Background
Moriuchi was born on April 17, 1988, son of famous Japanese singers Masako Mori and Shinichi Mori.
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Moriuchi was born on April 17, 1988, son of famous Japanese singers Masako Mori and Shinichi Mori.
Prior to this, he was in the boyband NEWS throughout 2003 until he left the group together with the agency. 2002-2004: beginnings and other musical pursuits
Taka signed with Johnny"s Entertainment in 2002 and joined the boy band, NEWS, in 2003. He left in 2004 to "focus on his studies".
He was briefly in a band called Chivalry of Music in 2004.
2005-present: One Ok Rock
Taka was invited by guitarist/leader, Toru Yamashita, to join the Japanese rock band, One Ok Rock in 2005. The band released their first independent Civil Defense in 2006 and were signed by Amuse, Incorporated., whom they made their major debut with.
The band did moderately well with music sales until they hit with major success in August 2012 upon the release of "The Beginning", which was the theme song for the live action movie adaption of the manga and anime, Rurouni Kenshin. The band"s concerts have been sold out many times with high attendance and constantly adding new tour dates in Japan.
One Ok Rock has also held concert tours overseas in Asia, United States., Europe and South America.
In March 2013, Simple Plan announced a new version of their song "Summer Paradise" with Taka for a Japanese-only release They later performed together at the music festival, Punkspring 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. In November 2013, Taka helped Pay Money to My Pain to sing one of their songs on their tribute album "Gene" after their vocalist, K (Kei Goto), died due to heart failure. In summer 2014, One Ok Rock"s newest songs, "Mighty Long Fall" and "Heartache" were featured as theme songs for the live action movie sequels, Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends, respectively.
As of July 2015, One Ok Rock is signed with the United States. label, Warner Brothers
Records and plans to release an all English version of their album, 35xxxv in the fall. His greatest influences are Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Issues, and Simple Plan.
He has also cited Chester Bennington from Linkin Park and Kellin Quinn from Sleeping With Sirens as his inspirations to switch from popular music to rock music