Hide met Jazz music when he was a little boy. his mother had three Jazz albums ~ Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra ~ these three Jazz albums were his best friends he ever met. After graduated at Berklee Collage of Music in Boston,MA, headed to Tokyo again. then worked for top Japanese R&B / HipHop musicians. on the other hand, he headed to Rio de Janeiro in Brasil. played with Joao Donato, Roberto Menescal, worked with Marcos Valle and other legendary Brasilian artists. he also collaborated with DJ Monophonic (Germany), Electric Brother (Rumania),Sergil Pi (Brasil) and other great DJ, singers. he also worked for TV-CM music and Radio music, compilation CD produced...
He has a many career of recording dirctor, worked with Al DiMeola, Eddie Gomez, Lionel Roueke and many Jazz giants. Also he is the master of vintage Jazz records, supervised many Jazz and Brasilian music reissue projects.