NAOtheLAIZA

A Japanese producer, recording and mix engineer, and DJ known for his hard-knock drumming and meticulous sound design, he was born and raised in Yamagata and spent his teenage years DJing at local clubs. At age 18, he moved to Osaka and formed the hip-hop group "WOLF PACK." Armed with an MPC2000XL, he began making beats in earnest. He relocated to Tokyo in 2012 and gained widespread recognition in 2013 with the group "Ichimo Datsujin." He has since demonstrated his track-making and engineering skills on major label releases, including those by TWICE, EXILE ATSUSHI, and THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE. In 2018, he accompanied AKLO on 10 dates nationwide as the live DJ for AKLO x ZORN's "A to Z" tour. In 2023, he produced the collaborative album "T.U.R.N." with EASTA and began performing as the duo OMW with P-CHO & JAY'ED. He is also actively co-writing with overseas artists, and distributes his works, both major and indie, both within Japan and overseas. He currently produces at his own studio, BLOOM STUDIO, on the outskirts of Tokyo, and has worked on a wide range of projects, from his consistent contributors Hannya, NORIKIYO, and EMI MARIA to new generation artists such as EASTA and Tokyo Young Vision. The anecdote of being called "DOPE!" by the late Proof of D12 is still talked about as a chapter in his career (it was the late hip-hop writer Takashi Futaki who gave him the idea to include this sentence in his profile).