N-buna (nabuna, ナブナ, stylized as n-buna) is a Japanese music producer and composer. He is a

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music producer and is the guitarist and songwriter for the band

Yorushika is a Japanese rock duo founded in 2017 represented by Universal Music Japan. The group is composed of N-buna, a vocaloid music producer, and Suis, a female vocalist. They are known for their juxtaposition of "passionate" and "upbeat" production ...

History

N-buna was born in

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in Japan. His family members all played music instruments, so he bought an

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when he was in 8th grade. He started writing music, but did not publish his works until he came across vocaloid songs and realized that he can post his works on the internet. In 2012, N-buna started composing as vocaloid music producer, and posted on Niconico. After that, his 2013 song reached first on the platform's daily vocaloid ranking. On 26 April 2014, he released his first solo album, . Then, On 22 July 2015, he released with U&R Records, marking his first album with a major record label. On 6 July 2016, was released. Together with vocaloid producer Orangestar, n-buna wrote the song ''Star Night Snow'' for SNOW MIKU 2017. Though n-buna believes that vocaloid has its strengths as the singing is uniquely emotionless, he also wants to compose songs better expressed by a human. Vocalist suis has sung for n-buna's first live in 2016, and n-buna thinks suis's husky voice fits the types of music he wants to make. Thus, in April 2017, n-buna and suis formed the rock band

. Most of n-buna's activities are henceforth under Yorushika. However, he still uses the name n-buna in various occasions. In 2019, he published a digital single ''Silence'' featuring vocalist Sarah Furukawa.

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invited him to narrate a 2021 documentary on a transgender man living in

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, which came as a surprise for n-buna since he was mainly involved in music production. However, he accepted this request.

Discography

N-buna has also released additional albums under the name of the rock duo

of which he is a member.

References

{{Authority control Living people Musicians from Gifu Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Japanese guitarists Vocaloid musicians