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A sample of a cover song by RO☆D "Hello/How Are You", composed by Nanou |
Road (stylized as RO☆D) or Gagadera is a YouTube singer, known for her nice flowing English translyrics on VOCALOID songs. At times, she might sing western songs as well.
RO☆D has a rather strong and solid mid-range voice, but can nevertheless sing in a tender and calm tone and with emotional undertone, which can fit rather slow paced piano ballads well, for example her cover of "I'll Follow You into the Dark". On the other side, she might at occasions sing with more tension such as in her cover of "Leia", which is also her first Japanese cover.
Her most popular cover is her English dub of "Hello/How Are You", for which she wrote the translyrics, with over 185K views on YouTube as of March 2014.
RO☆D once collaborated with JoyDreamer and some Nico Nico Douga singers on an English cover of "Mr. Music".
RO☆D has participated in the Nico Nico Cho Party II in 2013 as part of the "Nico Nico international exchange".[1]
YouTube subber RaineDrops (Raine) reprints many of RO☆D's covers on Nico Nico Douga.[2]
Affiliations and Collaboration Projects
- Member of lilium album (in the Masquerade Ball Chorus Battle)
- Member of Capriccio Coro (in the VOCA★FUSION Chorus Battle)
- Member of BAYΘNΞTTΞS (in the Serendipity Chorus Battle)
- Member of quadrumvirate (in the Blank*Space Battle Royale)
- Participant of the KCE Duet Battle 2 with Nozomu
- Meiko's role in The Portrait of F English chorus
Collaboration Units
List of Covered Songs
- "Nisoku Hokou" (Two Breaths Walking) -English Piano ver.- (2010.08.22)
- "Rolling Girl" -English ver.- (2010.09.13)
- "Hope" -English ver.- (2010.09.24)
- "Mozaik Role" (2010.12.02)
- "Matryoshka" -English ver.- (2010.12.27)
- "I'll Follow You into the Dark" (Death Cab for Cutie song) (2010.12.29)
- "Last Night Good Night" -English ver.- (2011.01.17)
- "Champion" -English ver.- (2011.01.29)
- "Yowamushi Montblanc" (Coward Montblanc) -English ver.- (2011.02.05)
- "Matryoshka" -English Piano ver.- (2011.03.23)
- "Meet you There" (2011.04.06)
- "Shinkai Summit" -English ver.- (2011.05.02)
- "M/elody" -English ver.- (2011.05.27)
- "Unhappy Refrain" -English ver.- (2011.07.31)
- "Hello/How Are You" -English ver.- (2011.08.06)
- "Leia" -English Piano ver.- (2011.08.19)
- "Nisoku Hokou" (Two Breaths Walking) -English ver.- (2011.08.24)
- "Sweetiex2" -English ver.- (2011.10.08)
- "Namae no Nai Uta" (Nameless Song) -English ver.- (2011.10.31)
- "Karakuri Pierrot" (Mechanical Pierrot) -English ver.- (2011.12.16)
- "Hoshi ga Matataku Konna Yoru ni" (Upon The Stars Twinkling Ever so Brightly That Night) -English ver.- (2011.12.28)
- "Shinitagari" (Wanna Die) -English ver.- (2012.01.13)
- "Gossip" (Entry of the VOCA★FUSION Chorus Battle) feat. Capriccio Coro (2012.01.23)
- "Safe and Sound" (Taylor Swift) -Piano ver.- (2012.03.23)
- "Love Song wo Korosanai de" (Don't Kill the Love Song) -English ver.- (2012.04.28)
- "Matryoshka" -English rap ver.- (2012.05.03)
- "ViVi" -English ver.- (2012.05.11)
- "Halo" -English ver.- (2012.05.14)
- "Saihate" -English short piano ver.- (2012.05.20)
- "Just Be Friends" -English Arrange ver.- (2012.06.23)
- "Mozaik Role" -Acoustic ver.- (2012.07.02)
- "Irony" -English ver.- (2012.07.12)
- "Happy Synthesizer" -English ver.- feat. RO☆D and Sinja (2012.07.15)
- "Wedding Dress" -English piano ver.- (2012.07.18)
- "Vanilla Twilight" -Piano ver.- (2012.07.19)
- "Paparazzi" (Lady Gaga song) -Piano ver.- (2013.07.19)
- "Why Did I Fall in Love With You?" -English piano ver.- (2012.07.19)
- "Kimi=Hana" (Junjou Romantica OP) -English ver.- (2012.07.20)
- "Skinny Love" -Piano ver.- (2012.07.21)
- "Rinne" -English ver.- (2012.07.29)
- "Irony" -English ver.- feat. Ashe and RO☆D (2012.08.17)
- "Rinne" -English ver.- (2012.09.12)
- "Suteki da ne" -English ver.- (2012.09.23)
- "Leia" (2012.10.05)
- "Turret Opera" (Portal 2 song) (2012.10.26)
- "Want You Gone" (Portal 2 song) (2012.11.07)
- "E? Aa, Sou." -English Ib ver.- feat. RO☆D and Aruufi (2012.11.17)
- "It's You" feat. RO☆D and Ashe (2012.12.02)
- "muddy cloud" -English ver.- (2012.12.12)
- "Healing Song" (Tangled song) (2012.12.29)
- "Rockbell" -English ver.- (2013.01.05)
- "Fall Into Unseen Darkness" (Entry of the Masquerade Ball Chorus Battle) feat. lilium album (2013.01.19)
- "Souzou Forest" feat. Ruichimi, chesu, Takkoshu and RO☆D (2013.01.23)
- "Houkago Stride" -English ver.- (2013.01.25)
- "Silver Girl" (Entry of the Masquerade Ball Chorus Battle) -Awaking mix- feat. lilium album (2013.03.02)
- "Sekiranun Graffiti" -English ver.- (2013.03.10)
- "Lie" (2013.03.22)
- "PONPONPON" feat. Takkoshu, chesu, Ruichimi, rookie and RO☆D (2013.03.28)
- "Kainé/Salvation" (NieR song) (2013.04.05)
- "Ayano no Koufuku Riron" (Ayano's Happiness Theory) -English ver.- (2013.05.04)
- "Sword of Drossel" (Entry of the Masquerade Ball Chorus Battle) feat. lilium album and Carmina Natura (2013.05.18)
- "Mad Lovers" (2013.06.10)
- "Yotsuya-san ni Yoroshiku" (Leave it to Yotsuya-san) (2013.06.20)
- "Shiki no Uta" feat. RO☆D, Lucy, Lizz, Lucy, Milk, Ateotu, saint, Shiki, K-Chan, Katie, Zero, Ryan, joakkar Caspy, Gray, Nipah and Amaito (2013.06.23)
- "Guren no Yumiya" (Attack on Titan OP) -Piano ver.- (2013.07.13)
- "Lost Destination" (Entry of the Masquerade Ball Chorus Battle) feat. lilium album (2013.07.19)
- "Memories Within the Mirror" -English ver.- (2013.08.04)
- "Da Vinci no Kokuhaku" (Entry of the KCEDB 2) feat. RO☆D and Nozomu (2013.08.08)
- "White Knight" (2013.08.14)
- "FREYJA.sys" feat. RO☆D and Nozomu (2013.08.28)
- "Ookami wa Akazukin ni Koi wo Shita" (The Wolf Fell in Love with Red Riding Hood) feat. RO☆D and Kura (2013.09.05)
- "Outer Science" -English ver.- (2013.10.20)
- "Ifuudoudou" -English ver.- (2013.12.14)
- "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" -Short Acoustic ver.- (2013.12.17)
- "Otogibanashi" (Fakery Tale) -English ver.- (2013.12.26)
- "Watashi he" -English piano ver.- (2013.12.31)
- "Watashi he" -Piano ver.- (2013.12.31)
- "Watashi he" -English then Japanese piano ver.- (2014.01.01)
- "Yonjuunana" -English ver.- (2014.01.30)
- "In Chains" (Entry of the SCB) feat. BAYΘNΞTTΞS (2014.02.09)
- "Mr. Music" -English ver.- feat. Mes, Noir, Bonya, Madoka, RO☆D, EVO+ and JoyDreamer (2014.02.14)
- "KiLLER LADY" -English ver.- (2014.03.15)
- "Sayoko" -Acoustic ver.- (2013.03.31)
- "Streaming Heart" -English ver.- (2014.04.14)
- "Sing a Song" (chorus) (2014.04.25)
- "Nou Shou Sakuretsu Girl" (Spinal Fluid Explosion Girl) (2014.07.09)
- "Karakuri Pierrot" -Live ver.- (2014.09.20)
- "Sword of Drossel" -English ver.- feat. RO☆D and Kura (2014.09.27)
- "Umiyuri Kaiteitan" -English ver.- (2015.01.16)
- "Say Something" (A Great Big World song) feat. RO☆D and Sumashu (2015.01.28)
- "Bad∞End∞Night" -English ver.- feat. RO☆D, Ateotu, KoKo, Lollia, Lizz, Razzy, Ashe and Chase (2015.01.24)
- "Flyers" -Death Parade OP English ver.- (2015.05.03)
- "Like a Comet" (Steven Universe song) -Piano ver.- (2015.06.08)
- "Temple of Time" (Legend of Zelda song) (2015.07.31)
- "Miraikei Answer" (Ore Monogatari OP) -English TV Size ver.- (2015.08.13)
- "Sasanqua" feat. Chishio and RO☆D (2015.08.28)
- "Balsam" (2015.09.14)
- "Pirate F no Shouzou" (Portrait of Pirate F) -English ver.- feat. rachie, Kiichan, Miku-tan, RO☆D, and Anthony" (2015.09.26)
- "Dreamer Eater" -English ver.- (2015.10.18)
- "Crazy∞Night" (Crazy Night) -English chorus- (2015.12.04)
- "Mahou" (Magic) -English ver.- (2015.01.04)
- "Mama" (Entry of the Blank*Space Battle Royale) feat. quadrumvirate (2016.02.11)
- "Crazy∞Night" -English ver.- feat. ateotu, KoKo, Lollia, Lizz, RO☆D, Razzy, Ashe, Chase, and Caspy (2016.02.19)
- "Shiki no Uta" (Samurai Champloo ED) feat. Lucy, RO☆D, Lizz, Lyrratic, Milk, ateotu, saint ♔, Shiki, K-chan, Katie, Zero, Ryan, Joakkar, Caspy, Gray, Nipah, and Amaito (2016.02.27) (reupload)
- "Holy Flag" (Holy Flag) -English ver.- (2016.04.27)
- "Father" (2016.8.13)
- "Canvas (Original)" (2016.10.22)
Discography
Gallery
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Trivia
- She can play the piano.[3], and has done ballroom and Latin dance as long as she has been playing piano. She also used to do kickboxing, but had to quit when she had a surgery on her wrist.[4]
- She took two years of Japanese in university and can speak it to a degree, but doesn't often sing in Japanese, because her past try on a Japanese song turned out "horribly".[5]
- She can speak English, German and Japanese.[6]
- She draws (usually digital art) as a hobby and has used her illustrations for some of her covers from time to time.
- She doesn't eat meat and likes anything with cinnamon in it [7]
- She currently is a MA postgraduate acting student, and she has studied something music-related in the past.[8]
- She used to do archery, but currently doesn't have enough time to pursue her hobby.[4]
- She is works as a tutor for piano lessons every Saturday.[4]
- Her alias is derived "rocky road", and "rocky road" resulted from a typo of her real name in secondary school which a nickname, and since she didn't want to be called rocky, she became road instead.[4]
- She has a degree in linguistics and is more of a "spelling freak".[4]
- She thinks basset hounds and huskies are the best dogs.[4]
- She is cross-dominant.[4]
- She is currently working on getting a master's degree[9] and is getting a job right out of drama school.[10]
- She uses a groove tubes mic with Logic pro.[11]
- She has many ear piercings and some tattoos.[11]
- She is a fan of Markliplier.[12]
- She is 168 cm (5'6") tall.[13]
- Her dad is a professional musician.[14]
- She is lactose intolerant but still enjoys Ben & Jerry's and sorbets[15]
- Her favorite colors are pink and purple[16]
- She is the youngest of 4 in her family[17]
External Links
- Official Facebook
- Official Twitter
- deviantART
- Official tumblr.
- Lyrics blog
- Ask.fm
- SoundCloud
References
- ↑ The Performer tab of the Nico Nico Cho Party II website
- ↑ A screenshot of RO☆D's description, mentioning Rainedrops' reprints
- ↑ Description of her "Champion" cover
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 RO☆D's tumblr. post with more trivia
- ↑ Description of her "Leia" cover
- ↑ Her Twitter description
- ↑ RO☆D's tumblr. post about her favorite food and drinks
- ↑ RO☆D's tumblr. asnwer about trivia
- ↑ RO☆D's Facebook post about her master's degree
- ↑ RO☆D's Facebook post about her job
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 RO☆D's about me tumblr. section
- ↑ RO☆D's Tweet about Marliplier
- ↑ RO☆D's tumblr. post about her height
- ↑ RO☆D's tumblr. post about her relatives and music
- ↑ RO☆D's tumblr. post about ice cream
- ↑ https://twitter.com/rokkiroado/status/606527109868220416
- ↑ http://rokkiroado.tumblr.com/post/122189801396/sorry-if-its-too-personal-but-how-many