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Akihito Tokunaga 徳永暁人 | |
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| Born | September 22, 1971 Yokohama, Japan |
| Genres | rock, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, songwriter |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Being Inc., Giza Studio, Floodlight Company |
| Member of | doa |
| Website | http://d-o-a.jp/profile-tokunaga.html |
Akihito Tokunaga (徳永 暁人, Tokunaga Akihito) (born 22 September 1971) is a Japanese musician, composer and arranger. After making a name for himself working for Being Inc. in the 1990s, he has been signed to Giza Studio from 2000 until 2023.[1] In 2004, Tokunaga formed the rock band doa. After departure from the agency in 2023, he has become freelancer musician under independent company Floodlight.
Since college he worked as orchestrator, then start working as a bassist. For artists as Zard, Mai Kuraki, B'z[2] and many others from Being Inc. Tokunaga provided for them music and arrangements, participate in the live support for more than 15 years. Tokunaga is working as a bassist with high technology. He also participated in many chorus parts which he makes on his own. Since 2004, he is member of rock band doa as vocalist and bassist. Beside of this he's doing programming, is in charge of piano, organ, guitar, mandolin and percussion.[3] He is also famous for composing the music to the anime Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997). In 2023, Tokunaga and doa's members have announced departure from the label Giza Studio and from September and became freelancers under Floodlight company, the announcement was made on their official website.
