A producer/songwriter living in Japan, born in San Francisco USA.
He was No. 1 on the iTunes R&B Album Chart seven times, including his album from the indie era. In 2013, he was selected as the sole representative from Japan for YouTube’ s 50 Global Creators List
and appeared at the YouTube Music Awards held in New York. In 2015, an ocial Hydeout Productions sampling of “Luv (sic) pt2” ,the signature piece of Nujabes, became a huge hit in Asia with the title “Searching For You” . As a producer, he providing pieces for numerous artists, including BTS and many others. In 2020, he won the Splice-sponsored remix contest selected by Alicia Keys and was invited to the 62nd Grammy Awards.