, also known as
TK, is a Japanese
keyboardistA keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
,
songwriterA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.-History and background of songwriters:...
and
music producerIn the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
born on November 27, 1958 in
Fuchu, Tokyois a city in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 236,491 and a population density of 8,060.36 persons per km². The total area is 29.34 km²....
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He is recognized for introducing
dance musicThis article is about dance music in general. You may also be looking for electronic dance music or dance-pop.Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the discothèque
Velfarrewas a disco located in the Roppongi district of Tokyo, Japan. Velfarre was the self-professed "largest disco in Asia" with a capacity of 1,500 people; owned by Komuro Tetsuya and Avex Trax. Velfarre was, and still is, known for Trance, Eurobeat, Techno, Para Para, and Disco related events...
located in
Roppongiis a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is known to be popular with westerners; though the vast majority of visitors and residents are Japanese and other...
,
Tokyo, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
.
He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figure in
J-popis an abbreviation for Japanese pop, but is also a loosely defined musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s, and has its roots in 1960s music such as The Beatles. It refers to Japanese popular music, and was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music...
throughout the 1990s.
In the
Oricon, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
singles chart of April 15, 1996, he monopolized all the Top 5 positions as the songwriter and producer, a world record.
, also known as
TK, is a Japanese
keyboardistA keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
,
songwriterA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.-History and background of songwriters:...
and
music producerIn the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
born on November 27, 1958 in
Fuchu, Tokyois a city in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 236,491 and a population density of 8,060.36 persons per km². The total area is 29.34 km²....
,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He is recognized for introducing
dance musicThis article is about dance music in general. You may also be looking for electronic dance music or dance-pop.Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the discothèque
Velfarrewas a disco located in the Roppongi district of Tokyo, Japan. Velfarre was the self-professed "largest disco in Asia" with a capacity of 1,500 people; owned by Komuro Tetsuya and Avex Trax. Velfarre was, and still is, known for Trance, Eurobeat, Techno, Para Para, and Disco related events...
located in
Roppongiis a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is known to be popular with westerners; though the vast majority of visitors and residents are Japanese and other...
,
Tokyo, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
.
He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figure in
J-popis an abbreviation for Japanese pop, but is also a loosely defined musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s, and has its roots in 1960s music such as The Beatles. It refers to Japanese popular music, and was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music...
throughout the 1990s.
In the
Oricon, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
singles chart of April 15, 1996, he monopolized all the Top 5 positions as the songwriter and producer, a world record. In 1995 he monopolized all Top 3 positions of the copyright distribution rankings for the
JASRAC, often referred to as the is a Japanese copyright collection society. It was founded in 1939 as a non-profit making organization, and is the largest musical copyright administration society in Japan....
Award, a record in Japan's music history.
At his peak as a record producer the artists he predominantly produced for came to be known as TK Family and at one time included
Namie Amurois a Japanese singer, entertainer, and former actress, who, at the height of her popularity, was referred to as the "Teen Queen [of Japan]" and is referred to as the "Queen of Japanese pop music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of fourteen as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...
,
hitomiis a Japanese singer and songwriter. Some of her biggest hits include "Candy Girl" , "Love 2000" , and "Samurai Drive" . Her last studio album, Love Life 2, was released in June 24, 2009. On December 5 2007 hitomi released an entire-career compilation album, Peace...
,
TRFTRF is a Japanese popular music group. Its members are rapper DJ Koo, lead vocalist Yuki, and dancers Chiharu, Etsu, and Sam.- History :The band debuted as trf in the year 1993...
,
Tomomi Kahala, is a Japanese J-pop singer. She is famous for working with Tetsuya Komuro who gave her much success in the 1990s, which led to her deep dip in popularity after 1999, the year in which she released her first non-TK produced album, One Fine Day...
and
Ami Suzukiis a female singer, songwriter, actress and dancer from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Having been discovered at a Sony Music Entertainment Japan audition, Suzuki was one of the most popular female singers as an idol in the late 1990s. However, in 2000 faced legal problems with her management...
amongst others.
To date, singles composed by him have sold more than 70 million, singles whose lyrics he wrote have sold more than 42 million, and all in all records produced by him have sold more than 170 million in Japan alone.
1979–1994: Early career and TM Network
His career started as a keyboardist for Speedway in 1979. In 1984, he build up
TM NetworkTM Network is a Japanese pop/rock musical band. The members are Tetsuya Komuro , Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine . Their music was influenced by hard rock and eurobeat....
with Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine. A year later, in 1985, his first solo work was the soundtrack "
Vampire Hunter DVampire Hunter D is a soundtrack album for the film of the same name. This was Tetsuya Komuro's first solo work.-Track listing:- References :* . . Accessed on July 24, 2005....
" for the anime
Vampire Hunter Dis a series of Japanese novels written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983.To date, 20 volumes have been published in the main series, with some volumes being comprised of as many as four books...
, and his band, TM Network, did the
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song "Your Song". He subsequently composed other soundtracks such as
Heaven and EarthHeaven and Earth is a 1990 film directed by Haruki Kadokawa starring Enoki Takaaki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi and Nomura Hironobu.-Plot summary:...
, Seven Days War.
In 1989 and 1990, Komuro collaborated with
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as a solo singer. In 1991, he collaborated with
X Japanis a Japanese band founded in 1982 by Toshimitsu "Toshi" Deyama and Yoshiki Hayashi. Originally named X , the group achieved its breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood. They started out as a power/speed metal band and later gravitated towards a progressive...
's Yoshiki as V2.
TM Network changed its name to TMN in 1990. TMN disbanded in 1994, then in 1999 they reunited under their old name of TM Network, and remain active to this day.
1994–2007: Komuro boom and following career
By the early 1990s, Komuro was spending much of his time writing songs for and producing many other musicians and bands. He was also an early pioneer of
dance musicThis article is about dance music in general. You may also be looking for electronic dance music or dance-pop.Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
in Japan, and came to stardom in the 1990s as producer with a long string of hits with artists such as
TRFTRF is a Japanese popular music group. Its members are rapper DJ Koo, lead vocalist Yuki, and dancers Chiharu, Etsu, and Sam.- History :The band debuted as trf in the year 1993...
(TK Rave Factory),
Tomomi Kahala, is a Japanese J-pop singer. She is famous for working with Tetsuya Komuro who gave her much success in the 1990s, which led to her deep dip in popularity after 1999, the year in which she released her first non-TK produced album, One Fine Day...
,
Namie Amurois a Japanese singer, entertainer, and former actress, who, at the height of her popularity, was referred to as the "Teen Queen [of Japan]" and is referred to as the "Queen of Japanese pop music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of fourteen as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...
,
Ami Suzukiis a female singer, songwriter, actress and dancer from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Having been discovered at a Sony Music Entertainment Japan audition, Suzuki was one of the most popular female singers as an idol in the late 1990s. However, in 2000 faced legal problems with her management...
,
hitomiis a Japanese singer and songwriter. Some of her biggest hits include "Candy Girl" , "Love 2000" , and "Samurai Drive" . Her last studio album, Love Life 2, was released in June 24, 2009. On December 5 2007 hitomi released an entire-career compilation album, Peace...
,
Ryoko ShinoharaRyoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro...
and H Jungle with t. In 1994, he composed the musical score to the Japanese anime film
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, based on the
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video game. This score was removed from the US release of the film.
He was mainly helped in this task by the mix engineers Pete Hammond and
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. Both were working for
PWLPete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman....
, which was the home of the British producing team
Stock Aitken WatermanStock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
. Not only that, "TK" is also credited for the rise to fame of
Daisuke Asakurais a male Japanese pop artist.His childhood consisted of piano lessons and the expectations to follow the family trade of plumbing.Asakura began his career with landing a job at Yamaha right after high school. While under Yamaha, Asakura worked on the EOS synthesizer; he was also featured in the...
, a popular Japanese
composerA composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of...
,
keyboardistA keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
and music producer who began his major musical career as a backup
keyboardistA keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
for
TM NetworkTM Network is a Japanese pop/rock musical band. The members are Tetsuya Komuro , Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine . Their music was influenced by hard rock and eurobeat....
. Asakura is reported to view Komuro as his "Sensei" or "Teacher".
In 1997, he started his overseas career with the remix of the
theme musicTheme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
of the action movie "
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". Komuro worked in collaboration with French keyboardist
Jean Michel JarreJean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is regarded as a pioneer in the electronic, synthpop, ambient and New Age genres, as well as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music which feature lights, laser displays and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon...
from 1998 to 2001. The duet wrote the theme song for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
Together Now"Together Now" is a collaboration between French composer/producer Jean Michel Jarre, and the Japanese composer/producer Tetsuya Komuro. It was the France 1998 FIFA World Cup theme song. Olivia was the vocalist and the lyricist for this song. Together Now also features as Track 15 for "Music Of The...
as well as several other tracks and remixes. He and Jean-Michel also performed a concert on beaches in Okinawa on January 1, 2001.
TK also released albums as a solo singer or musician and was involved in the bands
GlobeGlobe is a dance-oriented Japanese pop band, formed in 1995 by producer and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro. Originally consisting of Komuro, Keiko Yamada and Marc Panther, the group has been another triumph in a long line of successes associated with Komuro, with its singles consistently hitting the...
, Kiss Destination and Gaball.
2008: Fraud
On November 4, 2008, Komuro was arrested and charged with
fraudIn the broadest sense, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and is also a civil law violation....
, for taking ¥500,000,000 in exchange for a promise to sell the copyright to his songs, which he had already sold to somebody else. Reportedly, he planned to use the money to pay a portion of his ex-wife's alimony. He admitted the fraud at his trial in January 2009.
In March 2009
Matsuura Masato, better known as Max Matsuura, is a record producer and president of one of the largest music labels in Japan, Avex Trax. He is known mainly for discovering and developing new artists and converting them into big stars. Ayumi Hamasaki is the most famous example of Matsuura's work...
, president of the Avex Group Holdings, recovered the losses for the plaintiff, paid him extra ¥100 million in compensation and a further ¥48 million in delay damages. Matsuura also stated that Komuro will work at Avex in a company position directly under his control.
On May 11, 2009, Komuro received a suspended three-year prison sentence. According to the sentencing judge, Komuro's acceptance of responsibility and the fact that restitution had been made greatly influenced the final sentence, and further went on to state that no good to society would come from Komuro's imprisonment.
2009–present: Comeback
At the Avex Group Holdings' concert tour a-nation 2009, Komuro made a surprise appearance. He played a medly of his hit songs at the piano and later reunited on stage with his fellow members of the J-pop group globe,
Marc Panther, real name , is a rapper, singer, and co-producer born on February 27, 1970 in Marseille, France. His father is French and his mother is Ryukyuan, and he goes by Marc Jule Pinsonnat in France. He is a member of the J-pop groups globe and 245. He currently lives with his family in Ishigaki, Okinawa...
and his wife Keiko.
Collaborations
Tetsuya Komuro worked with the following musicians.
- Namie Amuro
is a Japanese singer, entertainer, and former actress, who, at the height of her popularity, was referred to as the "Teen Queen [of Japan]" and is referred to as the "Queen of Japanese pop music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of fourteen as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...
- Asami
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- Blaque Ivory
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- BoA
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- Common
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- Cuiling
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- dos
- Eriko Imai
is a J-Pop artist. She made her debut in the early 1990s as part of the group SPEED which disbanded in March 2000. Eriko started her solo work during 1998, releasing "冷たくしないで " using Eriko with Crunch as stage name instead of her full name, under SPEED single "ALL MY TRUE LOVE"...
- Gaball
- Geisha Girls
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Globe Globe is a dance-oriented Japanese pop band, formed in 1995 by producer and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro. Originally consisting of Komuro, Keiko Yamada and Marc Panther, the group has been another triumph in a long line of successes associated with Komuro, with its singles consistently hitting the...
H Jungle with T
Hitomiis a Japanese singer and songwriter. Some of her biggest hits include "Candy Girl" , "Love 2000" , and "Samurai Drive" . Her last studio album, Love Life 2, was released in June 24, 2009. On December 5 2007 hitomi released an entire-career compilation album, Peace...
Ayumi Hamasakiis a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment...
Tamaki Nami
Jean Michel JarreJean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is regarded as a pioneer in the electronic, synthpop, ambient and New Age genres, as well as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music which feature lights, laser displays and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon...
Olivia Lufkin
Tomomi Kahala, is a Japanese J-pop singer. She is famous for working with Tetsuya Komuro who gave her much success in the 1990s, which led to her deep dip in popularity after 1999, the year in which she released her first non-TK produced album, One Fine Day...
Keiko
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Kiss Destination
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(B'z)
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Ryoko Shinohara Ryoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro...
Ami Suzukiis a female singer, songwriter, actress and dancer from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Having been discovered at a Sony Music Entertainment Japan audition, Suzuki was one of the most popular female singers as an idol in the late 1990s. However, in 2000 faced legal problems with her management...
Tohko
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TM NetworkTM Network is a Japanese pop/rock musical band. The members are Tetsuya Komuro , Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine . Their music was influenced by hard rock and eurobeat....
(TMN)
Takashi Utsunomiya
Toshihiko Takamizawa
TRFTRF is a Japanese popular music group. Its members are rapper DJ Koo, lead vocalist Yuki, and dancers Chiharu, Etsu, and Sam.- History :The band debuted as trf in the year 1993...
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Y.U.M
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See also
- TM Network
TM Network is a Japanese pop/rock musical band. The members are Tetsuya Komuro , Takashi Utsunomiya and Naoto Kine . Their music was influenced by hard rock and eurobeat....
- Globe
Globe is a dance-oriented Japanese pop band, formed in 1995 by producer and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro. Originally consisting of Komuro, Keiko Yamada and Marc Panther, the group has been another triumph in a long line of successes associated with Komuro, with its singles consistently hitting the...
- EuroGroove
- Eddie DeLena
- Keith Cohen
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