Shigeo Tamaru is a Japanese Guitar Player and Producer, He comes from Yokohama Japan. In 1996, He formed a band ‘NaNa’ with female singer Chikako Watanabe in Tokyo. He debuted with the first EP ‘RED’ in the band produced by himself from gut bounce label of Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1997. Following that, the band released albums from ‘Forlife Records’ and ‘Warner Music Japan’. In 2011, NaNa was ranked on the Billboard Magazine’s (USA) Independent artist charts. The following year, a single ‘RIDE’ was launched from their private label ‘One Dot Records’. In 2013, He produced ‘Unbelievable World' and ‘Imaginary man /Bonus Track Version’(re-issue, Bonus Track Edition) from Warner Music Japan. He is currently active as a player, producer, composer in the band ‘NaNa’. He dropped his first Solo-single 'MONO' in 2013. He composed and produced the track, and all instruments performed by himself as well as NaNa's productions. In 2015, he released 2nd and 3rd singles called 'On the Road' and 'Orange Day'. The style of both tracks are blend of Breakbeats, Instrumental Rock, 70's Rock, and a little touch of Jazz Fusion. On September of the same year, he released 4th single 'Perhaps It's Better' and 5th single 'Burning Man'. The both tracks are completed once again as productions that come across as a more evolved Jazz Fusion in the style of Instrumental Rock. Those singles were highly praised on JazzCorner.com and Nodepression which are one of the largest Jazz portal site. After October of that year began, NaNa's track "Tokyo, Slow Down" from the single "Unbelievable World" that was released by Warner Music Japan in 2013, it was introduced in a popular public radio program in the US, and has received strong air-play. The track has been broadcasted on FM stations in a wide range from NY to Alaska. It had been broadcast over 500 times on over 100 public FM radio from Oct 2015. In March 2016, NaNa's new EP "Remember Me" was released by Warner Music Japan. It was produced in response to received reputation of power-play on FM radio stations in the US. It also contains the title track's Remix, Guitar version, takes you to further the new world of NaNa. In August 2017, Shigeo's long-awaited new single was released. It includes a new style alt-jazz 'Nothing After Chaos' with innovative technical guitar playing, and 'Under the Blue' with its beautiful cinematic ambient. The contrasting tracks show a whole new worldview. Both tracks have received numerous airplay on Kansas City's Jazz FM stations and other stations from 2017-2019. In 2019 that followed, 'Ringing Mellow' and 'Lydia' were released. 'Ringing Mellow' has characteristic sounds with a mix of technical guitar playing following 'Nothing After Chaos' and modern synthesizer. 'Lydia' is electro-guitar music having Chill and Indie rock elements, both of which are innovative pieces with pursuing of a new alternative jazz direction, and were called "New music", "Super insane track", "Master guitarist from Japan", etc. These four experimental and avant-garde tracks continued to be released on One Dot Records. After Covid-19, in June, 2022, NaNa's unreleased live tracks of 'Unbelievable World', 'Tokyo, Slow Down', and 'RIDE' were released. Within a month of its release, it quickly gained airplay on over 100 radio stations throughout the United States (and continues to do so as of 2023). Among them, the live track of 'Tokyo, Slow Down' got a lot of airplay.