Curated category
Japanese composers
- Yoko UenoYoko Ueno began her professional journey within the Japanese pop-rock band Oranges & Lemons. She later joined the group Vita Nova, expanding her vocal range…
- Junya NakanoJunya Nakano was born in Kyoto, Japan. His parents introduced him to music when he was three years old. They offered him lessons in the electronic organ…
- Hitoshi SakimotoHitoshi Sakimoto was born on the 26th of February 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. He began developing an interest in music during elementary school when he taught…
- Kumi TaniokaKumi Tanioka was born in Hiroshima, Japan. Her childhood there included studying music and composition while attending school.
- Rika MuranakaRika Muranaka left her native Tokyo as a teenager to study jazz piano with Alan Swain in Chicago. She began writing music at the age of 16, but initially…
- Hiroyuki NambaHiroyuki Namba began his career in the late 1970s as a pop musician. He started working with Tatsuro Yamashita in 1978. This collaboration laid the…
- Masayoshi SokenMasayoshi Soken was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. His family later moved to Tokyo, Japan. He attended the Tokyo University of Science and…