Shugo Tokumaru (トクマルシューゴ, born May 29 1980 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese
composer and multi‑instrumentalist who began playing piano at age five and later
learned electric guitar in junior high. His first significant exposure came
after traveling to Los Angeles, where he recorded a home demo that led to a deal
with the independent label Music Related; the resulting album Night Piece was
released in the United States on May 11 2004 and later in Japan through
Compare Notes. Tokumaru followed with L.S.T. on August 2005 and EXIT on
October 19 2007, both of which expanded his internat...