Fuji Taito

Overview

Fuji Taito (フジ タイト) is a Japanese rapper from Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, working in the J-rap genre. He drew wide attention in 2022 with "Crayon," released with ZOT on the WAVE.

Career

Fuji Taito began rapping seriously around 2012 at the age of 15 and entered the first BAZOOKA!! High School Rap Championship. In 2016 he formed UMA, the predecessor of today's Briza Yavaisz Daze, and took part in GRAND MASTER's compilation "SUPER NOVA." In 2017 he joined LDH's VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION and reached the finals in the rap category.

Later that year he released his first EP, "BANGAZ." With BRIZA, he put out four albums: "BRIZA I" (August 2019), "BRIZA II" (November 2019), "BRIZA III" (February 2020) and "BRIZA Ⅳ" (September 2021). On June 10, 2020, he released the single "I Know You Want A King."

On February 4, 2022, "Crayon" was released digitally under the name ZOT on the WAVE & Fuji Taito. The track peaked at No. 2 on Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs and spent multiple weeks in the top 10, becoming a talking point.

Musical Style

Editor Keisuke Ninomiya named a line from "Top Freestyle" ("売れなくても死なないが / 死んだやつらが許すと思うか") as one of the standout punchlines of 2019, saying it reveals his hard background. Mitsuhiro Hidaka also picked "Top Freestyle" as one of his best tracks of 2019, praising lyrics that pull listeners along on an ambition for life as stylish proof of how the power of hip-hop is being realized in Japan.