Artist Profile
Takuro OkadaBorn in 1991 in Fussa City, Tokyo. Musician/Producer.
Raised in a town with the U.S. Yokota Air Base, in an environment where American and Japanese cultures intersected, he learned guitar at local clubs while self-teaching himself recording and sound design at home. In 2012, he formed the band "Mori wa Ikiteiru" (The Forest is Alive), and after its disbandment in 2015, he has focused on solo activities, creating a wide range of works including ambient music, improvisation, and music for video productions. He has collaborated with Haruomi Hosono, Jim O'Rourke, Sam Gendel, James Blackshaw, and Carlos Niño, among others. He has also participated in the production, recording, and performance of numerous artists, including Yuuga, Satoko Shibata, and Yuma Abe.
Playing guitar, pedal steel, and synthesizers, he continues to explore sound both in the studio and live. In 2022, they released the album "Betsu No Jikan," which is an edited and constructed collection of improvisational performances, and in November 2025, they released "Konoma" on the LA label Temporal Drift/In Sheeps Clothing, which is inspired by the aesthetics of Black art and the Japanese folk art movement.