, aka Ken the 390, is a Japanese hip hop

Japanese hip hop

Japanese hip hop is said to have begun when Hiroshi Fujiwara returned to Japan and started playing hip hop records in the early 1980s. Japanese hip hop generally tends to be most directly influenced by old school hip hop, taking from the era's catchy beats, dance culture, and overall fun and...

 and R&B singer/rapper. He is an artist of the Rhythm Zone

Rhythm Zone

is a record label in the Avex Records Group which releases all kinds of urban contemporary Japanese music.-History:The label was founded in 1999 by Max Matsuura to address the need for a new urban music label, signing M-Flo as its first artist, then followed by Exile.In 2000, Koda Kumi was signed...

 label owned by the Avex Group.

Life and career

In 1999, Ken the 390 helped in founding the Da.Me.Records label that helped the Japanese hip hop industry to rise.

His debut album, Prologue, was released in Japan on March 25, 2006.

The latest album with a title name of Fantastic World was released on October 8, 2008.

Discography

Studio albums

• 2006: Prologue (Da.Me.Records, JP
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1. Here's Demons [鬼さんこちら]
2. 3 Oceans [オーシャンズ３]
3. LOVE
4. Seize the Stars [星をつかめ]
5. Time Radio [ラジオの時間]
6. Arts & Yabekuri [しゃべくり芸]
7. Hajimari Jazz [はじまりのJAZZ]
8. Tokyo's Falling Rain [小雨降る東京]
9. Walkin'
10. Passing Each [すれ違い]
11. Whisper of the Heart [耳をすませば ]
12. Storage [記憶]
13. Back in the Days (part 2)
14. Owaranai's Lullaby [終わらないララバイ]
15. Prologue [プロローグ]

• 2007: My Life (Label unknown, JP
  Japan
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1. Cool Band
2. H.I.P. (featuring Mummy-D
   Rhymester (group)
   is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of MCs Mummy-D and Utamaru, and DJ Jin. The group is one of the oldest Japanese hip hop acts, having formed in 1989. They debuted on an independent label in 1993 with the EP , which was panned by critics...
   
    & Tiara)
3. Tonight's the Night
4. Super Way to Rap [超・ラップへの道] (featuring Taro Soul & Deji)
5. With the Wind... [風を受けて...]
6. Samamadonesu [サマーマッドネス]
7. Alternative [二者択一]
8. Big Nature [ビッグネイチャー]
9. Tell Me What U Want (featuring ROMANCREW)
10. Miss You (featuring Coma-Chi)
11. 7-Day War [七日間戦争]
12. Back in the Days (part 3)
13. Touch the Sky
14. My Hometown [マイホームタウン]

• 2007: More Life (Da.Me.Records, JP
  Japan
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  )

1. More Life
2. Mid-Summer Dream [真夏の夢]
3. Midnight Dating [ミッドナイトデート] (featuring Maya)
4. Wrap! ! [ラップ！！] (featuring Cypress Ueno)
5. Big Pay Back
6. Cross Over (featuring aticus)
7. Rainy Sunday [雨の日曜日] (featuring Aya Masaru of ROMANCREW & Maya)
8. Free
9. Rainbow [虹]
10. 44
11. Good Life

• 2008: Fantastic World (Rhythm Zone
  Rhythm Zone
  is a record label in the Avex Records Group which releases all kinds of urban contemporary Japanese music.-History:The label was founded in 1999 by Max Matsuura to address the need for a new urban music label, signing M-Flo as its first artist, then followed by Exile.In 2000, Koda Kumi was signed...
  
  , JP
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
  )

1. Fantastic World
2. 390 Theme [390のテーマ]
3. I Gotcha
4. Shooting Star [シューティングスター]
5. Reach Word [届かないWORD]
6. Fresh Snow (Virgin Snow) [新雪（Virgin snow]
7. Flow

External links

• Official site
• Ken the 390 on Rhythm Zone
  Rhythm Zone
  is a record label in the Avex Records Group which releases all kinds of urban contemporary Japanese music.-History:The label was founded in 1999 by Max Matsuura to address the need for a new urban music label, signing M-Flo as its first artist, then followed by Exile.In 2000, Koda Kumi was signed...