Musician, artist

Born in Tokyo in 1983, Hasunuma released his debut album, "Shuta Hasunuma," in 2006 on Western Vinyl, a label based in Texas, USA. The following year, he made his Japanese debut with "OK Bamboo" and "HOORAY" on the same label, followed by Japan's PROGRESSIVE FOrM. Hasunuma creates works that mix field-recorded sounds, computer-generated electronic sounds, melodies, and harmonic musical elements, and subsequently released "POP OOGA" (2009) and "wannapunch!" (2010) on HEADZ, a music label run by critic Atsushi Sasaki.

After continuing his solo career, Hasunuma decided that "I want to express my own style of music by performing with others," and in 2010 formed the modern philharmonic pop orchestra "Hasunuma Shuta Phil." He released the albums "Time Plays" in 2014 and "Anthropocene" in 2018. He performed at the Fuji Rock Festival in 2019 and held a successful solo concert at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall. In 2023, he released the album "Shinphil" and held the Takemitsu Memorial Concert "Music Today" at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. He performed at Roppongi Art Night at Tokyo Midtown in 2024 and "City and Ensemble" at TODA BUILDING in 2025.

Alongside his work with the Shuta Hasunuma Philharmonic, Hasunuma spent time in New York in 2013 as a grantee from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC). He subsequently split his time between Brooklyn and Tokyo, deepening his connections with local artists. In 2018, he held his first solo exhibition, "Compositions," at Pioneer Works. In 2019, he held the project "Someone's public and private / Something's public and private" (Tompkins Square Park, New York), demonstrating his creative activities not only as a musician but also as an artist. In 2016, he was a cultural ambassador for East Asia, and in 2018, he received the 69th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists for his solo exhibition "~ing" at the Shiseido Gallery in Tokyo.

He led the Para Orchestra in arranging the Paralympic anthem and wrote, composed and conducted the song "Ikiru" at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. He has also produced music for various media, including composing the Ginza Wako Bell "Bell of Hope for the Future" (2021), which rings at 2:46 p.m. every year on Saturday, March 11th.

His major film scores include "5windows" (2012/directed by Seta Natsuki), "Air" (2016/directed by Sunairi Hiroshi), "Fujio Akatsuka: The Man Who Stepped Outside of Manga" (2016/directed by Tominaga Masayoshi), "Strange Tales of Love" (2017/directed by Kuramoto Raita), "HERMÈS HUMAN ODYSSEY" (2021/directed by Okuyama Taishi), and "The Day the Flower Green Opens" (2025/directed by Shinomiya Yoshitoshi). His television music includes NHK Educational TV's "Design Ah neo", NHK General TV's evening drama "Kirei no Kuni", Netflix/TV Tokyo's "Kimi ni Todoke", NHK General TV's "Yu 5ji", and NHK Special "Shin Japonism". He also composed the music for the "Immersive Theatre Shin Japonism" exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum in 2025 and the "Design Ah neo" exhibition held at TOKYO NODE.

He will release his latest solo album, "unpeople," in 2023. In 2024, he will hold the "unpeople" premiere at the Sogetsu Plaza Rock Garden "Heaven." He has presented performances in 3D sound spaces and sound installations in various locations. In 2025, he will release his first studio album, "Uta," with Keiji Haino, with whom he has performed since 2017. He has held concerts at Yodobashi Church in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and Honen-in Temple in Kyoto. He has also released albums with tabla player U-zhaan, "2 Tone" (2017) and "Good News" (2022), and regularly performs live.

In 2026, the band will mark the 20th anniversary of their debut, and a performance at Suntory Hall has been scheduled for August.