HiDE Kawada

HiDE Kawada
Native name	河田秀樹
Birth name	Hideki Kawada
Born	May 12, 1980 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	CEO of United Future Creators Inc., Music producer, Composer
Website	ufcreators.com

HiDE Kawada (河田秀樹, Hideki Kawada, born May 12, 1980 in Tokyo) is a Japanese music producer, composer and CEO of United Future Creators Inc., a music publishing company in Japan.

Profile

HiDE Kawada started his producing work when he worked at Avex Group, one of the largest music labels in Japan. After he established his own company in June 2012, he made a world creator team, “FUTURE UNISON”^[1] which consists of NERVO, T-SK, SIRIUS, JOLEEN Belle, SMIDI, HENRIK Nordenback, HIROMI Rainbow and SNOWFLAKE MUSIC and has been producing many hit songs. His represented works are Love Story for Namie Amuro which recorded over 5 million DLs, Rising Sun for EXILE which recorded over 200,000 CD sales and so on. His company is also an agency for NERVO in Asia.

Biography

• In 1998, HiDE Kawada graduated from Shizuoka Gakuen High School. He was absorbed in soccer when he was a high school student.
• In 2000, he moved to State of Texas for study.
• In 2001, he entered University of North Texas.
• In 2005, he graduated from University of North Texas.
• In April 2006, he joined Avex group holdings inc. and belonged to International Strategy Department. He was in charge of planning and execution of global strategy for artists and music contents. He participated in Asia tour of Ayumi Hamasaki, World Music Awards which Namie Amuro participated in, distributed EXILE’s songs in the world and such.
• In April 2009, he moved to Avex music publishing inc. and signed with foreign writers such as NERVO. He started to produce songs.
• In 2011, he produced the big hit song, "Love Story” for Namie Amuro with T-SK^[2] and NERVO which recorded 3 million downloads.
• In 2015, he produced "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!” for Sandaime J Soul Brothers. It is the lead song for their album, "PLANET SEVEN" which recorded over 1 million CD sales.
• In May 2012, he left Avex music publishing inc..
• In June 2012, he established United Future Creators Inc.. The primary business is music publishing, producing songs, making master records, artist management and license of master rights. He acts as an agent for NERVO in Asia. His represented works are I Know for TVXQ which recorded 180,000 sales, BURNING UP for EXILE TRIBE which recorded 280,000 sales and such after his independence.

Represented Works

Year	Artist	Song Title	Album/Single Title	Label	Release Date
2011	Namie Amuro	Love Story	Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!/Love Story	Avex Trax	December 7
2012
	B1A4	Wake me up	1	Pony Canyon	October 24
	CIMBA	Rainy Friday	LAST MAN	KSR	April 25
	Crystal Kay	Memory Box	VIVID	Delicious Deli Records	June 27
	EXILE	Beautiful Life	EXILE JAPAN/Solo	Rhythm Zone	January 1
		ALL NIGHT LONG	ALL NIGHT LONG		June 20
	EXILE ATSUSHI	二人の未来	MELROSE 〜愛さない約束〜	Rhythm Zone	December 5
	Namie Amuro	Go Round	Go Round/YEAH-OH	Avex Trax	March 21
		YEAH-OH
		GO ROUND ('N ROUND 'N ROUND)	Uncontrolled		June 27
		Let's Go
		SINGING "YEAH-OH"
	Yuka Masaki	SWEET PAIN feat.Shion	SWEET PAIN feat.Shion	Universal J	July 4
		It's over	Tears of Heart		August 8
2013
	CROSS GENE	SHOOTING STAR	SHOOTING STAR	Universal J	March 13
	Daichi Miura	GO FOR IT	GO FOR IT	SONIC GROOVE	July 10
		Spellbound	The Entertainer		November 20
		Gotta Be You
		Listen To My Heatbeat
	EXILE TRIBE	BURNING UP	BURNING UP	Rhythm Zone	July 10
	GENERATIONS	BURNING UP -GENERATIONS version-	GENERATIONS	Rhythm Zone	November 13
	JASMINE	Countdown [3]	Countdown	Sony Music Associated Records	December 25
	Kumi Koda	IS THIS TRAP?	Summer Trip	Rhythm Zone	July 31
		XXX	Dreaming Now!		November 13
	MAX	Summer Dream[4]	Tacata'	Avex Trax	August 7
	TVXQ	I Know	Catch Me -If you wanna-	Avex Trax	January 16
2014
	AFTERSCHOOL	Triangle	Dress to kill	Avex Trax	March 19
	BEE SHUFFLE	My Princess	グイグイグイ↑↑↑	Delicious Deli Records	July 9
	CREAM	#nofilter	#nofilter	Rhythm Zone	April 30
		Hurry Up
	Daichi Miura	IT'S THE RIGHT TIME	ふれあうだけで 〜Always with you〜/IT'S THE RIGHT TIME	SONIC GROOVE	December 3
	EXILE ATSUSHI	LALA ～孤独な夜に～	Music	Rhythm Zone	March 12
	EXILE SHOKICHI	BACK TO THE FUTURE	BACK TO THE FUTURE	Rhythm Zone	June 4
	Kumi Koda	SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA	Bon Voyage	Rhythm Zone	February 26
	Nissy(Takahiro Nishijima)	GIFT	GIFT	Avex Trax	December 13
	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	BURNING UP –Sandaime J Soul Brothers version-	THE BEST/BLUE IMPACT	Rhythm Zone	January 1
		Glory	C.O.S.M.O.S. ～秋桜～		October 15
	Tomomi Itano	BRIGHTER	little	You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS	February 5
		Girls Do
			S×W×A×G		July 2
		SWAGGALICIOUS
		BOW WOW
		MAN UP!!	COME PARTY!		December 17
		Little Devil Girl
2015
	CIMBA	CYCLONE		ASWYL	July 22
		LAST FIRST KISS			August 7
		LAST FIRST KISS	BALLAD BEST		November 18
		Rainy Friday
		P.S I Love You
	Daichi Miura	IT'S THE RIGHT TIME	FEVER	SONIC GROOVE	September 2
		Supa Dupa Paper Plane
	EXILE SHOKICHI	Don't Stop the Music	Don't Stop the Music	Rhythm Zone	July 22
	E-girls	Hey You!	Dance Dance Dance	Rhythm Zone	September 30
	GENERATIONS	STORY	Sing it Loud	Rhythm Zone	January 28
			GENERATION EX		February 18
		Think of you	GENERATION EX
	Hiromi	NOT THE END		ASWYL	July 15
			BEST -MY SELECT		October 28
		TEQUILA SUNRISE			July 29
			BEST -MY SELECT		October 28
		BYE BYE YESTERDAY			October 2
			BEST -FAN SELECT		October 28
	Kodai Sato	MEMORY ISLAND feat. CIMBA		ASWYL	May 20
	Nissy(Takahiro Nishijima)	Never Stop	Never Stop	Avex Trax	August 24
		Playing With Fire	Playing With Fire		December 15
	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	Glory	PLANET SEVEN	Rhythm Zone	January 28
		Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!
	Tomomi Itano	Belly Dancer	Gimme Gimme Luv	You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS	July 1
	5IGNAL	THEY DON’T KNOW (English Ver.)	5IGNAL 1st SHOW TIME INDEPENDENCE DAY	ASWYL	May 27
		NASTY GIRL (English Ver.)
		ENCORE (English Ver.)
		DANGER (English Ver.)
		NOT OVER (English Ver.)
		UNSTOPPABLE (English Ver.)
		SOLDIER (English Ver.)
		BE WITH YOU (Japanese ver. )			November 27
2016
	ARASHI	Don't You Get It	Are You Happy?	J Storm	October 26
	DANCE EARTH PARTY×EXILE THE SECOND	HEART OF A LION	ー	ー	October 14
	EXILE	ALL NIGHT LONG	EXTREME BEST	Rhythm Zone	September 27
	EXILE SHOKICHI	Don't Stop the Music	THE FUTURE	Rhythm Zone	April 27
		BACK TO THE FUTURE
		Future
	EXILE THE SECOND	RAY	WILD WILD WILD	Rhythm Zone	September 21
	E-girls	E.G. summer RIDER	E.G. summer RIDER	Rhythm Zone	July 20
	GENERATIONS	LOADSTAR	AGEHA	Rhythm Zone	January 27
			SPEEDSTER		March 2
	KEVIN(from U-KISS)	Make me	Make me/Out of my life feat.K	Avex Trax	July 6
	Namie Amuro	Fighter	Dear Diary / Fighter	Dimension Point	October 26
	Nissy(Takahiro Nishijima)	Playing With Fire	HOCUS POCUS	Avex Trax	March 24
		Never Stop
		GIFT
		My Luv
		SPACESHIP
		まだ君は知らない MY PRETTIEST GIRL	まだ君は知らない MY PRETTIEST GIRL		August 24
		Aquarium
		Double Trouble
	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	Dream Girl	THE JSB LEGACY	Rhythm Zone	March 30
		Over & Over
		Born in the EXILE
	SHINee	WANTED	D×D×D	EMI Records	January 1
	Tomomi Itano	HIDE & SEEK	HIDE & SEEK	KING RECORDS	April 20
			Get Ready♡		November 2
		Triple "0"	HIDE & SEEK		April 20
			Get Ready♡		November 2
		Belly Dancer	Get Ready♡		November 2
		私のONLY ONE
	U-KISS	Flying Around The World	PaNiC!	Avex Trax	November 16
	5IGNAL	SOLDIER (English Ver.)	5IGNAL	ASWYL	January 20
		DANGER (English Ver.)
		BE WITH YOU (Japanese Ver.)
		THEY DON'T KNOW (English Ver.)
		NASTY GIRL (English Ver.)
		UNSTOPPABLE (English Ver.)
		NOT OVER (English Ver.)
		ENCORE (English Ver.)
		NOT OVER (Japanese Ver.)

References

1. "The Music Lift". Retrieved 2015-02-12.
2. "音楽・曲を作ることは「生きていること」そのもの" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-10-28.
3. "インフォメーション" (in Japanese). JASMINE OFFICIAL SITE. 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
4. "DISCOGRAPHY" (in Japanese). MAX OFFICIAL WEBSITE. Retrieved 2014-11-19.

External links

• United Future Creators Inc.