Background
His father was the pioneering Japanese cello player 井上頼豊.
井上鑑
composer lyricist arranger music producer
His father was the pioneering Japanese cello player 井上頼豊.
Toho Gakuen School of Music.
He was the recipient of the 23th Japan Record Awards arranger award. In the late 1970s, he played in the fusion group PARACHUTE. He released his first of many solo albums in the early 1980s. He has also composed, arranged, and performed music for several films and OVAs, including San Francisco Shinseiki Lensman, Lily C.A.T., and the Japan/West Germany 1984 film Windy Story.
In the 1990s, he played in The Voice Project and on projects with Masako Kawamura.
He has produced projects for, Mikio Sakai, Yoriko Ganeko, Masako Kawamura, The Voice Project, Kyosuke Himuro, MOON CHILD, Furukawa Ten-science, Sojiro, harpist Mai Takematsu, Minako Honda and the Yoshida Brothers.