Shintaro Aki appointed Managing Director of EMI Data Japan

Common Music Japan (UMJ) has appointed broadly revered trade and A&R govt Shintaro Aki as Managing Director, EMI Data Japan, efficient instantly.

He can be primarily based in Tokyo and can report back to Naoshi Fujikura, President and CEO of Common Music Japan.

Aki joins UMJ from Warner Music Japan, the place he most not too long ago served as Senior Government Producer, throughout which period he produced varied artists and albums for the label.

Since 2007, he served as A&R for considered one of Japan’s hottest feminine solo singers, Superfly, contributing to her home chart success, which incorporates seven No.1 albums.

He additionally performed a task within the success of different fashionable artists in Japan, together with Ulfuls, Ges no Kiwami Otome, Indigo la Finish, WANIMA and THE YELLOW MONKEY.

All through his 20 years on the firm, Aki held quite a lot of senior positions earlier than being promoted to Government Officer in 2020, together with seven years as head of Inventive Room 1 [the label now known as Prescribe], dwelling to some long-established and rising stars comparable to Aimyon, Chanmina, Campanella, Mariya Takeuchi, and Tatsuro Yamashita.

He started his profession as a Promotion Specialist, efficiently collaborating on a number of TV program tie-ins and contributing to hits from each home and worldwide artists.

“We stay up for EMI Data, which already has an extended historical past and a broad roster of artists, persevering with to shine below Mr. Aki’s new management.”

Naoshi Fujikura, Common

In making the announcement, Naoshi Fujikura, President and CEO of Common Music Japan, mentioned: “We’re delighted to welcome Mr. Aki, an govt with an incredible monitor file for producing hits and creating robust relationships with artists to Common Music Japan.

“We stay up for EMI Data, which already has an extended historical past and a broad roster of artists, persevering with to shine below Mr. Aki’s new management.”

“I stay up for creating a brand new period with everybody at Common Music Japan, the artists, and the administration workforce.”

Shintaro Aki

Shintaro Aki added: “I’m very honored to have been appointed Managing Director of EMI Data, a label with an extended and distinguished historical past. The label is dwelling to many fantastic artists, and I’ll work to develop and develop the label.

“I stay up for creating a brand new period with everybody at Common Music Japan, the artists, and the administration workforce.”

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