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Jin (じん), also known as Shizen no Teki-P (自然の敵P), is a Japanese musician, producer, lyricist, novelist, and screenwriter best known for his Kagerou Project mixed-media franchise. He was born on October 20th, 1990 in Rishiri Island, Hokkaido. He is also known for making Vocaloid IA's demo song Headphone Actor.

Outside of Kagerou Project, he has produced songs for other artists, co-wrote the manga Nirvana with Sayuki, and is an original creator and writer of the anime LISTENERS with Dai Satou and Taichi Hashimoto.

Background

 * Jin was born in Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan on October 20, 1990. He first started music around his second year of elementary school. At 6 years old, he started learning how to play the keyboard, and his uncle, who also played the keyboard, was an inspiration to him. His keyboard teacher allowed him to come over whenever he wanted to play, even if he didn't have lessons that day.


 * The population where he grew up was small and he had only twelve students in his elementary school class. Despite this, he managed to find four other classmates who were learning music too. When he entered high school and moved to a populated area, he formed a band for the first time. They started by doing covers of the bands Number Girl and The Black Horn.

Original Releases

 * Jinzou Enemy Feat. Miku Hatsune (February 17th, 2011)
 * Mekakushi Code Feat. Miku Hatsune (May 29th, 2011)
 * Kagerou Daze Feat. Miku Hatsune (September 29th, 2011)
 * Headphone Actor Feat. IA (December 14th, 2011)
 * Kuusou Forest Feat. IA (January 31st, 2012)
 * Konoha no Sekai Jijou Feat. Miku Hatsune & IA (March 29th, 2012)
 * Kisaragi Attention Feat. IA (May 26th, 2012)
 * Children Record Feat. IA (July 21st, 2012)
 * Yobanashi Deceive Feat. IA (February 17th, 2013)
 * Losstime Memory Feat. IA (March 29th, 2013)
 * Ayano no Koufuku Riron Feat. IA (April 22nd, 2013)
 * Otsukimi Recital Feat. IA (July 02nd, 2013)
 * Yuukei Yesterday Feat. IA (August 04th, 2013)
 * Outer Science Feat. IA (August 31st, 2013)
 * Summertime Record Feat. IA (September 02nd, 2013)
 * daze (Full ver.) Feat. MARiA from GARNiDELiA (May 29th, 2014)
 * days (Full ver.) Feat. Lia (June 13th, 2014)
 * RED Feat. GOUACHE (Short ver.) (November 3th, 2016)
 * Shissou Word Feat. Miku Hatsune (December 29th, 2017)
 * Additional Memory Feat. Miku Hatsune (September 14th, 2018)
 * Tomodachi no Uta Feat. Nanami Kashiyama (Bonus featured in the first edition of Mekakucity Talkers 01) (September 28th, 2018)
 * draw Feat. Tianyi Luo (Kagerou Daze No.9 ED) (September 23th, 2019)

Derivations

 * Kagerou Daze (Self Cover) (January 21st, 2012)
 * Headphone Actor (Mekakucity Days version) (May 16th, 2012)
 * Kuusou Forest (Mekakucity Days version) (May 19th, 2012)
 * Kagerou Daze (Mekakucity Days version) (May 22nd, 2012)
 * Children Record (Self Cover) Feat. Kanshou Vector) (January 4th, 2013)
 * daze Feat. MARiA from GARNiDELiA (Mekakucity Actors OP) (April 12th, 2014)
 * days Feat. Lia (Mekakucity Actors ED) (April 19th, 2014)
 * Children Record Feat. MARiA from GARNiDELiA (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 01: Jinzou Enemy) (June 25th, 2014)
 * Kisaragi Attention Feat. Luna Haruna (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 02: Kisaragi Attention) (July 9th, 2014)
 * Mekakushi Code Feat. Koneko Yasagure (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 03: Mekakushi Code) (July 23rd, 2014)
 * Kagerou Daze Feat. Shouichi Taguchi from Kanshou Vector (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 04: Kagerou Daze) (August 13th, 2014)
 * Yuukei Yesterday Feat. LiSA (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 05: Kaien Panzermast) (August 27th, 2014)
 * Headphone Actor Feat. LiSA (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 06: Headphone Actor) (September 10th, 2014)
 * Konoha no Sekai Jijou Feat. Nanou (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 07: Konoha no Sekai Jijou) (September 24th, 2014)
 * Losstime Memory Feat. Kohta Matsuyama from BYEE the ROUND (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 08: Losstime Memory) (October 8th, 2014)
 * Ayano no Koufuku Riron Feat. Aki Okui (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 09: Ayano no Koufuku Riron) (November 26th, 2014)
 * Kuusou Forest Feat. Takumi Yoshida from saji (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 10: Kuusou Forest) (November 26th, 2014)
 * Otsukimi Recital Feat. IA (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 11: Otsukimi Recital) (December 24th, 2014)
 * Summertime Record (Self Cover) (From the Mekakucity Actors Blu-ray/DVD Act 12: Summertime Record) (December 24th, 2014)
 * Yobanashi Deceive Feat. MARiA from GARNiDELiA & LiSA (March 7th, 2015)
 * Shounen Brave Feat. Kimiko from nano.RIPE (March 14th, 2015)
 * Outer Science Feat. Teddyloid & OИE (March 28th, 2015)
 * Yobanashi Deceive Project Sekai ver. Feat. Akito Shinonome, Toya Aoyagi and Len Kagamine (October 09th, 2020)
 * Children Record Re:boot Feat. Miku Hatsune (April 1st, 2021)
 *  Kagerou Daze Project Sekai ver. Feat. Leo/need and Miku Hatsune (August 15th, 2021)
 * Children Record Project Sekai ver. Feat. Vivid BAD SQUAD and Len Kagamine (August 23rd, 2021)

Vocaloid and Other Synthesizer Songs

 * Nihonbashi Kouka Shita R Keikaku Feat. IA (April 04th, 2012)
 * Murakumo Girl Feat. IA (From the album Shoujo Sensou | ARMS) (April 28th, 2012)
 * Captain Little Feat. IA (From the album IA THE WORLD ～Hikari～) (June 27th, 2012)
 * Color Index Feat. IA (From the album EX:P3 ～Ex:Producers3～) (July 04th, 2012)
 * Himawari Biyori Feat. IA (From the album Shikisai Ongaku Irodoriti) (July 08th, 2012)
 * Sky of Beginning Feat. Miku Hatsune (August 19th, 2012)
 * World Calling Feat. IA (November 02nd, 2012)
 * LIVEDRIVE Feat. IA (Short ver.) (November 09th, 2012)
 * Bokura ni Kigeki wo Misete Kure Feat. Ishifuro & IA (From the album VOCAROCK collection 4 feat. Hatsune Miku) (November 28th, 2012)
 * Cinderella Delivery Feat. GUMI (From the album TamStar Records presents ALL VOCALOID ATTACK #1) (December 29th, 2012)
 * America Feat. IA (February 09th, 2013)
 * boy meets girl Feat. IA (Cover, original by TRF; From the album VOCALOID3 meets TRF) (March 27th, 2013)
 * Captain Little ~Superhero ver.~ Feat. IA (From the album VOCAROCK collection loves IA) (July 03rd, 2013)
 * America ~We are all right!~ Feat. IA (October 10th, 2013)
 * Inner Arts Feat. IA (May 22nd, 2014)
 * Million/Ones Feat. kemu, Orebanana-P & Miku Hatsune (From the album HATSUNE MIKU 10th ANNIVERSARY SONGS -Miracle Mirai-) (January 10th, 2018)
 * Euphoria Feat. IA (August 24th, 2018)
 * T.A.O. Feat. Tianyi Luo (October 18, 2019)
 * Dance Robot Dance 9 Vocaloid Producer Arrangement Medley Feat. NayutalieN plus eight other Vocaloid producers (April 22nd, 2020)
 * After School Fever Feat. Portraits & Miku Hatsune (June 29th, 2020)
 * Stella Feat. Miku Hatsune (November 16th, 2020)
 * Stella (Cover Feat. Leo/need & Miku Hatsune) (November 16th, 2020)
 * GURU Feat. KAFU (December 10th, 2021)
 * Kiero Feat. KAFU (January 21th, 2022)
 * MERMAID (Cover feat. KAFU) (February 25th, 2022)
 * Dance Robot Dance 25 Vocaloid Producers and Artists Arrangement Medley Feat. NayutalieN plus thirteen other Vocaloid producers (April 17th, 2022)
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtqZx_zTwT4 ZIGI} Feat. KAFU (May 5th, 2022)

Anime & Game OST and Image Songs

 * Ai wo Utae Feat. Luna Haruna (Monogatari Series Second Season ED1) (July 6th, 2013)
 * Ai wo Utae (Full ver.) (From the single Ai wo Utae) (July 24th, 2013)
 * Rally Go Round Feat. LiSA (Nisekoi Season 2 OP1) (April 10th, 2015)
 * Rally Go Round (Full ver.) (From the single Rally Go Round) (May 27th, 2015)
 * Plumeria Feat. Aki Okui (18if ED5) (August 4th, 2017)
 * If Feat. Teddyloid & Nobunaga Shimazaki (18if ED13) (September 29, 2017)
 * Plumeria (Full ver.) (From the 18if Main Theme Collection) (October 4th, 2017)
 * If (Full ver.) (From the 18if Main Theme Collection) (October 4th, 2017)
 * Fun Fun! Melody Feat. Doubutsu Friends (From the album Fre! Fre! Best Friends) (December 13th, 2017)
 * Nakayoshi March Feat. Yuka Ozaki & Aya Uchida (From the album Japari Café2) (December 13th, 2017)
 * Vital Feat. Masaaki Endoh (Satsuriku no Tenshi OP) (July 6th, 2018)
 * Vital (Full ver.) (From the single Vital/Pray) (July 25th, 2018)
 * Hoshi wo Tsunagete Feat. GothicxLuck (Kemono Friends Season 2 ED1) (April 10, 2019)
 * Clover Days Feat. Clover (From the album THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! Blooming Clover 5 Original CD) (June 27th, 2019)
 * ∞(unlimited) Feat. MEWTRAL (Neptunia Virtual Stars OP) (May 13th, 2020)
 * Into the blue’s Feat. ACCAMER (LISTENERS OP) (April 3rd, 2020)
 * Muse Feat. Rie Takahashi (LISTENERS ED1) (April 10th, 2020)
 * Borders Feat. Rie Takahashi (LISTENERS ED2) (April 17th, 2020)
 * Slip out! Feat. Rie Takahashi (LISTENERS ED3) (April 24th, 2020)
 * Rainy lain Feat. Rie Takahashi (LISTENERS ED4) (May 1st, 2020)
 * Top of ocean (LISTENERS ED5) Feat. Rie Takahashi (May 8th, 2020)
 * Trauma (LISTENERS ED6) Feat. Rie Takahashi (May 15th, 2020)
 * Dilemma (LISTENERS ED7) Feat. Rie Takahashi (May 22nd, 2020)
 * Into the blue's (Full ver.) (May 22nd, 2020)
 * Fairy tale (LISTENERS ED8) Feat. Rie Takahashi (May 29th, 2020)
 * Slumber (LISTENERS ED9) Feat. Rie Takahashi (June 5th, 2020)
 * Love song (LISTENERS ED10) Feat. Rie Takahashi (June 12th, 2020)
 * Listeners (LISTENERS ED11) Feat. Rie Takahashi (June 19th, 2020)
 * Into the blue’s (Modern ver.) Feat. Rie Takahashi (LISTENERS ED12) (June 19th, 2020)
 * ∞(unlimited) (Full ver.) (From the album VVVtune Special Sound Album CD) (August 6th, 2020)
 * 101 Feat. Sangatsu no Phantasia (Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei OP) (July 3rd, 2021)
 * 101 (Full ver.) (July 10th, 2021)
 * Gyakko Domei Feat. Casi (Noel the Mortal Fate OP) (December 28th, 2021)

Others

 * Shadow (Instrumental) (August 27th, 2011)
 * Color/Iro (Instrumental) (August 27th, 2011)
 * Necrofantasia (Cover and arrange, original from Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom) (October 12th, 2011)
 * Korera Rokko no koumoku wo gomi bako ni idou shimasu ka? (Instrumental cover, original by Ishifuro) (April 11th, 2012)
 * Kimi no Me wo Feat. Soraru (June 5th, 2012)
 * Dream Driver Feat. Shoko Nakagawa (From the album nsum ~Nakagawa Shoko Ga Uttattemita!~) (August 15th, 2012)
 * Strobe Lights Feat. Kanshou Vector (Cover, original by Kanshou Vector from the album Shiaroa) (January 4th, 2013)
 * Mirai Voyager Feat. Aya Hirano (From the album TOxxxIC) (February 20th, 2013)
 * QUEST Feat. Ten, Vivienne, Tsukinowa and Touyu (From the album QUEST) (December 31st, 2013)
 * Sunrise Battle Feat. Touyu (From the album QUEST) (December 31st, 2013)
 * Ookami Shoujo Feat. GARNiDELiA (From the album Linkage Ring) (January 21st, 2015)
 * Antihero Feat. LiSA (From the album Launcher) (March 4th, 2015)
 * Re:Re: Feat. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION (From the album AKG TRIBUTE) (29.03.2017.)
 * NIRVANA Feat. Lia (Japanese version) (July 14th, 2017)
 * NIRVANA Feat. Lia (English version) (July 21st, 2017)
 * Halation Feat. Touyu (From the album Second Heart) (March 21st, 2018)
 * 『「Q」&「A」』 Feat. Kano (December 6th, 2018)
 * Gunjou no Musica Feat. Soraru (From the album Eureka) (April 20, 2019)
 * Life is tasty! Feat. Nomu Suntory (May 28, 2019)
 * Genjitsu Feat. Soraru (From the album Wonder) (July 17th, 2019)
 * Hajimaru Feat. MEWTRAL (May 21, 2020)
 * Strobe Lights (Jin rearranged) Feat. Kanshou Vector (From the album In other colors) (July 1st, 2020)
 * stay night Feat. ACCAMER (July 10th, 2020)
 * DI-DU-DA-DU-LA Feat. Kanshou Vector (July 22nd, 2020)
 * Parallel Road Feat. MEWTRAL (August 6th, 2020)
 * Onthology Feat. Rain Drops (October 23rd, 2020)
 * Amakotoba Feat. Rain Drops (November 25th, 2020)
 * Uro Feat. Jel (March 31st, 2021)
 * Harugare Feat. MARiA from GARNiDELiA (May 26th, 2021)
 * Gojitsutan (Ad for AlphaPolis Co.) (July 6th, 2021)
 * Ashita wa Nichiyōbi Feat. Rain Drops (TV Drama Hatsu Jōji Made Ato 1-Jikan ED) (July 23rd, 2021)
 * Gojitsutan (Full ver.) (August 15th, 2021)
 * Entertainer Feat. Rain Drops & Kemu Tsukamoto (August 27th, 2021)
 * Kiero (Self Cover) (January 26th, 2022)
 * MERMAID (February 6th, 2022)

Albums and Singles

 * MONSTERS (Album crossfade) (January 20th, 2012)
 * Mekakucity Actors (Album crossfade) (January 22nd, 2012)
 * Mekakucity Actors (Album) (February 5th, 2012):
 * Losstime Prologue (Instrumental)
 * Ene no Dennou Kikou Feat. IA
 * Toumei Answer Feat. IA
 * Kaien Panzermast (Instrumental)
 * Mekakucity Days (Album crossfade) (May 13th, 2012)
 * Mekakucity Days (Album) (May 30th, 2012):
 * Losstime Prologue Feat. Kana Asumi (Instrumental)
 * Dead and Seek Feat. IA
 * Shinigami Record Feat. IA & Miku Hatsune
 * Kaien Panzermast Feat. Kana Asumi (Instrumental)
 *  Children Record (Single) (August 15th, 2012)
 * Gunjou Rain Feat. IA
 * ODDS&ENDS / Sky of Beginning (Single) (August 29th, 2012)
 * World・Calling / LIVEDRIVE (Single) (November 28th, 2012)
 * Mekakucity Records (Album crossfade) (May 27th, 2013)
 * Mekakucity Records (Album) (May 29th, 2013):
 * Summer Endroll Feat. Kana Asumi (Instrumental)
 * Shounen Brave Feat. IA
 * Marry no Kakuu Sekai Feat. IA
 * Crying Prologue Feat. Kana Hanazawa (Instrumental)
 * daze / days (Single) (June 18th, 2014)
 * Mekakucity M's 1 (Mekakucity Actors OST and song collection) (April 1st, 2015):
 * Gunjou Rain Feat. Aki Okui
 * Shinigami Record Feat. Lia
 * Kaien Panzermast (Instrumental)
 * Bōkyaku no Natsu (Instrumental)
 * in a daze (Instrumental)
 * Me ni Yakitsukeru (Instrumental)
 * Mekakucity M's 2 (Mekakucity Actors OST and song collection) (June 3rd, 2015):
 * Toumei Answer Feat. Shouichi Taguchi from Kanshou Vector & Annabel
 * Marry no Kakuu Sekai Feat. Lia & Maya
 * Me ni Yakitsuita Monogatari (Instrumental)
 * Natsu no Tsudzuki o (Instrumental)
 * RED (Single) (November 4th, 2016)
 * Mekakucity Reload (First teaser) (August 15th, 2017)
 * Euphoria (Single) (March 22nd, 2018)
 * Mekakucity Reload (Second teaser) (August 14th, 2018)
 * Mekakucity Reload (Album crossfade) (October 18th, 2018)
 * Mekakucity Reload (Album) (November 7th, 2018):
 * Ever Youth Roadshow Feat. Mai Nakahara (Instrumental)
 * Imaginary Reload Feat. Miku Hatsune
 * My Funny Weekend Feat. Miku Hatsune
 * Lost Day Hour Feat. Miku Hatsune
 * Remind Blue Feat. Miku Hatsune
 * Wasurete Shimatta Natsu no Owari ni Feat. Miku Hatsune
 * Goodbye Summer Wars Feat. Mai Nakahara (Instrumental)
 * Shissou Word (Self Cover)
 * Lost Day Hour (Self Cover)
 * Remind Blue (Self Cover)
 * Wasurete Shimatta Natsu no Owari ni (Self Cover)
 * Unreleased album:
 * Solitude
 * Synesthesia (Album teaser) (May 4th, 2020)
 * Song of LISTENERS: side Goodbye (Album) (May 27th, 2020)
 * Song of LISTENERS: side Hello (Album) (June 24th, 2020)
 * Children Record Re:boot (Single) (April 2nd, 2021)
 * Allegories (Teaser) (December 10th, 2021)
 * Allegories (Album crossfade) (January 28th, 2022)
 * Allegories (Mini Album) (February 16th, 2022):
 * Avant (Instrumental)
 * ZIGI (Self Cover)
 * VANGUARD
 * FREAKS
 * Blank Page (Instrumental)
 * Dedicate (Instrumental)
 * FREAKS (Synthesizer ver.)
 * Into the blue’s (Self Cover)
 * Life is tasty! (Self Cover)
 * Stella (Self Cover)
 * Onthology (Self Cover)
 * Plumeria (Self Cover)
 * GURU (Self Cover)

Live Performances

 * Voca Nico Night (2012) (August 25th, 2012)
 * VOICE FES 2012 (November 28th, 2012)
 * ''Live in Mekakucity (June 29th, 2013)
 * ''Live in Mekakucity Summer'13 (August 15th, 2013)
 * 1st Place 10 - 11th Celebration LIVE: "KEEP HAVING FUN!" (March 1st - 2nd, 2014)
 * MAKE a MEKAKUCITY (August 14th - 15th, 2014)
 * Jin Book Forest Music Tour: Library Live ~Teller~ in Tagajou City Library (November 11th, 2018)
 * Yuukei Roadshow (November 17th, 2018)
 * Yuukei Roadshow in Tokyo (February 2nd, 2019)
 * Jin Book Forest Music Tour: Library Live ~Teller~ in Takahashi City Library (May 5th, 2019)
 * Jin Book Forest Music Tour: Library Live ~Teller~ in Shunan City Tokuyama Ekimae Library (May 6th, 2019)
 * Jin Book Forest Music Tour: Library Live ~Teller~ in Takeo City Library (July 27th, 2019)
 * Jin Book Forest Music Tour: Library Live ~Teller~ in Nobeoka City Station Complex Encross (July 27th, 2019)

Anime Film

 * Kagerou Daze -in a day's- (Original Creator) (Originally aired on November 4th 2016)
 * Kagerou Daze No.9 (Original Creator, TBA) (TBA)

TV Anime

 * Mekakucity Actors (Producer, Script, Theme Song, Original Creator, Series Composition, Music) (April 12th, 2014 - June 28th, 2014)
 * LISTENERS (Original Creator alongside Dai Satou and Taichi Hashimoto, Theme Song, Music) (April 4th, 2020 - June 19th, 2020)
 * Mekakucity Reload (Original Creator, TBA) (TBA)

Compilations

 * Mekakucity V's (Music, Original Creator) (January 1st, 2014)
 * SEEK at MEKAKUCITY (Original Creator) (September 7th, 2016)

Video albums

 * Live in Mekakucity Summer'13 (December 18th, 2013)

Light Novels

 * Kagerou Daze (Writer) (May 30th, 2012 – December 29th, 2017)
 * Mekakushi Dan: Watchers (Original creator) (December 26th, 2014 - February 28th, 2015)
 * Mekakucity Talkers (Original creator, supervisor) (September 28th, 2018 - June 1st, 2019)

Manga

 * Kagerou Daze (Writer) (June 15th, 2012 - February 15th, 2019)
 * Gunjou Rain (Writer) (Bonus booklet from the Children Record single) (August 15th, 2012)
 * Marry no Kakuu Sekai (Writer) (Bonus booklet from Mekakucity Records) (May 29th, 2013)
 * Nirvana (Writer) (June 15th, 2016 - March 15th, 2018)
 * Lost Day Hour (Writer) (Bonus booklet fromMekakucity Reload (album) Limited Edition A) (November 7th, 2018)
 * KagePro Song Popularity Ranking 2019 (Original creator, host) (August 25th, 2019)
 * Kagerou Daze 100th Special (Original creator) (September 14th, 2019)
 * Photo Tweet Campaign (Original creator, host) (October 19th, 2019)

Others

 * Mekakushi Dan: Watchers (Original creator) (Summer 2014)
 * Mekakushi Radio (Original creator) (April 4th, 2015 - June 27th, 2015)
 * SEEK at MEKAKUCITY (Original creator) (August 7th, 2016 - August 15th, 2016)
 * Mekakucity Quest (Original creator, producer) (September 14th, 2019 - November 17th, 2019)

Trivia

 * He lives in Tokyo.
 * He originally intended to name the project the "Mekakucity Project" but by that time, the song Kagerou Daze was so popular its name was used instead.
 * He has an official fan club.
 * When he was a child, he really liked Sugar Babe, a Japanese band active during the early '70s.
 * When he first saw Miku, he thought she was an anime character from an anime called "Hatsune Miku".
 * He likes ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, the pillows, and THE BACK HORN, especially THE BACK HORN.
 * His favorite manga is Zatch Bell! / Konjiki no Gasshu!!.
 * He discussed the lyrics for Gunjou Rain with his mother while writing it.
 * He has a new series coming up.
 * The guitar Jin used to play the songs for the final episode of Mekakucity Actors was signed by all voice actors of the series.
 * According to his little sister, Jin is "very similar" to Shintaro, much to Jin's dismay as he finds Shintaro to be a considerably unpleasant character, despite being his creator.
 * Because of artist Sidu's decision to base Shintaro's jersey upon his own, Jin claimed to hate Shintaro at first, due to fears of being mistaken for cosplaying as Shintaro when he had in fact owned the jersey before Shintaro's design was conceived.
 * Because the key of Daze being too high, Jin had to pitch his voice higher to match with the tune. Upon receiving the demo, Sidu claimed that Jin sounded like he had inhaled helium, which was extremely disturbing but amused Sidu greatly.
 * Jin lost all data of songs from when he started up until Summertime Record when his PC broke.