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Sundsvall, Sweden (2012 – present)

YOHIO (born in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a solo artist and the guitarist of Seremedy.

He started out in 2009 as the lead guitarist of the band Seremedy, in 2012 he debuted as solo artist in Japan on Universal Music Japan.

On February 9, 2012, YOHIO did a showcase performance in Tokyo, performing all 6 songs from his debut mini-album “REACH the SKY”.

His debut mini album “REACH the SKY” was released in Japan on April 25, 2012. On October 19 he released his first single “Our Story”, this was the first song with English lyrics.

On November 19, it was revealed that YOHIO will participate in Melodifestivalen 2013, the Swedish national selection for TV-show Eurovision Song Contest 2013. On February 2, 2013 he performed the song “Heartbreak Hotel” in the first semi-final in Karlskrona. He finished on 1st place in that semi final and was qualified to the final in Stockholm on March 9, 2013. In the final he finished on second place with 133 points. However, he received the most votes of the televotes with over 100,000 more votes than the winner Robin Stjernberg.

He will release a full studio album entitled “BREAK the BORDER” on March 27, 2013 in Sweden and April 24, 2013 in Japan. The album will be released in a English lyrics version (released in Sweden) and a Japanese lyrics version (released in Japan).
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  • Wira05

    He should be in Malmo tonight

    18 May 6:44pm Reply

  • Killinstinct

    New picture: http://www.last.fm/music/YOHIO/+images/88582127

    15 Apr 4:52pm Reply

  • Miyako-

    I think YOHIO is AMAZING <3 At least he is who he wanna be. ^^

    10 Apr 1:56pm Reply

  • Rose-Amaranthe

    ♥ Heartbreak Hotel ♥ Sakura, Falling ♥ rain ~A scene drenched in rain~ ♥

    9 Apr 7:08pm Reply

  • ciretose

    Also about YOHIO being "far ahead of most indie VK": that scene is already utter shit so It makes no difference whatsoever. You guys really should consider checking The Radio Dept. (great shoegaze band from Sweden).

    8 Apr 4:54am Reply

  • Pretsy

    *ability, but w/e.

    6 Apr 1:52pm Reply

  • Pretsy

    Yohio pretty much pinpointed what made newer VK bands lose their creativity and infused it with Eurovision-level cookie cutter music...and should I really care about musical charts of my neighbor? Talent and able to express something uniquely/creatively =/= sky-high in the charts

    6 Apr 1:51pm Reply

  • Pretsy

    Goddamn you, neighbors! @velocantide: People who don't generalize by saying that "ALL VK IS/WAS CRAP" etc. - remember, each scene/genre had its most creative eras at certain years, like say - VK was something creative back in late 90s/early 2000s

    6 Apr 1:48pm Reply

  • Phones666

    I always said that if I'd ever leave my country I'd move to Sweden, but I'm reconsidering now. Goddamnit Sweden I thought you were cool.

    6 Apr 10:14am Reply

  • ciretose

    So Sweden has shit taste? what a tweest

    5 Apr 10:39pm Reply

  • Killinstinct

    "BREAK the BORDER" is No.1 in the Swedish Album Charts, one week after its release. YOHIO has had signsessions this week all through Sweden and there has even been several new records in amount of people visiting a shopping mall.

    5 Apr 7:39pm Reply

  • Phones666

    This argument should be used for everything from bridge building to politics. [2] That really isn't a decent argument to support any artist release, to be quite honest. Besides, it's not even appropriate in comparison to YOHIO's album because that one wasn't good. But I also second ColdNRG, if he had been Japanese people would've been fapping over this like wildfire. Not to mention the album is mostly inspired on a generation of a scene that's been generally split up in either blahcore or happy pop-rock filled with synths. This isn't much different from a mix of those two. It's like you mix up bands like DIV and Kameleo with influences from MEJIBRAY and D.I.D.

    5 Apr 3:51pm Reply

  • Blumbe

    " I'd like to see any of you to actually go out and make music and make it good." Oh fuck you got me there. This argument should be used for everything from bridge building to politics.

    5 Apr 3:24pm Reply

  • SinSama

    The new album is pretty good, I'd like to see any of you to actually go out and make music and make it good.

    5 Apr 6:14am Reply

  • ColdNRG

    The visual kei hivemind loves to bash anything they can because somewhere along the way hating everything was equated with having selective taste. OTOH, I don't much care for his music but still...if he was Japanese there'd be legions of basement dwellers fapping to his every picture.

    4 Apr 1:32am Reply

  • Killinstinct

    I seriously wonder what people have against YOHIO, or is it just fun to bash on western people who try their way in Japan?

    3 Apr 1:23pm Reply

  • ColdNRG

    "YOHIO might not make the most innovative music ever...and considering his age, he's pretty much far ahead of most indie VK already". I'd scratch out the good part because of ~subjectivity~ and the fact that he's pulling inspiration from a scene you stated was out of ideas in the last sentence. He needs to find his own sound instead of trying to pander to fickle 16 year olds who will praise him one moment and crucify him the next.

    2 Apr 2:27pm Reply

  • eloohhdobillk

    The new album is perfect. <3

    2 Apr 7:41am Reply

  • Blumbe

    Favorite album 2013 ☆ YOHIO is really good! Fuck those Vkei kids who aren't giving him a chance!! ITS RACIST and REALLY SAD. Just because he isn't Japanese doesn't mean he can't make JAPANESE LIKE music. People like you make me sad and sick. YOHIO keep going ☆☆☆ Wow, INNOCENCE is pretty brutal and eerie, cool stuff [3]

    1 Apr 8:34pm Reply

  • velocantide

    I don't really know what an "appropriate" approach to VK is or should be, given the fact that most music from that scene is bland as hell and badly written, with few exceptions inbetween. YOHIO might not make the most innovative music ever, but he's still good and considering his age, he's pretty much far ahead of most indie VK already. That's what I think at least, I won't argue with other people's opinions, as everyone's entitled to having one.

    1 Apr 6:35pm Reply
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