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Kenichi Maeyamada
Japanese musician (born 1980)
Kenichi Maeyamada (前山田 健一, Maeyamada Ken'ichi, born July 4, 1980), also known as Hyadain (ヒャダイン), is a Japanese composer, lyricist, and musician.[1] His primary work is composing anime theme songs and for J-pop musicians.[1][2] He contracts through Supalove, a Japanese record label.[3] He has released a number of anime and video game music remixes, as well as original songs.[4][5][6] These remixes have received over 20 million hits on YouTube and Nico Nico Douga.[7]
Musical style
Maeyamada began playing the piano at age four and first composed with a synthesizer in middle school.[7] After graduating from Kyoto University, he apprenticed under lyricist Gorō Matsui.[7] He got his first big break in 2007 for writing the lyrics to "Don't Go Baby", a song featured in Initial D Fourth Stage.[8] In December 2007, he po