StarRo

starRo is the moniker of Grammy nominated^[1] R&B producer Shinya Mizoguchi. His debut album Monday was released world wide October 20, 2016 and subsequently rose to the top of the charts in Japan^{[citation needed]}. In 2016 he became the first Grammy nominated producer from Japan^[2] rising him to fame in his country of origin. Uproxx later wrote, "starRo may well be one of the first, true SoundCloud producers to be nominated for a Grammy."^[3] The LA-based, Japanese-born producer also became the first to host a Beats1 Radio show focused on Tokyo culture.^[4] Since then, he produced for a number of Japanese and Korean R&B/Hip Hop stars including the Korean group Common Cold (Mad Clown and Justhis) called "WASH!WASH!"^[5] which went to number 3 in Korea and received critical acclaim in Korea.^{[citation needed]}

starRo
Background information
Birth name	Shinya Mizoguchi
Born	Japan
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Hip hop R&B electronic
Occupation	Record producer

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	Heavy Star Movin' by The Silver Lake Chorus	Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical[6]	Nominated

Discography

Albums

• Monday (2016)

EP

• Komorebi (2011)
• Soulection White Label: 004 (2013)
• Emotion (2015)

Singles

• "Touching the Void" (2013)
• "Waiting" (2014)
• "California" (2014)
• "House Party" (2015)
• "I Will" (2015)
• "Relapse" (2016)
• "Milk" (2016)
• "Yams" (2016)

Remixes

Title	Year	Artist
"Temple" (starRo remix)[7]	2014	Sunni Colon
"The One" (starRo remix)[8]	2015	JMSN
"Heavy Star Movin'" (starRo remix)[9]	2016	The Silver Lake Chorus
"Hear You Now" (starRo remix)[10]	2018	Taali