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Daiko Nagato

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Daiko Nagato
長戸ながと大幸だいこう
Also known asDanny Long
KANONJI
ROCKAKU
+D
Born (1948-04-06) April 6, 1948 (age 76)
Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan
GenresJapanese pop
Occupation(s)Producers, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger
InstrumentsKeyboard, Drum, Guitar,
Years active1978–present
LabelsB ZONE
Websitehttp://beinggiza.com/

Daiko Nagato (長戸ながと 大幸だいこう, Nagato Daikō, born 6 April 1948) is a Japanese musical producer, musical arranger, writer and composer. He's mostly known as the founder of music company B Zone (formerly known as Being Inc.), which provided million-seller hits during the 1990s and provided more than 80 theme songs for anime television series Detective Conan. He was the recording producer for artists such as Boøwy, Loudness, TUBE, B'z, ZARD, WANDS, Maki Ohguro, DEEN, T-BOLAN, Mai Kuraki, Garnet Crow, Rina Aiuchi and Sard Underground. His brother, Shuusuke Nagato (長戸ながと秀しげる介かい) is also musical producer, guitarist, writer and founder of the music company Rey's in.[1]

Biography

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On 1 November 1978, he established music company, Being with Keisuke Tsukimitsu (later known as a main producer of band Lindberg), composer Tetsuro Oda and lyricist Tomoko Aran and others.[2]

In 1989, famous Japanese rock duo B'z debuted under Vermillion Records and by their debut as the first Being artist, he maintained his position officially in the Being Office.

With the debut of band Zard in 1991 and following success of debuting and producing artist next two years, there was a temporal social music phenomenon called as a Being Boom (ビーイングブーム): seven out of ten artist produced by himself were in the Top 10 of the Best Hit Sellers in 1993 Oricon Yearly Single Rankings.[3][4] In late 1993, he temporarily retired as a producer because of worsening ear disease.[5] The following producer name has been replaced with BMF (Being Music Factory). In 1997, four years later he returns to the producing business. Music recording label Zain Records established special label in Kansai, Spoonful and Nagato debuted Miho Komatsu, however four months later the label was renamed into Amemura O-town Record and lasted until 1999.[6]

From this period, he is credited not with his stage name, but instead aliases such as Kanonji and Rockaku. In 1998, he established music recording label and music company in Osaka, Giza Studio. First artist recorded early demo tapes and officially debuted in February 1999 as The First Artist - New Cinema Tokage, Sweet Velvet and Grass Arcade.[6]

In 2002, was released the series of compilation albums under subtitles at the BEING studio, the song selections are based on his directing choice.[7] In 2007, he resigned as a representative director of Being.[5] In 2008, he established the live venue Dojima River Hall.[6]

In July 2013, tax investigations from the Tokyo and Osaka National Tax Offices pointed out about 2 billion yen was missed and 1 billion yen was hidden over the five years from 2007 to 2012. Taking responsibility for this scandal, production activities were suspended until 2014.[8] In 2016, he returned as an arranger, producer and writer to the project D-project which the letter D is initialed from his name. Until 2019 he temporarily used initial alias +D.[9][10] Since 2020, he started to use his full name in the credits for the Giza Studio artist as an arranger.

In 2020, he launched his own radio show "Oldies Goodies" along with radio personality Banba Hirofumi on the Shiga's FM Broadcasting. The topics of the shows changed between music between 50-70s and secret talks behind the production activities of his artist during 90s. For the first time ever it is marked being able to hear his speaking voice, as he never made any television or radio appearances before.[11] In 2022, he opened his first soba restaurant "Will Soba: Kitahoire" located in Osaka.[12] He stands in the position of the president of the restaurant. In 8 May 2023, has come announcement came from his agency about company name change from the Being Inc. to B-Zone. Although in the statement is mentioned "the renaming should represent new wave of the music in the future", the actual reason behind the change has not been announced.[13]

He's active as a producer as of 2024.

List of provided works as producer

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See also: Category:Albums produced by Daiko Nagato
See also: Category:Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato

List of produced artist

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References

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  1. ^ "about 株式会社かぶしきがいしゃレイズイン 代表だいひょう取締役とりしまりやく 長戸ながと秀しげる介かい". rey's in official website.
  2. ^ ガモウユウイチ (2018-04-15). "長戸ながと大幸だいこう". In 馬飼野まかいの元宏もとひろ（監修かんしゅう/編集へんしゅう）・真鍋まなべ新一しんいち（編集へんしゅう） (ed.). 昭和しょうわ歌謡かよう 職業しょくぎょう作曲さっきょく家かガイド (First press ed.). SHINKO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. pp. 268–269. ISBN 978-4-401-64371-4.
  3. ^ CDジャーナル「ビーイングの1,050円えん廉価れんかベスト! WANDS、大黒おおくろ摩季まき、T-BOLAN、織田おだ哲郎てつろうほか」音楽おんがく出版しゅっぱん社しゃ、2007年ねん11月22日にち（閲覧えつらん：2009年ねん4月がつ5日にち）
  4. ^ "伝説でんせつのプロデューサー・長戸ながと大だい幸みゆきさん独占どくせんインタビュー". japan.cnet.com.
  5. ^ a b "独占どくせんインタビューに成功せいこう！伝説でんせつの長戸ながと大幸だいこうプロデューサーが語かたる坂井さかい泉水せんすいの真実しんじつ". entertainmentstation.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  6. ^ a b c "長戸ながと大だい幸みゆきさん × 平澤ひらさわ創はじめ [対談たいだん]". faith.jp.
  7. ^ "2002 Vol.97 December Issue:『at the BEING studio』シリーズ大だい特集とくしゅう！". MFMagazine.
  8. ^ "ビーイング20億おく円えん申告しんこく漏もれ、10億おく円えん隠蔽いんぺい". nikkansports.
  9. ^ "大黒おおくろ摩季まきが坂井さかい泉水せんすいと"共演きょうえん"、ZARDトリビュートアルバム発売はつばい". natalie.mu.
  10. ^ "ZARD、トリビュート盤ばんで大黒おおくろ摩季まきとのツインボーカルも". barks.jp. 31 March 2016.
  11. ^ "謎なぞ多おおき"ビーイング創始そうし者しゃ"長戸ながと大だい幸みゆき氏しが肉声にくせい発信はっしんへ". narinari.com. 29 September 2020.
  12. ^ ""日本にっぽん三さん大だい蕎麦そば 長野ながの県けん戸隠とがくし"に本店ほんてんを構かまえる 「うぃるそば 堀江ほりえ店てん」大阪おおさか・南堀江みなみほりえに10/21(金)きんオープン". atpress.ne.jp. 13 October 2022.
  13. ^ "B'z／倉木くらき麻衣まい／ZARD／WANDSら所属しょぞく、BeingがB ZONEに社名しゃめい変更へんこう" [B'z/Mai Kuraki/ZARD/WANDS agency, Being changed company name to B ZONE]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Hanshin Contents Link Corporation under license from Billboard Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Media Corporation. April 4, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  14. ^ "ＺＡＲＤざーど、倉木くらき麻衣まいらを手てがけた長戸ながと大だい幸みゆき氏し、藤田ふじたまことさんの孫娘まごむすめ・花はなりなを育そだてる". hochi news (in Japanese). 31 March 2023.
  15. ^ "ザ・ブラックキャンディーズ、昭和しょうわの名曲めいきょくカバー第だい一いち弾だん「六本木ろっぽんぎ心中しんちゅうの」公開こうかい". barsk.jp (in Japanese). 21 April 2023.
  16. ^ "B'z手てがけた長戸ながと大だい幸みゆきさんプロデュースバンドが堀江ほりえでデビューライブ" (in Japanese). Namba Keizai Shinbun. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  17. ^ "B'zや大黒おおくろ摩季まきを手掛てがけた長戸ながと大幸だいこうプロデュースバンドがデビュー 3人組にんぐみグループ「Z」" (in Japanese). prdesse.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
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