Taro Hakase

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Taro Hakase
Birth nameTaro Hakase
Born (1968-01-23) January 23, 1968 (age 56)
Origin
HATS/Avex, SM Entertainment
Japanese name
Kanji葉加瀬 太郎
Hiraganaはかせ たろう

Taro Hakase (葉加瀬 太郎, Hakase Tarō, born January 23, 1968 in

Suita, Osaka
, Japan) is a Japanese musician who specialises as a violinist and composer.

Biography

Career

Hakase was involved in a Japanese band called Kryzler & Kompany which formed while he was in college. He played the violin, while

Let's Talk About Love Tour as guest violinist. When Dion went on hiatus to have her son, Hakase pursued a solo career, and Kryzler & Kompany disbanded after having produced 11 albums.[5]

In 2006, to celebrate 10 years of his success, Hakase reunited with Dion in

Las Vegas, Nevada during a performance of her show A New Day...
to perform "To Love You More".

He performed "Addio monti (I promessi sposi)" on the 2007 Ennio Morricone tribute album We All Love Ennio Morricone, and also co-composed the album Symphonic Poem "Hope" with Yuji Toriyama, a collection of themes used in promotional videos for Final Fantasy XII.

In his native Japan, his song "Another Sky" is

Shinsei Bank's theme song.[7]

On July 10, 2013, it was announced that he featured in D-Lite (Daesung) from

BIGBANG
's song "I Love You".

On May 20, 2014, he was featured in Namie Amuro's song

CAN YOU CELEBRATE?, the song was rerecorded with a new vocals and new music video[8]

On July 4, 2014, he was featured in the superstar Ariana Grande's song "Baby I". This song was a remix for the Japanese version of Ariana's second album My Everything.

Kryzler & Kompany would later reunite. They released a new album New World in February 2015 to commemorate their 25th anniversary.[9][10]

Personal life

His wife is Japanese actress Mayuko Takata and they live together in Tokyo, Japan.

Discography

  • "Natural High" (November 21, 1997, with Toshi)
  • Canary (April 22, 1998, with Toshi)
  • "BEN" (May 21, 1997)
  • "watashi" (May 21, 1997)
  • "Brazil" (November 21, 1997)
  • "髪結い伊三次 Original Sound Track" (May 21, 1999)
  • "So Nice(SUMMER SAMBA)" (August 21, 1999)
  • "DUETS" (October 21, 1999)
  • "タンゴ・ノスタルジア Tango Nostalgia" (August 30, 2000)
  • "VIOLINISM～ACOUSTIC BEST～" (September 1, 2000)
  • "Endless Violin" (September 5, 2001)
  • "THE Best Track" (August 21, 2002)
  • "VIOLINISM II" (October 2, 2002)
  • "Traveling Notes" (October 8, 2003)
  • "Migration" (November 27, 2003)
  • "What a Day..." (November 15, 2004)
  • "Der Wunder～葉加瀬太郎 meets 松本零士～" (November 25, 2004)
  • "VIOLINISM with Love" (October 5, 2005)
  • "交響詩「希望」Symphonic Poem 'Hope'" (Single) (March 1, 2006)
  • "THE BEST OF MOZART SELECTED BY TARO HAKASE" (May 3, 2006)
  • "Sweet Melodies～TARO plays HAKASE～" (September 6, 2006)
  • "SONGS" (July 4, 2007)
  • "Classical Tuning" (September 10, 2008)
  • "The Best Track" (September 2, 2009)
  • "My Favorite Songs" (September 9, 2009)
  • "EMOTIONISM" (September 29, 2010)
  • "THE BEST OF TARO HAKASE" (August 10, 2011)
  • "WITH ONE WISH" (November 7, 2012)
  • "JAPONISM" (August 21, 2013)
  • "Etupirka～BestAcoustic～" (2014)
  • "My Everything" - Japanese edition (August 25, 2014) "Baby I" in collaboration with Ariana Grande

References

  1. ^ "BIOGRAPHY - TARO HAKASE Official Website". taro-hakase.com. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  2. ^ McClure, Steve (October 12, 1991). Sinclair, David (ed.). "Global Music Pulse". Billboard. p. 72. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "Hits of the World - Japan". Billboard. December 16, 1995. p. 86. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  4. ^ "Hits of the World - Japan". Billboard. January 20, 1996. p. 46.
  5. ^ "About Taro". tarohakase.com. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  6. ^ "Ana World Air Current : J-Wave 81.3 Fm Radio".
  7. ^ "[新生銀行] Color your life を聴こう！ キャンペーン". www.shinseibank.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "安室奈美恵 / 「CAN YOU CELEBRATE? feat. 葉加瀬太郎」 (from BEST AL「Ballada」)". YouTube. May 20, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.[dead YouTube link]
  9. ^ "葉加瀬太郎 25th Anniversary KRYZLER & KOMPANY Concert Tour "NEW WORLD"". tv-asahi.co.jp. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  10. ^ "ＫＲＹＺＬＥＲ ＆ ＫＯＭＰＡＮＹ「ＮＥＷ ＷＯＲＬＤ」│HUCD-10178│4582137891783│Shopping│Billboard JAPAN". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.

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