Kli Micheaux-Tachibana
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| 橘クリ (Tachibana Kli?) | |
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 Kli Micheaux Tachibana, January 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | 橘クリント•ミッショウ (Kli Micheaux Tachibana?) |
| Also known as | Kli |
| Born | July 29, 1986 |
| Origin |  Japanese,  French |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Model, Singer, Songwriter, Actor |
| Years active | 1999-present |
Tachibana Kli is a multi-ethnic model & musical artist from Japan. His first single, "Honeymoon Stage", is due out some time Early Spring 2008.
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[edit] Family & Early Life
Tachibana Kli (Kli Micheaux-Tachibana) (橘クリ?) was born in 1986 in the United States to a second-born Japanese father, and a mother who is a second-born French/Lebanese mix. Spending most of his life being surrounded by several diverse cultures, it was no surprise that he would find himself traveling the world by age 15.
[edit] Modeling career
Growing up in the Mie Prefecture in Japan, he was hired at a young age by a modeling agency in Nagoya to be a local model and quickly made a deep mark on the Japanese entertainment industry. "Oricon Style (オリコンスタイル)", Warner Music Group Japan, 29 September 2006, pp. pp. 63-65, 155. ISBN 0-219-62106-3. He quickly became one of the first ethnic (mixed Japanese Mixed Exotic European) male models to be accepted in the Japanese Entertainment industry as one of their own. "Men's Non-No (メンズノンノ)", Shueisha (集英社), 9 September 2006, pp. pp. 93. ISBN 0-18-627096-8. When he was 17 he moved to New York and continued his modeling work there. In his spare time Kli would write music and sing in local singing contests. He made many friends this way, and eventually would make his way back and forth between New York and Japan.
Since his debut, Kli has been the face of a wide variety of advertising campaigns internationally including Dior Homme Japan, P.A.R.T.S. Collection, Motorola, XBox 360, Los Angeles Royalty by Marciano, Yoga Army, Han Mideum, Paul Mitchell & UNI QLO. Kli has also walked the runways of New York's Fashion Week as well as Tokyo, Osaka, & Kobe Collections. He has also appeared regularly in Japan's leading Men's Fashion Magazine Men's Non-No (メンズノンノ), as well as several other magazines internationally including ORICON Stlye, YRB Magazine, Flaunt Magazine, Lifestyle 101, & URBANOLOGY Magazine, Apparel News, just to name a few. "Men's Non-No (メンズノンノ)", Shueisha (集英社), 9 September 2006, pp. pp. 93. ISBN 0-18-627096-8."Oricon Style (オリコンスタイル)", Warner Music Group Japan, 29 September 2006, pp. pp. 63-65, 155. ISBN 0-219-62106-3.
[edit] Singing career
In January 2006, Kli took a temporary hiatus from modeling to focus solely on his music. Kli is currently writing and recording his first album in New York & Los Angeles, and the first single is scheduled to drop sometime in early 2008. "Oricon Style (オリコンスタイル)", Warner Music Group Japan, 29 September 2006, pp. pp. 63-65, 155. ISBN 0-219-62106-3.
In January 2007, Kli continued full force to model for various magazines and collections, while he worked carefully on his music, and can currently be seen throughout several in the United States & Japan.
His first single, "Honeymoon Stage," is about the early stages of love and the initial feelings you get in a relationship. It was written while living and working in New York.
[edit] Film/Television Career
Kli's Film/Television television career began in 2002 with a small role as a Half-Japanese student on the first season of the Japanese Drama Gokusen (ごくせん?), and made 4 appearances throughout the series. He also then became a regular personality on the Japanese Variety TV show Sanma's Karakuri TV (さんまさんのカラクリテレビ?) as well as a lead role on the Japanese Drama Series 'Manhattan Diaries.' Other screen credits include appearances on the CBS show 'Love Monkey,' the Talia Lugacy short film, 'Little Black Dress,' MTV Asia's 'Suby Cheng Show,' & MTV's 'My Big Ten' (in which he was featured as a guest host). He has also appeared in several commercials for MTV, UNI QLO, XBox 360, & Yokkaichi Television (四日市テレビ?).
Kli also appeared in several music videos throughout the United States & Japan. His first video in 2002 was a lucky break with the acclaimed musical artist Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ?) in the video 'Endless Sorrow' directed by the prolific Japanese music video director Wataru Takeishi (竹石渉?). He can also, most recently, be seen featured in several other music videos such as, Timbaland ft. OneRepublic's, 'Apologize,' Seether's, 'Fake It,' Terra Naomi's, 'Up Here,' Story of the Year's, 'Wake Up,' Kylie Minogue's, 'Wow,' & the Shiny Toy Guns', 'You Are the One,' Short Music Film.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- [2008.07.xx] Now That She's Gone
- [2008.09.xx] Honeymoon Stage
