Centimillimental

Overview

Centimillimental (センチミリメンタル, nicknamed "Senmiri") is the solo project of Atsushi (温詞), born August 27, 1993. He handles lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocals, piano, guitar and programming entirely by himself, and is signed to Epic Records Japan. Working across anime music, J-pop and J-rock, the project is best known for its work on the anime "Given", including its opening theme and the songs of the in-show band.

Career

• 2012: Atsushi started the project as a four-piece pop-rock band named Centimillimental.
• Around 2015: With the band effectively on hiatus, he launched a solo project, "Nee, Wasurenaide ne." (ねぇ、忘れないでね。), initially as a masked act that hid its connection to Centimillimental. That year it won the grand prize at the audition "Inazuma Gate 2015 supported by Epic Records Japan" out of more than 5,000 entries, and performed at Inazuma Rock Fes two years in a row.
• March 1, 2017: Released the digital single "Love Song" (ラブソング); he filmed and directed its music video himself.
• January 1, 2018: Announced that the dormant band and his solo activity would be merged under the single name Centimillimental. From then on the name continued from the band days while the project became a solo unit. That year he released the self-produced single "Twilight Night" (トワイライト・ナイト), sold only at live venues and Tower Records Nagoya Parco, and began the regular radio show "WEAR MUSIC" on Tokai-area station ZIP-FM.
• March 6, 2019: Released another limited, self-produced single, "Shinde Shimaitai," (死んでしまいたい、).
• September 11, 2019: Made his major debut on Epic Records Japan with the single "Kizuato" (キヅアト), written as the opening theme of the Fuji TV noitaminA anime "Given". He also wrote, composed, arranged and sound-produced the music of the show's fictional band Given, which made its own major debut on September 18, 2019 with the single "Marutsuke / Fuyu no Hanashi".
• August 26, 2020: Released his second single, "Bokura Dake no Shudaika" (僕らだけの主題歌), the theme song of the film "Given the Movie", for which he again handled the in-film band's music.
• May 26, 2021: Released the third single "Seishun no Embu / nag"; "Seishun no Embu" was chosen as the opening theme of the noitaminA TV anime "Bakuten!!", which began airing in April 2021.
• December 1, 2021: Released his first original full-length album, "Yasashii Hamono" (やさしい刃物), and produced Given's second single "Uragawa no Sonzai", released the same day.
• 2023: Released "Hitorigoto" (February 5). Tracks tied to the "Centimillimental 3rd LIVE TOUR 2023" followed: "Kizuato" (July 16), "Bokura Dake no Shudaika" (August 6) and "Fuyu no Hanashi" (September 1). "Ikite Ikanakucha / Shinda tte Ii" came out on October 14.
• 2024: Released "Super Ultra I LOVE YOU" (January 24 and February 14 editions), "Seigi no Sumika" (May 29) and "Ketsugon" (September 11 and October 16 editions).
• 2025: Released the album "for GIVEN" (February 5), "Tsukiakari" (June 25), "Yuu" (July 30), the album "Kafuné" (August 6) and "Hoshi ga Furu" (November 9).

Musical Style and Background

Atsushi began composing seriously in second grade (simple pieces from first grade) and started writing poetry in fifth grade. In junior high he began writing lyrics and music, and also made simple arrangements using the game "Daigassou! Band Brothers DX". He now uses Logic Pro X for arranging and programming. In high school he produced opening jingles for a local radio program, and at one point he also wrote novels as a hobby. For the self-produced single "Twilight Night" he did all the photography and artwork design, and for "Shinde Shimaitai," he did part of the photography and all of the artwork design.

He has been friends with singer-songwriter and voice actor Masahiro Itou since both performed live in Nagoya. Through that connection he provided songs for Argonavis, for which Itou sings, and later appeared as a guest at a from ARGONAVIS acoustic live, where the two performed together.