SELECTED WORKSSelected works

• JR Kyushu cruise train “SEVEN STARS IN KYUSHU”: produced the music direction
  (Involved as an advisor from the planning stage, he also wrote the press-event scripts and directed the presentations. Released the CD “Nanatsuboshi” in 2013. From the launch until February 2018 he directed operations for 389 journeys and performed in the train on 336 of them [including all of the first 305 journeys consecutively over three and a half years, spending more than 200 days a year in “SEVEN STARS”].)
• Tokyu THE ROYAL EXPRESS: involved in the direction from the planning stage and performs in the train (service launched in 2017)
• Theme music for the railway program “Tetsudō Hakkenden” on Nittele Plus (Nippon TV’s CS channel).
• Released the CD “PlusOne.”
• Featured in JAL’s in-flight magazine SKYWARD (September 2016)
• Composed the theme for Nagasaki Electric Tramway’s renewed car No. 310 “Minato,” designed by Eiji Mitooka (April 2017)
• KBC (Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting) “Asadesu. KBC”: produced the music “Hajimari no Sora (The Sky of Beginnings)” (on air since April 2018)
• Produced and created the theme of Shiroyama Hotel Kagoshima, “SHIROYAMA STORY” (January 2019)
• Produced the theme for the Hakone sightseeing cruise ship “Queen Ashinoko,” designed by Eiji Mitooka (in service from April 2019)
• Produced the theme music and on-board announcements for Toshima City’s “IKEBUS”
• Produced the suite “Sekkō Fūka” depicting the four seasons of Kushida Shrine (Toyama), and its CD.
• Created the theme for Shinano Railway’s “Rokumon” and produced its on-board music.
• Created the musical story “Inori no Shima (Island of Prayer): The Story of the Hidden Christians”, based on the World Heritage site “Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region” (begun in 2015, completed in 2021)
• Music for the Hollywood film “Gehena”
• Released the CD “Kokoro no Tabi”, featuring Japanese classics such as “Akatombo” and “Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni”
• YouTube “Ototabi Channel”: launched
• To mark the 50th anniversary of Eiji Mitooka’s Don Design Associates, created a theme paying homage to his designs, “Don Hearts”, and presented it to Mr. Mitooka.
• Released, together with Eiji Mitooka, the CD featuring his designs, “Don Hearts” (2021)
• Performed “Yoimachigusa,” played when the doors open and close on Okayama Electric Tramway’s “KURO × Yumeji” tram (upgraded for the 140th anniversary of Yumeji Takehisa’s birth) (2024)
• Appointed anniversary partner for the 40th anniversary of Miyakojima Tokyu Hotel & Resorts, and created its 40th anniversary theme “Hibiscus Umui” (2024)
• Had an audience with the Pope at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, and performed at the Church of the Gesù in Rome and at the Embassy of Japan in Portugal (November–December 2024)
• Composed “TIME TRAVEL,” the theme for MBC Minaminihon Broadcasting’s program “Shōwa no Ototabi” (January 2025)
• Brand consultant for Villa Hikaruze in Akune, Kagoshima
• Created the suite “Hikaruze,” inspired by the rock formation that first rose 200 million years ago [theme of Villa Hikaruze] (July 2025)
• Composed “Minami no Sora e,” the theme for MBC Minaminihon Broadcasting’s program “Chiiki no Chikara” (December 2025)
• Composed “Yugiri no Shō,” a theme depicting the world of Chef Masayuki Okuda’s “Yudono-an form Al-che-cciano” and the quiet flow of time in Shonai, set in the 1,300-year-old Yutagawa Onsen, Yamagata (January 2026)
• Performed at the party celebrating Junko Koshino’s Order of Culture (Grand Hyatt Tokyo) (February 2026)
• Composed “Daichi no Shō,” depicting the sea and land of Shonai, Yamagata, its rich nature watched over by Mt. Gassan, and the lives of its people.
  Together with the world of Chef Masayuki Okuda’s “Al-che-cciano,” the work expresses the land of Shonai itself. (May 2026)
• Appeared on TBS Radio “Junko Koshino MASACA” (four-part series in May)

CHART ACHIEVEMENTSRankings

• The CD “Don Hearts,” released in collaboration with designer Eiji Mitooka, was No. 1 on the CD chart for 10 consecutive weeks (Ongaku no Tomo Sha)
• The classical album “Kusamakura” was No. 1 on the classical CD chart for 10 consecutive weeks (Ongaku no Tomo Sha)

RADIO PROGRAMRadio

Personality of the FM radio program “Sound Cruise Journey.”
Now on air on four stations:

• FM Tachikawa [Tokyo]
• MBC Radio [Kagoshima]
• FM Karuizawa [Nagano]
• FM Tsushima [Nagasaki]
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AMBASSADORAmbassador roles

• Honba Oshima Tsumugi Ambassador
• “Aira Hometown Ambassador,” Aira City, Kagoshima
• 40th Anniversary Partner, Miyakojima Tokyu Hotel & Resorts
• Supporting Ambassador, Arishima Memorial Museum, Niseko Town Board of Education, Hokkaido

CURRENT ACTIVITIESCurrent

• As Ototabi Director for Tokyu “THE ROYAL EXPRESS,” produces the theme music and helps create the journey.
• JTB Royal Road Ginza “Dream Holiday: Kandō no Hibiki”: appointed ambassador. Produced a new category of journey, launched as the JTB travel product “Dream Holiday — A Journey Accompanied by Music: Kandō no Hibiki.”

PHOTOGRAPHYAbout the artist photos

The artist photos on this site were taken by
photographer Naoya Yabuki .
The photographs are not mere records,
but important works expressing the world of the Ototabi Director.
Naoya Yabuki (photographer): Yabuki Photo Studio

MEMBERSMember profiles

Mikiko Horiuchi [cellist] →Kaori Tsutae [pianist] →Tatsuhiko Nakahara [composer] →