Seiji Kameda

is a Japanese music producer, arranger and bass guitarist. He has worked extensively with Ringo Sheena, serving as her producer and touring bassist for many years, including his tenure with their band Tokyo Jihen.

Biography

He was born in New York City but moved to Japan when he was one. He started piano classes with his elder sister when he was 3 years old. In 1970 he moved to Osaka. One year later he joined Chisato Elementary School. He began to study classical guitar in 1975 with his elder brother.

In 1976 Kameda moved to Tokyo. He developed a hobby of trying to intercept radio signals from across the ocean, using an instrument called BCL (Broadcast Communications Limited), to hear western-style music. In 1977 he started broadcasting his own radio station (FM KAMEDA) from his room. Three years later he joined Musashi High School and bought his first bass guitar, a Yamaha BB2000. In 1984 Kameda exchanged his Yamaha for a Frettor and got his first Fender Jazz Bass. In 1987 he graduated from Waseda University and began to record self-made demo tapes with his arrangements. One year later he finally began his bassist and arranger-producer career.

In 1999, he participated in the production of Ringo Sheena's first and second album as an arranger, and they were big hits. Because of those hits, he received many commissions to produce music. That started his great success. Since then he has been producing for musicians and bands like Spitz, Ken Hirai, Shikao Suga, Do As Infinity, Angela Aki, and others. He also participates in many musicians' recordings as a session bassist, or plays a bass guitar as a member of various solo singers' tour bands, or temporary bands like Bank Band (2005–present).

From May 2 to 3, 2009, Kameda gathered artists whom he’s had relations with throughout his career, and promoted the music festival "Kame no Ongaeshi."

In 2020, he provided the music for the film Threads: Our Tapestry of Love.

Related musicians The following are Japanese musicians and musical groups related to Kameda. They were produced, or their songs were arranged by Kameda, and also he offered songs to them.

Musicians Name Work Aki, Angela Producer Aonishi, TakashiProducer Aragaki, YuiProducer Arai, AkinoArranger Ayaka Producer Ayase, HarukaProducer ChageArranger Chara Producer Denda, Mao Producer Domoto, TsuyoshiArranger Fukada, KyokoArranger Fukuhara, Miho Producer Hamasaki, Ayumi Arranger HanaeProducer Haneda, Erika Producer Hara, Yuko Producer Hata, Motohiro Producer Hayasaka, Yoshie Producer Hirahara, Ayaka Producer Hirai, Ken Producer Hirosawa, Tadashi Producer Horikawa, SanaeProducer Hsu, Vivian Producer Issa Arranger Izumikawa, SoraProducer JujuProducer KProducer Kimura, Kaela Composer Koda, KumiArranger Kōda, MarikoProducer Ku, ReijoProducer Kuno, Shinji Producer May Producer Miyazawa, Kazufumi Producer Moriguchi, Hiroko Producer Nagasaku, Hiromi Producer Nakamura, Ataru Producer niccoProducer Nishida, AkihikoProducer Nishiwaki, YuiProducer Numata, SoheiProducer Sakamoto, Maaya Bassist Shiina, Ringo Arranger Shimizu, Shota Producer Shimokawa, Mikuni Producer siori Producer Soma, Hiroko Producer Suga, Shikao Producer Sugimoto, RieProducer Suzuki, YukariProducer Takahashi, YumikoProducer Takano, Hiroshi Producer Tane, TomokoArranger Tange, SakuraProducer Tanimura, YumiProducer Tetsu69 Producer Tomosaka, Rie Producer Tsuyuzaki, Harumi Producer Uchida, Yuki Producer Uemura, Kana Producer Watanabe, Anne Producer WiseProducer Yabe, MihoProducer Yano, Maki Producer Yonekura, Chihiro Producer Yonemura, HiromiProducer Yuki Producer

Musical groups Name Role 175R Producer Bank Band Band member (bassist) The Boom Producer Breath Producer Cannabis (Tsutaya, Koichi) Producer Charcoal Filter Producer chatmonchy Producer Checkicco Producer Clammbon Producer Coco Producer Cune Producer Dew Producer Do As Infinity Producer and studio bassist Elephant KashimashiProducer Emi with Mori Kame Hashi (Emi Fujita)Bassist Et-King Producer Every Little Thing Producer The Flare Producer Flow Producer Flower CompanyzProducer FoZZtone Producer Fujifabric Producer Fūmidō Producer Funky Monkey Babys Producer Fuzzy Control Producer Giraffe (Momota, Rui) Producer Glim SpankyProducer GospellersProducer Hara-Fūmi (Yuko Hara×Fūmidō)Producer Ikimono-gakari Producer KōrinProducer L'Arc-en-Ciel Arranger LitaProducer LuciferProducer Matsusen Producer Merengue (Kenji Kubo) Producer Missile InnovationProducer Miyavi vs KrevaProducer Nazca Producer Natural HighProducer Nico Touches the Walls Producer Nijisanji EN (Meloco Kyoran×Ike Eveland) Producer NoanowaProducer Over The DogsProducer Pierrot Producer Plastic TreeProducer Porno GraffittiBassist Puffy AmiYumiProducer ribbonProducer Rock'a'Trench Producer Sekaiichi Producer SophiaProducer Spitz Producer the strange dramaProducer StarsProducer The Three (Tomoyasu Hotei×Kreva×Seiji Kameda) Producer Tokyo Jihen Band member (bassist) Two of USProducer Under The Counter Producer WeaverProducer YamaArashi Producer YuzuProducer