Sora Tsukihoshi
Musician, Painter
Musician, Painter
Sora Tsukihoshi (月星ソラ in Japanese) is an independent artist who began creating music in 2024 at the age of 18. Sora writes, arranges, performs, and produces every song personally. The guitar isn't just an instrument for them- it shapes the way each piece is written and the artist's growth. Beyond music, Sora is also a painter who primarily works with oil. All artwork for album covers and music videos are created by Sora, making every project entirely self-crafted from start to finish.
I'm a bedroom artist doing everything on my own with a laptop including music production and video editing.
Guitar: Fender CD-140SCE, Squier Affinity Telecaster
Mic: AT2020
DAW: Cubase Artist
Video editing: Davinci Resolve
While I feel that my lyrics and theme and titles are strong, I struggle a lot with the notion that I'm not good enough with everything else and I might never be. (If I've been playing guitar for nearly 2 years, why can't I still play the basic barre chords perfectly? etc.) Even though I'm making progress, the standard keeps shifting and I always think I'm not enough. Things like playing guitar, singing, arrangement and production are all so hard but you see masters everywhere on the internet. Having started from zero, I'm dedicated to continuing my journey and getting my skills little by little but surely.
I started drawing and watercolor in 2022 and oil in 2025 with pretty much no prior experience. I paint in my own place/bedroom and am just starting out and developing my skills. Though I'm the most familiar with watercolor, my dream is to be a master oil painter with a studio full of finished work. Getting into oil for the first time, I almost instantly knew this would be my main medium as a painter in the long run. But painting is so hard and I'm wrestling with value, color mixing, anatomy, etc every time and usually am too scared to even start on one.
When's your birthday?
January 25th, 2006.
What's your home country?
The US. My hometown is somewhere in NJ.
Home language?
English. But I did write songs in Japanese, I'm not sure if I will again.
Pronouns?
I keep my gender undisclosed, so I go by they/them but usually don't comment. She/her is an absolute no, he/him is kind of okay but not the best.
What does your name mean?
In Japanese, Sora means the sky. Tsuki the moon, Hoshi the stars. So together it would be like "Sky Star Moon" lol. I chose this name myself because I'm a lifelong celestial theme lover.
When did you start figure skating and why?
I started in 2026 at the age of 20 because I saw an anime called Medalist and the toe jumps looked crazy cool.
Favorite books/authors?
A Lover's Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes. Rainer Maria Rilke. Bluets by Maggie Nelson. The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa. But of course I went through the famous teenager books like Twilight, The Name of The Wind, I'll Give You the Sun, Graceling, etc.