[10][11] In addition to anime and video game music, he was involved in a Japanese band called Kryzler & Kompany which formed while he was in college.
He served as the keyboardist, with Taro Hakase on violin and Yoshinobu Takeshita on bass.
Steve McClure of Billboard wrote that they have become "Japan's unlikeliest pop idols, attracting hordes of screaming fans, a far cry from the decorum and reserve usually shown by Japan's classical music audiences.
"[13] One of the band's greatest claims to fame was providing the music for Celine Dion's single "To Love You More" which was recorded the theme song for the Japanese drama Koibito Yo (My Dear Lover).
[14] The group produced 11 albums before going on hiatus as Hakase pursued a solo career.