Towa's second studio album, Sound Museum (1997), became his highest charting effort at number 17 on the Oricon charts. Its single, "GBI (German Bold Italic)" featuring Kylie Minogue and Haruomi Hosono, reached number 50 and 63 in Australia and the United Kingdom, respectively. He saw continued success with 1999's Last Century Modern as its fourth single, "Let Me Know" featuring Chara, became one of his best known songs.
His concept party, "Hotel H", started in 2009 as a social spot for music industry people in Tokyo.
Towa is a third-generation Korean-Japanese.

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