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 "

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," which reached #1 on

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's single charts in 2008. Other high-profile songs of Hiros include Kumi Koda's "Universe" and "Your Love," Namie Amuro's " My Love,"

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's "Best Friend" and Koichi Domoto of

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' "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

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, 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

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n university, he moved back to Japan and begun full-time work as a music producer in 2008.

Production discography

References

External links

Hiro Official Website

Hiro's official blog

Hiro
on Myspace
Digz, inc
(production group site) Living people Japanese record producers 1985 births {{japan-musician-stub