Ado Profile and Facts:
Ado (アド) is a Japanese utaite under Virgin Records and Geffen Records who has been active since January 10, 2017, since she was 14. She made her major debut on October 23, 2020, with the digital single “Usseewa”, which has gained a large amount of popularity. The song currently has over 296 million views on YouTube.
Stage Name Meaning: Her name Ado originates from the term for the supporting actor of traditional Japanese comic theatre, Kyogen. She chose to name herself after this instead of the main actor because her wish was to be a supporting character in someone’s life through music.
Official SNS:
Twitter: @ado1024imokenp / @ado_staff
TikTok: @ado1024osenbei
Instagram: @ado1024sweetpotet / @ado_staff_official
YouTube: Ado
NicoNico: Ado
TwitCasting: ado1024imokenp
Stage Name: Ado (アド)
Birth Name: N/A
Birthday: October 24, 2002
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Horse
Height: 157 cm (5’2)
Weight: N/A
Blood Type: N/A
MBTI Type: N/A
Nationality: Japanese
Ado Facts:
– Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
– She admires the artists RIB, Soraru, and Mafumafu.
– Her favourite artist is Sheena Ringo.
– Her vocal range is from a low, rumbling C3 up to an ear-piercing D6.
– She uses growls to inject a gravelly angst into her voice, but she can also belt a soft and clear falsetto on a dime.
– She has a versatile voice and can add power to it. Her vocals usually give off an angsty vibe, as of a rebellious teenager. This is especially seen in some of her songs/covers like “Odo“ and “Crime & Punishment“.
– She provided the singing voice for Uta in the movie One Piece Film: Red. She released songs such as “Uta no Uta” and “Tot Musica“ which gained a lot of popularity.
– Ado was featured on LE SSERAFIM‘s Japanese version of “UNFORGIVEN“.
– She released her first cover, “Kimi no Taion” on January 10, 2017.
– On NicoNico, most of her covers’ titles would have a pun that had something to do with her name, such as Adovance, Adorably, Adoventure, Adovice and Adornment.
– She used to sing in a closet in her earlier stages of singing covers.
– Ado’s song “Show” was featured as a collaboration song with Universal Studios Japan‘s Halloween event Halloween Horror Nights.
– Her song “Himawari“ was used for the theme of the J-Drama Futari Nara Yume mo Koi mo.
– She worked with VOCALOID producer MitchieM to release the song “All Night Radio“. The song is used as the theme song for the stage play Ano Yoru de Aertara.
– The blue rose often displayed in her general media represents flower language. After being genetically engineered by Japanese researchers in 2004, its flower language was changed from “impossible” to “dreams coming true”, which resonates with Ado’s personality.
– She released her first full album, “Kyogen” on January 26, 2022. The album peaked at #1 on the Oricon album chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAJ for selling more than 100,000 copies in January 2022, and was later certified Platinum for selling over 250,000 copies in February 2022.
– Various artists have written songs for her, including DECO*27, Mafumafu, syudou, Neru and PinocchioP.
– Her song “Kura Kura“ was used as the third opening for the anime Spy×Family, and her song “Aitakute“ was used as an insert song for the film Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War -The Final, a live-action movie from the Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War anime series.
– Her song “DIGNITY” is the theme song for the movie The Silent Service.
– Her most popular cover is of “Love Ka?“, which currently has over 43 Million YouTube views.
– On December 11, 2021, she won the Best New Asian Artist Japan award at Mnet’s MAMA.
– She released her first cover album, “Ado’s Utattemita” on December 13, 2023. The album consists of various VOCALOID and J-Pop songs fans voted for her to cover.
– She also won awards at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Japan Record Awards, and Billboard Japan Music Awards.
– She was nominated for the Best Anime Song award at the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
– On June 26, 2024, Phantom Siita, the first idol group produced by Ado, made their official debut.
– Her new song “Kira” was selected as “adidas Japan National Football Team 2026 Uniform Song”.
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