# Gene Shinozaki

Gene V Shinozaki (篠崎 仁, Shinozaki Jin, born May 28, 1991), better known as Gene Shinozaki and formerly GVSBeatbox, is a Japanese-American beatboxer, singer-songwriter, street performer, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer. He is currently a member of the beatbox crew Beatbox House and half of the world-champion tag team Spider Horse.

## Career

Shinozaki was originally from California but soon moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music before dropping out due to disinterest in the program. While touring with his band "DC Wonder" he decided to pursue a career in beatboxing after watching an interview with Reeps One. Over two years he started street performing, began gigging and eventually was featured on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance in the beatbox/dance duo "Movement Box". Shinozaki started beatbox battling in 2013. In 2015 he won the Grand Beatbox Battle in Switzerland He then became sound engineer for Beatbox television and joined the group Beatbox House. In 2017 Shinozaki released his debut album, "Sound and Human". Shinozaki has been ranked among the top 8 beatboxers in the world.

## Musical style

Shinozaki is well known for his signature brand of beatboxing which involves performing the role of an entire rock band using vocal percussion, singing, and lip oscillation techniques. He is one of the first beatboxers to pioneer musicality (over technicality) in the world of beatboxing, focusing on emotional melodies and singing in addition to solid technique. He cites Bobby McFerrin as a direct and primary influence on his sound. He also often performs as a singer songwriter, and electronic music producer.

## Performance in competitions

As participate on beatbox events :
| Years | Competitions | Held | Result | Notes |
| 2015 | Grand Beatbox Battle | Basel, Switzerland | 1 | Solo |
| 2015 | American Beatbox Championships | New York, USA | 1 | Tag Team (with Chris Celiz as Spider Horse) |
| 2016 | Grand Beatbox Battle | Basel, Switzerland | Top 4 | Tag Team (with Chris Celiz as Spider Horse) |
| 2016 | Grand Beatbox Battle | Basel, Switzerland | 3 | Solo |
| 2016 | American Beatbox Championships | Brooklyn, New York | 3 | Loopstation |
| 2016 | American Beatbox Championships | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | Tag Team (with Chris Celiz as Spider Horse) |
| 2017 | Grand Beatbox Battle | Basel, Switzerland | 3 | Tag Team (with Chris Celiz as Spider Horse) |
| 2018 | Grand Beatbox Battle | Basel, Switzerland | 1 | Tag Team (with Chris Celiz as Spider Horse) |
| 2018 | Beatbox Battle World Championship | Berlin, Germany | 1 | Tag Team (with Chris Celiz as Spider Horse) |
| 2018 | Beatbox Battle World Championship | Berlin, Germany | 2 | Crew (part of Beatbox House) |
| 2018 | Beatbox Battle World Championship | Berlin, Germany | Top 16 | Men solo |
| 2021 | Grand Beatbox Battle | Warsaw, Poland | Top 16 | Solo |

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Details |
| Sound and Human | Released: July 29, 2017 Label: Record DK Formats: digital download Track listing Sound and Human Inner Beauty The Lesson Thinkin 'Bout You Trapanese Crispy Creams (feat. Fredy Beats) Comigo From the Abyss Eastern Fields Pain End of Our Lives Alone in the Dark |
| Transcend | Released: February 18, 2019 Label: Swissbeatbox Formats: digital download Track listing Sound (feat. Amit) Everything Hear You Say Home Remember Get Lucky (feat. Bigman) Never Give Up Dance With Fire Paradise (feat. Bataco) One More Time More Than Star (feat. Kaila Mullady) Jigsaw See You There |

### Mixtape

| Title | Details |
| Untitled EP | Released: April 20, 2012 Label: Independent Formats: Soundcloud Track listing Chill On This Clique Devour Freak (feat. Baba Kamal) Breath (呼吸, Kokyū) Microkozm Tell Me You Love Me The Apple Wescoast Nuwave Zombie Full Frog |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Trapanese" | 2017 | Sound and Human |
| "Alone In The Dark" | 2017 | Sound and Human |
| "Just Friend (Sunny)" (Trap remix) | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Jigsaw" | 2019 | Transcend |
| "Home" | 2019 | Transcend |
| "See You There" | 2019 | Transcend |
| "Never Give Up" | 2019 | Transcend |
| "Pussy Cat" | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Believe" | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Metamorphosis" | 2021 | Non-album single |

#### As promotional singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Inner Cosmic Spiral" (Mike Larry Draw & Lex Sadler feat. Gene Shinozaki) | 2017 | Non-album single |
| "End Game" (with Emanuela Bellezza) | 2017 | Non-album single |
| "JUMPIN" (with Hiss, Codfish & Amit Bhowmick) | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "BINGO" (with Colaps, Alexinho, Zekka, River', FootboxG & Puls8) | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Broken Clocks" (Kriij feat. Jordan Peters, J3PO & Gene Shinozaki) | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Hero" (with Swissbeatbox) | 2022 | Non-album single |

## Filmography
### Television shows

| Year | Program | Network | Roles | Notes |
| 2013 | So You Think You Can Dance | FOX | Performing | Season 10, episode 18 (finale) (with Movement Box) |