小室哲哉 | en

小室哲哉 Tetsuya Komuro debuted in 1984 as the keyboardist, songwriter and producer for the band TM Network. During this period, he also wrote songs for many of Japan's most popular idol singers: Seiko Matsuda 松田聖子, Akina Nakamori 中森明菜, Miho Nakayama 中山美穂, Kyoko Koizumi 小泉今日子, Rie Miyazawa 宮沢りえ and Arisa Mizuki 観月ありさ. In 1989, he released a number of solo singles, two of which "Running Horizon" and "Gravity of Love" made it to number 1 on the Oricon charts. In 1994, TM Network broke up, and Komuro began producing a long string of number one hits for the likes of Namie...