Akio Eiji

Akio Eiji (born October 14 1974) is a Japanese-Canadian-New Zealand-Irish keyboardist and vocalist for No Pressure and virtual band, KRYptid. He began his career as hip hop artist Wolfland in Ontario, Canada with his hit single, Wild Streak. After he moved to New Zealand, he formed the one-time electronic duo, 2Domestic and released their only self-titled LP.

Early Life
Akio was born at the Kyoto City Hospital in Kyoto, Japan on October 14, 1974. During his time with his parents, Akio taught himself fluent English. However, one day, he talked in English during dinner, and their parents abused him and sent him to his room. Akio, having had enough, ran away from home leaving a note saying, "I'M RUNNING AWAY, AND I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHERE I'M GOING!" In Japanese. He moved to Ontario, Canada and moved into a nearby loft apartment. A week after his move, he entered a talent show in a local bar and rapped as a part of his act. This attracted the attention of a record producer from Aquarius Records, who signed him up for the label.

As Wolfland (1991-1994)
After Akio was signed up for Aquarius Records, he would record his first album, Runaway Wolf, which contained the hit singles, Wild Streak, How Do You Like It?, which sampled Andrea True Connection's hit song, More, More, More, Party Starters, which featured Tone Loc, and Freedom, which samples Aretha Franklin's Think. Wild Streak would reach #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 in 1993. During his career as Wolfland, he would wear a jacket with the top of the hood resembling blue wolf ears. After the success of his first album, Akio would begin work on his 2nd album, Not Your Average Rapper in 1993, containing the hit singles, The World, which featured singer, Mariah Carey and samples Michael Jackson's Human Nature, Carefree, I Have A Dream, One Way Ticket To Life, Felt So Free, Roll It in, and The World Never Ends. Shortly after the album's release, Akio would host his first tour, Feel aLive in 1994 and would first perform at the Levi's Stadium. His first song would be How Do You Like It?, but before he began to sing, he noticed his parents in the front seat and ran off the stage. After the incident, he would pack up his things and take a plane straight to Wellington, NZ.