Music like Marika Takeuchi

Marika Takeuchi (born 14 March 1987 in Kawasaki, Japan) is a Japanese contemporary composer, film composer, music producer and pianist.

Takeuchi is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, and Shobi Music College in Tokyo.

Takeuchi started her music studies as a classical pianist at the age of three, and also played violin and French horn for several years at an early age.

Her early career in Japan includes composing additional music for NHK FM's radio shows, and songwriting for Universal Music Japan's singer Nami Tamaki's album "STEP". Her second album Impressions was nominated for Best Neo-classical Album at the 10th Zone Music Reporter music awards, as well as Album of the Year in the 4th Annual Reviews New Age Awards. Her third album, Rain Stories, was released in 2014 on MRG Recordings. Her fourth album, Colors in the Diary, which is produced by Will Ackerman, and features Eugene Friesen and Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Si-Jing Huang, was released in April 2016.