Keisuke Ogihara

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Keisuke Ogihara (荻原恵介 Ogihara Keisuke?) is one of the founding members of the hip hop group Rip Slyme. He was born on June 17, 1975 in Helsinki, Finland to a Japanese father and a Finnish mother.[1] He is also known by his stage name Ilmari (イルマリ).

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[edit] Profile

  • Real Name: Ogihara Keisuke (荻原恵介)
  • Nickname: Ilmari
  • Birthday: 17th June 1975
  • Blood Type: A
  • Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland currently lives in Tokyo
  • Height: 171cm (5.6 ft)
  • Weight: 60kg (132.4 lbs.)
  • Job: MC
  • Influences: The Pharcyde, Black Eyed Peas, Microphone Pager
  • Favourite Artists: Green Day, Supanova
  • Most Memorable Song: Mahiru ni Mita Yume

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[edit] General

Ilmari is considered the most handsome member of Rip Slyme due to his European looks as a half. His mother is Finnish while his father Japanese. While English speaking artists who use their secondary language in their works are somewhat of a niche in the Japanese music market, Ilmari does not use any Finnish in his music. The name Ilmari is considered his middle name in Finland, in which he decided to use as his stage name. In the same primary & middle school as Ryo-Z, they became the founding members of Rip Slyme. After switching several schools, Ilmari then left for an international school. There he met fellow Rip Slyme member Pes, who both shared a distaste for school. Quitting in the middle of his final year, he returned to Tokyo, reunited with Ryo-Z to form a unit "Gibinibanko" (ギビニバンコ).

During his schoolyears in Hawaii, he was often called "Ketsuge" (ケツ毛 literally meaning ass hair)—a name which he hated. He has remarked that it lessened his chances with women because of that reason.

Ilmari returned to Finland in 2002 along with his group members where they shot photos and footage for their shortcuts! DVD & their photobook RIP STYLE. They as well held several concerts in Helsinki.

Ilmari's special skill, beatboxing is featured in several concerts and along with friend Kei in the song "By the Way" in their TOKYO CLASSIC album. He owns a dog (Tibetan Spaniel) by the name of "Ban" which was featured in the special solo concerts.

In 2005, GAP held their 10th Anniversary campaign where Ilmari was picked among BoA & Hiro of Exile as models for displaying their individual style.

[edit] Collaborations

Ilmari with two members of Dragon Ash (BOTS & Kenji Furuya) & SHIGEO of Skebo King created the short lived group Steady&Co in 2001. Their aim was to create a much lighter folk influenced form of Hip-Hop against emerging genres such as J-Urban.

In 2004, Ilmari helped launch singer Salyu by collaborating with her to release Valon under the name IlmarixSalyu.

In 2005, he was made leader of the unit Teriyaki Boyz consisting of teammate Ryo-Z, Nigo, Wise & Verbal, releasing Beef or Chicken with big US names.

[edit] References

  1. ^ リップスライムの情報満載. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
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