Nickname: Kuma-san (くまさん)
Favorite Artists: BUMP OF CHICKEN, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
Favorite Song: Kyou made Soshite Ashita kara from Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Mouretsu! Otona Teikoku Gyakushuu, released in 2001.
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Hobbies: Manga, Games
Introduction:
Kazuumi Kumagai is a Japanese vocalist, lyricist, composer, arranger, guitarist and member of the band Burnout Syndromes.
Biography:
When he was in the first year of junior high school, he was invited to play in a band. He accepted the offer and started listening to music, writing lyrics and composing music. After joining the band he was told to play the guitar by band member Ishikawa Taiyu, which led him take on the guitar and be in charge of vocals in the band.
On May 4, 2005 the pair Kazuumi and Taiyu decided they needed another member, so Taiyu invited Hirose Takuya to be the final member of the line-up for the rock-band BURNOUT SYNDROMES. Hirose at the time had been immersed at the local game center playing "DrumMania", so he saw this as an opportunity and accepted the offer from Taiyu. After this they proceeded to officially form the band on the same date. In 2010, they temporarily suspended band activities to focus on taking exams.
Kazuumi alongside Taiyu and Takuya made their initial major debut as BURNOUT SYNDROMES with the song "FLY HIGH!!", which was used as the second opening theme to the Mitsunaka Susumu directed second season of the anime Haikyuu!! 2, otherwise known as HAIKYU!! 2nd Season.
Trivia:
- He can't see his face because of his bangs.
- Mentions that he usually sleeps during holidays
(Source: Wikipedia (Kazuumi Kumagai), edited | Wikipedia (BURNOUT SYNDROMES), edited)
