Entertainment | Feb 01

JOJI | Instagram Influencer

6.8M followers

Feb 01 (News On Japan) - Joji is a Japanese singer and songwriter, born in Osaka. His father is Australian, and his mother is Japanese.

After graduating from an international school in Kobe he left Japan and found success in America as a YouTuber, known for his shock humour as "Pink Guy".

His 2022 single 'Glimpse of Us' went viral on TikTok, giving him his biggest international hit so far.

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