Michiya Haruhata

Michiya Haruhata
春畑道哉
Also known asUNI
Born (1966-11-05) November 5, 1966 (age 58)
GenresJapanese pop, Pop Rock, Rock
OccupationsGuitarist, composer, arranger, record producer
Years active1985–present
LabelsSony Music Entertainment Japan
Websitehttps://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/MichiyaHaruhata/

Michiya Haruhata (春畑道哉, Haruhata Michiya, born November 5, 1966) is a Japanese musical composer, guitarist and music producer under Sony Music Entertainment Japan. He is a member of the pop-rock band Tube.[1]

Biography

AS a child, he was interested in learning piano, however later he was influenced by his father who owned an acoustic guitar. In middle school, he formed the school band Rainbow and was in leading of the lead guitarist. In the high school was, formed amateurs band Backing M with each of members from different school, Michiya being in role as guitarist. In 1984, Michiya took part in the music festival Silc Road held by music agency Being Inc., where he won award for the best guitarist. On the same festival was Nobutoru Maeda, who won on the same festival award for the best vocalist, would be later in the future his band member. With Nobutoru and two more members, Ryuuji Matsumoto and Hideyuki Kakun they took one year activity in the amateur band "Pipeline".[2]

All the members we're gathered together and in the 1985 made major debut with the band Tube under Sony Music Entertainment Japan.[3] As of 2023 he is active member. Two years later in 1987, he started his solo career with the release of instrumental album Drivin'.[3]

In 1992, he started expanding his musical activities by composing and arranging for the artist such as Twinzer, Mi-Ke and Zard.[4] Between years 1996 and 1999, he would temporarily resume his solo career and started his producing records for the Japanese singer Kanae.[5][6] During the same period, he formed with Nobutoru production project Pipeline Project, the name being taken from their amateur period time, where they would contribute compositions, lyrics and arrangements as duo to the Japanese artists.

Michiya was given his own Signature Model Stratocaster from Fender in 2002.[7]

In 2005, he was part of the guitarist session along with Takashi Masuzaki from the fusion band Dimension, and Yoshinobu Ohga from the OOM and released together compilation album "Theatre Of Strings" produced and composed by japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto from the rock band B'z.[8][9]

Since 2012, the music agency Being has launched once-in-year event called Being Legend: Guitar summit, in which he performs on live venues with juniors such as Akihide from Breakerz, Hiroshi Shibazaki from Wands, Shinji Tagawa from Deen, Takashi Gomi from T-BOLAN and Takashi Masuzaki from Dimension.[10][11][12]

His song "Jaguar '08" was named the 31st best guitar instrumental by Young Guitar Magazine in 2019.[13]

In 2020, his instrumental album Continue received the award for Best Instrumental Album of the Year at the 34th Japan Gold Disc Award.[14][15][16]

Signature guitars

He is the first Asian and Japanese guitarist to be added to the Fender signature artist club. He is one of the few people to receive multiple Fender signature guitars, having three unique signature designs in the line: the Michiya Haruhata Stratocaster(released in 2002), Michiya Haruhata BWL Stratocaster(released in 2005), and the Michiya Haruhata III Stratocaster (released in 2022).[3]

Usage in media

His song "J'S Theme" became the official theme song of the J.League, Japan's professional football (soccer) league. In 1993 he performed for 60,000 spectators live at the J-league opening ceremony at the national stadium.[3]

His single "Kingdom of the Heavens" was made to be the theme song of the New Japan Pro-Wrestling tournament.[16]

Discography

As of 2023, he has released 3 singles, 11 solo albums, 2 compilation albums, 1 EP and 3 digital releases.

Studio albums

# Release date Title Chart Code
1st 1987 Drivin' - 28DH623[17]
2nd 1987 Smile on Me - 32DH5217[18]
3rd 1990 Guitar Land - CSCL1108[19]
4th 1991 Dream Box - CSCL1658[20]
5th 1992 Moon - CSCL1658[21]
6th 1993 Real Time - SRCL2565[22]
7th 1995 Color of Life - SRCL2943[23]
8th 2000 Red Bird - SRCL4924[24]
9th 2016 Play the Life 9 AICL3187[25]
10th 2019 Continue 13 AICL3662[26]
10th 2022 Spring Has Come 13 AICL4233[27]

Compilation albums

# Release date Title Code
1st 2008 Best Works 1987–2008: Route 66 AICL1987/8[28]
2nd 2012 Find My Place AICL2492

EP

# Release date Title Code
1st 1993 J's Theme SRCL2748

Singles

# Release date Title Chart Code
1st 1992 J's Theme 36 SRDL3563
2nd 1992 Best Day of Your Life 87 SRDL4069
3rd 2013 Jaguar'13 30 AICL2544[29]

Digital release

Release date Title Chart
1st 2018 Re-birth 1 (Recochoku)Rock Chart Recochoku）
2nd 2019 Kingdom of the Heavens -

References

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  2. ^ 「BLUE MEMORIES TUBE」（1994） ISBN 4-05-400354-0
  3. ^ a b c d Calvosa, Antonio. "The Japanese guitar heros: Michiya Haruhata and Ken". Fuzzfaced.net. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  4. ^ "Profile Michiya Haruhata on Vgmdb". vgmdb.net.
  5. ^ "佳苗". CDJournal (in Japanese).
  6. ^ "佳苗 Profile from Official website". guanbarl.jp.
  7. ^ "どうやってポーカーを覚えましたか". Haruhata.com. 3 October 2020.
  8. ^ "B'z松本のレーベル第2弾アルバムが完成！". barks.jp (in Japanese).
  9. ^ "Tak Matsumoto Discography-Theatre Of Strings". Tak Matsumoto Official Website (in Japanese).
  10. ^ "＜BEING LEGEND ～Guitar Summit～＞開催決定、五味孝氏に柴崎浩も登場". Barksj.jp (in Japanese).
  11. ^ "＜BEING LEGEND ～Guitar Summit～＞開催決定、五味孝氏に柴崎浩も登場". okmusic.jp (in Japanese).
  12. ^ "【蔵出しレポート】Being Guitar Summit ＠ブルーノート東京 2022.10.4". youngguitar.jp (in Japanese).
  13. ^ "ヤング・ギター厳選『ギター・インストの殿堂100』名演ランキング". Young Guitar Magazine (in Japanese). 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  14. ^ "インストゥルメンタル・アルバム・オブ・ザ・イヤー｜第34回日本ゴールドディスク大賞". 日本ゴールドディスク大賞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  15. ^ "Yearly reports jp/riaj" (PDF). Riaj.or.jp. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "Drivin'". Oricon News.
  18. ^ "Smile on me". Oricon News.
  19. ^ "Guitar Land". Oricon News.
  20. ^ "Dream Box". Oricon News.
  21. ^ "Moon". Oricon News.
  22. ^ "Real Time". Oricon News.
  23. ^ "Color of Life". Oricon News.
  24. ^ "Red Bird". Oricon News.
  25. ^ "Play the Life(初回生産限定盤) | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  26. ^ "Continue(初回生産限定盤A) | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  27. ^ "SPRING HAS COME | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  28. ^ "Best Works 1987-2008: Route 66". Oricon News.
  29. ^ "JAGUAR'13(初回生産限定盤) | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.