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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Wise
Person · male · Japan · Nagoya · born 1979
Japanese rapper
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1970s
Biography
English biography437 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379097487
Biography
Seiji Kameyama (亀山晴児, Kameyama Seiji; born on August 10, 1979), better known by his stage name Wise, is a rapper who raps in both English and Japanese. His mother is American and his father is Japanese and during high school, he lived in the United States. He is affiliated with the creative group Kazenohito. In 2005, he formed the duo Wise'N'SonPub with beatmaker SonPub, and the group Teriyaki Boyz with Nigo (founder of A Bathing Ape), Ryouji "Ryo-Z" Narita, Ilmari (from Rip Slyme) and Verbal (from M-Flo). He made his major debut as a solo artist with the single "Shine Like a Star" on February 21, 2007.
Singles
Alive
"Alive"
"My Way"
"Wanna Know Ya"
"Shine Like a Star" (Soul Source Production Mix)
Shine Like a Star (February 21, 2007)
"Shine Like a Star" (August 2007)
"One Chance"
"Shine Like a Star" (Instrumental)
"One Chance" (Instrumental)
Thinking of You (May 23, 2007)
"Thinking of You"
"Good Music" (feat. MC Leo)
Mirror (July 23, 2008)
"Mirror" Feat. Salyu
Furimukanaide Feat. Hiromi (April 1, 2009)
"Furimukanaide" Feat. Hiromi
"Unchain my Heart" Feat. May J
"Furimukanaide" Feat. Hiromi (Instrumental)
Albums
Children of the Sun (October 10, 2007)
"Time To Rise"
"Shine Like a Star"
"Delicious"
"Never at Once" Feat. Himiko
"Thinking of You"
"Hey Girl!" Feat. Su (Rip Slyme)
"Taiyou no Kodomo" Feat. Afra. Cro-magnon
"Good Music" Feat. mc Leo
"Play That Song"
"Alive"
"Hi no Tori" Feat. Cro-magnon
Love Quest (May 27, 2009)
"Love Quest"
"Aenakutemo" feat. Kana Nishino
"Into the Sky" feat. Beat Crusaders
"...In your Happiness"
"Big City of Dreams" feat. Taro Soul
"Furimukanaide" feat. Hiromi
"Best Friend's Girl"
"Mae e"
"Free"
"Can't Stop" feat. Speech (From Arrested Development)
"Mirror" feat. Salyu
"Unchain my Heart" feat. May J.
Dakid (August 10, 2005) as WISE`N'SONPUB
"Welcome"
"Memento"
"Space Travelers"
"Free Fall"
"Drums Makes Romance"
"Hi no Tori"
"After the Rain..."
"Simple Walk"
"Zambot 3"
"Nurture our Nature"
"SK8 SKIT"
"History"
"Departure"
Other Releases
Mellow Yellow "Chikyū Walker"
4 the Fabulous feat. YOUKID, WISE (Kaze no Hito) (June 29, 2005)
YOSHIKA "timeless" (January 18, 2006)
13.alive feat. WISE
MAD Sequence* "M.A.D. Seq*" (March 22, 2006)
10. It Makes Me Want To Say (Muddy Thumb pt.0) featuring WISE
Def Tech "Catch The Wave" (April 26, 2006)
9. Off The Edge feat. WISE
Kaori Natori "Perfume" (May 24, 2006)
13.I believe myself feat. WISE
Masaharu Fukuyama "Fukuyama Masaharu ANOTHER WORKS remixed by Piston Nishizawa" (May 24, 2006)
3.Sakura Zaka～featuring WISE
Ya-kyim "Keep YA Style" (August 2, 2006)
6.STYLES feat.SIMON,NORISIAM-X,WISE & GS
BoA "THE FACE" (February 27, 2008)
3. My way, Your way feat. WISE
Kana Nishino "LOVE one." (June 6, 2009)
2. Tōkutemo feat. Wise
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.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
MusicBrainz enrichment for this artist is still pending. Release groups appear here once it runs.
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Wise head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teriyaki Boyz(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teriyaki_Boyz-wise-crop.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354212genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354212seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_%28rapper%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_%28rapper%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Nesnad (original work by Sry85 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q4354212 · MusicBrainz: 754241ca-1590-4ecb-92c0-7e70eae62b63
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