Kingo (with The Vibrations)

JAPAN

Kingo is a rapper based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Although born in Japan, he has lived in postwar Cambodia and the United States since childhood. He continues to share his personal and passionate lyrics with the world in both English and Japanese, using a skillful flow that sometimes speaks and sometimes cuts to the chase.

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He also continues to be an exceptional genre-less rapper, influenced by not only rappers such as Kendrick Lamar and Mac Miller, but also artists from various genres such as Funkadelic.

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In 2022, his live street performance in the style of a band received a huge response, including over 100,000views on Twitter. His live street performances were highly acclaimed, and he won an audition of 3,800 groups to perform at the "FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2023" on the "ROOKIE A GO-GO"stage for the first time.