Post by u2wright on Feb 6, 2024 15:46:54 GMT
Gotoh Masafumi (後藤 正文) (December 2, 1976)
Associated Acts: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (1996-present), Skeletons (2002-?) Solo as 'Gotch' (2014-present)
Vocal Range: C2 - E5
Significant High Notes:
E5 ("A Girl in Love" 1:51)
E♭5 ("Goodbye Lost Generation" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 10, "Independence Dance", "The Sun is Not Down")
D5 ("Aspirin", "Blackbird Sings at Night", "Humanoid Girl", "Piece of the Future", "Travelogue", "Winner and Loser", "Wonderland")
C♯5 ("A & Z", "After Dark", "A Flower Named You", "Hometown", "Koshigoe Crybaby", "Nervous Breakdown", "Rewrite" live Rock in Japan 2007, "Shindokaku", "Slow Down", "Taxi Driver", "To Your Town", "Understand")
C5 ("Blue Sky and a Black Cat", "Caterpillar", "Circus", "Clicking My Heels to Love" / "Clicking My Heels to Love" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 8 + Vol. 10, "Deep Breath", "Eddie", "Empathy", "Piece of the Future" live Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO 21/08/2003, "Re:Re:" live Rising Sun Rock Festival 2007, "Rising Sun", "The Thaw", "Yoru wo Koete" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 8)
B4 ("Aspirin", "Bicycle Race", "Blackbird Sings at Night", "Can't Be Forever Young", "Clock Work", "Fujisawa Loser", "Good New Times", "Goodbye Lost Generation", "High and Dry" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 14, "Hold Me Tight" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol.3, "In the Spring, When the Anemone Blooms", "Kouya wo Aruke", "Laika", "Living in the Now", "The Long Goodbye", "Magic Disk", "Memories of the Ruins", "N2", "Nervous Breakdown", "Nothing But Love", "Oceanic Route", "Oppama Feelin' Down", "Paper Moon", "Parallel World", "Piece of the Future", "Railroad", "Rabbit in Backyard", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You", "Sakurasou", "Sequel to the Story", "Sleep", "Soranin", "Standard", "Stay Inside", "The Sun Is Not Down", "Tightrope", "UCLA", "Wadazuka Wonders", "Wakusei", "World Apart")
B♭4 ("After Images of Summer" / "After Images of Summer" live Rock in Japan 2007, "All Right, Pt. 2", "De Arriba", "Deep Breath", "Flowers", "Humanoid Girl", "I Wonder if Everybody Can Sing Their Scream", "Into an Unseen Tomorrow", "Kugenuma Surf", "Last Dance with the Sadness", "Life Is Too Long", "Loop & Loop" live Rock in Japan 2007, "Microphone", "Motor Pool", "Prisoner in a Frame", "Reload Reload", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You", "Signal on the Street", "Stray Cats in the Rain", "Surf Wax America" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 20, "There is No Hope", "Wonder Future" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 12)
A4 ("12" / "12" live, "Atarashii Sekai", "Baby Don't Cry", "Bicycle Race", "Blackout", "Clicking My Heels to Love", "Denpato", "Doudoumeguri no Yoru", "E", "Enoshima Escar", "Entrance", "Eternal Sunshine", "Flashback" various live performances, "A Flower Named You", "Gekkou" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 3, "Goodbye Soldier", "Haruka Kanata" live, "Hase Suns", "Hello Hello", "Hikari", "Hold Me Tight", "Holiday", "I'm Standing Here", "Kaiga Kyoshitsu", "Kaigan Dori", "Kouya wo Aruke", "Kugenuma Surf", "Lady in a Movie", "Little Lennon", "Living Dead", "Love Song of New Century", "Lost", "Mayonaka to Mahiru no Yume", "Machine Guns and Adjectives", "Marching Band", "Mustang", "My Friend", "My World", "Natsusemi", "Need Your Love', "Neoteny", "N.G.S.", "Nothing is the Matter", "Old School", "Piece of the Future", "Port Island", "Powder Snow", "Pulsating Life", "Railroad", "Right Now", "Road Movie", "Science Fiction", "(Search Within) Social Withdrawal" Return to the Basics Vol. 1, "Season of Beginnings", "Seija no March", "Sequel to the Story", "Slow Down", "Song of Blue", "A Starry Night, The City of Light", "Sunday", "The Thaw", "To You, The Departing", "A Town in Blue", "Travelogue" live Nano-Mugen Festival 2008, "Understand", "Waltz in Codebook", "Winner and Loser", "Yoru wo Koete", "Yuigahama Kite", "Yuugure no Aka")
G♯4 ("1.2.3.4.5.6. Baby", "After Dark", "After Images of Summer", "Atarashii Sekai", "The Beast of the Beast", "Blue Train", "Circus", "Clock Work", "Dance in Winter", "Demachiyanagi Parallel Universe", "Empathy", "Good New Times", "Goodbye Lost Generation", "Haruka Kanata", "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams", , "In the Spring, When the Anemone Bloom""Inamuragasaki Jane", "Last Dance with the Sadness", "Last Scene", "Liberated Zone", "The Long Goodbye", "The Mediator", "Motor Pool", "Night Diving", "Nissaka Down Hill", "Opera Glasses", "Paint It White", "Railroad", "Re:Re:", "Rewrite", "Senseless", "Shindokaku", "Standard", "Song 2" live Nano-Mugen Festival 2008, "Soranin", "To Your Town", "Tobenai Sakana", "There is No Hope", "Tightrope", "Understand", "Unmei", Untitled Song live Shimokitazawa Shelter 1999, "Wakusei", "Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow", "World World World", "Yes", "Yuigahama Kite")
G4 ("12", "1980", "24ji", "All Right, Pt. 2", "Baby Don't Cry", "Blood Circulator", "Blue Sky and a Black Cat", "Boys & Girls", "Butterfly", "C'mon", "Can't Be Forever Young", "Clicking My Heels to Love", "Daidai", "Deep Breath", "Dororo", "E", "Easter", "Enoshima Escar", "Entrance", "Eternal Glider", "Forever", "Gokurakuji Heartbreak", "Hikari", "Holiday, "Humanoid Girl", "I Wonder if Everybody Can Sing Their Scream", "Inamuragasaki Jane", "Ishigami Hills", "Kaiga Kyoshitsu", "Kouya wo Aruke", "Lady in a Movie", "Laika", "Liberated Zone", "Living Dead", "Loop & Loop", "A Lost Dog and Beats of the Rain", "Magic Disk", "Microphone", "N2", "No.9", "Neoteny", "N.G.S.", "Oceanic Route", "Oppama Feelin' Down", "Planet of the Apes", "Rabbit in Backyard", "The Reason Why", "Sakurasou", "Senseless Refrigerator Jokes", "Siren", "Sleep", "Song of Blue", "Stray Cats in the Rain", "Sunday", "The Thaw", "There is No Hope", "To You, The Departing", "Tokyo Bay", "A Town in Blue", "Travelogue", "UCLA", "Waltz in Codebook", "Wonderland", "White Boxes", "Yanagikoji Parallel Universe", "Yellow", "Yoru no Mukou")
F♯4 ("A & Z", "Be Alright", "Bicycle Race", "Blackout", "Blue Train", "Blues of the Imaginary Creature", "Compass", "De Arriba", "Dicotyledon", "Doudoumeguri no Yoru", "Flashback", "A Flower Named You", "Flowers", "Fujisawa Loser", "Gimme Hope", "A Girl in Love", "Hold Me Tight", "Hometown", "I'm Standing Here", "Independence Dance", "Into an Unseen Tomorrow", "Juuni Shinhou No Yuukei", "Kaigan Dori", "Kamakura Goodbye", "Last Scene", "Living in the Now", "Love Song of New Century", "Marching Band", "Memories of the Ruins", "My Friend", "Natsusemi", "Need Your Love", "Nishikata Coast Story", "No Name", "Only in Dreams" live with Matt Sharp, "Old School", "Parallel World", "Powder Snow", "Rainbow Flag", "Re:Re:", "The Reason Why", "Right Now", "Road Movie", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You", "Rocket No.4", "Rolling Stone", "Say No!", "Season of Beginnings", "Shichirigahama Skywalk", "A Shot in the Arm", "Siren", "Soranin", "The Sun Is Not Down", "Surf Wax America" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 20, "Tightrope", "To Your Town", "Wonder Future", "Yoru wo Koete", "You To You", "Yuugure no Aka")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Circus", "Enoshima Escar", "Forever", "Hello Hello", "Hikari", "Ishigami Hills", "Juuni Shinhou No Yuukei", "Liberated Zone", "Living Dead", "Living in the Now", "Loser", "Mayonaka to Mahiru no Yume", "Microphone", "N2", "Natsusemi", "Neoteny", "No.9", "Oceanic Route", "Opera Glasses", "Oppama Feelin' Down", "Rabbit in Backyard", "Right Now", "Road Movie", "Sakurasou", "Season of Beginnings", "Signal on the Street", "Siren" live Budokan 2004, "Sleep", "Stray Cats in the Rain", "Sunday", "To You, The Departing", "UCLA", "Wonderland")
C♯3 ("Bicycle Race", "Dialogue", "Flowers", "Gekkou", "I Want To Touch You And Be Sure", "Kaigan Dori", "Karma", "Last Scene", "Little Lennon", "Memories of the Ruins", "Motor Pool", "Nervous Breakdown", "Next", "Nishikata Coast Story", "Only in Dreams" live with Matt Sharp, "Reload Reload", "Rolling Stone", "(Search Within) Social Withdrawal", "Sequel to the Story", "Surf Wax America" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 20, "Tobenai Sakana", "Wonder Future", "Yoru no Mukou", "You To You", "Zai Jian")
C3 ("Ameagari no Kibou", "Baby Don't Cry", "Blue Sky and a Black Cat", "Eddie", "Flowers", "Great Escape from Reality" 2:20, "Kariso Method", "Kugenuma Surf", "Lady in a Movie", "Lost", "A Lost Dog and Beats of the Rain", "Machine Guns and Adjectives", "Rainfall", "Rising Sun", "Song of Blue")
B2 ("Aspirin", "Be Alright", "The Beast of the Beast", "Blackbird Sings at Night", "Blues of the Imaginary Creature", "Dialogue", "Gimme Hope", "Good New Times", "Goodbye Lost Generation", "Holiday", "In the Spring, When the Anemone Bloom", "Independence Dance", "Koshigoe Crybaby", "Kouya wo Aruke", "The Long Goodbye", "The Mediator", "Mustang", "Paper Moon", "Rock'n Roll, Morning Light Falls on You" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 12/THE FIRST TAKE, "Sleep", "Soranin", Untitled Song live Shimokitazawa Shelter 1999, "Wadazuka Wonders", "White Boxes", "Yuigahama Kite")
B♭2 ("24ji" 2016 ver., "All Right, Pt. 2", "De Arriba", "Eternal Glider", "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams", "Stray Cats in the Rain", "Wadazuka Wonders", "Yanagikoji Parallel Universe")
A2 ("Eternal Sunshine", "Hometown", "Humanoid Girl", "Juuni Shinhou No Yuukei", "Lives By The Sea", "A Lost Dog and Beats of the Rain", "Love Song of New Century", "Marching Band", "No Name", "Port Island", "Rainbow Flag", "Sequel to the Story", "Shichirigahama Skywalk", "A Starry Night, The City of Light")
G♯2 ("The End Of The Days", "In the Spring, When the Anemone Bloom", "Re:Re" 2016 ver., "Rewrite" 2016 ver., "Shichirigahama Skywalk", "Standard", "Tightrope")
G2 ("Baby Don't Cry", "Blackbird Sings at Night", "Can't Be Forever Young", "Clicking My Heels To Love", "Great Escape from Reality", "Hikari", "Kariso Method", "Lady in a Movie", "Liberated Zone", "Lost", "Machine Guns and Adjectives", "Nothing But Love", "Oppama Feelin' Down", "Rising Sun", "Song of Blue", "Stay Inside", "Tokyo Bay", "Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow", "Wonderland", "World World")
F♯2 ("A & Z", "Clock Work", "Eternal Sunshine", "Goodbye Lost Generation", "Independence Dance", "Marching Band", "Nervous Breakdown", "Re:Re" 2016 ver., "The Sun Is Not Down")
F2 ("24ji" 2016 ver., "I Want To Touch You And Be Sure")
E2 ("A & Z", "Great Escape from Reality", "Lives By The Sea", "The Mediator", "Rewrite" 2016 ver., "Standard", "Worthless Man")
D2 ("Senseless Refrigerator Jokes")
C2 ("Baby Don't Cry")
{Questionable Notes + Disclaimers}
Including some cool live notes that already have a better version in the main thread.
G♯5 ("N.G.S." live unknown date[1])
E5 ("(Search Within) Social Withdrawal" live COUNTDOWN JAPAN 11/12[5])
C♯5 ("Haruka Kanata" live Rock in Japan 2007[5], "Rojiura no Usagi"[1], "World Apart"[5])
C5 ("Piece of the Future" live Budokan 2004[5])
B4 ("Haruka Kanata"[5], "Piece of the Future" live Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO 21/08/2003 + Summer Sonic 2003 + Nano-Mugen Festival 2006, "Unmei"[1])
B♭4 ("Sunday"[5 overshoot], "Surf Wax America" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 20[5])
A4 ("A Flower Named You" various live performances "RASSE RASSE!", "Great Escape from Reality"[2], "Hold Me Tight" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 3)
F♯2 ("Paper Moon"[5])
F2 ("Fujisawa Loser"[1])
E2 ("Paper Moon"[4, barely audible], "Senseless Refrigerator Jokes"[1])
E♭2 ("Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow"[1][4])
D2 ("Stay Inside"[3])
C♯2 ("The Sun is Not Down"[3])
G1 ("Baby Don't Cry"[1][4])
..................................................
[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 backing vocals of debatable existence/suspected to be 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.
Including some cool live notes that already have a better version in the main thread.
G♯5 ("N.G.S." live unknown date[1])
E5 ("(Search Within) Social Withdrawal" live COUNTDOWN JAPAN 11/12[5])
C♯5 ("Haruka Kanata" live Rock in Japan 2007[5], "Rojiura no Usagi"[1], "World Apart"[5])
C5 ("Piece of the Future" live Budokan 2004[5])
B4 ("Haruka Kanata"[5], "Piece of the Future" live Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO 21/08/2003 + Summer Sonic 2003 + Nano-Mugen Festival 2006, "Unmei"[1])
B♭4 ("Sunday"[5 overshoot], "Surf Wax America" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 20[5])
A4 ("A Flower Named You" various live performances "RASSE RASSE!", "Great Escape from Reality"[2], "Hold Me Tight" live Eizo Sakuhinshu Vol. 3)
F♯2 ("Paper Moon"[5])
F2 ("Fujisawa Loser"[1])
E2 ("Paper Moon"[4, barely audible], "Senseless Refrigerator Jokes"[1])
E♭2 ("Well Then, See You Again Tomorrow"[1][4])
D2 ("Stay Inside"[3])
C♯2 ("The Sun is Not Down"[3])
G1 ("Baby Don't Cry"[1][4])
..................................................
[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 backing vocals of debatable existence/suspected to be 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.
- Gotch's solo albums apart from his most recent one are unavailable on YouTube in my country, so I can't link notes from those releases.
- Since I can't find track-by-track credits for Gotch's solo albums, a good portion of the backing vocals (primarily on the higher harmonies) may be erroneously noted. Majority of the backing falsettos in Ajikan's songs are performed by either Kensuke Kita in studio/live or touring keyboardist Ryosuke Shimomura in live, so they're not included for the most part.
- Bassist Takahiro Yamada also occasionally harmonises live, and his low vocals are rather indistinguishable from Gotch's. The identity of some of the lower vocals here may be brought in question.
{Album Ranges}
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
Studio Albums
Kimi Tsunagi Five M (2003): A2 - B4 - D5
Sol-Fa (2004): C♯3 - A4 - C♯5
Fanclub (2006): G♯2 - B4
World World World (2008): G2 - B4 - D5
Surf Bungaku Kamakura (2008): G♯2 - A4 - C♯5
Magic Disk (2010): F♯2 - B4 - C5
Landmark (2012): G♯2 - B4 - C5
Wonder Future (2015): E2 - D5
Hometown (2018): F♯2 - A4 - C♯5
Planet Folks (2022): F2 - G♯4 - C5
EPs
The Time Past and I Couldn't See You Again (2000): D3 - B♭4
Caramelman and ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (2001): E♭3 - G4 - B♭4
I'm Standing Here (2001): G3 - A4
Houkai Amplifier (2002): G2 - A4
Mada Minu Ashita Ni (2008): B2 - B♭4 - C5
Can't Sleep EP (2018): B2 - B4
Compilations
Feedback File (2006)
Feedback File 2 (2014)
Gotch
Can't Be Forever Young (2014): E2 - F♯2 - G4 - D5 - E5
Good New Times (2016): C2 - G♯4 - E♭5
Lives By The Sea (2020)
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
Studio Albums
Kimi Tsunagi Five M (2003): A2 - B4 - D5
Sol-Fa (2004): C♯3 - A4 - C♯5
Fanclub (2006): G♯2 - B4
World World World (2008): G2 - B4 - D5
Surf Bungaku Kamakura (2008): G♯2 - A4 - C♯5
Magic Disk (2010): F♯2 - B4 - C5
Landmark (2012): G♯2 - B4 - C5
Wonder Future (2015): E2 - D5
Hometown (2018): F♯2 - A4 - C♯5
Planet Folks (2022): F2 - G♯4 - C5
EPs
The Time Past and I Couldn't See You Again (2000): D3 - B♭4
Caramelman and ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (2001): E♭3 - G4 - B♭4
I'm Standing Here (2001): G3 - A4
Houkai Amplifier (2002): G2 - A4
Mada Minu Ashita Ni (2008): B2 - B♭4 - C5
Can't Sleep EP (2018): B2 - B4
Compilations
Feedback File (2006)
Feedback File 2 (2014)
Gotch
Can't Be Forever Young (2014): E2 - F♯2 - G4 - D5 - E5
Good New Times (2016): C2 - G♯4 - E♭5
Lives By The Sea (2020)
..................................................
• Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
• Green marks harsh, distorted notes.
• Italics mark non-melodic notes and spoken passages.
• Underlines mark backing vocals or notes obscured in the song's mix.
• Boldface indicates notes that are considered to be indicative of the singer's capabilities.
I really like his lower register, and the way he uses it in harmonies is awesome!