Wataru Sawabe was born in Tokyo's Itabashi-ku district. He began his musical journey by enrolling at Showa College of Music's Composition Department in 2006. As his solo project "Skirt," he started his career by utilizing overdubbing recording techniques. In 2010, he founded his own record label "Kaczka Sounds" and began creating music with his first album "S-O-S" being released under this label.