Took a short-term study abroad in Los Angeles. Those three months were incredibly exciting and sparked a dream to live in the U.S. by the time I turned 30.
Organized a large outdoor music festival in Wakayama, which turned out to be a huge failure… I fell into a pretty dark place mentally, but managed to pull through thanks to the support of my family and friends.
Joined RINA AIUCHI REMIXES, a remix album by Rina Aiuchi, as a remixer — my very first professional music work, made possible thanks to a demo tape I submitted.
大阪コミュニケーションアート専門学校グラフィックデザイン科を辛うじて卒業
Barely made it through design school.
2004
音楽の仕事だけでは生活が安定しなかったので、大阪のホームページ制作会社に勤務開始
Since music work alone wasn’t enough to make a stable living, I started working at a web design company in Osaka.
2005
オランダで世界最大級の音楽イベントを体験し、ドイツで尊敬するプロデューサーに楽曲制作について学ぶ
Got to experience a massive music event in the Netherlands, and later learned about music production from a producer I looked up to in Germany.
2006
オリジナル楽曲2曲がiTunes Storeで発売
Released two original tracks on the iTunes Store.
USJ（ユニバーサルスタジオジャパン）のカウントダウンイベントのテーマ曲を制作を担当
Made the theme song for the new year’s countdown event at Universal Studios Japan
2007
フリーランサーとして独立し、大阪にクリエイティブ事務所「KEING STUIO」設立
Established KEING STUDIO in Osaka as a freelance musician and designer
2008
USJのカウントダウンイベントのテーマ曲の制作を再び担当。これを最後に音楽の仕事から離れる。
Once again made the theme song for the new year’s countdown event at Universal Studios Japan. Made it the last time I’d work as a producer
2010
NHK大河ドラマ「龍馬伝」に刺激され、人生観が大きく変わる。
Inspired by NHK’s “Taiga Drama” series “Ryomaden”. Attitude towards life changed completely
A dream I’d had since I was 20 finally came true — I moved to the U.S. and started a new chapter in Seattle, working as a web designer at a local web hosting company.
2013
アメリカから帰国
Returned to Japan.
結婚して再びさいたま市へ引越し
Married and Moved to Saitama again.
2014
オンライン英語学習サービス「Hapa英会話」をアメリカ人の友人と立ち上げる
Set up an English Conversation website called Hapa Eikaiwa with an American friend
2015
HAPA英会話のサイトが月間100万アクセス突破
Hapa Eikaiwa website got over a million access a month
HAPA英会話PodcastがiTunes Japanの「Best of 2015」に2年連続で選出
Hapa Eikaiwa Podcast was selected by iTunes Japan as “Best of 2015” for the second straight year
2016
第一子が生まれる
Welcomed my first child.
HAPA英会話を株式会社化
Hapa Eikaiwa was converted as a corporation
2017
HAPA英会話Podcastが累計1000万ダウンロード突破
Hapa Eikaiwa Podcast has surpassed 10 million downloads.
生まれ故郷の京都へ引越し
Moved back to my hometown, Kyoto.
2018
HAPA英会話Podcastが累計2000万ダウンロード突破
Hapa Eikaiwa Podcast has surpassed 20 million downloads
2019
HAPA英会話YouTubeチャンネルの登録者が40万人を突破
Hapa Eikaiwa YouTube channel has surpassed 4 hundred thousand subscribers
第二子が生まれる
Welcomed my second child.
2020
HAPA英会話の有料オンラインサロン管理者を担当
Being the online community manager for the paid membership of Hapa Eikaiwa
2022
第三子が生まれる
Welcomed my third child.
2023
WEBマーケター＆コンサルタントとして本格的に始動
Engaged in full-scale activities as a Web Marketer & Consultant
2024
WEBコンサル・マーケティングを担当するECサイトの年間粗利益を約1,200万円アップ達成
Achieved a ¥12 million increase in annual gross profit for an e-commerce site by driving its web consulting and marketing strategy.