SHINTA SAKAMOTO
Artist / Musician
Born in Tokyo in 1991. Graduated from Waseda University Senior High School. Dropped out of the Department of Information Science and Engineering, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
He started playing piano at the age of 3. At the age of 12, he started composing, improvising, and recording music. And his interest in computer-based music production led him to enter a science and technology university. During his studies, he co-founded the music label Tokyo Recordings. As a composer, he has provided music for artists (e.g., Wednesday's Campanella, Nariaki Obukuro), films (e.g., "Tokyo Sunrise"), and corporate commercials (e.g., TOYOTA, Hebel House, Halekulani Hotel).
In the winter of 2015, he experienced the death of his grandmother and had doubts about his way of living and creative activities, so he took a break from work and university to go to London. After returning to Japan, he started writing his own poems and songs .
In the winter of 2016, one year after the death of his grandmother, he wrote a song called “ONE LIFE“. At the moment of the song's birth, he experienced himself being enveloped by great love. He makes up his mind to sing with his own voice.
In the spring of 2016, he met Mai, who would later become his wife, and after listening to her TED speech, he was moved to write a song called "HOHOEMI". They hit it off immediately and became partners in both public and private life. The two created one song after another as they traveled together to Kauai, Nepal, Paris, and London.
After completing 171 songs, they had a daughter and got married.
In 2019, he and Mai established a music label, 8th MAY Records.
Released three albums as the unit maishinta, which were sold at Tower Records nationwide, and produced the best album "HOHOEMI. Released four albums as 8th MAY and IRIS SUN, an improvisational creative project with vocal and piano. They has released 171 songs, including solo piano songs, produced over the past three years through streaming for a limited time.
His latest song is "AYAME", a song filled with love for her newborn daughter.
