You the Rock

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{{Infobox musical artist | name = You the Rock | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Yu Takemae | alias = YTR | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|9|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Nagano, Nagano, Japan | genre = Hip hop | occupation = {{hlist|Hip hop MC|''tarento''}} | label = {{hlist|Ki/oon|Tokuma Japan Communications|Gate}} }} '''You the Rock''' (stylized as YOU THE ROCK★; born {{nihongo|Yu Takemae|竹前 裕|Takemae Yū}}; 5 September 1971, in Nagano, Nagano) is a Japanese hip-hop musician, MC<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.nhk.or.jp/chronicle/B10001200999106110130139/?n=8&q=恩&o=112&np=20&or=t|title=NHKアーカイブス保存番組検索結果詳細|language=ja|access-date=17 Feb 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and ''tarento''. He is nicknamed {{nihongo|You-chan|Youちゃん}} and {{nihongo|Yū-chan Da Aniki YTR|ユウちゃん DA 兄貴 YTR}}.

==Discography== ===Albums=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! ! Year ! Title |- | || 1992 || ''Never Die'' |- | || 1993 || ''Tight But Fat'' |- | 1st || 1996 || ''The Soundtrack '96'' |- | 2nd || 1998 || ''The Graffiti Rock '98'' |- | 3rd || 1999 || ''The Professional Entertainer'' |- | 4th || 2002 || ''XTRM'' |- | Best || 2003 || ''I Love You the Rock-Best'' |- | 5th || 2005 || ''No Sell Out '05'' |- | 6th || 2007 || ''Big Vip Hop'' |- | 7th || 2009 || ''The Rock'' |}

===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! ! Year ! Title |- | || 1993 || "Lirics" |- | 1st || 1998 || "Rock the Point" |- | 2nd || 1999 || "The Professional Entertainer (The Ruler's Back)" |- | 3rd ||rowspan="2"| 2002 || "Hip Hop Royal" |- | 4th ||"Monster Lock" |- | 5th || 2004 || "Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" featuring Fantastic Plastic Machine |- | 6th || 2005 || "Untold Story" |}

===Analogue=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title |- | || "Free feat. Twigy" |- |rowspan="4"| 1998 || "Duck Rock Fever" |- |"Hoo! Ei! Ho! '98" |- |"Future Rock 2001 -Return of B.O.H.-" |- |"Love da Love" |- |rowspan="3"| 1999 || "The Professional Entertainer / Rap Machine" |- |"Manhattan Dream / Japan in the House" ft. Boy-Ken |- |"Joke Talks No (Get Up Brother)" featuring G.K.Maryan, Dev Large |- | 2000 || "Chō Raku C-E-Z 2000 (Get Busy Y'all!) / Rocky Road (Yūjō BBS)" |- | 2004 || "Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine |- |rowspan="2"| 2005 || "Untold Story" |- |"Daz" |}

===Main guest appearances=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Artist ! Title |- |rowspan="2"| 1992 || DJ Doc. Holiday || ''The Rhythm.The Rebel'' |- | Omnibus || ''Rhythm CD I'' |- | 1994 || Love Tambourines || ''Midnight Parade Remixes'' |- |rowspan="3"| 1995 || Cool Spoon || ''Two Mohicans'' |- |rowspan="2"|ECD || ''Homesick'' |- |''Summer Madness / Live at Slits'' |- | 1996 || Lamp Eye || "Shōgen" |- |rowspan="3"| 1997 || Kaminari-Kazoku. || "Kaminari / Yoru Jet" |- |rowspan="2"|ECD || ''ECD no Remixes Vol. 1 cutting edge'' |- |''Big Youth'' |- |rowspan="3"| 1998 ||rowspan="3"| Omnibus || ''Far East Coasting –Non Stop Mixed By DJ Masterkey–'' |- |''avex The Album'' |- |''Atom Kids Tribute to the King "O.T."'' |- |rowspan="3"| 1999 || Kan Takagi || ''Hello'' |- |Mahha 25 || ''PH-OSY'' |- |V.I.P. || "Dancehall Checker" |- |rowspan="5"| 2000 || Omnibus || ''Mad Maxx'' |- |Silva || ''Comingout'' |- |Silva vs You the Rock || "Virgin Killer" |- |Nona Reeves|| "DJ! DJ! –Todokanu Omoi–" feat. You the Rock |- |rowspan="2"|Pizzicato Five || "Tokyo no Gasshō" |- |rowspan="3"| 2001 ||''Sa-e-ra Japon'' |- |Twigy || "Freedom" |- |rowspan="2"|Rino Latina II || ''Carnival of Rino'' |- | 2002 ||''Tokyo Tetsu Kon-kin Cleat Jungle Nirei Rei nishiki Remix'' |- |rowspan="4"| 2003 || ECD || ''Master'' |- |Omnibus || ''DJ Digs Main Street Electrical Parade'' |- |Fumiya Fujii || ''Right Here! Right Now!'' |- |Nona Reeves || "Changin'" |- |rowspan="5"| 2004 || Nigo || ''(B)Ape Sounds'' |- |Hannyan || ''Ohayō Nippon'' |- |Eliana || ''Akarui Mirai'' |- |Boy-Ken || ''Evrythin' Is Everythin''' |- |Muro || ''Back II Back 2'' |- |rowspan="3"| 2005 || Nigo || ''Return of the Ape Sounds'' |- |Omnibus || ''Entotsu Sampler Vol. 2'' |- |G.K.Maryan || ''Soul on Keep'' |- |rowspan="3"| 2006 || Rino Latina II || ''II (The Second)'' |- |Twigy || ''Twig'' |- |Yoshipi Da Gama || ''Energy Kakumei'' |- |rowspan="4"| 2007 || Twigy || ''akasatana'' |- |Juno Mak || ''Chapel of Dawn'' |- |El Amazon || ''El Hot'' |- |Zen-La-Rock || ''Zen-La-Rock'' |- |rowspan="2"| 2008 || Ami Suzuki || ''Dolce'' |- |Twigy || ''Baby's Choice'' |- |rowspan="3"| 2009 || Disoscillators || ''Last Rockers'' |- |Microphone Pager || ''Ōdō Rakudo'' |- |Mika Akira || "The Rap Idol" |- | 2011 || Kaminari-Kazoku./Rino Latina II, Pit-Gob 53, D.O, You the Rock || "Kaminari Keihō" |}

==Music videos== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Director ! Title |- | Catero Alain Colbert || "Banging Shake It (Hip Hop)" |- |rowspan="2"| Yuta Kimura || "Di Children" |- |"Resurrection" feat. Den, Utamaru |- |rowspan="2"| Yuichi Kodama || "Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine |- |"Grand Master Fresh Pt. 2 (Long Ver.)" feat. Fantastic Plastic Machine |- | Daisuke Kondo || "Hip Hop Royal" |- | Taitaro || "Hip Hop Royal (Space Shower TV ver.)" x |- | Mizuhiro Sabine || "Monster Lock" |- | Ranran. || "Untold Story" |- |rowspan="2"| Unknown || "Hoo! Ei! Ho! '98" |- |"The Professional Entertainer" |}

==Major casting works== ===TV dramas=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Network ! {{abbr|Ep.|Episode}} |- | 2002 || ''Kekkon Dorobō'' || NHK-G || |- | 2005 || ''Tiger & Dragon'' || TBS || |- | 2008 || ''Mirai Kōshi meguru'' || TV Asahi || 1 |}

===Variety programmes=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Network |- |rowspan="2"| 1999 || ''Beat Bang'' || TV Tokyo |- |''Inazuma'' || Space Shower TV |- |rowspan="2"| 2000 || ''CDTV-Neo'' || TBS |- |''Dengeki Request: Dynamo'' ||rowspan="2"| Space Shower TV |- | 2001 || ''Goofy'' |- |rowspan="2"| 2002 || ''Under CDTV'' || TBS |- |''Girigiri 7'' || Space Shower TV |- |rowspan="3"| 2004 || ''Tensai terebi-kun Max'' || NHK-E |- |''Tokyo Kinba'' || BS Fuji |- |''Bape TV'' || Space Shower TV |- | 2005 || ''GyaO Freaks'' || GyaO |- | 2007 || ''Ameba Banchō'' ||rowspan="2"| Cyber Agent |- | 2008 || ''Ranking to Get Ill'' |- | 2014 || ''DaBaDaBa Fresh'' || CTC |}

===Radio=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Network |- | 1995 || ''Hip Hop Night Flight'' ||rowspan="2"| Tokyo FM |- | 1999 || ''You the Rock the Professional Entertainer'' |}

===Advertisements=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title |- | 2000 || Fast Retailing "Uniqlo no Fleece" |- | 2001 || Toyo Suisan "Mukashi nagara no Sauce Yakisoba" |}

===Advertisement narrations=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title |- | 2000 || Orix Blue Wave "Ichiro Casual" |- |rowspan="3"| 2002 || Achilles "Skechers" |- |Kirin Beverage "Amino Suppli" |- |Apple Computer "''iPod guruguru Drive''" |- |rowspan="2"| 2003 || Japan Coca-Cola "Vanilla Coca-Cola" |- |Asahi Beverage "Mitsuya Cider" |- |rowspan="2"| 2004 || Asahi Beer "Asahi Honjō" |- |Oriental Land "TDL Buzz Lightyear Natsu no Dai Sakusen" |- | 2005 || Asahi Kasei Life & Living "''Saran Wrap, Zip Rock Tsukael''" |- |rowspan="2"| 2006 || Nissan "Wing Road" |- |Japan McDonald's "McDonald's Happy Set" |- |rowspan="3"| 2007 || Ezaki Glico "Glico Katayaki Pretz" |- |Nissan "Nissan Cube" |- |Sky Perfect Communications "Sky PerfecTV! Natsu! Nama Live Matsuri" |- |rowspan="3"| 2008 || Cadbury Japan "Chlorets Ice" |- |Ezaki Glico "Pretz" |- |Ezaki Glico "Papiko" |}

==Main live== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title |- | 1996 || ''San Ping Camp'' |- | 1999 || ''Space Shower TV Sweet Love Shower 1999'' |- | 2000 || ''Rush Ball 2000'' |- | 2005 || ''Summer Sonic 2005'' |- | 2008 || ''Wave Music Fes 2008 in Naeba'' |- | 2012 || ''Kizuna –Daisanshō—'' |- | 2014 || ''Ringo Ongaku-sai 2014'' |- | 2015 || ''Tone River Jam '15'' |}

==See also== *MTV

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/26550/ You the Rock] at Oricon {{in lang|ja}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:You The Rock}} Category:Japanese hip-hop musicians Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Nagano Prefecture Category:Ki/oon Music artists Category:21st-century Japanese singers Category:21st-century Japanese male singers