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ZAQ

ZAQ is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Minori Chihara and Mongol800. Those roots explain a lot about how ZAQ arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as ChouCho, Myth & Roid, Eir Aoi, ClariS and fripSide, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Maaya Uchida, Kana Hanazawa, Aoi Yūki and Sumire Uesaka, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around ZAQ, reaching back through Minori Chihara and forward to Maaya Uchida. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Zaq is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and arranger signed to Lantis.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
ZAQMinori ChiharaMongol800Maaya UchidaKana HanazawaAoi YūkiSumire UesakaChouChoMyth & RoidEir AoiClariSfripSidefhánaGARNiDELiAnano.RIPE

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ZAQ connections

ZAQ grew out of Minori Chihara and Mongol800, shares an orbit with ChouCho, Myth & Roid, Eir Aoi and ClariS, went on to shape Maaya Uchida, Kana Hanazawa, Aoi Yūki and Sumire Uesaka. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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