Chris Hart (クリス・ハート, Kurisu Hāto, born August 25, 1984)[1] is an American-born Japanese singer, songwriter, and producer who gained popularity as a J-pop artist in Japan.

Hart was born August 25, 1984, in the San Francisco Bay Area to musician parents, who separated when he was 2 years old.

In 2003, Hart was vocalist of the band NIKITA w/Metallic Beasts, which covered Japanese visual kei artists.

In 2011, Hart was a part of the vocal unit "Triple Trip" with whom he did a regular radio program on Kawasaki FM.

Hart is also credited for the English lyrics of the Tsukuba Daigaku theme song, "Imagine The Future".

[2] In 2013 his cover of the Yusaku Kiyama song "Home" reached number 8 in Japanese sales on the Oricon Singles Chart.

[4] Hart released an original collaboration single, "Yume Ga Samete", with JPOP Legend, Matsuda Seiko for their label, Universal Sigma's 10th anniversary.

Hart and Seiko Matsuda sang "Yume ga Samete" at the 64th annual Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

[6] On December 5, 2017, he announced on his official blog that he would take an indefinite hiatus to continue his study of music and spend time with his family.

The promotional video for "Dreams" featured a dance routine performed by renowned ballet dancer, Shoko Nakamura.

In 2018, Chris Hart's original song "I LOVE YOU" would shoot up the charts to reach #13 for the 2018 Oricon Karaoke Ranking.

They would co-write the music for the song "For One's Smile feat Chris Hart" for the artist, Ai Kawashima.

is credited for the score and sound design of the Canadian film "Viaticum" directed by, and starring Lara Daans.

Chris Hart grew up in Palo Alto, California and attended Gunn High School.