
Tetsuya Komuro
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-11-27 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan
Tetsuya Komuro
Biography
Tetsuya Komuro (小室 哲哉, Komuro Tetsuya, born November 27, 1958) is a Japanese musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced contemporary electronic dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the disco Velfarre in Roppongi, Tokyo.
In the Oricon singles chart of April 1996, he monopolized all the top 5 positions as the songwriter and producer, a world record. In 1995, he dominated all top 3 positions of the copyright distribution rankings for the JASRAC 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 Amuro, hitomi, TRF, Tomomi Kahara, and Ami Suzuki amongst others. As of 2008, his records had sold more than 170 million copies, primarily in Japan. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 42 million copies, making him the fourth best-selling lyricist in Japan.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
2024 The Most Beautiful Night New Year's Eve Party with BiliBili
as Beyond The Time
(2018)
(2005)
a-nation'05 BEST HIT LIVE
as Self
Crew
(2023)
City Hunter the Movie: Angel Dust
Theme Song Performance
(2018)
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Original Music Composer
(1997)
My Father's Dragon
Music Supervisor, Lyricist
(1994)
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Heaven and Earth
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Seven Days War
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Vampire Hunter D
Original Music Composer