Sen Morimoto

{{Short description|Japanese musician}} '''Sen Morimoto''' is a Japanese jazz rap<ref name="interviewmagazine">{{cite web |last1=Mandel |first1=Leah |title=Chicago jazz rapper Sen Morimoto shows us his camera roll |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/chicago-jazz-rapper-sen-morimoto-shows-us-camera-roll |publisher=Interview |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> multi-instrumentalist. Born in Kyoto,<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last1=Bromwich |first1=Jonah |title=Sen Morimoto: Cannonball! |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sen-morimoto-cannonball/amp/ |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> Morimoto is from western Massachusetts, and currently lives in Chicago.<ref name="stereogum">{{cite web |last1=Rettig |first1=James |title=Sen Morimoto – "Woof" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2091466/sen-morimoto-woof/music/ |publisher=Stereogum |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> Morimoto has released three albums. His first album, ''Cannonball!'' was released in 2018.<ref name="consequenceofsound">{{cite web |last1=Kaye |first1=Ben |title=Sen Morimoto breaks down his debut album, Cannonball!, Track by Track: Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2018/05/sen-morimoto-cannonball-track-by-track-stream/amp/ |publisher=Consequence of Sound |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> Morimoto released his self-titled second album in 2021.<ref name="grammys">{{cite web |last1=Riedy |first1=Jack |title=Sen Morimoto Opens His Chicago Music Community To The World On Self-Titled Sophomore Album |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/sen-morimoto-opens-his-chicago-music-community-world-self-titled-sophomore-album |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork1">{{cite web |last1=Arroyo |first1=Steven |title=Sen Morimoto: Sen Morimoto |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sen-morimoto-sen-morimoto/amp/ |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> His third album, Diagnosis, was released in 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=2023-12-06 |title=Sen Morimoto Offers a Provocative 'Diagnosis' on the Music Industry |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sen-morimoto-diagnosis-album-interview-1234911294/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

In addition to releasing his own music, Morimoto has collaborated with Kaina, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, and Lala Lala.<ref name="stereogum"/>

==Discography==

===Studio albums===

* ''Cannonball!'' (2018) * ''Sen Morimoto'' (2020) * ''Diagnosis'' (2023)

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Japanese jazz musicians Category:Musicians from Kyoto Category:Living people Category:21st-century Japanese musicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people)