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Masato Honda was born on 13 November, 1962 in Shimanto City, is a Japanese musician and composer. Discover Masato Honda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Occupation Musician
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 13 November, 1962
Birthday 13 November
Birthplace Shimanto City
Nationality Japan

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1962

Masato Honda (本田雅人, born November 13, 1962), is a Japanese saxophone player, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Born in Nakamura City, Kochi Prefecture (now Shimanto City), he graduated from Kunitachi College of Music.

He is most well known for being a member of the band T-Square and appearing on Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack with The Seatbelts.

Masato Honda started playing the saxophone in the 3rd grade under the influence of his father, after trying out both the flute and clarinet.

During his high school years at the Kochi Prefectural Nakamura High School he participated in a pop band where he played guitar and sang.

1983

Afterwards, he went to Kunitachi College of Music, where he studied classical saxophone until he won the 14th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest in 1983.

Afterwards, he turned his focus to jazz and fusion styles.

1985

In 1985, he graduated from Kunitachi College of Music at the top of his class and joined Nobuo Hara's Sharps and Flats.

Afterwards, he worked as a session musician, notably working with Toshiki Kadomatsu, Hiroshi Sato, and the Katsumi Horii Project, and formed the group WITNESS with Masaharu Ishikawa and Jun Kajiwara.

1990

The 1990 live, T-Square Live (featuring F1 Grand Prix Theme) was Honda's first time working with T-Square as a session musician.

The then-current saxophonist Takeshi Itoh stepped down from the group to pursue a solo career soon after.

1991

Honda debuted as an official member in T-Square Live – "Farewell & Welcome" in 1991, which was Itoh's official send-off from the group.

Prior to this, Honda began recording his first studio album with T-Square in January 1991, New-S, where he composed the opening track, Megalith.

It would release on March 21 that same year.

Also in 1991, the group recorded the album Refreshest, the first album under the name "T-Square and Friends".

It was composedly mainly of arrangements of previous songs, one of which was a version of It's Magic.

1994

Following the death of racing legend Ayrton Senna in 1994, T-Square released SOLITUDE, also as T-Square and Friends.

1995

David Liebman, Michael Brecker, and Mike Stern joined T-Square and Friends for the album Miss you in New York in 1995.

After the album Blue in Red, Honda left T-Square for unknown reasons and pursued a solo career.

1998

He participated before leaving T-Square in Farewell & Welcome Live 1998, which was recorded on April 28, 1998 and released on VHS the following July, and he also participated after leaving T-Square in Yaon de Asobu – 20th Anniversary Special.

Berklee alum Takahiro Miyazaki replaced him starting with the album Gravity, however Honda still contributed to it, playing on the song Japanese Soul Brothers.

T-Square's 2022 album Wish marked his first activity with the band since he contributed a composition in 2001's Brasil, and T-Square's 2022 year-end special live shows saw his return to the band's stage for the first time since his guest appearance in 2000.

Honda has participated in the works of Shiro Sagisu, Ringo Sheena, Hiroshi Sato, Toshiki Kadomatsu, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Kukeiha Club, FictionJunction, Kohei Tanaka, Motoaki Furukawa, SunSet Swish, Nana Mizuki, Aiko, Yuji Toriyama, Masayuki Suzuki, Yui Makino, Sumire Uesaka, Junna, Ryo Takahashi, and Round Table

He has also recorded for the soundtracks of Cowboy Bebop, Souryuden, Gunstar Heroes, Tenchi-Muyo! Ryo-Ohki, Mega Man X, Arc the Lad, F-Zero X, Shenmue, Napple Tale, Gensō Suikogaiden, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths, Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem, Angel Heart, Wild Arms, Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure, Hayate the Combat Butler, Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus, Pandora Hearts, Evangelion Wind Symphony, One Piece, Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!, Cat Planet Cuties, Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Heaven's Memo Pad, Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!, Kids on the Slope, Nyaruko: Crawling with Love, The Third, Sound! Euphonium, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Wake Up, Girls!, Prison School, Active Raid: Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit, Journey of Midgard/Michiko Naruke Ragnarok Online, ACCA 13-ku Kansatsu-ka, Square Enix Jazz Final Fantasy, City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes, Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion Orchestra Concert, and Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.

Since his work with T-Square, he has led and been a part of several other bands.

Honda founded the group B.B.Station as a "train station" between the styles of jazz fusion and swing music.

Trumpeter Eric Miyashiro is part of this group.

Honda has also been a member of the Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra that Miyashiro leads.

2004

Honda has been in a number of other fusion acts besides T-Square such as Four of a Kind, which participated in the 2004 JVC Jazz Festival in Seoul, and Voice of Elements, which live-streamed performances because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2008

In his 2008 solo album, Across the Groove, he featured jazz keyboardist Bob James.

Also significant is his second solo album, Carry Out, in which he played every instrument and composed every song on the record.

Honda is a visiting professor at Showa University of Music.

He was previously employed by Kunitachi College of Music as a professor of saxophone and jazz.

2010

He used a Selmer Mark VII saxophone for most of his career, but switched to the more renowned Mark VI at some point in the 2010s and currently uses a Yamaha YAS-875EX.

For his time in T-Square during the 90s, he primarily used a synthetic Fibracell reed, but now uses Vandoren's Green Java reeds.

2020

His name was removed from the faculty list in 2020.

Honda has experience on a variety of instruments.

Aside from the four main soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones he has been observed playing the clarinet, flute, EWI, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, and recorder.

He also has ability as a jazz scat singer.

On the alto saxophone he uses a refaced 7* Yanagisawa mouthpiece, as well as a model made specifically for him by the brand Saxz, and a Meyer 5M.