Akitoshi Kuroda

Akitoshi Kuroda

Akitoshi Kuroda (born September 19, 1977 in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is an acclaimed Japanese musician, songwriter, composer, performer, record producer and guitarist who plays electric, acoustic, classical, and 12 strings guitar with based on rock music. In 1998, he started his career as a session musician, and supporting tours. He worked with acts such as YUI (FLOWER FLOWER), AYAKA, Naotarō Moriyama, Ms.OOJA, KinKi Kids, Chikuzen Sato (SING LIKE TALKING), Yumi Matsutoya, Miki Imai, Ko Shibasaki. In 2010, he released his 1st solo album "inside out". His creativity and technique on the album are highly evaluated. In 2016, he finally got his dream worked with Tomoyasu Hotei, known as HOTEI ('hoe-tay"), and after that he became the representative guitarist of Japan throughout HOTEI's JAPAN TOUR and ASIA TOUR.