A sample of a cover song by Rairu "Hoshiai", composed by LeftyMonsterP |
Rairu (らいる) is a fairly new utaite who started in mid-2013 and often describes himself as a singer of ballads. As this implies, his voice is very steady and soft, as well as husky, and is well-known for its emotion-carrying ability. However, he does not restrict himself to ballads, and sings rock and silly songs from time to time.
Although he is one of the youngest popular utaite, he comes across as mature and sincere in his Twitter and blog posts, though he sometimes shows his cheeky side in namahousous.
He started out in 2011 as namanushi and still holds singing namas very often. His first cover, "Aishiteru" drew immediate attention to him, and remains his most popular cover to this day, with more than 67K views and 2K Mylists as of September 2014. Ever since his debut, he has uploaded covers at a fairly steady pace, with an average of 1.5 songs per month.
He has a close friendship with the pianist Miro, the utaite Ajikko and utaite/pianist Kanade.
Affiliations and Collaboration Projects[]
- Ikemen Voice Paradise 7 (Released on December 18, 2013)
- EXIT TUNES ACADEMY BEST 5 (Released on March 18, 2015)
- ♯IVPB ~Ikemen Voice Paradise Best~ (Released on April 03, 2015)
- One wAy's (Released on May 06, 2015)
- START (Released on June 03, 2015)
- MotorVenus (Released on August 05, 2015)
- Life&Lovers/ChouchouP meets Singers (Released on September 02, 2015)
- Tokyo Plugless (Release on February 17, 2016)
List of Covered Songs[]
- "Aishiteru" (I Love You) (2013.07.12)
- "pianissimo" (2013.07.25)
- "Kotoba no Uta" (Words' Song) feat. Rairu and Ajikko (2013.09.06)
- "Chikyuu Saigo no Kokuhaku wo" (The Earth's Last Confession) -Piano ver.- feat. Rairu and Amihitsuji (2013.09.21)
- "Ai Kotoba II" (Love Words II) -Piano ver.- (2013.10.17)
- "Terekakushi Shishunki" (Embarrassment-Hiding Adolescence) (2013.11.03)
- "I Love You, I Need You" feat. Yucchan (2013.11.08)
- "Shoudou x Pandemonics" (Impulse x Pandemonics) feat. Yumecha., Rairu, Takamasa, Ikemai and anne (2013.01.22)
- "Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita." feat. Rairu and Yucchan (2013.12.17)
- "Haito Atoliester Nite" (In The Ateliester Ruins) -Arrange ver.- feat. Rairu and Hiiragi Yuka (2013.12.24)
- "Mr. Music" feat. Remyu, KEISUKE, Panaman, Horo Horo Chou, Rairu, kain and Ajikko (2013.12.28)
- "Asayake, Kimi no Uta." (Dawn, Your Song.) (2014.01.01)
- "Polaris" (2014.01.22)
- "Kokoronashi" (No Heart) (2014.02.06)
- "Lost Highlight" feat. Ajikko, Kakerine and Rairu (2014.02.16)
- "Bokutachi ga Koi wo Suru Riyuu" (The Reason We Fall In Love) (Sakamoto Maaya song) -Piano ver.- (2014.04.01)
- "Hoshiai" (2014.05.16)
- "Inner Arts" (2014.05.27)
- "HEAVEN" (2014.06.30)
- "S・K・Y" (2014.07.12)
- "Ame" (Rain) (Kiyoshi Ryuujin song) -Arrange ver.- feat. Rairu and Yucchan (2014.07.23)
- "Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru" (The World Is Falling In Love) (Ao Haru Ride OP) -Acoustic ver.- feat. Rairu and Kakerine (2014.08.15)
- "Natsu no Hanken" (Summer Ticket Stub) (2014.09.23)
- "Hoshi no Uta" -Piano ver.- (2014.11.10)
- "Just be Friends" -Piano ver.- (2014.11.14)
- "Starduster" (2014.12.30)
- "Bokura no Let It Be" (Our Let It Be) feat. clear and rairu (2015.10.09)
- "Bokutachi no Michi" (Our Road; Original Song) (2015.12.04) (YT only)
- "Connecting" ∞ 14 kinds of personalitie feat. rairu, Yuuto, Kakichoco, Che:Sakurai, Yukimura., Omaru, Lawsei Light and eclair (2015.12.12)
- "Very Merry Christmas" feat. Eve and rairu (chorus) (2015.12.19)
- "Kizu Namida no Ki" (The Tree of Tears and Wounds) feat. Yuuto, rairu and Yumeko (2015.12.22)
- "Stars Nostalgia" (Original song) feat. rairu, Kakerine and Ajikko (2016.03.18) (YT only)
- "Sakura Uta Medley" feat. Nero (SAKURA -Ikimonokagari's song-), Yuuto (Sakurazaka -Fuyuyama Masaharu's song-), Kony (CHE.R.RY -YUI's song-), rairu (Sakura -Kawaguchi Kyogo's song-), kain and Ajikko (Sakura no Ame/all) (2016.04.19)
- "Koi" (Love) -Piano ver.- (2016.12.15)
- "Koi" (Hoshino Gen song) feat. Kony, nero, Yuuto, Meychan, roccol, and rairu (2017.02.14)
- "Place On!" feat. Capital Rhythm (2021.01.24) (Original Song)
Discography[]
Gallery[]
Illust. by AiLM (あいるむ)
Illust. by AiLM (あいるむ)
Illust. by AiLM (あいるむ)
Trivia[]
- He used to play baseball in elementary and middle school, but switched to tennis in high school.[2].
- He likes singing, reading, and sports.[3].
- His name comes from the name of a dog he kept a long time ago.[citation needed]
- He is 176 cm tall.[4]
- His blood type is B.[4]
- He likes bob haircuts on girls.[4]
- His favorite colors are green and orange.[4]
- His favorite food is ramen.[4]
- He admires the singer Sakamoto Maaya.[4]
- He likes to read shoujo manga.[4]
- He started using his real name ("Irei Ryou") for Utattemitta activities since his 21st birthday. [5]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Rairu's birthday cover of "HEAVEN"
- ↑ Rairu's voice message in Ikemen Voice Paradise 7
- ↑ Rairu's Nico Nico Douga community profile
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Rairu's 2014.10.06 namahousou Q&A session
- ↑ Rairu announcing the change of name when uploading Utattemitta activites.