Daigo Hanada

About the artist

Hi music lovers! Thanks so much for listening to my music :) 東京出身のアーティスト・音楽家。 ２３才から独学でピアノを習得。 奏でた音たちがどこへ向かっていきたいのか、直感的な対話から導き出し、音を紡いでいく。 音楽理論の知識を持ち合わせてはいないが、心と耳を澄まし、感情の揺れ、そして音と音のあいだで呼吸をする『間』や『余白』を感じとり、即興的に音を奏でていく ー そうして生まれた一音一音には、理論では語りきれない確かな意図と感情が宿っている。 これまでに Spotifyの海外で最も再生された日本人アーティストTop 10(2019)、ビルボードチャート US Top 20に１３週連続チャートイン(2024)など、国内外で高い評価を得ている。 2025年、ドイツから生まれ故郷である東京都へ拠点を移し、音楽家としての第二章をスタート。 A basketball player turned self-taught musical artist. Known globally for his gently crafted, his ornate melodies on felted piano, taking inspiration from the quiet stillness found in his memories of living in Japan. Daigo Hanada spent his youth as a basketball player, but after an injury halted his athletic career, he struggled to find his new path in life. It was then when he discovered the beauty in music and he turned to the piano as a medium to voice his inner solace. He taught himself to play the piano at age 23 whilst not knowing how to read or write sheet music. Since then, he was discovered by Moderna Records in 2016, and grew to be a critical and commercial phenomenon, reaching over 70M streams across tracks and charting in Japan’s most played pieces on Spotify in 2019. Also an increasingly sought after as a remix artist with credits including Illuminine, Matt Emery, John Hayes & Maxy Dutcher, Michael A. Muller, and Richard Luke.