American Soulful Singer - Songwriter
Gary Adkins is an accomplished Singer and Songwriter with an impressive career.
Born in Chicago and raised in Atlanta, Gary received his college education at Berklee College of Music in Boston before making his home in Los Angeles.
Gary made his acting debut on tour with a three-member cast in Jonathan Larson's "Tick Tick Boom," in which he played the character of Michael.
He has released three CDs, one in America and two in Japan, which are available at major record stores or online.
Gary has achieved many milestones in his career, including being a Star Search semi-finalist on American national television.
He signed management contracts with Gene Griffin (Teddy Riley, Basic Black, Guy...) and the legendary Joe Isgro, with whom he released his first CD in America.
The first single from the CD reached No. 20 on the Billboard Dance Chart and No. 12 on the R&B Bubbling Under Billboard Charts. He also made appearances on European Quality Cream Cut Charts.
Gary has performed all over the world, including Japan, Germany, Brazil, Indonesia, and Hong Kong, and has worked with many major Japanese stars, such as Ai, HY, The Gospellers, Suzuki Masayuki, Anri, and Hound Dog, among others.
He has made many appearances on national TV and has done countless TV commercials for popular brands such as Gatsby, Misawa Homes, Coca Cola, Toyota, Volvo, Daiwa Shoken, Canon, Nissan, J.R. (Japan Railways), Asahi, Frisky (cat food), Budweiser, Matsuhita, Morinaga, Japan Air Lines, Honda, Mitsubishi, P&G, and others, some of which he wrote himself.
Gary has also had many noteworthy performances on television, including performing on Kohaku in 2011 with HY, a television mini-tour with Naoto Intiraymi in 2014, and performing on the Music Fair television chorus for Ai in November 2016. Additionally, he has gone on national and international tours with Anri in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
and appeared on the Pride Potato commercial (vocals) in 2021.
2023 Music Station TV show with Anri
2024 Touring with Anri
2025 Now touring with Anri
Born in Chicago and raised in Atlanta, Gary received his college education at Berklee College of Music in Boston before making his home in Los Angeles.
Gary made his acting debut on tour with a three-member cast in Jonathan Larson's "Tick Tick Boom," in which he played the character of Michael.
He has released three CDs, one in America and two in Japan, which are available at major record stores or online.
Gary has achieved many milestones in his career, including being a Star Search semi-finalist on American national television.
He signed management contracts with Gene Griffin (Teddy Riley, Basic Black, Guy...) and the legendary Joe Isgro, with whom he released his first CD in America.
The first single from the CD reached No. 20 on the Billboard Dance Chart and No. 12 on the R&B Bubbling Under Billboard Charts. He also made appearances on European Quality Cream Cut Charts.
Gary has performed all over the world, including Japan, Germany, Brazil, Indonesia, and Hong Kong, and has worked with many major Japanese stars, such as Ai, HY, The Gospellers, Suzuki Masayuki, Anri, and Hound Dog, among others.
He has made many appearances on national TV and has done countless TV commercials for popular brands such as Gatsby, Misawa Homes, Coca Cola, Toyota, Volvo, Daiwa Shoken, Canon, Nissan, J.R. (Japan Railways), Asahi, Frisky (cat food), Budweiser, Matsuhita, Morinaga, Japan Air Lines, Honda, Mitsubishi, P&G, and others, some of which he wrote himself.
Gary has also had many noteworthy performances on television, including performing on Kohaku in 2011 with HY, a television mini-tour with Naoto Intiraymi in 2014, and performing on the Music Fair television chorus for Ai in November 2016. Additionally, he has gone on national and international tours with Anri in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
and appeared on the Pride Potato commercial (vocals) in 2021.
2023 Music Station TV show with Anri
2024 Touring with Anri
2025 Now touring with Anri
