Akihito Tokunaga

Akihito Tokunaga
徳永暁人
Born (1971-09-22) September 22, 1971
Yokohama, Japan
Genres Japanese pop
Occupation(s) composer, arranger, guitarist, songwriter, bassist
Years active 1993–present
Labels Giza Studio
Associated acts doa
Website http://d-o-a.jp/profile-tokunaga.html

Akihito Tokunaga (徳永 暁人, Tokunaga Akihito) (born 22 September 1971) is a Japanese musical composer and arranger under Giza Studio label since 2000.[1]

Biography

Since college he worked as orchestrator, then start working as a bassist. For artists as Zard, Mai Kuraki, B'z[2] and many others from Being Inc. Tokunaga provided for them music and arrangements, participate in the live support for more than 15 years. Tokunaga is working as a bassist with high technology. He also participated in many chorus parts which he makes on his own. He is member of rock band doa as vocalist and bassist. Beside of this he's doing programming, is in charge of piano, organ, guitar, mandolin and percussion.[3] He is famous for the composer of Dragon Ball GT replacing Shunsuke Kikuchi.

List of provided works

compositions and arrangements

  • Band-Maid: Don't Let Me Down
  • Mai Kuraki: Feel Fine, Winter Bells, Stand Up!, Make my day, Fairy tale -my last teenage wish-, Diamond Wave, Yume ga Saku Haru etc.
  • Zard: Eien, Photograph, Sawayakana Kimi no Kimochi, Seven Rainbow, Vintage, Ai wo Shinjiteitai etc.
  • U-ka Saegusa in dB: Whenever I think of you, Kimi no Hitomi no Naka de Mystery, June Bride ~Anata shika mienai~
  • Yumi Shizukusa: Take me Take me, Sometimes, Control your touch, I still believe ~Tameiki~ etc.
  • Akane Sugazaki: Kimi no Namae Yobu dake de
  • Ai Takaoka: Jinsei wa Paradise!
  • The★tambourines: stay young, after wish
  • Azumi Uehara: Lazy
  • WAG: Just wanna be, Time waits for no one, Fukisusabu Kaze no Naka de, Don't look back again
  • Aya Kamiki: Secret Night
  • Caos Caos Caos: Far away~Aozora Miagete~
  • Aiko Kitahara: Da da da, grand blue,
  • Natsuiro: answer, We'll be One Heart, One Love; exotic Love
  • UMI☆KUUN: I'm just feeling alive

compositions

  • Zard: pray, good-night sweet heart
  • Aiuchi Rina: Dream×Dream, Especial thanks, I'll be delighted, Broken Heart, wish, be distant
  • Azumi Uehara: Himitsu
  • Aya Kamiki: Communication Break
  • Mai Kuraki: BE WITH Ü, Born to be Free, TRY AGAIN
  • grram: Kanashii Hodo Kyou no Yuuhi Kirei ne, Orange no Sora
  • U-ka Saegusa in DB: Passionate Wave
  • Yumi Shizukusa: Keep it Love
  • Shiori Takei: Like a little Love, Slow step, New day, Ano Umi ga Mietara
  • The★tambourines: wonder boy
  • Manish: Iranai
  • Natsuiro: Bitter & Sweet Rhapsody
  • Aiko Kitahara: Tango

arrangements

Interview

  • Entertainmentstation 23.5.2016[4]

References

  1. ↑ Article (in Japanese) http://cham.ne.jp/bbp/af-be-t.html
  2. ↑ Article about cooperation with B'z (in Japanese) http://doa.livedoor.jp/archives/12625946.html
  3. ↑ Profile http://d-o-a.jp/profile-tokunaga.html
  4. ↑ "2016年型。新たに生まれ変わった坂井泉水のスタンダード". Entertainmentstation (in Japanese).

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