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• Kamei Toshio

  Singer/Composer/Music Producer As a composer, he has written songs for many artists, including Kumiko Yamashita, Seiko Matsuda, Misato Watanabe, Mariko Takahashi, Yuki Saito, and Rimi Natsukawa. He has also worked on many commercial music and movie theme songs. After joining the band "NASA" as a vocalist and violinist in 1980, he released his solo album "BODY" in 1988. In 1990, he moved to London. He formed the unit YONGEN with his wife, Tomoe Kamei, who was a video producer, and released the albums "FLOATINGWORLD," "MOONRISE," and "YELLO HAUS" in the UK and USA, while also providing music for European commercials and American TV dramas. In 1993, he released the album "Boku ga Yasashii Kimochi Nara" with the unit "CANCAMAY" with lyricist Yasushi Chika. In 2007, he produced a concert by the master of film music Francis Lai at the Opera Ballroom in the Grand Hotel in Paris. In 2009, he produced the Taro Hakase Classical Concert at Spencer House in London. In 2009, he released YONGEN's second album "GIVE ME YOUR SUN". In 2011, he produced Takahashi Mariko's concert in Florence, Italy. In 2012, he released his third album "GREEN CORONA". In 2013, he released his golden best album "SONG RIVER -Timeline of Melodies" as singer Toshio Kamei. In 2015, he produced Takahashi Mariko's concert in Paris, France. In October 2017, he produced a piano concert by jazz pianist Makoto Ozone at the Sofin Palace in Prague. In December 2017, he produced a concert by violinist and singer Sarah Alainn in Oahu, Hawaii. In 2017, he served as music director for the short film "Haru Nareya" starring Kazuko Yoshiyuki and the short film "Wasabi" starring Kyoko Yoshine, and composed the theme song "TIME" sung by singer Cocco. In October 2018, he held the Kamei Toshio concert "The Singer" at Daikanyama Hillside Plaza, and in March of the following year, "Rise ~Spring Flash~". In 2019, he held a duo performance with guitarist Mei Inoue at Shibuya's "JZ Brat Sound of Tokyo". He also served as music director for the film "Soiree", which was officially entered into the "Busan International Film Festival" in 2020, and composed and sang the theme song "How many times did I kiss you?". In 2020, he composed and produced "Morning Star", a song commemorating the 40th anniversary of Kumiko Yamashita's debut. In 2021, the music publisher Fuji Pacific Music released the library music album "Nostalgia," for which he composed and whistled. He has broken new ground as a whistling player. He continues to work enthusiastically as a composer, producer and singer.

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