Haruka Nakamura (composer)

Haruka Nakamura, (stylized haruka nakamura) is a Japanese composer, producer, pianist, and guitarist who lives in Tokyo. Across his music career, Nakamura has worked with the likes of Nujabes, Aimer, and Ichiko Aoba, among others. Nakamura started his professional music career by uploading music to MySpace. He is now signed to the Singaporean label ‘KITCHEN. LABEL’. He has composed for brands like The North Face as well as for television and anime, including Hikikomori Sensei, Trigun Stampede, and the film adaptation of Look Back. Early life Nakamura was born in Aomori Prefecture in 1982. While living there, he picked up piano at age 5 and guitar in middle school. He began uploading music to the social media and music sharing platform MySpace in 2006. Career Nakamura released his first studio album, Grace, in 2008. Some of Nakamura’s compositions could be described as downtempo electronica or Nujabes-inspired jazzy hiphop such as his 2010 appearance on the tribute album Modal Soul Classics II, 2011’s posthumous Spiritual State, and his own record, 2013’s Melodica. Meanwhile Haruka Nakamura’s earliest and newer work has generally stuck to an evergreen sound inspired by jazz, romanti