Seiji Kameda

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Seiji Kameda (亀田誠治, Kameda Seiji^?, born June 3, 1964) is a Japanese music producer, arranger and bass guitarist.

He was born in New York city, and started piano classes with his elder sister when he was 3 years old. In 1970 he moved to Osaka, Japan. One year later he joined the Chisato Elementary School. He began to study classic 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 KANEDA) 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. Since then he has been producing for bands like Do As Infinity, Spitz, Plastic Tree and others. He also plays bass in the band Tokyo Jihen.