Post by u2wright on Mar 5, 2024 0:30:08 GMT
Image taken from the band's official Facebook page.
Moriuchi Takahiro (森内 貴寛) (April 17, 1988)
Associated Acts: NEWS (2003-2004), Chivalry of Music (2004), ONE OK ROCK (2005-present)
Vocal Range: G♯2 - G♯5
Voice Type: 完全感覚Tenor (KANZEN KANKAKU TENOR)
Also Known As: Taka, Takahiro Morita
{Questionable Notes}
B5 ("One By One"[3])
B♭5 ("Adult Suit"[3])
A5 ("Decision"[3], "Kaimu" live Zankyou Reference Tour Yokohama Arena[3], "Never Let This Go"[3])
G♯5 ("The Way Back"[3])
F♯5 ("Crazy Botch"[3], "Gravity"[2], "Hitorigoto Lonely Na"[3])
F5 ("Answer is Near"[3], "Kimishidai Ressha"[3], "NO SCARED"[3])
[1] Suspected pitch-shifting.
[2] Uncertain identity.
[3] Brief exclamations or 'WOO!'s.
B5 ("One By One"[3])
B♭5 ("Adult Suit"[3])
A5 ("Decision"[3], "Kaimu" live Zankyou Reference Tour Yokohama Arena[3], "Never Let This Go"[3])
G♯5 ("The Way Back"[3])
F♯5 ("Crazy Botch"[3], "Gravity"[2], "Hitorigoto Lonely Na"[3])
F5 ("Answer is Near"[3], "Kimishidai Ressha"[3], "NO SCARED"[3])
[1] Suspected pitch-shifting.
[2] Uncertain identity.
[3] Brief exclamations or 'WOO!'s.
Significant High Notes
G♯5 ("Broken Heart of Gold", "Hello", "Mighty Long Fall", "Shape of You" live Yokohama Arena 2019, "Taking Off")
G5 ("Around the World Shounen", "Make It Out Alive" live 1CHANCE FESTIVAL 2023, "Rock, Scissors, Paper", "Worst in Me")
F♯5 ("69", "Kako wa Kyoukasho ni Mirai wa Shukudai", "Never Let This Go", "One By One", "Reflection", "Seken Shirazu no Uchuu Hikoushi", "Stuck in the Middle")
F5 ("Deeper Deeper" live Mighty Long Fall at Yokohama Stadium 2014, "Ending Story??", "The Last Time", "Mighty Long Fall" live in Nagisaen 2016, "Mr. Gendai Speaker", "Re:make", "Take Me to the Top")
E5 ("100% (hundred percent)", "Bedroom Warfare", "Bombs Away", "Crazy Botch", "Doppelganger", "Juvenile", "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer", "Liar", "LOST AND FOUND", "Paper Planes", "Prove", "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
E♭5 ("Adult Suit", "Answer is Near" live Jinsei×Kimi tour, "Around the World Shounen", "Bon Voyage", "Change", "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h.", "Clock Strikes" live Mighty Long Fall at Yokohama Stadium 2014, "The End.", "Eye of the Storm", "Fight the Night", "Hello", "I Was King", "Kimishidai Ressha", "Last Dance", "Mr. Gendai Speaker", "NO SCARED", "Rock, Scissors, Paper", "Shake It Down", "Somewhere I Belong" live Hollywood Bowl 2017, "Stand Out Fit In", "Take Me to the Top", "When They Turn The Lights On", "Wonder", "Wherever You Are", "Yung & Dum")
D5 ("20 Years Old", "All Mine", "Always Coming Back", "Answer is Clear", "Answer is Near", "Be the Light", "Break My Strings", "Cry Out" / "Cry Out" live 35xxxv Japan tour 2015, "Curtain Call", "Decision", "Deeper Deeper" & "Deeper Deeper" studio/several live performances, "Dreaming Alone", "Easy on Me", "First Love" 2021 Day to Night Acoustic Sessions, "Forever Love" karaoke clip, "Free Them", "Giants", "Grow Old Die Young", "Jibun Rock", "Koukai Yaku ni Tatazu", "Let Me Let You Go", "Liar" live Saitama Super Arena 2015, "Lujo", "Neon", "Nobody's Home", "ONION!" live Jinsei×Kimi tour, "Pieces of Me", "Push Back", "Reflection", "Re:make", "Renegades", "Ringwanderung", "Riot!!!", "Save Yourself", "Shake It Down", "Smiling Down", "Tateyama", "Victim of Love", "We Are", "Yap", "Yes I Am")
C♯5 ("69", "Bedroom Warfare", "Bon Voyage", "By My Side", "Heartache", "Hitorigoto Lonely Na", "I Want a Billion", "I Was King", "Insane Dream", "Juvenile", "Just", "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer" live in Nagisaen 2016, "Kasabuta", "Kataomoi" Instagram Cover, "Liar", "Listen", "Mighty Long Fall", "Never Let This Go", "Nothing Helps", "ONION!", "Outta Sight", "Making of Broken Heart of Gold #1", "Pierce", "Pretender" Instagram Live, "Seken Shirazu no Uchuu Hikoushi", "So Far Gone", "Start Again", "Stuck in the Middle", "Taking Off", "The Way Back", "Wherever You Are", "Your Tears Are Mine" live Luxury Disease Japan tour 2023, "Yung & Dum")
C5 ("20/20", "3xxxv5", "Adult Suit", "American Girls", "Answer is Near", "Around the World Shounen", "The Beginning", "Bombs Away", "Break My Strings", "Change", "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h.", "Clock Strikes", "Cry Out", "Dry Flower" Instagram Cover, "Easy on Me", "Ending Story??", "Eye of the Storm", "Grow Old Die Young", "Hard to Love", "Head High", "Hitsuzen Maker", "IKIJIBIKI", "Jaded", "Jibun Rock", "Karasu", "Kemuri", "Koi no Aibou Kokoro no Cupid", "Konzatsu Communication", "Koukai Yaku ni Tatazu", "Last Dance", "The Last Time", "Let's Take It Someday", "Lights Down Low", "Living Dolls", "LOST AND FOUND", "Mikansei Koukyoukyoku", "Moshimo Taiyou ga Nakunatte Toshitara", "Mr. Gendai Speaker", "My Sweet Baby", "NO SCARED", "ONE OK ROCK Gekijou", "One Way Ticket", "Pierce", "Pretender" Instagram Live, "Prove", "Sakura" karaoke clip, "The Same As...", "Save Yourself", "Shape of You" live Yokohama Arena 2019, "Skyfall", "Sonzai Shoumei", "Suddenly", "Take Me to the Top", "Take What You Want", "To Feel the Fire", "Unforgettable", "Vandalize", "We Are", "Worst in Me", "Yume Yume")
B4 ("100% (hundred percent)", "20 Years Old", "Always Coming Back", "American Girls", "Bedroom Warfare", "Borderline", "Bossa Nova", "Crazy Botch", "Deeper Deeper", "Don't Let Me Go", "Doppelganger", "The End.", "Et Cetera", "First Love" 2021 Day to Night Acoustic Sessions, "Free Them", "Giants", "Good Goodbye", "Gravity", "Grow Old Die Young", "Hitorigoto Lonely Na", "Just", "Kako wa Kyoukasho ni Mirai wa Shukudai", "Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer", "Karasu", "Keep it Real", "Kimishidai Ressha" live Zepp Tokyo Dome 2009, "Koubou", "Lost in Tonight", "Make It Out Alive", "Naihi Shinsho", "Nobody's Home", "Notes'n'Words", "ONE OK ROCK Gekijou", "ONION!", "Open Arms", "Paper Planes", "Pillowtalk", "Reflection", "Re:make", "Ringwanderung", "Riot!!!", "Rose Blood", "Seken Shirazu no Uchuu Hikoushi", "Smiling Down", "So Far Gone", "Stand Out Fit In", "Summer Paradise", "Taking Off", "A Thousand Miles" live Mighty Long Fall at Yokohama Stadium 2014, "The Way Back", "Wherever You Are", "Wonder", "Yokubou ni Michita Seinendan", "Your Tears Are Mine")
B♭4 ("Adult Suit", "And I Know", "Be the Light" live Mighty Long Fall at Yokohama Stadium 2014, "Bon Voyage", "Broken Heart of Gold", "Change", "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h.", "Clock Strikes" & "Clock Strikes" several live performances, "Easy on Me", "Ending Story??", "Eye of the Storm", "Fight the Night", "Good Goodbye", "I Want a Billion", "Jibun Rock", "Kasabuta", "Kataomoi" Instagram Cover, "Kimishidai Ressha", "Koi no Aibou Kokoro no Cupid", "Last Dance", "The Last Time", "Memories", "Mighty Long Fall", "My Sweet Baby", "Never Let This Go", "Nothing Helps", "One Way Ticket", "Outta Sight", "Pierce", "Push Back", "Renegades", "Right By Your Side", "Rock, Scissors, Paper", "Save Yourself", "Shake It Down", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Somewhere I Belong" live Hollywood Bowl 2017, "Start Again", "To Feel the Fire", "Vandalize", "War", "Wasted Nights", "Yap", "Yoru ni Shika Sakanai Mangetsu", "(You Can Do) Everything", "Yung & Dum", "Yume Yume")
A4 ("ACTION", "All Mine", "Always Coming Back", "Answer is Near", "The Beginning", "Bombs Away", "Bossa Nova", "By My Side", "Cry Out", "Curtain Call", "Decision", "Don't Let Me Go", "Dreaming Alone", "The End.", "Free Them", "Gravity", "Hard to Love", "Head High", "Hitorigoto Lonely Na", "Hitsuzen Maker", "In the Stars", "Jaded", "Just", "Juvenile", "Kagerou", "Kaimu", "Kako wa Kyoukasho ni Mirai wa Shukudai", "Karasu", "Ketsuraku Automation", "Koubou", "Koukai Yaku ni Tatazu", "Let Me Let You Go", "Letting Go", "Liar", "LOST AND FOUND", "Lujo", "Melody Line no Shibouritsu", "Mikansei Koukyoukyoku", "Moshimo Taiyou ga Nakunatte Toshitara", "A New One for All, All for the New One", "Nichijou Evolution", "Pieces of Me", "P.P.S.H.", "Prove", "Re:make", "Ringwanderung", "Riot!!!", "Rose Blood", "The Same As...", "Sansan Dama", "Silent World", "Someone You Loved" Instagram Cover, "Sonzai Shoumei", "Stuck in the Middle", "Suddenly", "Summer Paradise", "Tateyama", "Tsurai + Ichi = Shiawase", "Unforgettable", "Victim of Love", "Viva Violent Fellow ~Utsukushiki Moshpit~", "Waiting for the End/Where'd You Go" live with Mike Shinoda 2018, "Wasted Nights" several live performances, "We Are", "Yes I Am", "(You Can Do) Everything", "You've Broken My Heart", "Your Tears Are Mine")
Significant Low Notes
F♯3 ("Always Coming Back", "Bedroom Warfare", "Bon Voyage", "Dreaming Alone", "Gravity", "Kagerou", "Karasu", "Ketsuraku Automation", "Koubou", "Letting Go", "Liar", "Memories", "Mighty Long Fall", "ONION!", "Outta Sight", "Reflection", "Ringwanderung", "Rose Blood", "So Far Gone", "Stand Out Fit In", "A Thousand Miles" live Mighty Long Fall at Yokohama Stadium 2014, "Victim of Love", "Yokubou ni Michita Seinendan")
F3 ("And I Know", "Around the World Shounen", "Be the Light", "Cry Out", "Et Cetera", "Eye of the Storm", "In the Stars", "Kimishidai Ressha", "Last Dance", "Let Me Let You Go", "Let's Take It Someday", "Mr. Gendai Speaker", "One By One", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Take What You Want", "Viva Violent Fellow ~Utsukushiki Moshpit~", "Wasted Nights", "We Are", "Yap", "Yume Yume")
E3 ("All Mine", "Answer is Near", "Bedroom Warfare", "The Beginning", "Curtain Call", "Doppelganger", "Hard to Love", "Head High", "Letting Go", "Notes'n'Words", "One More Light", "Paper Planes", "Pierce", "Secret Track" Ambitions, "Seken Shirazu no Uchuu Hikoushi", "Smiling Down", "So Far Gone", "Someone You Loved" Instagram Live, "Taking Off", "Unforgettable")
E♭3 ("Anyone" Instagram Cover, "By My Side", "C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h.", "Ending Story??", "IKIJIBIKI", "Kasabuta", "Last Dance", "Lights Down Low", "My Sweet Baby", "To Feel the Fire", "Start Again", "Vandalize", "War")
D3 ("69", "American Girls", "And I Know", "Around the World Shounen", "Giants", "Gravity", "Grow Old Die Young", "Living Dolls", "Notes'n'Words", "Outta Sight", "Reflection", "Re:make", "The Same As...", "Shape of You" live Yokohama Arena 2019, "Take What You Want", "We Are", "Yes I Am")
C♯3 ("First Love" 2021 Day to Night Acoustic Sessions, "Nothing Helps", "Taking Off", "War", "Yoru ni Shika Sakanai Mangetsu")
C3 ("Answer is Clear", "Answer is Near", "One Way Ticket", "Worst in Me")
B2 ("69", "By My Side", "Paper Planes", "Ringwanderung", "Smiling Down")
B♭2 ("Kasabuta", "Lights Down Low", "My Sweet Baby", "To Feel the Fire")
A2 ("Shape of You" live Yokohama Arena 2019)
G♯2 ("Nothing Helps")
{Short Summary}
Look, you have most likely already heard this man's voice be lauded by YouTube react channels and vocal coaches alike so I'll make this one quick. Taka, possessing a naturally high tenor voice is able to belt in the upper fourth octave and lower fifth octave with apparent ease. His low register is used quite infrequently in comparison, with Taka straining vocalising past D3 live (see his Shape of You performance). His live performances have massively improved from ONE OK ROCK's earlier days, having the breath control to hold longer and stronger notes than in the studio versions, all the while running and jumping around onstage. Truly a remarkable frontman and one of the most iconic voices in modern popular rock.
Just wanted to fanboy about this singer in a little spoiler box. If you're looking for a more in-depth analysis of his vocals, the internet (and YouTube) is your friend.
Written by u2wright.
Look, you have most likely already heard this man's voice be lauded by YouTube react channels and vocal coaches alike so I'll make this one quick. Taka, possessing a naturally high tenor voice is able to belt in the upper fourth octave and lower fifth octave with apparent ease. His low register is used quite infrequently in comparison, with Taka straining vocalising past D3 live (see his Shape of You performance). His live performances have massively improved from ONE OK ROCK's earlier days, having the breath control to hold longer and stronger notes than in the studio versions, all the while running and jumping around onstage. Truly a remarkable frontman and one of the most iconic voices in modern popular rock.
Just wanted to fanboy about this singer in a little spoiler box. If you're looking for a more in-depth analysis of his vocals, the internet (and YouTube) is your friend.
Written by u2wright.
{Discography}
ONE OK ROCK (2006): F♯3 - B4 - C5
Keep it Real (2006): D3 - B♭4 - B4
Zeitakubyou (2007): C♯3 - F3 - D5
Beam of Light (2008): F3 - E5
Kanjou Effect (2008): B♭2 - D5 - E5 - F♯5
Niche Syndrome (2010): D3 - F♯5
Zankyou Reference (2011): C3 - D3 - E♭5 - F5 - F♯5
Jinsei × Boku = (2013): G♯2 - B2 - E♭5 - F♯5
35xxxv (2015): B2 - E♭3 - F♯5 - G♯5
Ambitions (2017): C3 - E5 - G♯5
Eye of the Storm (2019): C3 - F5 - G5
Luxury Disease (2022): D3 - D5 - E♭5 - G♯5
Italics mark EPs.
ONE OK ROCK (2006): F♯3 - B4 - C5
Keep it Real (2006): D3 - B♭4 - B4
Zeitakubyou (2007): C♯3 - F3 - D5
Beam of Light (2008): F3 - E5
Kanjou Effect (2008): B♭2 - D5 - E5 - F♯5
Niche Syndrome (2010): D3 - F♯5
Zankyou Reference (2011): C3 - D3 - E♭5 - F5 - F♯5
Jinsei × Boku = (2013): G♯2 - B2 - E♭5 - F♯5
35xxxv (2015): B2 - E♭3 - F♯5 - G♯5
Ambitions (2017): C3 - E5 - G♯5
Eye of the Storm (2019): C3 - F5 - G5
Luxury Disease (2022): D3 - D5 - E♭5 - G♯5
Italics mark EPs.
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• Blue marks soft/clear falsetto notes.
• Green marks harsh, distorted notes.
• Italics mark non-melodic yells or spoken passages.
• Underlines mark notes obscured in the song's mix.
• Boldface indicates performances that are considered to be indicative of the singer's capabilities.
• Some songs may have been listed multiple times in the same pitch, separated with an '/' or '&'. The former indicates notes hit with a different technique in another recording, and the latter indicates notes (mostly) absent in the studio version, performed by Taka live.
Loosely based on Jay's thread for Taka on the previous version of the forum.
Special thanks to Electric Mami for helping me out with pitching some of the notes here.
Special thanks to Electric Mami for helping me out with pitching some of the notes here.
