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Kyoto Animation × "Uji-city, the town associated with Murasaki Shikibu" PR video

Kyoto Animation × "Uji-city, the town associated with Murasaki Shikibu" PR video

 

2024.08

"Uji has a story" Music by Ai Kuwabara HP / YouTube

J-WAVE 81.3 FM Radio「BMW FREUDE FOR LIFE」

J-WAVE 81.3 FM Radio「BMW FREUDE FOR LIFE」

 

2018.04~

※Theme song (compose)

Shiho "COLOR"

Shiho "COLOR"

(King Records)

2022.09.14

※Track 2 (piano)

"In a world of never ending rain"

"In a world of never ending rain"

 

2022.06.30

※All Tracks (composer & music director & piano)

Miyu Sakihi “MuuSee”

Miyu Sakihi “MuuSee”

(Universal Music)

2020.09.09

※Track 7 (compose, piano)

TV Asahi News Program "Saturday Station"

TV Asahi News Program "Saturday Station"

 

2017.04.22~2020.09.26

※Opening theme song (compose)

TV Asahi News Program "Sunday Station"

TV Asahi News Program "Sunday Station"

 

2017.04.23~2020.09.27

※Opening theme song (compose)

Isetan Department Store

Isetan Department Store

 

2020.04~

※Opening/Closing Music of stores (compose)

BLUE NOTE VOYAGE

BLUE NOTE VOYAGE

(Universal Music)

2019.10.23

※Track 1,5 (piano)

Daichi Yamamoto "Andless"

Daichi Yamamoto "Andless"

(Jazzy Sport)

2019.09.04

※Track 1,17 (compose, piano)

Shiho "A Vocalist"

Shiho "A Vocalist"

(King Records)

2019.06.05

※Track 1,8 (piano)

Ryota Fujimaki “RYOTA FUJIMAKI Acoustic Recordings 2000-2010”

Ryota Fujimaki “RYOTA FUJIMAKI Acoustic Recordings 2000-2010”

(Victor Entertainment)

2019.04.03

※Track 3,8,15 (piano)

Splatoon2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -Splatune2-

Splatoon2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -Splatune2-

(Kadokawa)

2018.07.18

※Track15, 16 (piano)

Hanako Oshima “Himeringo”

Hanako Oshima “Himeringo”

(T.O.M RECORDS)

2018.06.13

※Track 1,4,6 (arrange, piano)

J-WAVE 81.3 FM Radio 「Step One」

J-WAVE 81.3 FM Radio 「Step One」

 

2018.04~

※Opening theme song and jingle (compose)

Naruyoshi Kikuchi “MOBILE SUIT GANDUM THUNDERBOLT Original Soundtrack2”

Naruyoshi Kikuchi “MOBILE SUIT GANDUM THUNDERBOLT Original Soundtrack2”

(Sony Music Artists / TABOO)

2017.11.15

※Track 1-7 (piano)

Kararan “Pop Songs”

Kararan “Pop Songs”

(APOLLO SOUNDS)

2017.07.12

※All Tracks (compose, piano)

Kararan “Wakakute-Aoi”

Kararan “Wakakute-Aoi”

(Space Shower Network)

2014.10.29

※All Tracks (compose, piano)

Stage

Musical "Anzu: Opening the Door to the Heart"

(Music Director & Arrangement & Keyboard Conductor) 

Aug 20-22 , 2025 

at act Home Komorebi GRAFARE Hall (Tokyo)

"Broadcast"

(Composer)

August 10 - 25, 2024

at Ebisu Echo Theater

Murder Mystery Musical "Roommate-to-Nazotoki-wo"

(Composer)

November 18 - 26, 2023

at Sunshine Theatre, Tokyo, Japan

Broadway Musical "War Paint" Japan Premiere

(Music Director & Keyboard Conductor)
May 7 - June 15, 2023
at Nissay Theatre (Tokyo), Morinomiya Piloti-hall (Osaka), Misono-za (Nagoya), Kyoto Theater (Kyoto), Japan

Staged Reading "Hajimete-no"
Naoki Prize Winner with YOASOBI Collaboration Projec

First Part  / Jan 7-9, 2023 (Composer & Pianist)

Second Part  / Jan 6-8, 2024 (Composer)

at Yomiuri Otemachi Hall, Tokyo, Japan

PRESS

PRESS

netnews

Online Interview & Review

2025.07.09

Rolling Stone (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara on Starting the Second Chapter of Her Life in LA and the Meaning Behind Her New Album "Flying?"

2025.07.09

Everything Jazz (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara on Her New Home in Los Angeles and the Album "Flying?" Born There

2025.07.09

ARBAN (Japanese)
[Ai Kuwabara | Interview] Creating an Album in Her New Home of Los Angeles – Revealing Her True Self in "Flying?"

2025.07.09

MIKIKI (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara Takes Flight to the World! She Talks About "Flying?", Her Masterpiece Inspired by Moving to LA and Reuniting with Sam Wilkes

2023.12.05

KENDRIX Media (Japanese)
Creating a New Musical as Lyricist and Composer ~ Musical Actor Taiki Nishikawa & Jazz Pianist Ai Kuwabara (Part 2)

2023.12.05

KENDRIX Media (Japanese)
Creating a New Musical as Lyricist and Composer ~ Musical Actor Taiki Nishikawa & Jazz Pianist Ai Kuwabara (Part 1)

2022.10.04

ARBAN  (Japanese)
[Ai Kuwabara Interview] Discovering the Meaning of “That Gap” in Her 10th Year Since Debut – Releasing the New Album "Making Us Alive"

2022.09.28

MIKIKI (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara on a Decade of Struggles and Discoveries, and Her Live Album "Making Us Alive" with the Minimal yet Most Powerful Piano Trio

2022.06.15

Blue Note Tokyo Online (Japanese)
【Special Interview】Ai Kuwabara

2022.06.08

SPICE (Japanese)
Stage homies? Friends? No, We’re Basically ‘Family’! – Taiki Nishikawa, Ai Kuwabara, and Natsumi Kon Talk About "In a world of never ending rain" and Their Beautiful Memories

2021.12.02

ARBAN (Japanese)
[Conversation: Ai Kuwabara & Shacho (SOIL&“PIMP”SESSIONS)] Ai Kuwabara’s First Solo Album Packed with Requests from Artists"

2021.05.19

Rolling Stone Japan (Japanese)
"Ai Kuwabara × Shishido Kavka Dialogue: Two Musicians Talk About ‘Challenges’ and ‘Struggles’

2021.05.11

Yomiuri Online (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara Releases Piano Solo Album "Opera" – The Reason She Overcame Her Slump

2021.05.07

MIKIKI (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara Talks About "Opera" Her First Solo Piano Album, Unleashing 100% of Herself Like Never Before"

2021.05.06

note of intoxicate (Japanese)
【Ai Kuwabara INTERVIEW】Recording a Solo Was Her Dream – Expressing 100% of Ai Kuwabara as Only She Can Now

2021.04.13

encore (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara interview "Opera" – A Solo Album Where the Piano Sings

2021.04.08

The Asahi Shinbun (Japanese)
'Happily, My Current Music’ – Jazz Pianist Ai Kuwabara and Her New Album"

2021.04.07

Music Voice (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara: ‘Music Is About People’ – The Bonds That Helped Her Overcome a Long Slump

2021.04.06

The Nikkei (Japanese)
Jazz Pianist Ai Kuwabara – The Parents Who Supported Her Hard Practice

2020.11.14

SPICE (Japanese)
Ryota Fujimaki × Ai Kuwabara × Keisuke Torigoe Talk About The Premium Concert 2020: ‘Enjoyable Music to Wrap Up 2020’

billboard JAPAN (Japanese)
<Interview>Ai Kuwabara Talks About Her Collaboration with Fellow Musician Shun Ishiwaka: ‘Seeing Jazz from a Broader Perspective’

2020.04.01

ISETAN MEN'S net (Japanese)
【Interview】Ai Kuwabara|Music That Colors a Moment of Your Visit to Isetan

2019.11.14

Music Voice (Japanese)
Taiki Nishikawa × Ai Kuwabara: What It Means to Be Japanese – Insights Gained Through Musical Theater

2019.09.23

ARBAN (Japanese)
[Ai Kuwabara] Mickey Mouse and Friends: Playing Beloved Disney Songs Together with ‘My Friends’

2019.09.04

Real Sound (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara Talks About Her Official Cover Album of Disney Classics in Jazz Arrangements, Created Together with Friends

2018.08.28

CD Journal (Japanese)
"‘How to Live This Moment’ – Ai Kuwabara New Album "To The End Of This World"

2018.08.25

Music Voice (Japanese)
Communicating Through Music, Not Social Media – Ai Kuwabara and Her Sound Beyond Gender

2018.08.23

mora (Japanese)
【Interview】Jazz Pianist Ai Kuwabara Releases New Album Featuring a Variety of Guest Artists

2018.08.18

The Sankei Shinbun (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara: The Rising Jazz Pianist’s New Work Approached with a ‘Natural Self’

Tokyo Bar Association: Interview with Ai Kuwabara (Japanese)

2017.11.16

Qetic (Japanese)
[Interview] Ai Kuwabara × Shun Ishiwaka: The Brilliant Piece Born from the Opening Theme ‘Dear Family’ for TV program Saturday Station and Sunday Station

2017.09.26

PHILWEB (Japanese)
Jazz Pianist Ai Kuwabara Interview – Creating Live Shows That Make You Think, "I’m Glad I Came"

2017.02.08

billboard JAPAN (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara Interview

2017.02.08

mysound (Japanese)
SPECIAL INTERVIEW!! Ai Kuwabara

2016.12.01

SPICE (Japanese)
Jazz Musician Ai Kuwabara: Present and Future – Looking Ahead to ‘Winter Concert With Strings’"

2016.05.20

Ticket PIA NEWS (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara Takes on a Cover Album with a Fresh Approach

2015.08.31

YAMAHA Web Myu-jin Instrument Experience (Japanese)
Rising Young Jazz Pianist Ai Kuwabara Takes on a Violin Trial Lesson!

2015.08.20

JAZZ SUMMIT TOKYO (Japanese)
Performer Interview④ Ai Kuwabara(Part2)

2015.08.19

JAZZ SUMMIT TOKYO (Japanese)
Performer Interview④ Ai Kuwabara(Part1)

2014

General Incorporated Foundation Japan Popular Music Association
Interview Vol.22 "Ai Kuwabara Captivates Audiences with Her Fresh Energy"

2014.06.20

MUSIPL REVIEW (Japanese)
ai kuwabara trio project『LABORATORY』

2014.06.19

CDJournal (Japanese)
ai kuwabara trio project Releases New Album

2014.05.23

MIKIKI (Japanese)
ai kuwabara trio project 『the Window』Hew Third Work That Opens a New World of Ai Kuwabara Beyond the Window

2014.01.06

Discovery Nikkei (Japanese)
aii Kuwabara trio project Brings the Delights of Japanese Jazz to Denver

2013.09.11

The Japan Times (English)
Tony Bennett, New Cool Collective, Ai Kuwabara Trio Project impress crowds at Tokyo Jazz Festival

2013.04.15

OTOTOY (Japanese)
ai kuwabara trio project 2nd album「THE SIXTH SENSE」Interview

2012.11.28

HMV online (Japanese)
Feature of『Michel Petrucciani: Body & Soul』

2012.11.16

Lawson Ticket HMV (Japanese)
"Who Is Ai Kuwabara", the Buzz in the Jazz Scene?

2012.08.22

TOWER RECORDS ONLINE (Japanese)
Ai Kuwabara

Newspaper & Magazine Interview

jazzLife - August 2025

Jaz.in vol.021

intoxicate vol.176

Music Magazine - August 2025

CD Journal - Summer 2025

jazzLife - October 2022 【Cover】

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.146

intoxicate vol.160

Pen - July 2022 "Special Feature" Mr.Children

BRUTUS No.940

jazzLife - May 2021【Cover】

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.129

Monthly Publication "Electone" May 2021

The Asahi Shinbun  Evening Paper (04.08.2021)

The Japan News  Evening Paper (04.08.2021)

The Nikkei (4.6.2021)

The Nikkei  Evening Paper  (03.09.2021)

MUSIC MAGAZINE - October 2019

The Asahi Shinbun 「EAST MEETS WEST 2019」 (2019.03.18)

jazzLife - April 2019【Cover】

CD Journal - April 2019

Music Magazine (03.20.2019)

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.104

jazzLife - September 2018【Cover】

intoxicate vol.135

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.78【Cover】

The Nikkei (03.12.2017)

Cine-Com Walker - March 2017 ~TALK TALK~

jazzLife - March 2017

Book : Tokyo Jazz Festival (The Story of a Passionate Music Festival Started from Scratch)

Kanagawa Shinbun Local News (2015.11.17)

intoxicate vol.118  73rd : 4-Panel Comic Ironman

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.61

The Nikkei  Evening Paper (06.19.2015)

Myujin 2015 Summer

Soto-Koto - May 2015

Monthly Publication "Piano" - May 2015

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.56

jazzLife - April 2015

jazzLife - December 2014

jazzLife - September 2014

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.45

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.42

jazzLife - May 2014

jazzLife - February 2014

The Japan News  Evening Paper (08.29.2013) Music Section

jazzLife - August 2013

The Nikkei  Evening Paper (07.03.2013) Special Feature: Tokyo JAZZ

CD Journal - May 2013

Net Audio vol.10

jazzLife - May 2013

The Japan News (04.18.2013) "Special Issue: Haikara Est, No. 97"

The Asahi Shinbun (04.8.2013) Music Section

JAZZ JAPAN Vol.32

Tokyo Metro Free Magazine: Metro Minutes, No. 125 (03.20.2013)

Monthly Publication "Electone" - February 2013

Keyboard Magazine Winter 2013

jazzLife - December 2012

Asahi Weekly Newspaper (09.16.2012) Music Section

CD Journal - November 2012

TV

01.15.2022

BS Asahi「Yamaha 50th Anniversary Concert (Guest Appearance Broadcasted)

01.08.2021

TBS「UTAGE!」

04.26.2020

NHK BS Premius「The Covers」

02.07.2020

TV Asahi「Music Station」

05.06.2016

J:COM TV「EN-TAME JAM」
First Broadcast: May 6 
Rebroadcast": May 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

01.06 & 20. 2014

J:COM TV「JAZZ TRAIN」

10.08 & 27. 2013

NHK BS Premium「12th TOKYO JAZZ」

05.25.2013

TOKYOMXTV「Nippon Dandy」

11.18.2012

WOWOW "Shibuya LIVE! The Prime Show"

Radio

2023.09.02

J-WAVE 「ORIENT STAR TIME AND TIDE」ゲスト出演

2023.07.21

J-WAVE 「ALL GOOD FRIDAY」ゲスト出演

2022.11.18

ラジオ日本「Happy Voice! from YOKOHAMA」ゲスト出演

2022.10.06

FMヨコハマ「Lovely Day」ゲスト出演

2022.10.03

J-WAVE「STEP ONE」内 ”MUSIC+1” 生出演

2022.10.03

TOKYO FM「THE TRAD」ゲスト出演

2022.09.26

JFN「Seasoning -season your life with music-」ゲスト出演

2021.06.06

FM FUJI「FM藤巻」ゲスト出演

2021.06.02

FMはつかいち76.1MHz「インディーズ・アロー」ゲスト出演(再放送:06.07 )

2021.05.29 & 06.05

ニッポン放送「山崎育三郎のI AM 1936」ゲスト出演

2021.05.28

ラジオ日本「Happy Voice! from YOKOHAMA」ゲスト出演

2021.05.16

FM COCOLO「World Jazz Warehouse」リモートインタビュー出演

2021.05.09

ZIP-FM「otonationary」 コメント出演

2021.04.25

FM COCOLO「SUNDAY MARK’E 765」 “Rolling Stone Japan RADIO”コーナー内 ゲスト出演

2021.04.16

TBSラジオ「アフター6ジャンクション」内 ”LIVE & DIRECT” ゲスト出演

2021.04.11

J-WAVE「STEP ONE」内 ”MUSIC+1” 生出演

2021.04.08

J-WAVE「OTOAJITO」 ゲスト出演

2021.04.05

TOKYO FM 「THE TRAD」 ゲスト出演

2021.04.05-08

J-WAVE「J-WAVE TOKYO MORNING RADIO」内 ”Feel Like Jazz” ゲスト出演

2021.04

FM COCOLO 「Amusic Diner」番組DJ(4回)

2020.10.27

ラジオNHK R1「はまキラ!」生出演

2020.02.22

J-WAVE「INTRODUCING! EAST MEETS WEST」インタビュー出演

2019.09.08

文化放送 志の輔ラジオ「落語DE志の輔ラジオ「落語DEデート」ゲスト出演

2019.04.01

J-WAVE「STEP ONE」内 ”MUSIC+1” 生出演

2019.03.22

FM yokohama 「FUTRESCAPE」 生出演

2018.10.21

ラジオ大阪 OBC 「高岡美樹のべっぴんラジオ」生出演

2018.10.21

FM COCOLO「Mark’e Music Mode」生出演

2018.10.20

ラジオ大阪 OBC 「OBC JAZZ Street!」ゲスト出演

2018.10.20

FM FUKUOKA SOUND PUREDIO presents 音解 ~オトトキ~ ゲスト出演

2018.09.29

渋谷のラジオ「渋谷のサタデーナイト」番組パーソナリティ

2018.09.21

JFN 「simple style ~オヒルノオト~」ゲスト出演

2018.09.14

FM COCOLO 「THE MAGNIFICENT FRIDAY」 生出演

2018.09.06

FM Nack5 「ラジオのアナ~ラジアナ」 生出演

2018.09.04

FM OH! 「MUSIC BIT」 ゲスト出演

2018.09.04

KBCラジオ「ガブリナ」生出演

2018.09.04

RKBラジオ「オトナビゲーション」生出演

2018.09.04

LOVE FM「music&serendipity」生出演

2018.08.26

ラジオ日本「「Hello! I, Radio~ハロー!アイレイディオ~」」生出演

2018.02.05

DJ松浦俊夫さん ラジオ番組「WW TOKYO」生出演

2018.01.12

J-WAVE「JK RADIO TOKYO UNITED」ゲスト出演

2017.12.25

TOKYO FM「Blue Ocean」ゲスト出演

2017.12.24

J-WAVE「ACROSS THE SKY」内 “TOKYO TREASURE” 生出演

2017.12.24

LEXUS STORY OF "CRAFTED" ゲスト出演

2017.11.11

TBSラジオ「菊地成孔の粋な夜電波」ゲスト出演

2017.11.09

J-WAVE「STEP ONE」内 ”MUSIC+1” 生出演

2017.11.08

InterFM897「Happy Hour !」生出演

2017.11.01-07

Inter FM897「Happy Hour !」内「JAZZ IN TOKYO」ゲスト出演

2017.11.06

FM横浜「E-ne !~good for you~」生出演

2017.10.22

Inter FM897「Vida TOKIO」ゲスト出演

2017.09.15

Inter FM897「Happy Hour!」生出演

2017.09.24

Inter FM897「JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC」番組DJ

2017.03.20

FM NACK5「キラスタ」生出演

2017.03.14

文化放送「大竹まこと ゴールデンラジオ」ゲスト出演

2017.02.18

Inter FM897「KKBOX presents 897 Selectors」ゲスト出演

2017.02.07

ラジオ日本「Hello! I, Radio~ハロー!アイレイディオ~」生出演

2017.02.04

Inter FM897「Love on Music」ゲスト出演

2016.06.25

Inter FM897「Hoppy Hour!」生出演

2016.02.04

Inter FM897「The Vance K Show」生出演

2015.12.12

たまプラーザ駅 FM Salus 84.1MHz「田都女子~ fluffy fluffy ~」生出演

2015.11.21

TBSラジオ「菊地成孔の粋な夜電波」ゲスト出演

2015.11.19

ネットラジオ「JAZZ CAN」ゲスト出演

2015.11.03

AM1422KHz ラジオ日本「峰竜太のミネスタ」生出演

2015.10.19

TBSラジオ AM954+FM90.5「エンタメExpress954」ゲスト出演

2015.10.19

FM世田谷 83.3MHz「栗原美季 Cafe les R」生出演

2015.10.03

コミュニティFM「ミュージックバード」カノン “Sound Of Oasis~サウンドオブオアシス” ゲスト出演

2015.09.08

FM83.4エフエム世田谷「アフタヌーンパラダイス」ゲスト出演

2015.06.06

J-WAVE 81.3FM 「V.I.P.」ゲスト出演

2015.04.25

ラジオNikkei「テイスト・オブ・ジャズ」ゲスト出演

2015.04.18

コミュニティFM「ミュージックバード」カノン “Sound Of Oasis~サウンドオブオアシス” ゲスト出演

2014.09.22

朝日放送ABC「武田和歌子のぴたっと。」ゲスト出演

2014.06.19

JJazz.Net 青木カレン「TOUCH OF JAZZ」ゲスト出演

2014.05.04

Inter FM 「JAZZ CONVERSATION」生出演

2013.09.01

Inter FM 「JAZZ CONVERSATION」内 ”MEET THE STAR”ゲスト出演

2013.07.01

AIR-Gエフエム北海道 電話生出演

2010.11.03

横浜市青葉区コミュニティFMラジオ局 FM SaLus「Muse Amuse」生出演

Others

August - September 2015

Selected for JAL International Flights In-Flight Audio Jazz Channel from ai kuwabara trio project  3rd Album "Into the Future or the Past?"

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