Show Wesugi［上杉昇］BIOGRAPHY

May 24, 1972: Born in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture.

1977 [5 y/o]: Entered kindergarten, but left in one month to transfer to a one-on-one kindergarten.

1979 [7 y/o]: Entered Izumi Elementary School, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture.

1983 [11 y/o]: During the summer vacation, ran away from his parent’s home with his mother and aunt and moved to Suwa Elementary School in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

1985 [13 y/o]: Entered Tokiwa Junior High School in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

1987 [15 y/o]: Through watching Guns N’ Roses videos, began to take an interest in rock.

1988 [16 y/o]: Enrolled in the Ikuseikai Gijyutsu vocational school in Yokohama, but voluntarily dropped out six months later. Formed first band with the former leader of a motorcycle gang, Isehara CHANGU.

1989 [17 y/o]: Started live performances at The Play House in Machida as a Hanoi Rocks tribute band. Fans were waiting to see them when they came out afterwards.

1990 [18 y/o]: Won a top prize at the Being Music Foundation audition and attracted producer, Daiko Nagato’s attention.

1991 [19 y/o]: WANDS was formed by Kohsuke Oshima (Key.), Show Wesugi (Vo.) And Hiroshi Shibasaki (G.) and they made their debut.

1992 [20 y/o]: Oshima left in September and Shinya Kimura joined. After that, the singles “Sekaijyu no Dareyori Kitto” (w / Miho Nakayama), “Motto Tsuyoku Dakishimeta Nara”, “Toki no Tobira”, “Ai wo Kataruyori Kuchiduke wo Kawasou”, “Sekai ga Owaru Made wa…” and albums Toki no Tobira, Little bit … , PIECE OF MY SOUL achieved over a million sales.

1994 [22 y/o]: Won the 8th Japan Gold Disc Award (1993 fiscal year, 4,112,008 singles, 3,187,564 albums).

1997 [25 y/o]: Left WANDS with Hiroshi Shibasaki and formed al.ni.co.

2001 [29 y/o]: In July announced that al.ni.co went on hiatus.

2002 [30 y/o]: In the winter, started solo activities with a one-man show at Shinsaibashi Club Quattro and Kawasaki CLUB CITTA’.

2003 [31 y/o]: Started to host the live event “Ja-palooza”.

2006 [34 y/o]: Held The 15th Anniversary LIVE “The Spoils of Rock” at Shibuya O-EAST and Shinsaibashi BIG CAT, then the band Nekodamashi started activities from “Ja-palooza06” at Shinjuku Loft.

2008 [36 y/o] December 6: Performed with LOUDNESS on “PEACE MAKER SUPER PEACE FESTIVALBUM”.

2009 [37 y/o]: Miya 38, of Nekodamashi, started fighting a life-threatening illness and passed away on September 4.

2012 [40 y/o] August 26: Performed as a secret guest at “Animelo Summer Live 2012″ held at Saitama Super Arena and sang “Sekai ga Owaru Made ha…” with Tetsuro Oda.

2013 [41 y/o] May 26: The solo one-man live “SHOW WESUGI Live 2013 – Resurrection” was held at TOKYO KINEMA CLUB for the first time in six and a half years since 2006.

2016 [44 y/o] December 4: 25th ANNIVERSARY LIVE “black sunshine Ø (ZERO)” starting at THE LIVE HOUSE CHICKEN GEORGE in Kobe and finishing at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, Tokyo at the end of 2017. Formed with a string quartet, grand piano, and acoustic guitar.

2017 [45 y/o] June 3: The movie “SUKABRO” was released, in which he played a gang leader for the first time because he felt enthusiastic about being asked by a staff member from his hometown, Yokosuka.
August: The first overseas one-man performance as Nekodamashi was held at Bandai Namco Shanghai Base.
September: About 15,000 spectators were gathered during a guest performance at “YOKOSO Taoyuan”, a Japanese festival hosted by the professional baseball team Lamigo Monkeys in Taiwan, and a record was made for the highest number of spectators mobilized that year.

2018 [46 y/o] January 10: An autobiographical book which was frankly written up until 2017, from the time of running away from home with his mother in a childhood home environment, as an extraordinary teen, from leaving WANDS after conflict with Being, al.ni.co, solo and Nekodamashi, and live CDs and DVDs Sekai ga Owaru Made wa… Show Wesugi 25th Anniversary BOX were sold all over Japan.
July-September: Toured Tokyo, Sendai, Kanazawa, Hiroshima, Sapporo, and Kyoto after a long absence with “Show Wesugi ACOUSTIC TOUR 2018 Survivor’s Guilt” as simple trio with Takashi Hirata on acoustic guitar and Mika Mori on piano.
August 1: The single “Survivor’s Guilt” was released with the fusion sound of electronica and rock by meeting with KASHIWA Daisuke with the lyrics about the guilt which warriors feel when they survive.
September: The first performance of “YNG (YOUTH NEVER GONE) CONCERT” is held in Wuhan, China, with Tetsuro Oda and NoB. In October, made a guest appearance on the last episode of “dunk of china” on Chinese video sharing site Youku, and acted jointly for the first time with NBA players from China and Asian star Jay Chou.
October 24: Released a solo album for the first time in 12 years, The Mortal, in addition to the world view written about in “Survivor’s Guilt,” he envisioned the soldiers’ imagined landscape during the Pacific War, picture scroll about love in the age of civil wars, and what a modern Japanese should be.
October-November: After the free live events for the first time at Aeon Nagoya Minato and at LA CITTADELLA, Kawasaki, performed at Minami Wheel and then held “Show Wesugi ELECTRIC TOUR 2018 The Mortal” in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with a full live performance explosion of guitar, drums, and keyboard on the arrangement of the album The Mortal. Next March and April 2019, additional performances were held in Niigata, Hakata and Tokyo.
December 14: “SHOW WESUGI STRING QUARTET LIVE – black sunshine – 2018” was held at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, Tokyo.

2019 [47 y/o] January: Invited to a closed event of LEXUS CHINA, held in Hangzhou, China to perform a guest live event.
May: Released “Kazanbai”, a live venue-limited single, featuring Hajime Okano, who is famous as a bassist in PINK and who has performed in Lollapalooza and collaborated with L’Arc〜en〜Ciel, as a recording producer.
June: The second performance of “YNG” was held in Chengdu, China.
July 6-8: A fan club trip with unique events was held, such as, the first acoustic live in Okinawa + the audience singing Wesugi songs with the performance by Takashi Hirata & Mika Mori + Show Wesugi serving food at the steakhouse. In the same month, he was invited to “BILIBILI MACRO LINK-STAR PHASE 2019” held at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China and performed a guest live event.
August to October: Acoustic tour and DVD preview + live talk event held in parallel. At Moritake Onsen in Akita, he experienced playing at a summer festival for the first time and also experienced junsai tasting. On August 3, the third performance of “YNG” was held in Beijing, China.
October 9: Sang “Sekai ga Owaru Made wa…” at “NBA Fan Night” held at Saitama Super Arena.
October 16: The first solo live DVD, SHOW WESUGI ELECTRIC TOUR 2018-2019 The Mortal, was released. The first-run limited edition included the LIVE CD with the same songs. At the time of purchase by a fan club member, a DVD, pressed with a song that was not included on the normal edition, was presented as a gift.
October-December: “SHOW WESUGI MIXTURE TOUR 2019 Bokugo”, where the wildest Show Wesugi in his history was witnessed in various places, and a CD audition + live talk event.
“December 14: Released the single “Bokugo”, the third disc in 2019. The coupling included “Orokamonoyo” in honor of Kenichi Hagiwara, who passed away in March of the same year.
During the same month, was invited to perform at the Alibaba-sponsored event “Alifishi Animation Music Festival” held in Guangzhou, China, and invited to the Tencent Music Entertainment Awards 2019 (TME AWARDS) held in Macau, experiencing the red carpet for the first time and performed as the last performer of the day at the event.
After that, he performed for two days at the music event “漫世界2019 哇卡动漫演唱会” held in Wuhan, China.”

2020 [48 y/o] March: Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, the “MIXTURE TOUR 2020 Bokugo” and all “1st DISC in 2020” high-volume listening and talk events were postponed.
March 15: The first live streaming was held on the official fan club site.
April 2: Delivered video message from the studio at Hajime Okano’s house.
April 18: Held a live online talk event with an admission fee. Pre-release of the latest single “Kawarakojiki” on the web for ticket holders of the postponed tour, talk event and the viewers of the online live talk event.
May 2: Web radio program “SHOW WESUGI from inside Bokugo” was distributed on the official fan club site.
May 24: On-location filming was held early in the morning during the state of emergency in Tokyo. Started selling the 2020 remastered songs of his early solo works and live performances for download. https://wesugi.net/news/623
May 25: SHOW WESUGI’s illustrated Amabie (yokai) rice cracker & Ema wooden plaque set available on the web for a limited time.
May 27: Single “Kawarakoziki” released all over Japan.
June 3: “An autobiographical book: Sekai ga Owaru Made wa… 2” sent to old fan club members.
July: Announced the start of an acoustic tour with less than 50% of the normal capacity beginning from late August.
July 26: Held online live talk event with an admission fee. Web sales of the single “Shoumetsu” and the rescheduled tour goods were held for the viewers.
August-September: Completed “ACOUSTIC TOUR 2020 Bokugo” and “2nd DISC in 2020” high-volume listening and talk event while battling ill health.
September: The entire tour with the band was postponed again for 2021, and an acoustic tour #2 was announced for later this year.
September 30: Single “Shoumetsu” and “SHOW WESUGI 2020 MEMORIAL BOX Bokugo” were released all over Japan.
October-December: “ACOUSTIC TOUR 2020 Bokugo #2” and “2020 3rd DISC” high-volume listening and talk events at 11 venues nationwide.
December 14: Pojjo Récord’s first Christmas sale was held on the web.
December 19: Announced that an album would be released and a tour held in 2021.
December 23: Single “Ransho” released all over Japan.

2021 [49 y/o] January: Despite running a few weeks behind schedule, successfully completed recording the album “Dignity”.
February: Held an official-fan-club-members–only Valentine’s Day sale on the web.
March–May: Held the “HEAVY TOUR 2021 Dignity” and the “2021 1st DISC high-volume listening-and-talk events” at 16 venues nationwide.
May 14–23: Held limited-time sale of HEAVY TOUR goods on the web.
May 15–18: Released the final performance of the talk show series at Takasaki SLOW TIME Café via streaming.
May 23: Launched the special page for the album “Dignity”: https://wesugi.net/news/983
May 24: Released [The HEAVY TOUR 2021 Dignity Final Show – WESUGI BIRTHDAY SPECIAL ON-DEMAND] via on-demand streaming.
May 26: Released the Album “Dignity” nationwide.
June 1: Began recording tracks for the single “1945~” and for the albums “Eigoukaiki I” and “Eigoukaiki II”.
July–September: Held the “ACOUSTIC TOUR SPOILS 2021” and the “2021 2nd DISC high-volume listening-and-talk events” at 14 venues nationwide. (As Mori Mika was on maternity leave, Handa Sunao participated as keyboard support for the Matsuyama, Kobe, Morioka and Hiroshima performances, whilst Tanaka Yuji participated for the Yokohama, Okayama and Fukushima performances.)
Aug 12: Postponed 4 shows after Show Wesugi contracted COVID-19.
Sept 26: Performed at “Machino Bunkasai 2021” at the former Uchisange　Elementary School in Okayama City.
Oct 2: Announced the “Double Anniversary Project” to celebrate Show Wesugi’s 30th debut anniversary and 50th birthday.
Oct 6: Released the single “1945~” nationwide.
Oct 23: Sent the “Official Bootleg CD 2021 #1” to all attendees of “TOUR SPOILS 2021”.
Oct 24: Released the Kobe performance of the tour via on-demand streaming. On the same day, began accepting essays from fans on the theme “Show Wesugi and I”.
Nov–Feb: Held the “30th Anniversary Tour Eigoukaiki #1” and the “30th Anniversary All-Time Playlist Album Eigoukaiki I high-volume listening-and-talk events” with the band at 18 venues nationwide.
Dec 4: Celebrated the 30th anniversary of Show Wesugi’s debut.
Dec 19: Held a fan-club-members–priority Xmas Special talk show in Gifu. An archive stream was made available through Dec 25.

2022 [50 y/o] Mar 9: Released the album “Eigoukaiki I” and the live concert DVD “HEAVY TOUR 2021 Dignity” nationwide.
Mar–May: Held the “30th Anniversary Tour Eigoukaiki #2” and the “Eigoukaiki II high-volume listening-and-talk events” at 18 venues nationwide.
May 24: Held a fan-club–members only “Show Wesugi 50th Birthday Special Talk Party” at Roppongi C-Laps.
May 25: Released “30th All-Time Playlist Album Eigoukaiki II” and the 30th-anniversary box set “Eigoukaiki” which includes a book “Show Wesugi and I”, a 9-song Official Bootleg DVD, the “Eigoukaiki Tour #1 Live CD”, and a self-liner notes booklet for “Eigoukaiki I&II”.
May 27–June 2: Streamed the Birthday Special Talk Party event.
May 28–June 4: Held a limited-time anniversary tour goods sale on the web.
June: Announced an acoustic tour travelling extensively across various regions over a period of more than a year.
July 22: Began recording tracks for “SPOILS #2 Azurite in Granite.”
Aug–Dec: Held the “ACOUSTIC TOUR SPOILS 2022-2023” and the “2022 NEW DISC high-volume listening-and-talk events” at 13 venues nationwide.
Dec 14: Released the newly-mixed single “Sekai Ga Owaru Made Wa…” arranged by Tetsuro Oda.
Dec 18: Held a Christmas Special talk show at Shibuya gee-ge. It was streamed on demand through Dec 23.
Dec 23–29: Held the tour “SPOILS #1” goods sale on the web.
Dec 24–30: Released the TOUR #1 STREAMING VIEW via streaming.
Dec 31: Appeared on the Chinese video platform’s special New Year’s Eve program “2022 Bilibili New Year’s Eve Gala”.

2023 [51 y/o] Jan 23: Began recording tracks for “SPOILS #3 Dragon Blood Jasper”.
Feb–May: Held the “Acoustic Tour SPOILS 2022-2023 #2” and “2023 1st DISC high-volume listening-and-talk events”at 15 venues nationwide.
Apr 8: Performed on a special stage after a game of the Taiwanese professional basketball team “Taoyuan Leopards”.
May 24: Released the second cover album “SPOILS #2 Azurite in Granite” nationwide. Held a fan-club–exclusive birthday special event on the same day at LOFT9 Shibuya. It was available for paid streaming until 30 May.
May 26–June 2: Held the tour “SPOILS #2” goods sale on the web.
June 23: Performed at the Haimen Yangtze River Estuary Music Festival in China.
July 8: Received the Overseas Artist Award at the Tencent Music Entertainment Awards 2023 in Macau.
July 16: Appeared at the “Shuangfeng Cup KOF ’97 Offline Invitational Tournament‌” in Shanghai, China.
July 23: Performed at the SO HAPPY MUSIC FESTIVAL in Jinan, China.
Aug 5: Performed at YOUTH NEVER GONE in Shanghai, China.
Aug–Dec: Held the “Acoustic Tour SPOILS 2022-2023 #3” and “commemorative talk events for the release of the first complete lyrics collection” at 15 venues nationwide.
Sept 8: Sang “Sekai Ga Owaru Made Wa…” during the “Friday Night Fever” pre-game show for the Yomiuri Giants vs. Chunichi Dragons game at Tokyo Dome.
Oct 4: Performed at YOUTH NEVER GONE in Chengdu, China.
Oct 21–23: Held a fan-club trip in Okinawa for the first in 4 years.
Nov 12: Made a guest appearance at singer Handsome Hanzi’s 30th-anniversary event “Jinsei Daijoubunbunbun” at Shimokitazawa Club Que.
Dec 1: Featured in an interview article with original photos in the magazine Friday.
Dec 17: Held a fan-club-members–only meeting at LOFT9 Shibuya.
Dec 17-24: Released the above event via paid streaming.
Dec 20: Published nationwide the “Show Wesugi Complete Lyrics Collection 1991–2023”.
Dec 20–26: Held the “SPOILS #3” tour goods sale on the web.
Dec 25: Appeared on Jingdong International & TME’s year-end special program in China.

2024 [52 y/o] Jan 26–27: Held talk events and signing sessions to celebrate the publication of the “Show Wesugi Complete Lyrics Collection 1991–2023” at Ochanomizu RITTOR BASE.
Mar–May: Held the “Acoustic Tour SPOILS 2024 EXTRA” and “SPOILS #3 high-volume listening-and-talk events” at 7 venues nationwide.
Apr 13: Performed at YOUTH NEVER GONE in Guangzhou, China.
May 11: Performed at the Sakae-Minami Music Festival ’24 at Yaba Park in Nagoya.
May 24: Held a fan-club–members-only birthday event at Shinjuku Loft Plus One.
May 24–30: Offered an online viewing of the birthday event.
June 3–10: Held a limited-time sale of EXTRA Tour goods on the web.
June 5: Released the cover album “SPOILS #3 Dragon Blood Jasper” nationwide.
June 17: Received the Overseas Music Award at the “2024 Shanghai International Film Festival Official Event – Film & Music Gala” in China.
July 21: Performed at the Suzuka 8-Hour Endurance Road Race 8Fes.
Oct 19–21: Held a fan-club trip in Okinawa.
Dec 4: Held a fan-club-exclusive event commemorating the 33rd debut anniversary at Roppongi C-Laps. On the same day, all songs by al.ni.co were made available on streaming platforms.
Dec 13–22: Made the 33rd debut anniversary event available via on-demand streaming.
Dec 14–22: Held a Christmas goods sale.
Dec 21: Held the first solo one-man concert “UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD” in Shanghai.

2025 [53 y/o] Apr 13: Announced that starting in June the song “Ransho” will be adopted as the background music for the Osaka Expo’s “Japanese mystical tree ‘GOSHINBOKU’”.
May–June: Held “fan club members–only mini live concert & talk” and “latest DVD preview & talk” events at 6 venues nationwide.
May 24: Announced the first Asia tour “Sekai Ga Owaru Made Wa…” beginning in June (scheduled shows: 7/26 Xiamen; 8/30 Guangzhou; 10/7 Chengdu; 11/22 Hong Kong).
June 5: Appeared as a guest at the “YOYOKA Solo Concert 2025 in Tokyo” at Shibuya DUO.
June 9–16: Released the archive video of “BIRTHDAY LIVE & MEETING 2025” via streaming.
June 14–22: Held a tour goods & greeting sale.
July 2: Released the live concert compilation DVD “2020–2022 [Social Distance]” nationwide.
July 5: Performed at “Evolvin GOLF ROCK FES 2025” at JFE Setonaikai Golf Club.
Appeared on Nippon TV’s music program “THE MUSIC DAY 2025” and performed “Sekaiju no Dareyori Kitto” on TV for the first time in 32 years.
Aug 16: Appeared as a guest at an event hosted by KEZEE SHANGHAI in China.
Oct 18–20: Held a fan-club trip in Okinawa.
Nov 8: Appeared as a secret guest at “NANASE AIKAWA 30th Anniversary Live – BIG BANG –” at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA.
Nov 17–23: Made the Okinawa special performance available for on-demand streaming.
Dec 4: Held a fan club–exclusive premium live concert 2025 “Heliodor” at Shibuya JZ Brat.
Dec 10–16: Held a Christmas sale.

2026 [54 y/o] Jan 8–14: Released the archive of the Premium Live Concert 2025 “Heliodor” via streaming.
Jan 31: Appeared at the Boat Race Shimonoseki “Music Festival & Talk Show”.
May: Held “fan club members–only mini live concert & talk” and “latest DVD preview & talk” events at 4 venues in Tokyo and Osaka.
Dec 4: Celebrated the 35th debut anniversary.

to be continued…