Hiro (music producer)

Hiro (born October 11, 1985) is a Japanese music producer, associated with production company Digz, inc. He began producing songs in 2007, beginning with dance group PaniCrew's single "Growing & Leaning." His most successful song is currently Kumi Koda's "Taboo," which reached #1 on Oricon's single charts in 2008. Other high-profile songs of Hiros include Kumi Koda's "Amai Wana," (甘い罠, Sweet Trap) "Universe" and "Your Love," Namie Amuro's "My Love," BoA's "Best Friend" and Koichi Domoto of KinKi Kids' "Lose Control" (all appearing on albums reaching #1 on Oricon charts).

Biography

From the age of 15, Hiro took an interest in audio editing software. While on an exchange trip to England, he performed in a church choir and worked on making his own album (of which 300 copies were printed). In 2007, after graduating from an Australian university, he moved back to Japan and begun full-time work as a music producer in 2008.

Production discography

Release	Artist	Title	Role	Notes	Album
2007	PaniCrew	"Growing & Leaning"	music, lyrics, track making	Released as single, reached Oricon #64.	—
	Tomboy	"Superstar (Hiro Down Under Remix)"	track making	Released on "Superstar" single.	—
	Koichi Domoto (KinKi Kids)	"Lose Control"	music, lyrics, track making	Solo track on KinKi Kids album. Oricon #1 album.	Phi
	SATOMI'	"It's Just Love"	track making	Misia cover.	Sings (Winter, and Luv)
2008	Kumi Koda	"Amai Wana" (甘い罠, Sweet Trap)	music, track making	Music video filmed, Oricon #1 album.	Kingdom
	BoA	"Best Friend"	music, lyrics, track making	Oricon #1 album.	The Face
	Yu Yamada	"Leave All Behind"	music, lyrics, track making	Released as single, reached Oricon #77.	Myusic
		"Holla!"	music, lyrics, track making
		"Block Sign"	music, track making
	Color	"Share wit' Me"	music, lyrics, track making		Black (A Night for You)
	Crystal Kay	"Help Me Out"	music, lyrics, track making		Color Change!
	Leah Dizon	"Nothin' to Lose"	music, track making		Communication!!!
		"Not Too Bad"	music, lyrics, track making
	J Soul Brothers	"Let It Go"	music, lyrics, track making	B-side to "Freakout!" single	J Soul Brothers
	Kumi Koda	"Taboo"	music, lyrics, track making	Released as single, reached Oricon #1. Oricon #1 album.	Trick
2009	Sweet Black feat. Maki Goto	"Fly Away"	music, track making	Released as digital single, music video filmed.	Sweet Black
	Kumi Koda	"Your Love"	music, lyrics, track making	Oricon #1 album.	Trick
	Namie Amuro	"My Love"	music, lyrics, track making	Radio single, Vidal Sassoon CM song. Oricon #1 album.	Past<Future
2010	Kumi Koda	"Can We Go Back (Music Video Extended Version)"	track making	Dance interlude section only.	Universe
		"Universe"	music, lyrics, track making	Oricon #1 album.
	Vanness	"Little Things You Do"	music, lyrics, track making, back vocals		Reflections
	Kana Nishino	"One Way Love"	music, lyrics, track making	Reached #2 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.	"Best Friend" (single)
	Deep	"Everyday"	music, lyrics, track making		Deep: Brand New Story
	Iconiq	"Change Myself"	music, lyrics, track making	Released as digital single, music video filmed.	Change Myself
	Choshinsei	"Rock Up"	music, lyrics, track making		"J.P. (Reborn)" (single)
	Kana Nishino	"Love Is Blind"	music, track making		"Aitakute Aitakute" (single)
2011	Girls' Generation	"Bad Girl"	lyrics, music, track making		Girls' Generation
		"Beautiful Stranger"
		"Let It Rain"		Lipton CM Song
		"Time Machine"			The Boys

External links

• Hiro Official Website (in Japanese)
• Hiro's official blog (in Japanese)
• Hiro on Myspace (in Japanese)
• Digz, inc (production group site) (in Japanese)