# Haruka nakamura (composer)

Haruka Nakamura, (stylized haruka nakamura) is a Japanese composer, producer, pianist, and guitarist who lives in Tokyo. Nakamura started his professional music career by uploading music to MySpace. He is now signed to the Singaporean label 'KITCHEN. LABEL'. He has composed for brands like The North Face as well television and anime, including Hikkimori Sensei, Trigun Stampede, and the upcoming film adaptation of Look Back.

## Early life

Nakamura was born in Aomori Prefecture in 1982. While living there, he picked up piano at age 5 and guitar in middle school. He began uploading music to the music sharing platform MySpace in 2006.

## Career

Nakamura released his first studio album, Grace, in 2018.
2014 marked the start of the haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE project with 音楽のある風景 (lit. 'Landscape with Music'), which reappeared alongside the live album Hikari in 2017. The ensemble was a mixed group including a chorus, several wind and string instruments, and a percussionist, many of which are Nakamura's contemporaries such as CANTUS and AOKI,hayato. The group went on a live concert tour which concluded at St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo.
In 2021, he worked from a studio called "studio camel house" in Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture with collaborators Gen Tanabe and orbe. That same year, he was brought on as the composer for the NHK TV drama Hikkimori Sensei.
2023 saw Nakamura collaborate with Salyu for the opening to the 3D TV anime series Trigun Stampede. Nakamura also composed the score and theme song for an upcoming June 2024 anime film adapting Tatsuki Fujimoto's one-shot manga Look Back.

## Discography
### Solo Studio Albums

* Grace (2008)
* Twilight (2010)
* 音楽のある風景 (Ongaku no Aru Fuukei, lit. 'Landscape with Music') (2014)
* Still Life (2020)
* Still Life II (2020)
* archē (2023)
* Nujabes PRAY Reflections (2021), covering Nujabes

### Collaborative Studio Albums

* Meteor (流星) (2012), with Ichiko Aoba
* FOLKLORE, with AOKI,hayato
** March 16, 2012 (2015)
** Folklore (2015)
* Kanata (2019), with baobab
* Orbe / Orb Feat. Luca (2020), with orbe, Luca, and Gen Tanabe
* the world (2020), with LUCA
* orbe I (2022), with orbe
* melodica (2023), with nica

### Live Albums

* Kanata no tabi (Live at Yokohamam Port Opening Memorial Hall) (2020), with baobab
* unuunu (LIVE PAINTING at kadensya, TOKYO 2018) (2022), with mirocomachiko
* ‘光’ / Hikari (2017), as the haruka nakamura PIANO ENSEMBLE

### Soundtracks

* Hikkimori Sensei (2021)
* Hikkimori Sensei season 2 (2024)

### EPs

* 聖者の行進 (2023), with Salyu
* I'll (2018)
* CURTAIN CALL (2016)
* 新しき光 (2021)

### Compilations and Remasters

* stardust album (2018)
* spring & fall -Light years- (Remastered Best / THE NORTH FACE Sphere) (compilation) (2023)
* winter & summer -Light years- (Remastered Best / THE NORTH FACE Sphere) (compilation) (2023)
* CASA (remastered version) (2023), with Kadan

### Brand Partnership Albums

* The North Face Sphere
** Light years (THE NORTH FACE Sphere 2022 S/A) (2022)
** those days (-Light years II- THE NORTH FACE Sphere A/W) (2022)
** from dusk to the sun (-Light years III- THE NORTH FACE Sphere M/N) (2022)
** SUN.Light (-Light years IV- THE NORTH FACE Sphere S/L) (2023)
* Tsutaya Books
** AOIMORI - music for TSUTAYA BOOKS (2023)
** AOIMORI II - music for TSUTAYA BOOKS (2023)