Keita Tachibana

Keita Tachibana (born 16 December 1985), is a Japanese musician. He is the lead singer of the J-Pop boy band w-inds. and is also very involved with their dance sequences.Keita Tachibana got his big break when he was the only male finalist in the 2000 Kyushu-Okinawa Starlight Audition, beating thousands of contestants, but did not win. He joined forces with two dancers from Sapporo, Ryuichi Ogata and Ryohei Chiba, to form w-inds..Keita is known for his extraordinary vocal range - he can hit notes 6-8 chords higher than the average male[citation needed]. In his spare time, he enjoys playing rounds of pool or soccer. Keita is also capable of playing various musical instruments; piano, guitar and bass guitar[citation needed].He has an older brother, Yuta Tachibana, and two younger sisters, Mai Tachibana and Mio Tachibana, who is currently a model and part of the group Soran Happies.Keita Tachibana has now got his own solo career as well as being in a band. His debut single was released on the 18th October 2006, titled "Michishirube,". Although he is a solo artist now, he mentioned that w-inds. is a big part of him. w-inds. will not be disbanding. Their new single Hanamuke (ハナムケ, Hanamuke?) will be out on January 17, 2007.His debut solo single, Michishirube, debuted at #3 on the Oricon Chart. His solo album made it to the #5 on the first week on Oricon Chart as well. It is also the first ending theme to the anime Reborn!His second solo single, "Friend", features the first OP of the anime adaption, Blue Dragon.He has a blog that won the "Blog of the Year 2006".(by Cyber Agent)He is also a secret Tree lover and has been rumoured with fellow J-pop idols including Matsuura Aya, BoA Kwon and Ai Otsuka.In 2007, Keita voiced Prince Arthur (Artie) in the Japanese dubbed version of Shrek the Third.