Composers' Profiles

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Takashi Kimura

Real Name:

Takashi Kimura

Date of Birth:

1968.01.25

Official Site:

http://www.electropica.com/

Also composed for:

move, Favorite Blue, +others

Notes:

Also known as t-kimura.

Compositions:

Trust

Co-compositions:

-

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Tetsuya Komuro

Real Name:

Tetsuya Komuro

Date of Birth:

1958.11.27

Official Site:

http://www.komuro.net/
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/globe/

Also composed for:

globe, Namie Amuro, TRF, Tomomi Kahala, hitomi, Ami Suzuki, Kiss Destination, Tomiko Van, TM Network, Gaball, dos, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Alisa Mizuki, H Jungle with t, HALNA, +others

Notes:

Also known as TK.
Tetsuya Komuro produced some of the biggest stars on the Japanese music scene in the 1990's, including trf, Namie Amuro, Tomomi Kahala, and Ami Suzuki.
He is considered largely responsible for popularizing techno/dance music in Japan.
In 2002 he married fellow globe member KEIKO (his third marriage).

Compositions:

A Song is born

Co-compositions:

-

(with contributions from ricekid)

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Tomoya Kinoshita

Real Name:

Tomoya Kinoshita

Date of Birth:

1973.04.23

Official Site:

-

Also composed for:

epidemic, Ami Suzuki

Notes:

-

Compositions:

CAROLS

Co-compositions:

-

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Yumi Matsutoya

Real Name:

Yumi Matsutoya

Date of Birth:

1954.01.19

Official Site:

http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/yuming/

Also composed for:

Asami Kobayashi, Yoshino Kimura, Pocket Biscuits, +others

Notes:

Yumi Matsutoya's maiden name is Yumi Arai. She married Masataka Matsutoya in 1976.
Also known as Yuming.

Compositions:

卒業写真 (sotsugyou shashin)

Co-compositions:

-

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HAL

Real Name:

Atsushi Sato
Toshiharu Umesaki

Date of Birth:

Atsushi Sato: 1966.05.07
Toshiharu Umesaki: 1963.01.14

Official Site:

http://hal2000.co.jp/
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/hal/
http://www.tearbridge.com/sakka/ats.htm (Atsushi Sato)

Also composed for:

dream, SweetS, Aya Ueto, Shonentai, +others

Notes:

Between 2000 and 2003 Atsushi Sato and Toshiharu Umesaki released 7 singles and 3 albums with singer HALNA (real name: Haruna Hamada) under the name "HAL".
Atsushi Sato is also known as ats-.
It appears Atsushi Sato no longer is working with HAL as of 2003.
On some tracks Takehito Shimizu and/or Yuta Nakano are also credited as part of "HAL".

Compositions:

Introduction
Kaleidoscope
neverending dream

Co-compositions:

-

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tasuku

Real Name:

-

Date of Birth:

1978.04.03

Official Site:

-

Also composed for:

-

Notes:

-

Compositions:

taskinlude
taskinillusion
fairyland
tasking

Co-compositions:

-

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Kazuhiro Hara

Real Name:

Kazuhiro Hara

Date of Birth:

-

Official Site:

http://www.scoop.co.jp/jp/compo/kazuhiro_hara.html

Also composed for:

Arisa Mizuki, Shonentai, w-inds., Nana Katase, TRF, shela, MAX, Beeny & Pink Bunny, Yuki Koyanagi, Every Little Thing, BoA, others

Notes:

-

Compositions:

STEP you
criminal

Co-compositions:

-

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Miki Watanabe

Real Name:

Miki Watanabe

Date of Birth:

-

Official Site:

http://www.scoop.co.jp/jp/compo/miki_watabe.html

Also composed for:

Kumi Koda, MAX, AAA, shela, V6, Yuki Koyanagi, dream, Yellow Generation, SMAP, ZONE, Tokio, others

Notes:

Also known as Miki Watabe?

Compositions:

is this LOVE?

Co-compositions:

-

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Shintaro Hagiwara

Real Name:

Shintaro Hagiwara

Date of Birth:

1974.08.02

Official Site:

http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~hagiwara/

Also composed for:

hitomi, dream, others

Notes:

-

Compositions:

-

Co-compositions:

alterna (+ Sosaku Sasaki)