KOUGA

KOUGA is a Japanese composer, arranger, and pianist. He debuted as a songwriter in April 2015 with "Gamusha LIFE" by ℃-ute."【昭和音楽大学】プロの世界で即戦力として活躍できる 音楽の作り方と表現力が身に付く！" (in Japanese). TuneGate. 2016-06-14.
His former alias was Fujipontel before he began using KOUGA in 2013."最後のやっそ？" (in Japanese). Fujipontteru Mainichi. 2012-12-20.
==Biography==
KOUGA was born on August 18, 1993 in Tokyo."ふじぽんてるのプロフィール" (in Japanese). Ameba. He graduated from Wakaba Sogo High School.Under the "先輩からのメッセージ" tab. "サウンドプロデュースコース／大学" (in Japanese). Showa Academia Musicae. (archived)
In November 2014, he entered the "Million Renpatsu Ongaku Sakka Juku" audition project held by music-ru TV and Music Factory Tokyo for an opportunity to write a ℃-ute song with Shonan no Kaze's SHOCK EYE.https://twitter.com/fujipontel/status/536922409274576896"musicるTV｜ミリオン連発音楽作家塾" (in Japanese). Music Factory Tokyo. At the time he was a sound production student at Showa Academia Musicae.
For the audition, KOUGA wrote a demo song titled "Next Stage"."KOUGA「Next Stage」" (in Japanese). music-ru TV Channel (via YouTube). 2015-02-03."【℃-ute「我武者LIFE」原曲】KOUGA「Next Stage -第2稿-」" (in Japanese). music-ru TV Channel (via YouTube). 2015-03-25. In January 2015, his demo was selected as the winner, and it became the draft for ℃-ute's 27th single A-side "Gamusha LIFE"."℃-ute新曲は湘南乃風SHOCK EYEが楽曲提供 初のトリプルA面" (in Japanese). ORICON NEWS. 2015-02-17.
In March 2016, KOUGA graduated from university.https://www.instagram.com/p/BDKm-1LPt0E/
==Profile==
*Stage Name: KOUGA
*Aliases: Fujipontel (ふじぽんてる)
*Birthdate: 
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*Blood Type: O
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*Eastern Zodiac: 
==Credits==
===ANGERME===
*Kagami no Kuni no Hinekure Queen (composition, arrangement)
*Watashi wo Tsukuru no wa Watashi (composition, arrangement)
===Country Girls===
*Kasa wo Sasu Senpai (composition, arrangement)
===℃-ute===
*Gamusha LIFE (composition supported by SHOCK EYE)
===Hello Pro Kenshuusei===
*Rainbow (lyrics, composition and arrangement with Nakamura Yoshinori)
===Juice=Juice===
*25sai Eien Setsu (composition, arrangement)
*Bitansan (2023) (composition, arrangement, all instruments, programming)
*Bitansan (composition, arrangement)
*Ganbarenai yo (composition, arrangement, other instruments, programming)
*Good bye & Good luck! (composition)
===Kobushi Factory===
*Suki Kamo Shirenai (composition)
===Miyamoto Karin===
*Happy Days (composition)
===Tsubaki Factory===
*Amayadori no Epilogue (composition, arrangement, piano, programming)
*Hana Moyou (composition, arrangement)
*Ishiki Takai Otome no Dilemma (composition)
*Seishun Manmannaka! (composition)
*Shichibuzaki no Tsuzuki (composition, arrangement, piano, programming)
*Skip・Skip・Skip (composition)
*Yuki no Planetarium (composition, arrangement)https://twitter.com/fujipontel/status/966645044252848129
==References==
==External Links==
*Twitter
*Instagram
*YouTube Channel
*Ameba Blog (inactive)
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