Noboru Hikari ni ~ Pray for Now ~ " (日昇る光に ～Pray for Now～; Sunlight rising to Pray for Now), written by Shokichi, was chosen as the official support song for the Japanese Judo Federation during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On July 16, he performed at DANCE EARTH FESTIVAL 2018 ～SPLASH SUMMER～, a festival hosted by LDH. In the same month, he established and started producing his own label KOMA DOGG. This project is hosted by him at LDH Music & Publishing, LDH's own record label. Shortly after he participated in another festival, DOBERMAN INFINITY presents D.Island 2018. On October 3, 2018, his 33rd birthday, Shokichi released his 6th single "Futen Boyz". The music video for the title track features him and his brother Masayasu Yagi, who is also appearing in the movie DTC - Yukemuri Junjō-hen - from HiGH& LOW (DTC -湯けむり純情篇- from HiGH＆LOW) for which this track is used as the theme song. On December 15, 2018, he released his first photo book titled BYAKUYA. The first press edition included a new song with the same title, "Byakuya" (白夜; White Night). On February 12, 2019 it was announced that Shokichi would release his second album and hold the first solo arena tour in his career. The release of his second album 1114, thoroughly composed and written by himself, was set for May 15 with the title representing the number of days since the release of his first album THE FUTURE. His tour EXILE SHOKICHI LIVE TOUR 2019"UNDERDOGG" went from June 29 to September 15 with 8 performances in 6 cities. Shokichi also composed the debut track of Ballistik Boyz from Exile Tribe, "Tenhane -1000%-" (テンハネ -1000%-) in the same year. Business Koma Dogg KOMA DOGG is Shokichi's own label which he established in July 2018. He started this project because he wants to contribute to LDH with music by becoming a representative producer of the company. Furthermore, he enjoys collaborating with various artists and likes to challenge himself. The goal of his label is to let musicians be able to express themselves freely, pursue creativity and create an enjoyable production environment. Since its establishment, the label has signed Japanese artists such as Salu and Kodai Sato. Shokichi stated his next step is to increase the number of artists even more. Participating groups Discography Singles Digital Singles Albums Covers Collaboration single Participating works Compositions and lyrics Tie-up Filmography TV programmes