Born in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan on November 27, 1958, Tetsuya Komuro is a musician and songwriter but is best known as the most successful producer in Japanese history. He is responsible for introducing electronic dance music (EDM) to mainstream Japan and has also achieved great success as a songwriter. He began his music career 1979, playing keyboards for Japanese band Speedway. By 1984, he had formed his own new wave / rock / electronic band TM Network before composing soundtracks for anime films such as Vampire Hunter D, Seven Day War, and Heaven and Earth. Tetsuya Komuro also recorded several solo hits during this period including 1989’s “Running to Horizon” and “Gravity of Love.” He then began writing songs for several artists including Misato Watanabe. His career as a producer amped up in 1994 and over the next three years, he produced hit records for Ami Suzuki, Tomomo Kahala, hitomi, TRF, Ryoko Shinohara, and others. He was a pioneer in bringing EDM to the mainstream, adding his unique sound to soundtracks such as Streetfighter II. He continued releasing solo albums as well as working with bands such as Kiss Destination, Globe, Gaball, and others. One of his most significant collaborators was Jean Michel Jarre, who Tetsuya Komuro worked with from 1998 to 2001. In the midst of this success, his career was temporarily derailed when he was arrested and charged for fraud by selling his copyrights to one investor after he had already sold them to a different investor. He received a suspended sentence and eventually restarted his career in 2009. He began writing and producing a series of successful projects before suddenly retiring from music in 2018 after it was reported that he had an extramarital affair. However, by 2020, he was back to producing and recording again. His vast back catalog includes collaborations, productions, soundtracks, as well as solo albums including Digitalian is Eating Breakfast (1989), Hit Factory (1992), EDM Tokyo (2014), Jobs #1 (2017), and Jazzy Token (2022). Tetsuya Komuro set a chart record in April 1996 when the Top 5 tracks on the Oricon Singles chart were all written and produced by him.
