# Keina Suda

Keina Suda (須田景凪, Suda Keina, born 20 January 1993) is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He belongs to the label Unborde, a sublabel of Warner Music Japan. Before 2017 he made music using Vocaloid and other related software under the name Balloon (バルーン, stylized as balloon).

## Life and career

Keina Suda started playing drums in junior high. He wanted to be a studio musician and went to Kunitachi College of Music, but soon after dropped the drums in favor of the guitar.
Starting in 2013, he began composing Vocaloid music under the name Balloon on Nico Nico Douga. His most famous song as Balloon was titled "Charles" and was covered by several other singers.
In October 2017, he announced he would start as a singer and songwriter under the name of "Keina Suda". In January 2018 he released his first album under the name Keina Suda, titled Quote. In March of the same year, he performed live for the first time at Shibuya WWW.
In January 2019, he released a new EP under the title Teeter through unBORDE.
On 29 August 2019, his EP Porte was released. His song "Moil" was used as the theme in the Ni no Kuni movie, and his song "Veil" was used as the ending theme in the anime adaptation of Fire Force.
His single "Alba" was the theme song of the 2020 movie Wednesday Disappears.
His single "Mellow" (メロウ) was the opening theme song of the 2023 anime Skip and Loafer.

## Discography
### Music released as Balloon
#### Albums

| | Release Date | Title | Tracklist |
| Indie (U & R Records) |||||
| 1st | 25 April 2015 | apartment | 12 songs アルコーブ (Alcove) ポートレート (Portrait) 奇々怪々 (Strange and mysterious) 真夜中の引力 (Midnight attraction) モーダル (Modal) 生活感 (Life feeling) 愛及屋烏 (Doting Crow) カフス (Cufflinks) 夜の帳が落ちる (Night book falls) 秋は暮れて疎ら (Autumn is dark and sparse) アパートメント (Apartment) アティック (Attic) |
| 2nd | 21 August 2017 | corridor | 10 songs 雨とペトラ (Rain and Petra) シャルル (Charles) メーベル (Mable) レディーレ (Ladyle) のけものばけもの (Nokemono Bakemono) esse anthosyan 愛月撤灯 (I love the moon without lights) 夕染 (Dye the evening) 私はあなたに (I to you) |

#### EP

| | Release Date | Title | Tracklist | Remarks |
| Indie (U & R Records) |||||
| 1st | 30 April 2016 | Marble | 8 songs トピアリー (Topiary) 花瓶に触れた (Touched a vase) Unseen ミラーリング (Mirroring) 羊と隣人 (Sheep and Neighbor) 朝を呑む (To take in the morning) 閑話 (Quiet Story) 雨に花束 (Bouquet of rain) | |

#### Split album

| | Release Date | Title | Tracklist | Remarks |
| Indie (U & R Records) |||||
| 1st | 30 April 2017 | facsimile | 6 songs 退紅トレイン (Taiko Train) cover by balloon krank balloon cover by balloon felis lupus シャルル (Charles) cover by uki3 雨とペトラ (Rain and Petra) cover by uki3 | |

### Music released as Keina Suda
#### Singles

| | Release date | Title | Remarks | First Album |
| Major (Unborde) |||||
| 1st | 24 January 2020 | はるどなり (Harudonari) | Theme song for the Fuji TV drama "Alive: Oncologist's Medical Record". | Billow |
| 2nd | 24 April 2020 | MUG | | Billow |
| 3rd | 5 June 2020 | Alba | Theme song for the movie "Wednesday Disappears." | Billow |
| 4th | 15 July 2020 | Carol | | Billow |

#### Albums

| | Release Date | Title | Tracklist | Remarks |
| Indie (U & R Records) |||||
| 1st | 31 January 2018 | Quote | 10 songs morph レド (Red) idid Cambell ポリアンナ (Polyanna) 街灯劇 (Street lightshow) シックハウス (Sick house) アマドール (Amador) 鳥曇り (Bird cloudy) 密 (Dense) | |
| Major (Unborde) |||||
| 2nd | 3 February 2021 | Billow | 15 songs Vanilla 飛花 (Fly) 刹那の渦 (Vortex of the moment) Alba veil Carol メメント (Memento) MUG 迷鳥 (Stray Bird) 風の姿 (Wind) MOIL はるどなり (Harudonari) welp 色に出ず (Colorless) ゆるる (Loose) | The song "Alba" is the theme song of the movie "Wednesday Disappears." The song "Veil" is the ending theme of the first season of Fire Force. The song "Carol" was featured in NHK's Minna no Uta. The song "Moil" was the theme song in the Ni no Kuni movie. The song "Harudonari" was the theme song of Alive: Oncologist's Medical Record. The song "Loose" is the theme song of the upcoming movie The End of the Tiny World. |
| 3rd | 24 May 2023 | Ghost Pop | 14 songs ラブシック (Lovesick) メロウ (Mellow) ダーリン (Darling) バグアウト (Bug Out) ノマド (Nomad) (self cover) 落花流水 (Flowing Water) 幼藍 (Young Blue) Howdy パメラ (Pamela) (self cover) 終夜 (All Night) 雲を恋う (Love the Clouds) いびつな心 (Distorted Heart) 綺麗事 (Beautiful Things) 美談 (Good Story) | The song "Mellow" is the opening theme of Skip and Loafer |

#### EP

| | Release Date | Title | Tracklist |
| Major (Unborde) |||||
| 1st | 16 January 2019 | teeter | 6 songs mock パレイドリア (Pareidolia) farce Dolly レソロジカ (Lethologica) 浮花 (Fuka) |
| 2nd | 21 August 2019 | porte | 5 songs 飛花 (veil) 飛花 (MOIL) 語るに落ちる (Talking) 青嵐 (Blue Storm) 飛花 (couch) |