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Tomoya Kanki
神吉 智也
Tomoya at Dürer Kert in Budapest, 2019
Born
Kanki Tomoya

(1987-06-27) June 27, 1987 (age 39)
Occupations
  • Musician
  • drummer
Spouse
(m. 2017)
Children3
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
Years active2006–present
Labels
Member ofOne Ok Rock
Websiteoneokrock.com

Tomoya Kanki (Japanese: 神吉 智也, Hepburn: Kanki Tomoya; born June 27, 1987, in Hyogo), better known mononymously as Tomoya, is a Japanese musician and drummer of the band One Ok Rock.

Life and career

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Tomoya is the youngest member of ONE OK ROCK. In junior high school, he belonged to the percussion group in a brass band club, playing various percussion instruments such as tambourine and xylophone. He formed a band in the fall of his first year in high school, and started the band in earnest. After graduated from high school, he came to Tokyo and studied at a technical college.[1][2]

Tomoya attended ESP Musical Academy where one of his lecturers who was in a band introduced him to a band they had played with earlier that was looking for a drummer. That band was One Ok Rock and after a period of playing as support, he formally joined a month before their major debut.[1] He often updates the One Ok Rock blog.[3]

Tomoya and Ryota Kohama composed the song "Deeper Deeper" together.[4]

On June 9, 2017, he announced that he had gotten married. He has three sons, born in November 2017, May 2019, and March 2021.[5][6]

Equipment

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Tomoya mainly plays drums as his instrument. He has also played percussion and xylophone.

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Interview with ONE OK ROCK in Tokyo". JaME. June 21, 2008. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  2. "One Ok Rock Interview". Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). Vol. 401. June 2012. pp. 67–76.
  3. "Tomoya". JpopAsia.com. June 27, 1987. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  4. Sugioka, Yuki (January 9, 2013). "ONE OK ROCK "Deeper Deeper / Nothing Helps" Special Feature". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  5. Edohsama (November 5, 2017). "ONE OK ROCK's drummer Tomoya is now also a proud father!". Jrock News. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  6. "ONE OK ROCKのTomoyaに第3子誕生". natalie.mu (in Japanese). March 26, 2021. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
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