Michiya Haruhata

Michiya Haruhata (春畑道哉, Haruhata Michiya, born November 5, 1966) is a Japanese musical composer, guitarist and music producer under Sony Music Entertainment.[1] He is member of band Tube, began his solo actions around that same time.[2] Since 1992 he has been composing songs for few Being Inc. artist such as Mai Kuraki and Zard. Michiya was given his own Signature Model Stratocaster from Fender in 2002.,[3] His song "Jaguar '08" was named the 31st best guitar instrumental by Young Guitar Magazine in 2019.[4]

Michiya Haruhata
春畑道哉
Born (1966-11-05) November 5, 1966
GenresJapanese pop
OccupationsGuitarist, composer, record producer
Years active1985–present
LabelsSME
Websitehttp://www.haruhata.com/

Albums (soloworks, instrumental)
  1. DRIVIN'　（1986）
  2. Smile on Me (1988)
  3. GUITAR LAND　（1990）
  4. DREAM BOX　（1991）
  5. Moon　（1992）
  6. Real Time　（1993）
  7. J'S THEME (1993)
  8. Color of Life　（1995）
  9. RED BIRD　（2000）
  10. Best Works 1987-2008 ~route86~ (2008)
  11. Find My Place (2012)
  12. play the life (2016)
  13. rebirth (2018)
  14. continue (2019)
  15. kingdom of the heavens (2019)
  16. spring has come (2022)

Awards, rankings and sales

Rankings, Continue was number 1 in Japan instrumental album sales in 2019.[5]: 23 

Continue won the 34th golden disk award for “best instrumental album of the year” in 2019.[6]

Charting albums/songs.

Spring has Come, Peak 13th/duration 4 weeks.[7]

Continue, peak 13th/duration 4 weeks.[8]

J's theme thanks 25th anniversary, peak 12th/duration 4 weeks.[9]

Play the Life, peak 9th/duration 4 weeks.[10]

Jaguar 13, peak 30th/duration 3 weeks.[11]

Signature guitars

He is the first Asian guitarist to be added to the Fender signature artist club. He is one of the few people to receive multiple Fender signature guitars, having three unique signature designs in the line: the Michiya Haruhata Stratocaster(released in 2002), Michiya Haruhata BWL Stratocaster(released in 2005), and the Michiya Haruhata III Stratocaster(released in 2022). [2]

Sports work

His song "J'S THEME" became the official theme song of the J.League, Japan's professional football (soccer) league. In 1993 he performed for 60,000 spectators live at the J-league opening ceremony at the national stadium.[2]

His single "Kingdom of the Heavens" was made to be the theme song of the New Japan Pro-Wrestling tournament.[6]

References
  1. "春畑道哉 | ソニーミュージックオフィシャルサイト". Sonymusic.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. Calvosa, Antonio. "The Japanese guitar heros: Michiya Haruhata and Ken". Fuzzfaced.net. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. "どうやってポーカーを覚えましたか". Haruhata.com. 3 October 2020.
  4. "ヤング・ギター厳選『ギター・インストの殿堂100』名演ランキング". Young Guitar Magazine (in Japanese). 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  5. "Yearly reports jp/riaj" (PDF). Riaj.or.jp. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "SPRING HAS COME | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  8. "Continue(初回生産限定盤A) | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  9. "J'S THEME ～Thanks 25th Anniversary～(初回生産限定盤) | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  10. "Play the Life(初回生産限定盤) | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  11. "JAGUAR'13(初回生産限定盤) | 春畑道哉". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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