Curated category
Japanese male composers
- Mitsuto SuzukiIn the early 1980s, Mitsuto Suzuki's life changed when his older brother brought home a synthesizer. The instrument became a playground for the young boy who…
- Naoshi MizutaNaoshi Mizuta was born in Kōchi, Japan, during the year 1972. His fascination with music started when he was a child in the second or third grade of…
- Masashi HamauzuMasashi Hamauzu entered the world in Munich, Germany, during 1971. His mother taught piano while his father Akimori Hamauzu sang opera.
- Tappi IwaseTappi Iwase studied music with Dick Grove at the Grove School of Music before that institution closed in 1991. This training provided the foundation for his…
- 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…
- Masaharu IwataMasaharu Iwata was born in Tokyo on the 26th of October 1966. His earliest attempts at music were poor experiments during his school years.
- 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…
- Nobuo UematsuNobuo Uematsu began playing the piano at age twelve in Kōchi, Japan. He never took formal lessons despite having an older sister who played the instrument.
- 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…