Segawa, Mototaka

Mototaka Segawa, known professionally under his alias Motsu, is a Japanese rapper, singer, lyricist, artist, and composer. He was previously a member of the Japanese pop group M.O.V.E until their breakup in 2013, which composed the opening and ending songs for Initial D. At the age of 22, Motsu moved from Japan to the U.S.A. to learn dance and rap, later debuting as the leader of the dance unit "More deep". In 1997 he became a member of "m.o.v.e", composing and creating not only for the group, but also for V6, Koda Kumi, AAA, and helped creating Ayumi Hamasaki's "REMIX ALBUM". m.o.v.e also got it's fame from the Openings and Endings of the Initial D anime. In 2011, together with sat from Fripside and Kurosaki Maon, created the "ALTIMA" group, making popular songs for the anime series "Shakugan no Shana" and "Accel World". On 2013, the "m.o.v.e" group ended their activites, but Motsu continued his activites with "ALTIMA", until his hiatus in August 2016. Motsu was brought back to make the Opening for MF Ghost (the spiritual successor of Initial D) in collaboration with Yuu Serizawa, titled "JUNGLE FIRE" for the 1st season.. The duo kept making Openings for MF Ghost for the 2nd and 3rd season of the anime ("ROCK ME KISS ME" and "TIMELESS POWER", respectively). (Source: Eurobeat Wiki and Motsu's profile on avex.jp)