Joe Inoue was born in Los Angeles, California under Japanese parents who moved to the states to follow their career.
He grew up in an environment filled with music, and started listening to music seriously in his middle school years.
He listened to as many types of music, no matter what the genre. By doing so, he achieved versatility in writing music.
Despite his birth in Los Angeles, Inoue never failed to learn how to speak fluent Japanese.
He accomplished this mainly by "reading crapload of mangas and watching Japanese TV shows", he says.
Gradually, Inoue started recording his own materials on a multi-track recorder, with him playing every instrument, including vocals, guitar, bass, drums, etc. Hell, he even produces/arranges/mixes his own songs!
In 2005, he decided to send few of his demos to Japan, and signed a record deal with Ki/oon Records.
Inoue released his debut e.p."IN A WAY" in 2007, followed by his first single "HELLO!".
His second and latest single "CLOSER" will be hitting stores last December.