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Tatsu
was born in Saitama, Japan on September 24 1977.
His family was not musically inclined. Actually he didn't like music at all when he was child.
He was mischievous, he always played outside with friends. He thought piano is girlish stuff only girls do.
His dream was to be a baseball player. When he was 12 years old, he started to listen to pop and rock music. Keybord was the first instrument he learned when he was 15 years old. He didn't like traditional teachers, so he learned it by reading instructions. He was dreaming to be a pop music star at that time, but through high school he became realistic. He gave up music and studied hard to go to the National Defense Academy which is like West Point Military Academy in New York. His father worked for Japanese Air Self Defense force. He had seen a lot of airplanes since childhood. He thought it was good to be a pilot. He passed the exams, and he earned a fullride scholarship into the National Defense Academy. National Defense Academy was like hell. The world is totally different, it was like movie which shows navy seals training. After one year, he was confident and he felt like trying music again. He quit the National Defense Academy and concenstrated on music life . He was a keybordist of a pop band, and his band used to play at Gig-house in Shibuya and Harajyuku, Tokyo. He couldn't afford to live only by music so that he had to work as temp staff. He experienced warehouse, milk delivery, english teacher, CAD designer, and so on. In 2000, his band released CD from one Indies label. He appeared on some contests and promoted their music on radios. April 1, 2002 His band broke up. Since then, he started to play the piano and compose his own songs. 6.21 2002 1st Maxi Single 『One White Love』OUT 9.27 2nd Maxi Single 『Little Box』OUT March 2003, he graduated from Keio University -Low [Correspondence]. 9.6 1st Album『Borderless』OUT 1st Stage at Shibuya Plug 10.23〜26 A&V Festa2003 『Borderless』was used in Pacifico Yokohama Display Hall. 12.14 2nd Stage at Shibuya Plug 3.27 2004 3rd Stage at Jiyugaoka LaManda He started to work for a shipping company from 4.1 2004, learned English so he could pursue an American woman that blossemend into a beautiful marriage in Tokyo. After 1 year he got a great offer to move to the United States. From 4.1 2005 He started to work as an international marketing specialist in Long Beach, CA. And he released a brandnew CD "Always There" in the U.S. on 11.1.2005. 11.1.2006 Stage at fourolives cafe, Long Beach, CA 11.23.2006 Stage at Virginia Country Club, Long Beach, CA December, studied music business privately with Joey Carbone, also got acquainted with Joseph Williams. 2007 2.17(Sat) "Always There" and "Promise" (from 2nd Album "Always There") were used for special program of CH18 JATV News "Former Army Lieutenant. His requiem in Burma, 60 years later." 2.24(Sat) Stage at It's A Grind cafe, Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, CA 3.2(Fri) Stage at It's A Grind cafe, Lakewood, CA March Scored the film "Counting The Days", AFI(American Film Institute) 4.28(Sat) "Something About Her" and "Precious Time" (from 2nd Album "Always There") were used for Documentary program of KSCI-CH18 JATV News 5.5 "Thank U" (from 2nd Album "Always There") were used for Documentary program of KSCI-CH18 JATV News 5.12(Sat) "Fragile" and "Always There", "Thank U", "Precious Time" (from 2nd Album "Always There") were used for Documentary program of KSCI-CH18 JATV News 7.27(Fri) Stage at It's A Grind cafe, Lakewood, CA 8.1(Wed) 2nd Album "Always There" is available at CD BABY |
