. Her career began when one of her videos uploaded to Nico Nico Douga in 2012, when she was 15, received attention.

Career

The name Daoko (ダヲコ) was originally her web nickname.
Her first tour began on 15 January 2016 at Tsutaya O-East, Tokyo, Japan. Daoko was nominated for Next Break Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2015.
She had caught the attention of multiple Japanese artists such as m-flo, which led to the collaboration of the two artists to produce their single IRONY in 2013. IRONY was used as the theme song of the movie Eagle Talon – Beautiful Elliere Deodorant Plus (鷹の爪~美しきエリエール消臭プラス~).
Daoko released her first album, Hyper Girl, on 5 December 2012 through Low High Who? Production. She received a large amount of attention for her vocal work in the music video "ME!ME!ME!" composed by TeddyLoid on 21 November 2014. Daoko left Low High Who? Production after releasing her album DimensionDimension4 February 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1ニルバーナ3:4028階3:493サイケデリック / OKOK4:004ミルクティ4:145オートリロード2:506fly2:5577日間創造4:498エンドレス3:089そつぎょう5:2410Dimension4:42 on 4 February 2015 and subsequently shut down her blog. In 2017, she and Kenshi Yonezu performed the song "Uchiage Hanabi", which was used as the theme song to the anime film Fireworks.
In 2018, Daoko attended 69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. She performed at Cosplay Mania in the Philippines in 2023.

Performances

6 April 2015 – Party for first major album in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
17 August 2015 – Live Solo in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
14 September 2015 – Japanese Animation Trade Fair (Nico Nico Live)
15 January 2016 – First Tour (Tsutaya O-East, Tokyo, Japan)
8 March 2017 – Aoiro Jidai Tour (LIQUIDROOM in Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan)
30 September 2017 – Anime Weekend Atlanta

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	16	74.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	51	94.4th
Studio albums	9	90th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	11	87.9th
Recording span (years)	14	33.6th
Genres	12	97.8th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (51 release groups · 9 studio albums)

Albums · 9

HYPER GIRL -向こう側の女の子-
2012 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 48:07
1向こう側の女の子0:26
2パレードへようこそ4:47
3again3:32
4最近3:23
5みらいよそうズ4:13
6キラキラ4:08
7脳内Disco4:06
8COLORS4:18
9Fog3:28
10L&H2:22
11Now Loading5:01
12bUd3:38
13Ranunculus4:45
GRAVITY
2013 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 44:36
1ISLAND4:31
2BOY4:10
3ずれてる3:51
4△-△-△1:17
5GRAVITY4:20
6弊害1:49
7ネガティブモンスター4:28
8まだゆめをみている3:17
9o○o○o1:43
10メギツネ3:51
11TWINS4:11
12浪漫非行3:45
13試験一週間前3:23
Dimension
2015 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:31
1ニルバーナ3:40
28階3:49
3サイケデリック / OKOK4:00
4ミルクティ4:14
5オートリロード2:50
6fly2:55
77日間創造4:49
8エンドレス3:08
9そつぎょう5:24
10Dimension4:42
DAOKO
2015 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:35:29
Disc 112 tracks · 47:43
1水星4:33
2かけてあげる4:03
3一番星3:44
4ゆめうつつ4:28
5流星都市3:32
6ぼく4:56
7きみ3:42
8嫌3:18
9ミュージック3:53
10JK3:40
11ないものねだり3:21
12高い壁には幾千のドア4:33
Disc 212 tracks · 47:46
1ME!ME!ME!_pt.11:35
2BOY4:13
3キラキラ4:12
4Fog (new mix)3:52
5試験一週間前3:14
6脳内DISCO4:09
7Mind Surf5:11
8戯言スピーカー (Rap.ver)4:13
9放課後校庭にて2:59
10夕暮れパラレリズム3:52
11IRONY4:53
12そつぎょう5:23
THANK YOU BLUE
2017 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 14 tracks · 57:56
1打上花火4:50
2ステップアップ LOVE4:16
3Juicy3:45
4さみしいかみさま4:30
5ShibuyaK4:22
6BANG!3:39
7ダイスキ3:20
8拝啓グッバイさようなら3:46
9同じ夜5:40
10GRY2:57
11もしも僕らがGAME の主役で3:50
12ゆめみてたのあたし4:32
13Cinderella step4:05
14ワンルーム・シーサイド・ステップ4:24
私的旅行
2018 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:56
1終わらない世界で5:06
2ぼくらのネットワーク3:37
3オイデオイデ3:55
424h4:46
5種も仕掛けもある魔法4:06
6サニーボーイ・レイニーガール4:09
7涙は雨粒3:17
8蝶々になって4:03
9打上花火 (DAOKO SOLO ver.)4:51
10NICE TRIP6:06
DAOKO × ドラガリアロスト
2019 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:03:36
Disc 118 tracks · 48:17
1a n n i v e r s a r y2:54
2終わらない世界で5:06
3キボウノヲト1:57
4ShibuyaK (Instrumental)0:52
5流星都市3:34
6ぼくらのネットワーク3:35
7BANG!3:39
8Cinderella Step4:04
9もしも僕らがGAMEの主役で (Instrumental)0:33
10キボウノヲト～Zodiark Battle Remix～1:39
11CRASHER2:57
12ゆめうつつ4:30
13ShibuyaK (Live Instrumental)0:48
14おにさんこちら1:59
15DRIVE1:32
16明けたら1:48
1724h4:48
18ファイアーエムブレムメインテーマ (Ver. Heroes)2:02
Disc 25 tracks · 15:19
1ハイセンスパイセン3:14
2dream kit1:49
3ユートピア2:32
4overture ～HELL Remix～3:55
5Across The World3:49
anima
2020 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:37
1VOICE3:39
2anima5:42
3アキレス腱2:31
4愛のロス3:55
5御伽の街3:22
6ハイセンスパイセン3:12
7ZukiZuki2:36
8Sorry Sorry4:16
9海中憂泳3:33
10ストロベリームーン4:06
11帰りたい！3:35
12おちゃらけたよ4:10
Slash-&-Burn
2024 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:11
1天使がいたよ3:16
2FTS4:02
3SLUMP3:30
4BLUE GLOW2:15
5GAMEOVER2:58
6捨てちゃってね4:54
7好×2 + 嘘×22:56
8あぼーん2:39
9NovemberWeddingDay3:47
10ONNA3:30
11なんちゃって5:14
12赤目のビル4:10

EP · 6

EP release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
2012	初期症状Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 6 tracks · 14:40 1戯言スピーカー (Rap.ver)4:08 2お姉ちゃんDIS2:45 3いいこいいこ2:27 4WhiteLine2:39 5お姉ちゃんDIS (SUNNOVA remix)2:41 61ST ALBUM DEMO MIX	20 July 2012
2013	UTUTU EPSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:41 1Ututu2:13 2蛇の心臓3:34 3ぐちぐち3:37 4真夏のサイダー4:26 5L&H (COASARU remix)2:41 6Ututu (Reatmo remix)2:45 7Ututu (waniwave remix)2:25 8蛇の心臓 Instrumental3:34 9Ututu Instrumental2:13 10Ututu acapella2:13	11 September 2013
2014	きれいごとSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 6 tracks · 21:52 1きれいごと3:34 2ひかり4:56 3すだち3:50 4あまつぶ4:38 5チャイム(skit)0:44 6セレモニー4:10	24 December 2014
2021	the light of other daysSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 8:59 1mercy3:14 2troche2:46 3fighting pose2:59	30 June 2021
2022	MAD EPSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 13:05 1MAD3:30 2spoopy2:56 3escape3:44 4cha cha2:55	23 March 2022
2025	meta millefeuilleSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 14:10 1MeeM2:18 2いいよ2:52 3前世は武将2:48 4僕だけのフォトン2:52 5Rhythm in the Sunset3:20	19 November 2025

Single · 35

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
2013	夕暮れパラレリズムSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 11:55 1夕暮れパラレリズム3:54 2Airy Batida (single ver.)4:07 3夕暮れパラレリズム (instrumental)3:54		24 July 2013
2015	ShibuyaK / さみしいかみさまSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 13:12 1ShibuyaK4:19 2さみしいかみさま4:26 3ゆめみてたのあたし4:27		21 October 2015
2016	もしも僕らがGAMEの主役で / ダイスキ with TeddyLoid / BANG!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 28:10 Disc 18 tracks · 28:10 1もしも僕らがGAMEの主役で3:47 2ダイスキ3:19 3BANG！3:39 4FASHION3:20 5もしも僕らがGAMEの主役で（Instrumental）3:48 6ダイスキ（Instrumental）3:19 7BANG！（Instrumental）3:39 8FASHION（Instrumental）3:19 Disc 28 tracks 1INTRO（DAOKO THE FIRST TOUR 2016 at SHIBUYA O-EAST 2016．01．15） 2高い壁には幾千のドア（DAOKO THE FIRST TOUR 2016 at SHIBUYA O-EAST 2016．01．15） 3ミュージック（DAOKO THE FIRST TOUR 2016 at SHIBUYA O-EAST 2016．01．15） 4かけてあげる（DAOKO THE FIRST TOUR 2016 at SHIBUYA O-EAST 2016．01．15） 5さみしいかみさま（DAOKO THE FIRST TOUR 2016 at SHIBUYA O-EAST 2016．01．15） 6ShibuyaK（DAOKO THE FIRST TOUR 2016 at SHIBUYA O-EAST 2016．01．15） 7ゆめみてたのあたし（DAOKO THE FIRST TOUR 2016 at SHIBUYA O-EAST 2016．01．15） 8OUTRO（DAOKO THE FIRST TOUR 2016 at SHIBUYA O-EAST 2016．01．15）		14 September 2016
2017	かくれんぼSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 1:44 1かくれんぼ1:44		18 February 2017
2017	拝啓グッバイさようならSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:43 1拝啓グッバイさようなら3:43		15 April 2017
2017	打上花火Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:27:15 Disc 12 tracks · 8:57 1打上花火4:49 2Forever Friends4:08 Disc 219 tracks · 1:18:18 1INTRO1:11 2JK3:43 3高い壁には幾千のドア4:46 4かけてあげる4:22 5ミュージック3:58 6ぼく5:10 7FASHION3:25 8水星4:19 9きみ4:41 10BOY4:08 11Fog4:26 12Interlude2:37 13ダイスキ with TeddyLoid3:54 14さみしいかみさま4:03 15ME!ME!ME! feat.daoko_pt12:25 16ShibuyaK8:20 17もしも僕らがGAMEの主役で4:25 18BANG! (EN)5:12 19OUTRO3:13		2 August 2017
2017	ステップアップLOVESearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:13 1ステップアップLOVE4:13		8 October 2017
2017	TOKYO-KICK-ASSSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:11 1TOKYO-KICK-ASS4:11		18 October 2017
2017	ステップアップLOVESearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 8:26 Disc 12 tracks · 8:26 1ステップアップLOVE4:15 2TOKYO-KICK-ASS4:11 Disc 21 tracks 1血界戦線 SPECIAL EDITION MUSIC VIDEO		18 October 2017
2017	カルアミルクSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 5:39 1カルアミルク5:39		18 October 2017
2017	チャームポイント (Special Edition)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 26:02 1チャームポイント0:54 2歌舞伎町の女王4:15 3BOY (Re-Arrange)4:21 4ぼく (Re-Arrange)5:12 5okay!3:48 6さみしいかみさま (Re-Arrange)3:23 7Fog (Re-Arrange)4:09		20 December 2017
2018	終わらない世界でSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 5:05 1終わらない世界で5:05		26 September 2018
2018	ぼくらのネットワークSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:37 1ぼくらのネットワーク3:37		17 November 2018
2019	ドラマSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:53 1ドラマ4:53		24 April 2019
2019	はじめましての気持ちをSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:47 1はじめましての気持ちを3:47		4 September 2019
2020	御伽の街Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:23 1御伽の街3:23		15 January 2020
2020	おちゃらけたよSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:07 1おちゃらけたよ4:07		25 March 2020
2021	groggy ghostSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:13 1groggy ghost3:13		29 September 2021
2022	AffordanceSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:21 1Affordance2:21		26 January 2022
2022	あぼーんSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:36 1あぼーん2:36		14 February 2022
2022	escapeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:44 1escape3:44		9 March 2022
2022	燐光Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 5:29 1燐光5:29		25 May 2022
2022	Touch!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 1:47 1Touch!1:47		27 July 2022
2023	月の花Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:01 1月の花4:01		26 May 2023
2023	Allure of the DarkSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:08 1Allure of the Dark4:08		1 November 2023
2023	ナナイロカラフルSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:42 1ナナイロカラフル2:42		20 December 2023
2024	天使がいたよSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:16 1天使がいたよ3:16		10 April 2024
2024	片依存 (ESME MORI Remix)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:43 1Addiction (ESME MORI Remix)2:43	Remix	11 September 2024
2025	前世は武将Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:48 1前世は武将2:48		23 July 2025
2025	僕だけのフォトンSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:52 1僕だけのフォトン2:52		24 September 2025
2025	いいよSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:52 1いいよ2:52		30 October 2025
2026	COMIT COMETSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:27 1COMIT COMET3:27		12 April 2026
2026	仕事よりうさぎSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:16 1仕事よりうさぎ2:16		13 May 2026
2026	TACTICSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:14 1TACTIC3:14		4 July 2026
2026	SYNCSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music		5 October 2026

Album · 1

Album release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2022	Daoko Live Unplugged in Sogetsu HallSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:18:51 1高い壁には幾千のドア (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)4:51 2JK (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)4:49 3GRY (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)3:23 4ネガティブモンスター (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)4:11 5おちゃらけたよ (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)4:28 6海中憂泳 (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)7:57 7同じ夜 (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)5:10 8ゆめうつつ (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)4:22 9蝶々になって (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)8:18 10アキレス腱 (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)4:12 11試験一週間前 (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)3:46 12Ututu (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)3:18 13真夏のサイダー (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)5:07 14水星 (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)5:02 15BOY (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)4:44 16Cinderella step (Daoko Live Unplugged in 草月ホール)5:13	Live	3 August 2022

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Daoko head-to-head →

Daoko metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	16	74.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	51	94.4th
Studio albums	9	90th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	11	87.9th
Recording span (years)	14	33.6th
Genres	12	97.8th

Awards & honours

No awards recorded

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
QUBIT(band)	—	present	lead vocals

Where this record comes from

aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8627f0c6-7ff3-4dee-b42d-48163e8187db
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8627f0c6-7ff3-4dee-b42d-48163e8187db
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17161119
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17161119
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daoko
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daoko

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Timeline

1990s

Born 1997-03-04

2010s

Debut release: 初期症状

Album: HYPER GIRL -向こう側の女の子-

Album: GRAVITY

Album: Dimension

Album: DAOKO

Album: THANK YOU BLUE

Album: 私的旅行

Album: DAOKO × ドラガリアロスト

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Album: anima

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Biography

Biography

Career

Performances

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (51 release groups · 9 studio albums)

Albums · 9

EP · 6

Single · 35

Album · 1

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