Liam Tachihara is a Japanese-American queer artist based in New York City, creating cinematic City Pop and synth-pop for lonely hearts after midnight.
Blending vintage synths, Tokyo nostalgia, digital loneliness, and cinematic ’80s emotion, Liam’s music lives somewhere between neon-lit streets, late-night subway rides, and memories that never fully disappear. His songs explore heartbreak, desire, identity, and the strange beauty of feeling too much in a city that never sleeps.
His latest single, “Aftertaste of You,” dives into the lingering sweetness and bitterness of a connection that refuses to disappear. Wrapped in dreamy synths, City Pop nostalgia, and late-summer melancholy, the song expands Liam’s neon-lit world of romance, memory, and emotional afterimages.
From Aftertaste of You and Digital Heartache to Dye Me More, Big Apple Hell, and Beautiful Love, Liam crafts emotionally charged music designed not for fleeting trends, but for listeners who return to songs late at night when emotions become impossible to ignore.
A proud queer voice in modern indie pop, Liam combines his Japanese heritage, NYC atmosphere, multilingual artistry, and actor’s emotional presence into a world that feels both nostalgic and deeply contemporary.
Liam received a Special Mention (Pop) and was a Semi-Finalist (Music Video) in the UK Songwriting Contest, recognized by Grammy, Emmy, and BRIT Award-winning judges.
Beyond music, Liam is also a SAG-AFTRA actor with credits including Netflix’s Maniac, voice work for Thomas & Friends: Thomas’ Tokyo Trouble, and music contributions to Nickelodeon’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Fluent in English and Japanese, with proficiency in French and conversational Spanish, Liam continues building a neon-lit artistic universe connecting music, cinema, identity, fashion, and emotional storytelling.
