


In May 2011, wowaka released his debut studio album Unhappy Refrain ( アンハッピーリフレイン) under the Balloom label. After releasing his self-published album, he helped found Balloom, an independent record label, along with other musicians popular on Niconico Douga. His works gained particularly large popularity on Niconico Douga. He became known under the name "Genjitsutouhi-P" after writing the phrase "Escaping from reality, how nice!" ( Japanese: 現実逃避って、いいよね!) in several descriptions of his music. He has said that although he initially wanted to make music that can only be made using Vocaloid, he later realized the advantages of Vocaloid music. Wowaka's songs published on Niconico are characterised by obscure lyrics depicting thoughts of young women in fast-paced melodies.

In the video of In the Gray Zone, trying to convey the image of the song without using illustrations of Vocaloid characters, wowaka used his own drawing instead, and, for consistency, he kept this style in all his later Vocaloid works. ( グレーゾーンにて。) to the Japanese video-sharing website Niconico Douga. Wowaka began his musical career in May 2009, by uploading his original Vocaloid music titled In the Gray Zone. He then quit his band, and began creating Vocaloid music using Hatsune Miku in April 2009. Taking a liking to the song, he was shocked to learn that this song was the work of one man. Wowaka's first contact with Vocaloid music was in December 2008, when he listened to livetune's song Last Night, Good Night. In college, he began composing original music for his band. He was an alumnus of University of Tokyo, and was the leader of the music club "Toudai Onkan" ( 東大音感). He was interested in joining rock bands since his middle school, starting as a guitarist, he joined bands in his high school and college. Wowaka was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan on 4 November 1987.

On 5 April 2019, at the age of 31, he died due to heart failure. Following this, he formed the band Hitorie as the lead vocalist and guitarist, and continued work there for the rest of his career. ( グレーゾーンにて。) He later co-founded the record label Balloom in 2011, and in the same year released his debut album Unhappy Refrain ( アンハッピーリフレイン), which placed 6th on the Oricon Charts and is an influential work in the Vocaloid industry. Wowaka began his career in 2009, debuting with the song In the Gray Zone. Considered to be a pioneer in the Vocaloid industry, wowaka was internationally acclaimed for his musical work over a career spanning a decade. Wowaka (stylized as wowaka, Japanese: ヲワカ 4 November 1987 – 5 April 2019), also known as Genjitsutouhi-P ( 現実逃避P), was a Japanese musician.
