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Akira Kosemura is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films and TV drama. Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It's on Everything released in 2007. In 2017 and 2018 Akira's music was ranked in Spotify's "Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10", and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork. Akira's major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers directed by Naomi Kawase, the OWN drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers' CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan's debut film Mais vous etes fous. In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO's documentary The Center Lane directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist., as well as music for LA MER and LAND ROVER. Akira has also co-produced a song Devendra Banhart. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records. Akira's music was also used in John Legend's song "The Other Ones" included in his new album LEGEND. And Akira's first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) in 2023.
Read moreAkira Kosemura is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films and TV drama. Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It's on Everything released in 2007. In 2017 and 2018 Akira's music was ranked in Spotify's "Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10", and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork. Akira's major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers directed by Naomi Kawase, the OWN drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers' CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan's debut film Mais vous etes fous. In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO's documentary The Center Lane directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist., as well as music for LA MER and LAND ROVER. Akira has also co-produced a song Devendra Banhart. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records. Akira's music was also used in John Legend's song "The Other Ones" included in his new album LEGEND. And Akira's first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) in 2023.
