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Hisashi Yoshino/吉野寿 (born July 17th, 1968)
Associated Acts: Eastern Youth (1989-present)
Vocal Range: F2 - G♯5
Vocal Type: East End Tenor
{Vocal Summary}Hisashi Yoshino is an incredibly notable vocalist - even those critical of Eastern Youth's music give praise to Yoshino's incredible performances across the music. His soaring belts that are often mixed in with a bit of distortion add so much emotional urgency to Eastern Youth's music that reaches the listener even if they don't understand a word of Japanese - it's because of this that they had a pretty successful run in the U.S. touring alongside other prolific emo/post-hardcore bands such as Jimmy Eat World, Cursive and At The Drive-In.
Yoshino can best be described as a tenor, having some very strong belting capabilities all the way up into the lower 5th octave, which has been featured on every Eastern Youth album since 1997. However, Yoshino also has a surprisingly strong lower register that sports a light yet simultaneously warm timbre. Sometimes his vocals can be a little strained, as Yoshino's very chesty technique isn't perfect and often causes a little bit of difficulties live, seeing as he has to pull off some very demanding vocal passages for most songs and seems caught between trying to sing a discernible note and wheezing out a violent scream. This hasn't slowed him down at all though, as his vocal power has been remaining consistent and arguably even more controlled throughout the most recent part's of Eastern Youth's catalogue as Yoshino approaches his mid 50's. Truly an incredible vocalist and especially a standout in the emotional post-hardcore scene.
Yoshino can best be described as a tenor, having some very strong belting capabilities all the way up into the lower 5th octave, which has been featured on every Eastern Youth album since 1997. However, Yoshino also has a surprisingly strong lower register that sports a light yet simultaneously warm timbre. Sometimes his vocals can be a little strained, as Yoshino's very chesty technique isn't perfect and often causes a little bit of difficulties live, seeing as he has to pull off some very demanding vocal passages for most songs and seems caught between trying to sing a discernible note and wheezing out a violent scream. This hasn't slowed him down at all though, as his vocal power has been remaining consistent and arguably even more controlled throughout the most recent part's of Eastern Youth's catalogue as Yoshino approaches his mid 50's. Truly an incredible vocalist and especially a standout in the emotional post-hardcore scene.
Significant High Notes:
G♯5 ("Shiri wo Hashotte Hito Odori")
G5 ("Tatoeba Boku Ga Shindara" live 1999)
F5 ("Don Quijote", "Gai wa Furusato", "Koe", "Muyohnosuke", "Sejiyaku ga Moeru")
E5 ("Muyohnosuke", "Oobakaryuuemotion!", "Subarashii Sekai")
E♭5 ("Akai Inoatama Blues", "Enjou Suru Koufuku", "Gaitou ni Akari ga Tomoru Mae ni", "Shiri wo Hashotte Hito Odori", "Yoake no Uta")
D5 ("Akikaze to Yaroutachi", "Mi Da Mi Dayo", "Songentojiyuu" live DAX x LUTE 2019, "Zig Zag Zig Zag Tick Tock Tick Tock")
C♯5 ("Abayo Kaze no Zanzou", "Akenaiyoruhanai Noda", "Ashita no Hakaba wo Nande Shiro", "Chippoke Datte, nan Datte Iikara, Uta wo Ore ni Kure", "Chokuou Baka Ichi Dai", "Dai Toukyou Bokujou", "Doa wo Akeru Ore", "Dokkoisei Kiterugai no Naka", "Douchou Kairo", "Furimukuna", "Gaitou ni Akari ga Tomoru Mae ni", "Goodbye", "Hiriki Naru Mono", "Issaigassai Taiyou Mitai ni Kagayaku", "Itsu Datte Sore wa Kantanna Koto Janai", "Machi No Soko", "Matomona Sekai", "Nigatu wa Bini Rugasa no Naka", "Ookami Shounen", "Saisei Koujou no Asa", "Sekai wa Ware Hibiku Miminari no Youda", "Subarashii Sekai", "TV Tower", "Toukyou Kaisei Sesshi Rei Do", "Zattou", "Zuttukoke Mondou")
C5 ("Achira Kochira Inochigake", "Akatsuki no Santa Maria", "Ashita wo Ute", "Chiisana Yuujin", "Chikyuu no Ura kara Kaze ga Fuku", "Chippoke Datte, nan Datte Iikara, Uta wo Ore ni Kure", "Chizu no Nai Tabi", "Chokuou Baka Ichi Dai", "Dokkoisei Kiterugai no Naka", "Enjou Suru Koufuku", "Gozo Zero Ji", "Hashiru Jigazou", "Hinageshi ga Saite Iru", "Imadaimadayo", "Itsudemo Koko ni Iru", "Jiyuu", "Konkuriito no Kawa", "Kutsu Himo Naoshite Hashiru", "Michi wo Tsunagu", "Muyohnosuke", "Nagai Noborizaka", "Naraseyo Narase", "Otogi no Kuni", "Poketto kara Te wo Dasenaideiru", "Sejiyaku ga Moeru", "Shiri wo Hashotte Hito Odori", "Songentojiyu", "Suro mo Syon", "Yofuke to Rousoku no Akari", "Yoru wo Aruku")
B4 ("Abayo Kaze no Zanzou", "Akai Senaka", "Akikaze to Yaroutachi", "Banrai no Hakushu", "Chikashitsu no Kensou", "Doa wo Akeru Ore", "Don Quijote", "Douchou Kairo", "Haitsukubattari Sora wo Ton Dari", "Hakaimuzan Hachigatsu", "Hashiru Jigazou", "Hiriki Naru Mono", "Hitoridou Kaze no Michi", "Kagerou no Machi", "Kagetachi wa Kagerou to Odoru", "Kakato Naru", "Kawara no Yane ni Yuki ga Furu", "Kaze no Naka", "Kyoumo Tsuzuiteyuku", "Mi Da Mi Dayo", "Nisokuhokohko Uta", "Oobakaryuuemotion!", "Ookami Shounen", "Oretachi", "Poketto kara Te wo Dasenaideiru", "Roba no Sobyou", "Sayonara Dake Ga Jinsei Da", "Sora ni Mikadzuki Kaerimichi", "Subarashii Sekai", "Suna wo Tsukande Tachiagare", "Suro mo Syon", "Toukyou Kaisei Sesshi Rei Do", "Toukyou West", "Ukigumo", "Zanzou Toshi to Watashi")
B♭4 ("365 Ho no Blues", "Achira Kochira Inochigake", "Akai Inoatama Blues", "Akai Senaka", "Akatsuki no Santa Maria", "Akenaiyoruhanai Noda", "Arano no Shinro wo Tore", "Aruku Sokudo no Fuukei", "Ashita no Hakaba wo Nande Shiro", "Banrai no Hakushu", "Chikyuu no Ura kara Kaze ga Fuku", "Chippoke Datte, nan Datte Iikara, Uta wo Ore ni Kure", "Chizu no Nai Tabi", "The Clock Tower Bell", "Dassouhei no Uta", "Dokkoisei Kiterugai no Naka", "Douchou Kairo", "East End Land", "Enjou Suru Koufuku", "Futten 36℃", "Gai wa Furusato", "Goodbye", "Haisha Fukkatsu no Uta", "Haitsukubattari Sora wo Ton Dari", "Hakuchuu no Yukue Fumeisha", "Hinageshi ga Saite Iru", "Hitoridou Kaze no Michi", "Issaigassai Taiyou Mitai ni Kagayaku", "Itsu Datte Sore wa Kantanna Koto Janai", "Ittekoi Kaettekoi", "Junkan Basu", "Kawara no Yane ni Yuki ga Furu", "Kaze no Naka", "Koe", "Konkuriito no Kawa", "Kuchibuefuite Kakenukero", "Kutsu Himo Naoshite Hashiru", "Kyoumo Tsuzuiteyuku", "Kyousei Shiryoku", "Machi no Soko", "Matomona Sekai", "Memai no Machi", "Michi wo Tsunagu", "Naraseyo Narase", "Norainu , Hashiru", "Oretachi", "Otogi no Kuni", "Roba no Sobyou", "Saisei Koujou no Asa", "Sajin no Kanatahe", "Sansetto Man", "Sekai wa Ware Hibiku Miminari no Youda", "Songentojiyu", "Sonzai", "Sora ni Mikadzuki Kaerimichi", "Sorezore no Meiro", "Tabi no Sora", "Tasogare no Ekimae ni wa Nanikaaru", "TV Tower", "Tokeidai no Kane", "Tsuno wo Magareba Hitobito no", "Two Plus Two", "Yasude no Kamen to Manuketa Otoko", "Yoake no Uta", "Yonde Iru no Wa Darenanda?", "Yoru wo Aruku", "Zanzou Toshi to Watashi", "Zattou", "Zattou ni Magirete Kiete", "Zero kara Subete ga Hajimaru", "Zig Zag Zig Zag Tick Tock Tick Tock")
A4 ("Akikaze to Yaroutachi", "Amazarashinara Nureruga Iisa", "Aosugiru Sora", "Bura Bura Bushi", "Deinei ni Sumu Otoko", "Doko Fuku Kaze", "Gaitou ni Mai Chiru Kareha", "Gozo Zero Ji", "Hadashi de Ikazaru wo Enai", "Hakaimuzan Hachigatsu", "Hasakuranamiki", "Imadaimadayo", "Itsudemo Koko ni Iru", "Izu koe", "Jet Man", "Jiyuu", "Kagerou no Machi", "Kainushi wo Kamikorose", "Kaze no Naka", "Kiwaku no Mado", "Koe", "Koko wa Dokona Ndarou", "Kuchibuefuite Kakenukero", "Kuroi Taiyou", "Kyou", "Madobe ni Yureru", "Mamorubekimono wa Nani Ka", "Memai no Machi", "Mi Da Mi Dayo", "Michibata", "Nagai Noborizaka", "Nanikuso Bushi", "Naraseyo Narase", "Nisokuhokohko Uta", "Nukurami ni Sumu Otoko", "Oobakaryuuemotion!", "Oretachi", "Poketto kara Te wo Dasenaide Iru", "Sarabayo, Saraba", "Sayonara Dake Ga Jinsei Da", "Subarashii Sekai", "Suro mo Syon", "Tasogare no Ekimae ni wa Nanikaaru", "Tatoeba Boku Ga Shindara" live 1999, "Tenadzuke Rareta Inu", "Toukyou Kaisei Sesshi Rei Do", "Toshukuuken", "Tsuki ni Te wo Nobase", "Tsuno wo Magareba Hitobito no", "Uta ha Yozora ni Kieteyuku", "Walking Outside", "Yoru no Tsuioku", "Yorube nai Tabi", "Zig Zag Zig Zag Tick Tock Tick Tock", "Zukkoke Douchuu", "Zuttukoke Mondou")
G♯4 ("365 Ho no Blues", "Abayo Kaze no Zanzou", "Achira Kochira Inochigake", "Akatsuki no Santa Maria", "Amanuma Yuukei", "Ashita no Hakaba wo Nande Shiro", "Ashita wo Ute", "Aruku Sokudo no Fuukei", "Baka ya Roubushi", "Bouyou", "Chiisana Yuujin", "Chikyuu no Ura kara Kaze ga Fuku", "The Clock Tower Bell", "Dai Toukyou Bokujou", "Danshi Hissei Kiki Ippatsu", "Dekunobou Hitori Tabi Yuku", "Doa wo Akeru Ore", "Doko Fuku Kaze", "East End Land", "Enjou Suru Koufuku", "Furimukuna", "Furusato", "Gai wa Furusato", "Gaitou ni Akari ga Tomoru Mae ni", "Gogatsu no Sora no Shita de", "Grip On Truth", "Hakuchuu no Yukue Fumeisha", "Hiriki Naru Mono", "Ice Mind", "Issaigassai Taiyou Mitai ni Kagayaku", "Itsu Datte Sore wa Kantanna Koto Janai", "Junkan Basu", "Kagetachi wa Kagerou to Odoru", "Kakato Naru", "Katamichi Kippu no Uta", "Kassouro to Jinriki Hikouki", "Kohitsuji to Tsukiakari", "Konkuriito no Kawa", "Kutsu Himo Naoshite Hashiru", "Kyousei Shiryoku", "Mamorubekimono wa Nani Ka", "Matomona Sekai", "Mei mo Naki Otoko", "Michi wo Tsunagu", "Natsunohi no Gogo", "Never Trust", "Nigatu wa Bini Rugasa no Naka", "Norainu , Hashiru", "Ookami Shounen", "Oretachi", "Ryokoushatachi no Yuutsu", "Sajin no Kanatahe", "Sejiyaku ga Moeru", "Sekai wa Ware Hibiku Miminari no Youda", "Shiri wo Hashotte Hito Odori", "Sonzai", "Sorezore no Meiro", "Subarashii Sekai", "Suna wo Tsukande Tachiagare", "This Is My Life", "Tokeidai no Kane", "Toukyou West", "Two Plus Two", "We Gonna Fight", "Yofuke to Rousoku no Akari", "Yonde Iru no Wa Darenanda?", "Yoru wo Aruku", "Yoru ga Mata Kuru", "Zattou ni Magirete Kiete", "Zero kara Subete ga Hajimaru")
Significant Low Notes:
F♯3 ("Akai Senaka", "Amanuma Yuukei", "Amazarashinara Nureruga Iisa", "Arano no Shinro wo Tore", "Aruku Sokudo no Fuukei", "Ashita no Hakaba wo Nande Shiro", "Banrai no Hakushu", "Doko Fuku Kaze", "Douchou Kairo", "Enjou Suru Koufuku", "Futten 36℃", "Gaitou ni Mai Chiru Kareha", "Hakaimuzan Hachigatsu", "Hakuchuu no Yukue Fumeisha", "Hiriki Naru Mono", "Issaigassai Taiyou Mitai ni Kagayaku", "Izu koe", "Kakato Naru", "Kassouro to Jinriki Hikouki", "Kiwaku no Mado", "Kuroi Taiyou", "Kyou", "Kyoumo Tsuzuiteyuku", "Kyousei Shiryoku", "Machi no Soko", "Nigatu wa Bini Rugasa no Naka", "Sonzai", "Sansetto Man", "Tabi no Sora", "Tasogare no Ekimae ni wa Nanikaaru", "Toukyou Kaisei Sesshi Rei Do", "Toshukuuken", "Tsuki ni Te wo Nobase", "Uta ha Yozora ni Kieteyuku", "Yasude no Kamen to Manuketa Otoko", "Yoake no Uta", "Zukkoke Douchuu", "Zuttukoke Mondou")
F3 ("Akatsuki no Santa Maria", "Akenaiyoruhanai Noda", "Baka ya Roubushi", "Chokuou Baka Ichi Dai", "Jet Man", "Junkan Basu", "Memai no Machi", "Nan Demonai", "Nanikuso Bushi", "Naraseyo Narase", "Ryokoushatachi no Yuutsu", "Sorezore no Meiro", "Tsuno wo Magareba Hitobito no")
E3 ("Bura Bura Bushi", "Chikashitsu no Kensou", "Hashiru Jigazou", "Mi Da Mi Dayo", "Namari no Katamari", "Nisokuhokohko Uta", "Subarashii Sekai", "Suro mo Syon", "Ukigomo", "Uta ha Yozora ni Kieteyuku")
E♭3 ("Akai Inoatama Blues", "Aruku Sokudo no Fuukei", "Banrai no Hakushu", "Chokuou Baka Ichi Dai", "Enjou Suru Koufuku", "Futten 36℃", "Kagetachi wa Kagerou to Odoru", "Kohitsuji to Tsukiakari", "Kyousei Shiryoku", "Machi no Soko", "Madobe", "Norainu , Hashiru", "Otogi no Kuni", "Saisei Koujou no Asa", "Songentojiyu")
D3 ("Dokkoisei Kiterugai no Naka", "Jet Man", "Niwaka ka Ame wo Matsu", "Tsuno wo Magareba Hitobito no", "Ukigumo")
C♯3 ("Akai Inoatama Blues", "Amazarashinara Nureruga Iisa", "Gaitou ni Akari ga Tomoru Mae ni", "Goodbye", "Ittekoi Kaettekoi", "Machi No Soko", "TV Tower", "Yonde Iru no Wa Darenanda?")
C3 ("Nanikuso Bushi", "Yoru no Tsuioku")
B2 ("Bouyou", "Kagetachi wa Kagerou to Odoru", "Matadokokade", "Niwaka ka Ame wo Matsu", "Saisei Koujou no Asa", "Sayonara Dake Ga Jinsei Da", "Toukyou West")
B♭2 ("Bouyou", "Goodbye", "Ittekoi Kaettekoi", "Otogi no Kuni", "Roba no Sobyou", "Songentojiyuu" Route Music Live 2022, "TV Tower")
A2 ("Amazarashinara Nureruga Iisa" live 2007, "Matadokokade")
G♯2 ("Bouyou", "Gaitou ni Akari ga Tomoru Mae ni")
G2 ("Niwaka ka Ame wo Matsu", "Sejiyaku ga Moeru")
F♯2 ("Matadokokade", "Roba no Sobyou")
F2 ("Goodbye")
{Bolds}C♯5 "Akenaiyoruhanai Noda", "Dai Toukyou Bokujou", "Gaitou ni Akari ga Tomoru Mae ni", "Nigatu wa Bini Rugasa no Naka", "Subarashii Sekai", "TV Tower"
C5 "Hashiru Jigazou", "Sejiyaku ga Moeru", "Shiri wo Hashotte Hito Odori"
B♭4 "Banrai no Hakushu", "Futten 36℃", "Issaigassai Taiyou Mitai ni Kagayaku", "Machi no Soko", "Otogi no Kuni", "Sonzai"
A4 "Kagerou no Machi"
B2 "Boyou", "Niwaka ka Ame wo Matsu"
C5 "Hashiru Jigazou", "Sejiyaku ga Moeru", "Shiri wo Hashotte Hito Odori"
B♭4 "Banrai no Hakushu", "Futten 36℃", "Issaigassai Taiyou Mitai ni Kagayaku", "Machi no Soko", "Otogi no Kuni", "Sonzai"
A4 "Kagerou no Machi"
B2 "Boyou", "Niwaka ka Ame wo Matsu"
{Questionable Notes}F♯5 ("Arano no Shinro wo Tore" [6], "Kakato Naru" live performances [6], "Machi No Soko" live performances [6])
F5 ("Yoru no Tsuioku" [6])
E5 ("Hiriki Naru Mono" [6], "Subarashii Sekai" live performances [6])
E♭5 ("Abayo Kaze no Zanzou" [6], "Futten 36℃" [1][6], "Hinageshi ga Saite Iru" [1])
C♯5 ("Jiyuu" [1])
C♯3 ("Banrai no Hakushu" [5])
G♯2 ("Kagetachi wa Kagerou to Odoru" [1])
F2 ("Nanikuso Bushi" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
[6] marks "notes" that are achieved through Yoshino splitting his vocal cords apart
F5 ("Yoru no Tsuioku" [6])
E5 ("Hiriki Naru Mono" [6], "Subarashii Sekai" live performances [6])
E♭5 ("Abayo Kaze no Zanzou" [6], "Futten 36℃" [1][6], "Hinageshi ga Saite Iru" [1])
C♯5 ("Jiyuu" [1])
C♯3 ("Banrai no Hakushu" [5])
G♯2 ("Kagetachi wa Kagerou to Odoru" [1])
F2 ("Nanikuso Bushi" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
[6] marks "notes" that are achieved through Yoshino splitting his vocal cords apart
{Discography}Eastern Youth
East End Land (1989): B3 - B♭4
Time Is Running (1990): TBA
Eastern Youth (1993): A3 - A4
Kuchibue, Yofuke ni Hibiku (1995): A3 - A4
Koritsumuen no Hana (1997): G2 - A4
Tabiji ni Kisetsu ga Moeochiru (1998): E3 - A4
Kumo Inuke Koe (1999): C3 - C5 - D5
Kanjusei Outou Seyo (2001): G2 - E3 - C♯5 - F5
8 Teeth To Eat You (2002): E3 - C5 - F5
Sonotokoro Kara nan ga Mieruka (2003): E3 - D5 - F5
Don Quijote (2004): G♯2 - C♯5 - F5
365-Ho no Blues (2006): TBA
Chikyuu no Ura kara Kazegafuku (2007): E♭3 - C5
Hohaba to Taiyou (2009): B2 - C♯5
Kokoro no Soko ni Tomoshibi Tomose (2011): B2 - C♯5 - G♯5
Jokei Zero Banchi (2012): F2 - C♯5
Bottom of the World (2015): G♯2 - C♯5
Songentojiyuu (2017): B♭2 - C♯5
2020 (2020): F♯3 - C♯5
Italics Mark EPs
..................................................East End Land (1989): B3 - B♭4
Time Is Running (1990): TBA
Eastern Youth (1993): A3 - A4
Kuchibue, Yofuke ni Hibiku (1995): A3 - A4
Koritsumuen no Hana (1997): G2 - A4
Tabiji ni Kisetsu ga Moeochiru (1998): E3 - A4
Kumo Inuke Koe (1999): C3 - C5 - D5
Kanjusei Outou Seyo (2001): G2 - E3 - C♯5 - F5
8 Teeth To Eat You (2002): E3 - C5 - F5
Sonotokoro Kara nan ga Mieruka (2003): E3 - D5 - F5
Don Quijote (2004): G♯2 - C♯5 - F5
365-Ho no Blues (2006): TBA
Chikyuu no Ura kara Kazegafuku (2007): E♭3 - C5
Hohaba to Taiyou (2009): B2 - C♯5
Kokoro no Soko ni Tomoshibi Tomose (2011): B2 - C♯5 - G♯5
Jokei Zero Banchi (2012): F2 - C♯5
Bottom of the World (2015): G♯2 - C♯5
Songentojiyuu (2017): B♭2 - C♯5
2020 (2020): F♯3 - C♯5
Italics Mark EPs
• Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
• Green denotes harshly distorted passages.
• Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
• Underlines denote obscured and background passages.
