Toshiki Kadomatsu
Toshiki Kadomatsu is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and producer best known as one of the pioneers of the city pop genre. He has released many studio albums, as well as several instrumental and live albums. He has been active since 1981.
Biography
Kadomatsu began playing music at around grade 4 or 5, after seeing his older brother playing guitar and wanting to try it himself. Kadomatsu studied philosophy at Nihon University, where he participated in the university's music club. While still studying, he debuted as a musical artist in 1981 with single "Yokohama Twilight Time" and the album Sea Breeze. In 1987, he released the hit instrumental album Sea Is a Lady which charted at No. 4. From 1993-1998, he went on a hiatus from releasing music and touring, instead focusing on producing and songwriting for other Japanese artists. Despite his hiatus he returned with a successful comeback tour in 1999 and has been engaged in artist activities since. He holds an anniversary concert every five years.Kadomatsu has also produced other artists. Many were sent to No. 1 on the Oricon weekly chart, including: Anri's album Timely!!, Miho Nakayama's album Catch the Nite and the single "You're My Only Shinin' Star," which was fully produced by Kadomatsu.
On 11 March 2022, Kadomatsu participated in the Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami tribute concert "One Last Live", performing "Sea Line", "Ramp In", and "Yokohama Twilight Time".