Kantario was started using the spanish word cantar meaning to sing. It then evolved into Kantar and finally Kantario, after the popular Nintendo video game character.
Kantario was born in Pierre, South Dakota; moving to Newark, Delaware at the age of 3. He then migrated to Eagan, Minnesota at the ripe age of 7. He now resides in Duluth, Minnesota attending the University of Minnesota-Duluth studying Art Education.