Toshinobu Kubota Releases New Single and Adds Discography to Streaming Services

R&B singer Toshinobu Kubota released a digital single titled Boogie Ride / Sora no Uta on October 16th.

This single is his first new release of 2020, following up on November 2019's Beautiful People, which was his first original album in about four years.

Boogie Ride is being used as a CM song for Suzuki Vitara in Japan, and Kubota himself also appears in the commercial. Sora no Uta, on the other hand, is a ballad he wrote for medical professionals and people around the world who are suffering due to the effects of the coronavirus.

Also on October 16th, Kubota announced that all of the songs from his 34-year career - stretching from his debut song Shitsui No Downtown to this latest single - have been made available for download and streaming worldwide.

Toshinobu Kubota debuted in 1986, performing his own unique music style based on R&B and drawing acclaim for his singing ability and sense of rhythm. He moved to New York in 1993, abandoning his career in Japan and focusing on performing in the United States. In 2004, he was the first Japanese vocalist to be featured on the well-known American program "Soul Train".

In addition to producing his own works, he has provided countless TV series theme songs, movie themes, commercial songs and anime songs and he has also written tracks for other artists. To date, he has released 18 Japanese albums, three worldwide English albums targeted to the US, six best-of compilations and many other works. Some of his best-known tracks include Ryu-sei no Saddle, Missing, LA LA LA LOVE SONG and Bring me up.

Links to download or stream Kubota's music on popular digital platforms are available here.

Watch the music video for Boogie Ride: