MDR Sound Production

Masanobu Fukuhara

Date of birth: October 3, 1970
Hometown: Ebetsu, Hokkaido
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Taught himself guitar from age 13.
1989: Moved to the US
Enrolled at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
1991: Graduated from M.I. in Los Angeles
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After returning to Japan, took part in numerous recording and live sessions.
1994: Joined NOBU CAINE as its fourth-generation guitarist
1996: "SILENT LAKESIDE," which he composed while studying in the US, was included on NOBU CAINE's 4th album "IGNITTION."
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Since then, he has supported numerous artists in recordings and live performances as a session musician.
He is also active as a composer.

2018: Released his 1st album "PREMIER CRU ～1ER CRU～"!

[Main artists supported in live performances and recordings]
A.B.C-Z/AKB48/BINGO BONGO/BoA/
BONNIE PINK/CHEMISTRY/D-LITE/EXILE ATSUSHI/EXILE TAKAHIRO/EXILE THE SECOND/
JIN AKANISHI/JUJU/K/KinKi Kids/kiroro/Kis-My-Ft2/
May J./m-flo/Misia/Hey! Say! JUMP/Sexy Zone/
Skoop On Somebody/SMAP/SOULHEAD/ARASHI/Momoka Ariyasu/
Ikimonogakari/Miki Imai/Maki Ohguro/Sakurako Ohara/
Toshinobu Kubota/clammbon/Ketsumeishi/Kobukuro/
The Gospellers/Kumi Koda/Fuyumi Sakamoto/Subaru Shibutani/
Shonan no Kaze/Masayuki Suzuki/Hiroshi Takano/Mika Nakashima/Miyuki Nakajima/
Mari Natsuki/Miyuki Hatakeyama/Yo Hitoto/Ken Hirai/
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS/Miho Fukuhara/Nobuteru Maeda/
Saori Yuki/Yuzu
etc. (in Japanese syllabary order)