Creepy Nuts

Creepy Nuts is a Japanese hip-hop unit formed in 2013 by MC R-Shitei and DJ Matsunaga. R-Shitei, whose real name is Kyohei Nogami, won "ULTIMATE MC BATTLE" for five consecutive years from 2010 to 2014 and took the "GRAND CHAMPION" title for three consecutive years from 2012 to 2014. DJ Matsunaga, whose real name is Kunihiko Matsunaga, won the battle category at the "DMC JAPAN DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 FINAL" on August 24, 2019, then represented Japan in the battle division at the "DMC WORLD DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019" on September 28 and won the championship. After appearing on the compilation album 『KAIKOO PLANET III』, released on August 7, 2013, and performing at Fuji Rock Festival 2014 on July 25, 2014, the duo released the mini-albums 『たりないふたり』 on January 20, 2016, and 『助演男優賞』 on February 1, 2017. They announced at LIQUIDROOM on April 9, 2017, that they would make their major debut with Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and did so on November 8, 2017, with the single "Koukou Debut, Daigaku Debut, Zenbu Shippaishitakedo Major Debut." Later releases include the full albums 『クリープ・ショー』 on April 11, 2018, 『Case』 on September 1, 2021, and 『アンサンブル・プレイ』 on September 7, 2022, as well as the mini-albums 『よふかしのうた』 on August 7, 2019, and 『かつて天才だった俺たちへ』 on August 26, 2020. On November 11 and 12, 2020, they held their first solo Nippon Budokan concerts, Creepy Nuts One Man Live『かつて天才だった俺たちへ』日本武道館公演, and on November 11 the official fan club app 『CLUB Creepy Nuts』 opened. In anime, Creepy Nuts performed "Yofukashi no Uta (よふかしのうた)", "Nemure (眠れ)", and "Mirage" for Call of the Night, "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" for Mashle, and "Otonoke (オトノケ)" for Dandadan. "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born", released as a digital single on January 7, 2024, became the duo's biggest hit single to date, and they followed it with the double A-side single 『二度寝/Bling-Bang-Bang-Born』 on March 20, 2024, the film theme "doppelgänger" on January 24, 2025, and the digital release of the album "LEGION" on February 5, 2025.