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Our Own Picture

Akira Kosemura

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Limited release on digital format Akira Kosemura / Our Own Picture Released on 6th June 2016, five years after his previous album, a new album "MOMENTARY: Memories of the Beginning" featuring Nagi Yanagi and Devendra Banhart has attracted many music listeners as one can swim freely across the ocean of pops composed by Akira. After three months later, on 9th September, he have released another album "One Day", a recording of him playing an old piano improvisationally at his parent's home has amazed many fans. "Our Own Picture", is the first release from the label for the year 2017, includes few tracks composed with his feeling about this few years' changing environment. "You" is a song dedicated for his new born boy and his wife, "Out of the Solitary Mind" is a reflection of the changes in his feeling from his solitary time to his time sharing with a family, and a solo piano version of "Joy" which was originally release in 2013, will end this album with the melody of happiness. It's a collection of heartwarming piano sketches.

Past Rank In

You

iTunes Store • Classical TOP SONGS • Viet Nam • TOP 1 • 7 Oct 2023 iTunes Store • Classical TOP SONGS • Hong Kong • TOP 1 • 21 May 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Jordan • TOP 5 • 17 May 2020 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Cambodia • TOP 16 • 7 Aug 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Barbados • TOP 16 • 13 Dec 2019 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Nigeria • TOP 16 • 22 Mar 2020 iTunes Store • Classical TOP SONGS • Thailand • TOP 44 • 27 Sep 2019 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Lithuania • TOP 50 • 26 Feb 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Honduras • TOP 54 • 24 Jul 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Nepal • TOP 57 • 30 Jan 2024 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP SONGS • Hong Kong • TOP 63 • 21 May 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Thailand • TOP 65 • 3 Jun 2021 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Mauritius • TOP 72 • 3 Mar 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Grenada • TOP 79 • 24 Feb 2024 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP SONGS • Viet Nam • TOP 80 • 7 Oct 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Botswana • TOP 85 • 14 Apr 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Bermuda • TOP 99 • 20 Feb 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Panama • TOP 110 • 26 Apr 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Belarus • TOP 110 • 21 Feb 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Sri Lanka • TOP 113 • 16 Mar 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Bulgaria • TOP 116 • 28 Feb 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • United Arab Emirates • TOP 120 • 12 Apr 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Nicaragua • TOP 120 • 10 Mar 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Saudi Arabia • TOP 138 • 8 Sep 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Fiji • TOP 140 • 9 Mar 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Uganda • TOP 175 • 10 Mar 2024 iTunes Store • Classical TOP SONGS • Taiwan • TOP 180 • 8 Jul 2020 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Malta • TOP 184 • 24 Mar 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Dominica • TOP 192 • 28 Mar 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Peru • TOP 193 • 30 Jun 2023

Out of the Solitary Mind

Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Moldova, Republic of • TOP 5 • 12 Dec 2019 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Chile • TOP 10 • 28 Oct 2019 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Belize • TOP 22 • 24 Feb 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Malta • TOP 26 • 19 Sep 2019 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Bermuda • TOP 26 • 4 Mar 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Belarus • TOP 32 • 19 Jun 2022 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Brazil • TOP 69 • 10 Aug 2019 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Malaysia • TOP 80 • 14 Sep 2019 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Sri Lanka • TOP 81 • 8 Aug 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Paraguay • TOP 87 • 8 May 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Kenya • TOP 123 • 6 Feb 2024 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Cyprus • TOP 126 • 29 May 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Trinidad and Tobago • TOP 135 • 12 Feb 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Dominican Republic • TOP 147 • 25 May 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Thailand • TOP 156 • 7 Jun 2021 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Panama • TOP 157 • 6 Jun 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Viet Nam • TOP 174 • 25 Feb 2022 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Latvia • TOP 176 • 4 Sep 2023 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Lithuania • TOP 200 • 6 Jun 2023

Joy (solo piano)

Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Netherlands • TOP 10 • 8 May 2020 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Luxembourg • TOP 17 • 16 Jan 2021 Apple Music • Classical Top Songs • Thailand • TOP 64 • 3 Jun 2021

Artist Profile

  • Akira Kosemura

    Akira Kosemura (he/him) is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music. Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It's on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. 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, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique. Akira's major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, 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 (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare. In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO's documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L'OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart. In addition to his versatility and diverse portfolio, Akira has been working on a world scale. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records, and the EP Pause (almost equal to) Play was released worldwide. Akira's music was also sampled in John Legend's song "The Other Ones feat. Rhapsody" included in his new album Legend Act I & II. And Akira's first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) on June 30, 2023.

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