Biography

EXILE HIRO、DJ MAKIDAI (EXILE)、VERBAL(m-flo, TERIYAKI BOYZ, HONEST BOYZ®, AMBUSH®)、and DJ DARUMA are the core members of PKCZ®, a creative collective bringing a new horizon to music, fashion, art and culture by combining “instinctively cool” content in these genres. With “MIX the WORLD” as their slogan, PKCZ® has collaborated with various artists from domestic talent in Japan to global stars such as Afrojack and Janet Jackson, delivering a new appeal of Tokyo to the world. After giving birth to Japan’s biggest Halloween party titled “ELECTRIC HALLOWEEN” which amassed over 20,000 attendees, PKCZ® went on to open their first store/gallery space, the “PKCZ® GALLERY STORE” in 2016. On April 28th 2017, they went on to release their first single, “PLAY THAT feat. HIROOMI TOSAKA, Crystal Kay, CRAZYBOY” , and this single rocked the Japanese pop charts. In June 2017 they performed at ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL SINGAPORE, and TOMORROWLAND 2017. In Feburary of 2018, PKCZ® shattered boundaries with the release of 'BOW DOWN feat. CRAZYBOY from EXILE TRIBE' from the Dutch dance music label Spinnin’ Records/TRAP CITY with Yultron and Snoop Dogg. This garnered them placement on the Spotify Viral Charts in 3 countries (8th in Amsterdam, 13th in Singapore, and 25th in Indonesia.) On iTunes Japan, the track ranked 14th overall as a top-ranked English lyric song. After the successful release of BOW DOWN, PKCZ® went on to rock the stage at TOMORROWLAND 2018 in Belgium.