SEAMO

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Naoki Takada (高田 尚輝, Takada Naoki^?, born 31 December 1975 in Nagoya) is a Japanese rapper and hip-hop artist better known under his alias SEAMO (シーモ Shīmo). He made his debut in 2004 using the alias of Sea-Mo Nator (シーモネーター, shīmonētā^?), but later changed his name to SEAMO, and made his solo debut in 2005 on the Japanese record label BMG Japan with the single "Kanpaku" (関白, Advisor^?). SEAMO garnered fame when he appeared along with the duo BENNIE K on the song "a love story". In 2006 SEAMO had his bestselling single in Japan so far with "Mata aimashō" (マタアイマショウ, "Mata aimashō"^?), which despite peaking at #14 in the singles chart has spent 34 weeks and sold more than 160,000 copies so far. His second album, Live Goes On, made its debut on the Japanese chart at #1. As favourite artists and influences, SEAMO lists Kool Keith, MC Hammer and Japanese acts Unicorn, Sing Like Talking, and Original love

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 Singles 1.3 Collaborations

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Get Back On Stage (2005)
• Live Goes On (2006)
• Round About (2007)

[edit] Singles

• "Kanpaku" (関白, Advisor^?)
• "DRIVE"
• "a love story"
• "See you later" (マタアイマショウ, Mata aimashō^?)
• "Lupin the Fire" (ルパン・ザ・ファイヤー, Rupan za Faiyā^?)
• "Cry Baby"
• "Fly Away"
• "locus" (軌跡, Kiseki^?)
• "MOTHER"

[edit] Collaborations

1. SMALL WORLD
   • September 19, 2002
   • 1,890 Copies
2. "I've Been Looking For You ~Shīmonētā & DJ TAKI-SHIT Remix feat. CRYSTAL BOY" (君をさがしてた ～シーモネーター＆DJ TAKI-SHIT Remix feat. CRYSTAL BOY」, Kimi wo sagashiteta ~shīmonētā & DJ TAKI-SHIT Remix feat. CRYSTAL BOY^?)
   • May 9, 2002
3. The Club
   • March 8, 2006
   • Tenjou Chiki feat. SEAMO
4. Win and Shine
   • May 24, 2006
   • From the collaborations of the Ukatrats FC, produced by m-flo's Taku Takahashi
   • 5,692 Copies
5. swing presents...Peace from Central Japan
   • June 28, 2006
6. Hey Boys! Hey Girls!
   • SEAMO feat. BoA
   • SEAMO IS ALSO THE NAME OF THE SECOND COMING: also spelled as CMO: