Jeff Miyahara (born February 4, 1977) is a Japanese-Korean record producer and song-writer raised in Los Angeles, today based in Tokyo, Japan.

Since moving to Japan in 1999 to begin his career in the music industry, he has worked with many Japanese artists such as TVXQ, JUJU, Kana Nishino, Namie Amuro as well as international artists like Boyz II Men, Pharrell Williams, and Timbaland. He has accrued many Oricon rated No. #1 Digital Download hits, including "Kimi No Subete Ni" by Spontania ft. JUJU and JASMINE’s "sad to say". He was awarded several Gold Disc Awards by the Recording Industry Association of Japan in 2005, 2008, 2009, and was titled Nikkei Entertainment's "Hitmaker of the Year" in 2010. He has sold over 25 million units to date.

In 2009, Jeff signed a deal with UM360 (Universal Music 360, the management division of Universal Music Japan) after the success of his 2008 breakout hit “Kiminosubeteni”, a hip-pop track he produced for Spontania featuring JUJU, which sold over 5 million digital downloads [1]. In this year alone he was involved in the release of over 50 CDs. He currently has projects in the works with artists in the US, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia, while continuing his work in Japan [2].

Jeff has sited his multi-cultural and multi-lingual background (LA-raised, half Korean, half Japanese) as the foundation on which his approach to songwriting and production is conceived [3].

Biography [link]

Jeff was born in 1977 in Los Angeles, United States. During his teenage years Jeff began playing guitar and was impressed both by heavy metal and the burgeoning MTV culture of mainstream music in the 80s.^{[citation needed]}

While Jeff was still in school he developed his skills as a music producer. During this same period he traveled to Korea, where he became friends with other Asian-Americans of similar backgrounds and first began taking part in recording sessions as a producer.

In 1999, he moved to Japan to start his full scale music career. In 2002, Jeff released his first song as a producer, “Tsubasa wo kudasai”, which was used as the theme song for Japan’s national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by Japan and Korea.

Jeff’s breakthrough success came in August 2008 with the release of Spontania feat. JUJU’s “Kiminosubeteni”, which he produced. The song reached number 1 on the USEN chart, 4th in the yearly iTunes ranking ja:君のすべてに and was downloaded over 5 million times. In 2009, another of Jeff’s productions, JUJU feat. JAY’ED “Ashitagakurunara” ranked No.1 on the Chaku Uta hit charts ja:明日がくるなら

In 2009, Jeff signed a management deal with UM360. He also co-founded a new company and record label with creative partner and BAFTA winner Jeremy Soule called Music for the Planet. They are currently developing artists for worldwide release in late 2011.

Discography [link]

SINGLE [link]

ALBUM [link]

DVD [link]

External links [link]

• Universal Music Official Web Site
• Music For The Planet Official Web Site
• UM360 INC. SIGN MANAGEMENT DEAL WITH HIT-MAKING PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER, JEFF MIYAHARA
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• Manhattan Records