Masaharu Kubota
USAO
Artist Information
- Real name: Unknown
- Birthdate: September 26th, 1987
- Homepage: http://usao926.blog.fc2.com/
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/USAO_k926, https://twitter.com/USAO926
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/usao926
Profile
USAO is a Japanese music producer who first appeared in the doujin scene in 2006. He started producing songs under the frenchcore genre, to then becoming one of the main hardstyle acts from Japan. In the last few years, USAO has expanded his music production to other genres, specializing in dubstep/drumstep, hardtek, trap, twerk, EDM, several variants of house, and occasionally stepping out for genres he is not known for such as psytrance and glitch hop.
In releases, USAO sometimes uses two aliases: Shandy Kubota (for dubstep tracks, and as a vocalist) and DJ Nanashi (for upbeat and handz up tracks). With DJ WILDPARTY, he forms the Shot Bass Idiots group where he releases megamixed compilations and trap and jungle terror tracks as well.
USAO is a member of the HARDCORE TANO*C circle and owns the UOM RECORDS label. He makes appearances in labels such as SKETCH UP! Recordings and Massive CircleZ.
Aliases
- USAO
- Caladborg
BEMANI Songs
| Song | Artist | Game | Genre | Composition | Arrangement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZED | USAO | beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro | DUB STEP | ✓ | ✓ |
| invoker | Caladborg | beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA | TRIBE CORE | ✓ | ✓ |
| Miracle 5ympho X | USAO | beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA | FRENCHCORE | ✓ | ✓ |
| Night sky | USAO | beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL | PUMPCORE | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamite | USAO | beatmania IIDX 23 copula | HYBRID TWERK | ✓ | ✓ |
| Outbreak | USAO | beatmania IIDX 23 copula | FRENCHCORE | ✓ | ✓ |
| BroGamer | USAO | beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ | SUPER ULTIMATE HYPER CORE | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Commanders | USAO | beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ | HARDSTYLE | ✓ | ✓ |
| FREEDOM | USAO | beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS | HYPER DUBSTEP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Boss Rush | USAO | jubeat Qubell | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hastur | USAO | REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA | - | ✓ | ✓ |
Discography
Albums
- Un Encuentro (2008, with Nadeco)
- Kick's For Liberation (2009)
- Kick's For Liberation 2 (2010)
- Kick's For Liberation 3 (2011)
- Kick's For Liberation 4 (2012)
- ShandyBass (2012, as Shandy Kubota)
- Aftershock (2013, with aran)
- ShandyBass 2 (2014, as Shandy Kubota)
- BREAK OUT WHITE (2014)
- Kick's For Liberation 5 (2015)
- USAO BEST (2015)
- Aftershock pt.2 (2016, with aran)
- ShandyBass 3 (2017, as Shandy Kubota)
- Kick's For Liberation 6 (2017)
EP
- Shot Bass EP (2016, with DJ WILDPARTY)