STY (エス・ティ・ワイ; also stylized as sty), formerly known as lil'showy, is a Japanese music producer, composer, arranger, lyricist and singer-songwriter.
He is part of the music production company Digz, Inc. Group. Some of his most notable work includes songs by Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS, Miyano Mamoru, EXILE, COLOR / DEEP and BRIGHT.
Besides his work as a music producer, he often performs as a singer, mainly featuring with indie artists such as K.I. and Nao'ymt. He also works as the producer and vocalist for the drum and bass (D'n'B) unit ASY, which was formed in 2011 by DJ AKi, STY, and YUUKi MC.
From 2016 to 2020, he was the producer of the girl group BananaLemon.
Profile[]
- Inspired by 1990s R&B and HIPHOP as a student, he started making music.
- In 2005, he started working as a songwriter and music producer in Shibuya, Tokyo, and soon after, he worked with ARIA and COLOR, and became known in the J-R&B scene as an up-and-coming track maker.
- After that, he made a name for himself as a music producer in the J-POP world by writing, composing, and producing for EXILE and Koda Kumi.
- In 2011, he formed the group ASY with DJ AKi and YUUKi MC, and began working as a vocalist and producer for the unit.
- In 2014, he won the 56th Japan Record Award for Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS's song "R.Y.U.S.E.I." (lyrics, composition, production).
- In 2015, he began designing and producing goods for the original character BLACKMAR and serves as the creative director.
Songwriting Credits[]
2005[]
- COLOR
- Summer time cruisin' (Composition)
- What about us? (Composition)
- ARIA
- Beautiful Life (Track Production)
- Feel Like Makin' Love (Track Production)
2006[]
- ARIA
- Is This LOVE? (Track Production)
- Dream Drive feat. HI-D (Track Production)
- Slow Jam feat. Dohzi-T (Track Production)
- Bye Bye Bye (Track Production)
- Don't you (Track Production)
- I to I feat. Kayzabro (Track Production)
- EXILE - Saigo no Kokuhaku ~STAY part.II~ (Composition, Track Production)
- Koda Kumi - JUICY (Composition, Track Production)
2007[]
- ARIA
- FALLIN' (Track Production)
- YOU SHOULD BE MINE (Track Production)
- SHOUT!!! (Track Production)
- EXILE
- No Other Man feat. NaNa (Composition, Lyrics, Chorus Arrangement)
- 24karats -type EX- (Composition, Lyrics, Vocal Production)
- Touch The Sky feat. Bach Logic (Composition, Lyrics, Vocal Production)
- Leah Dizon - Aishiteru ~ Love Story (Composition, Chorus Arrangement)
- Crystal Kay - Suger Rain (Composition, Chorus Arrangement, Production, Programming)
- BRIGHT
- Missin'U (Vocal Production, Production, Programming )
- Theme of Bright 02 (Composition, Vocal Production, Production)
- NaNa - Movin' On (Composition, Production, Vocal Production, Programming )
2008[]
- BRIGHT
- Girls Party Time (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming )
- My Girl (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming )
- Stay (Production, Programming)
- Free Your Mind (Production, Programming)
- Killing Me Softly With His Song (Production, Programming)
- Tohoshinki - DEAD END - STY Gin n' Tonic mix - (Remix )
- Leah Dizon - Love Paradox (Production, Vocal Production)
- COLOR
- Midnight call (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- mic check intro (Track Production, Production, Programming)
- X-GIRL (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- BUDDY feat. J Soul Brothers (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- night interlude (Track Production, Production, Programming)
- What about us Pt.2 (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- ain't so easy (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- 24karats -type C- feat. DOBERMAN INC (Composition, Lyric s)
- Crystal Kay
- Good Times (Composition, Production, Programming )
- TIME GOES BY (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- Nidaime J Soul Brothers
- FREAKOUT! (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- IT'S ALRIGHT (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- RSP - GO ON BABY! (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- TSUYOSHI
- Ooooh (Composition, Vocal Production)
- Magic (Composition)
- CHEMISTRY - It Takes Two ~'08 winter ver.~ (Track Production, Programming)
- Shimizu Shota - UNHAPPY (Production, Programming )
2009[]
- BRIGHT
- Interlude ~Brighten Up~ (Track Production, Programming)
- Watch Out (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- Shining Butterfly (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman (Production, Programming)
- COLOR - CONFIDENTIAL LOVER (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- Nidaime J Soul Brothers
- My Babygirl (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- 24karats feat. J Soul Brothers and DOBERMAN INC (Composition, Lyrics, Vocal Production)
- EXILE
- THE NEXT DOOR (Composition, Lyrics, Vocal Production)
- THE NEXT DOOR -INDESTRUCTIBLE- (Composition)
- Yamada Yu - free (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- DJ MAYUMI
- PARADISE feat. AK-69, BIG RON & JAY'ED (Composition, Lyrics)
- CRAZY IN LOVE feat. MAKI GOTO with FALCO & SHINO (Composition, Lyrics)
- Crystal Kay
- After Love -First Boyfriend- feat. KANAME (CHEMISTRY) (Programming)
- Girlfriend feat. BoA (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- Dream - To The Top (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- Miura Daichi
- SHINE (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Programming)
- When She Loved Me (All Instruments & Programming, Production)
- DEEP - North Star (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
2010[]
- Koda Kumi - Step Into My World (Composition, Lyrics, All Instruments & Programming, Additional Vocals)
- VANNESS
- Hyper Car (Composition, Lyrics, All instruments & Programming, Back Vocals, Production)
- Soldier (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Back Vocals)
- EMI MARIA
- Focus on Me (Composition, Track Production, Production)
- Call Me (Composition, Track Production, Production)
- Have You Ever (Composition, Track Production, Production)
- DEEP
- INTERLUDE ~brand new story~ (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Higher (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Wanna Do (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- 24Karats -type C- (Composition, Lyrics, Chorus Arrangement)
- BENI
- a million jewels (Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- First Time (Composition, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Don't Let Go (Composition, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- EXILE
- 24karats STAY GOLD (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- My Station (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Make It Last Forever (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Lily.
- Tooku Hanareta basho de feat. C (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement)
- SHOCK (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement)
- SPECIAL DAY (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement)
- Kidzuite yo... I Love You (Composition, Arrangement)
- With You (Composition, Arrangement)
- Tooku Hanareta basho de feat. C (STY Gin n' Tonic Remix) (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Remix)
- Intro ~Venus beat~ (Composition, Arrangement)
- Suki dakara (Composition, Arrangement)
- Interlude ~Dear You~ (Composition, Arrangement)
- ALONE (Composition, Arrangement)
- Dare yori mo, Aishi teta no ni (Composition, Arrangement)
- Time 2 Party feat. CLIFF EDGE (Composition, Arrangement)
- Kimi ga nai Tetara (Composition, Arrangement)
- Kono te wo Tsunaide (Composition, Arrangement)
- Miyano Mamoru
- BODY ROCK (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- DISCOTIQUE09 (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- BRIGHT - Shining Star (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- CHEMISTRY + Synergy - TOGETHER (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, All Instruments & Programming)
- BoA - I SEE ME (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- TSUYOSHI
- tell me (Production)
- BREATHE (Production)
2011[]
- Koda Kumi - POP DIVA (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- DEEP - Baby (Composition, Arrangement)
- GIRLS' GENERATION
- MR.TAXI (Co-Written, Vocal Production)
- you-aholic (Co-Written, Vocal Production)
- THE GREAT ESCAPE (Co-Written, Vocal Production)
- BORN TO BE A LADY (Vocal Production)
- Sandaime J Soul Brothers
- 1st Place (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- 24karats STAY GOLD feat. Sandaime J Soul Brothers (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- FIGHTERS (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Miyano Mamoru - MOONLIGHT (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Miura Daichi
- Wakare no Bell (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- 4am (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- SHINee - LUCIFER (Japanese Lyrics)
- BENI
- crazy girl (Composition, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- YES or NO? (Composition, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Oh Yeah! (Composition, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- BoA - Milestone (Lyrics)
2012[]
- DEEP
- Callin You (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Intro ~YOUR STORY~ (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- ROCK YOUR BODY (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- WANNA DO (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Lily.μ
- SECOND LOVE ~2-do-me no Koi~ (Composition, Lyrics, All Instruments & Programming)
- Re: Toku Hanareta Bashote (Composition, Lyrics, All Instruments & Programming)
- Interlude ~Lily Music~ (Composition, Lyrics)
- Sakura, Fuwari. ~Thank you, my friend~ (Composition, Lyrics, All Instruments & Programming)
- U & I feat. PSALM CRUZ (Vocal Direction & Productions for PSALM CRUZ)
- STYLE feat. CLIFF EDGE (Composition, Lyrics)
- Konayuki, Fuwari. (Composition, Lyrics, All Instruments & Programming)
- Faith In Myself (Composition)
- Love Me ~Kokoro no Koe~ (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- 7Muse ~skit~ (Composition, Production)
- Fairies - Beat Generation (Co-Written)
- Miyano Mamoru
- EGOISTIC (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- IT'S THE TIME (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- MYNAME - Summer Party (Co-Written, Vocal Production, Background Vocals)
- Sandaime J Soul Brothers - (YOU SHINE) THE WORLD (Co-Written, Vocal Production)
- Matsushita Yuya - BEAUTIFUL GIRL (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- EXILE TRIBE - 24karats TRIBE OF GOLD (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Kawabata Kaname - TOKYO GIRL (Composition, Lyrics)
- ASY - SEE THE LIGHTS (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
2013[]
- Miyano Mamoru
- THANK YOU (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- UNSTOPPABLE (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- THANK YOU (reprise) (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- passage, (Composition, Production, All Instruments & Programming, Chorus)
- MYNAME
- (IF YOU WANNA) BE MY BABY (Co-Written, Vocal Production, Background Vocals )
- Anonymous (Co-Written, Vocal Production, Background Vocals )
- Lily.μ
- SUMMER LOVE feat. Diggy-MO' (SOUL'd OUT) (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Interlude ~LoveAmusement~ (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- I Got a Feeling feat. STY (from ASY) (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Yamashita Tomohisa - SING FOR YOU (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Sandaime J Soul Brothers - T.T.T. (Top to Toe) (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
2014[]
- FAKY
- Girl Digger (Co-Written, Vocal Production)
- P.O.V. (Co-Written, Vocal Production)
- Miyano Mamoru
- Sandaime J Soul Brothers
- S.A.K.U.R.A. (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- R.Y.U.S.E.I. (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Additional Instruments & Programming)
- O.R.I.O.N. (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Additional Instruments & Programming)
- S.A.K.U.R.A. -STY (ASY) remix- (Composition, Lyrics, Remix, All Instruments & Programming)
- R.Y.U.S.E.I. -Maozon (ASY) remix- (Composition, Lyrics)
- ASY
- NO (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Intro (Composition, Production, All Instruments & Programming, Mix Engineer )
- HEAVEN & EARTH (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- SEE THE LIGHTS (Maozon Remix) (Composition, Lyrics)
- FAR TO GO (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- instagram madness (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- young, poor, fabulous (Maozon Remix) (Composition, Lyrics)
- HEAVEN & EARTH (Six Blade Remix) (Composition, Lyrics)
- instagram madness (Makoto Remix) (Composition, Lyrics)
- young, poor, fabulous (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Yamashita Tomohisa
- PARTY'S ON (Composition, Lyrics, Chorus)
- B-A-N-G (Composition, Lyrics, Chorus)
- EXILE TRIBE - 24WORLD (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Additional Instruments & Programming)
2015[]
- Sandaime J Soul Brothers
- O.R.I.O.N. -Maozon (ASY) remix- (Composition, Lyrics)
- J.S.B. DREAM (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Summer Madness (Composition, Lyrics, Co-Production, Additional Instruments & Programming, Vocal Production)
- DEEP - Love & Harmony ~Interlude~ (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- MYNAME - HELLO AGAIN (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming, Background Vocals)
- ASY
- S.T.A.R.S. (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- NO (Dice Suzuki Remix) (Composition, Lyrics)
- NO (Sugiurumn Remix) (Composition, Lyrics)
- EXILE - 24karats GOLD SOUL (Composition, Lyrics, Vocal Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Miyano Mamoru - FRONTIER (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
2016[]
- Miyano Mamoru
- BLACK OR WHITE (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- SHOUT! (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- BananaLemon - #SorryNotSorry (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
2017[]
- Sandaime J Soul Brothers - J.S.B. LOVE (Composition, Lyrics, Vocal Production)
- FlowBack
- BOOYAH! (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming, Backing Vocals)
- VERSUS (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming, Backing Vocals)
- BananaLemon
- FOREVER YOUNG (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- (KEEP CALM IT'S) GIRLS TIME (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- I WANNA, I WANNA (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- GIRLS GONE WILD (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Miyano Mamoru - POWER OF LOVE (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- BENI - R.Y.U.S.E.I. (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Additional Instruments & Programming)
2018[]
- RYUJI IMAICHI
- Miyano Mamoru - EXCITING! (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- BananaLemon - LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement)
- RED DIAMOND DOGS - RED SOUL BLUE DRAGON (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- EXILE - Heads or Tails (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Additional Instruments & Programming)
- Yamashita Tomohisa - LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME (Composition, Lyrics, All Instruments & Programming)
2019[]
- Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS - FIRE (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Additional Programming)
- TAEYEON
- VOICE (Lyrics)
- TURNT AND BURNT (Lyrics)
- SIGNAL (Lyrics)
- Jr.EXILE - 24WORLD (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- TAEMIN
- RYUJI IMAICHI
- Yoake Mae (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production)
- Kore ga Unmei Nara (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Additional Programming, Backing Vocals)
2020[]
- Miyano Mamoru
- UNSTOPPABLE (STY RMX) (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming, Remix)
- DISCOTIQUE09 (STY RMX) (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming, Remix)
- EGOISTIC (Long Remix) (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, All Instruments & Programming, Remix)
- Okay. (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Chorus, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- HELLO! (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Chorus, All Instruments & Programming)
- Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS - Movin' on (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- I Don't Like Mondays. - MR.CLEVER (Production)
2021[]
- GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE & THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE - Alternate Dimension (Composition, Lyrics)
- - THE FIRST - BMSG Audition 2021 - Be Free - from Audition THE FIRST - (Composition, Lyrics)
- Miyano Mamoru - Dream on (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, Vocal Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- RYUJI IMAICHI - THROWBACK pt.2 (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Produce Pandas - The ONE -Japanese Ver.- (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE
- Touch The Sky (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- THE NEXT DOOR (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Heads or Tails (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- DEEP SQUAD
- Intro ~Night flight (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- We're back (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- ENSEMBLE STARS!! Eden - Deep Eclipse (Game Edit) (Composition)
- BE:FIRST - Be Free (BE:FIRST version) (Composition, Lyrics)
2022[]
- BE:FIRST - Bye-Good-Bye (Co-written Lyrics)
- iScream - Secret Love (Composition, Lyrics, All instruments performed, Vocal Production)
- EXILE
- POWER OF WISH (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Vocal Production)
- POWER OF WISH (One step ahead Version feat. DOBERMAN INFINITY) (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Vocal Production)
- Miyano Mamoru - THE ENTERTAINMENT (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, Vocal Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- AMEFURASSHI - Love is love (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Vocal Production, All instruments & Programming)
- Yukkyun - YETA (Composition, Vocal Production, All instruments & Programming, Mixing Engineer)
2023[]
- AMEFURASSHI
- Fly Out (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Blow Your Mind (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- SPIN (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS - STARS (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Miyano Mamoru - Quiet explosion (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production)
- THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE - 16BOOSTERZ (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- PeruPines - Butterfly (Lyrics)
- Girls² × iScream - The Finest (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE - Diamonds (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Katayose Ryota - Dance the life away (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Awich - Call On Me (Composition, Production, Co-written)
- AllesProject (3DMB) - Remotework (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
2024[]
- Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - We go with the flow (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- EXILE TAKAHIRO - WILD & FREE (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Girls² × iScream - D.N.A. (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE - 24karats GOLD GENESIS (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Miyano Mamoru - The Battle (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- Jr.EXILE - 24Karats -type Jr.EX- (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- NEO EXILE - 24WORLD (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- AMEFURASSHI
- 4Petals (Composition, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Flora (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Flower of love (Composition, Lyrics, Production, Vocal Production)
- Da-iCE - TAKE IT BACK (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- KAZ - Hush hush (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS - R.Y.U.S.E.I. 10th Anniversary REMASTERED ver. (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Jr.EXILE × NEO EXILE
- LIL LEAGUE from EXILE TRIBE - Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
2025[]
- AMEFURASSHI
- Sweetie, Lovely, Yummy (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- 4 Hearts (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Love love love (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- Don't stop the music (Composition, Lyrics, Production)
- WILD (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE - FUNKTASTIC! (Composition, Lyrics, Production, All Instruments & Programming)
- THE JET BOY BANGERZ from EXILE TRIBE - Hot summer (Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement, Production)