Magnolia

Artist Profile

• Kanoko Hara

  After studying classical ballet and drama, she discovered Bossa Nova and began her singing career. Inspired by the Bossa Nova guitar, she started composing her own original music. Her 1st album "deep blue," produced by Toru Hajima, was released in 2008, followed by her 2nd album "FLY" in 2011. She has also released a Bossa Nova instructional DVD and created music for TV commercials and sound logos, including featured BGM for SEGA's video game "Yakuza 0." Following her first self-produced album "My Picture Book" (2015), she released "Love Jobim" (2017) with pianist George Nagata, a beautiful collection of minimalist piano and vocal ballads. In 2021, she collaborated with pianist Akiko Akiyama on the original work "Magnolia." Currently, as a solo artist, she has transitioned into fully self-produced electronic music using synthesizers, continuously exploring new sonic landscapes and releasing a new album every year.

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• Akiko Akiyama

  In addition to performing and producing original piano music, the company will provide music for TV programs, movies and anime. So far, she has released three piano solo albums, "Rinpu", "Yume" and "Hana Ami". Since 2012, she has provided music for 6 works of SEGA's "Ryuga-gotoku" series and participated in the piano BGM. As the background music for Tokyo MXTV "Healing & Headline News Belgian Edition, Streetcar Landscape", the albums "Rinpu" and "Yume" have been adopted. It has been broadcast for about 3 years since 2013. In 2019, she was in charge of the composition and piano performance of the play and theme song for the film "Monster of Despair" directed by Junya Kotani. His work was selected by the Jury Committee for Animation at the 23 Japan Media Arts Festival. He was nominated for the Best Animated Film Award and the Noburo Ofuji Award at the 74 Mainichi Film Awards. In 2020, with a singer-songwriter Tamaru Yamada and violinist Maiko Nakagaki released a trio album titled "VITANUOVA". Released and distributing many albums as BGM sound source from VML (Vase Publishing Music) Co., Ltd. In 2020, under the title of "Healing BGM Only for You", she started to make pieces for each individual. In 2021, she eleased "Magnolia" with a singer-songwriter Kanoko Hara.

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