His father had lots of overseas business trip when he was young, and that got him into Western music He started to learn the piano when he was 9-year-old but quit in a year. Then he had continued playing the piano and do it his way, he created his own style although lost his skill of writing and reading notes

After graduating from high school, his love of music was to R&B and Hip Hop, he formed his crew and worked as the track maker Through many kind of instruments and music, now he is back to his roots as a pianist...Before he changed his artist name, Takaaki Chiba, one of his track had taken first place in Japanese Jazz ranking and other 4 tracks were also in top 10 in the mobile social community site "Mobage" As other his work, he has been collaborating with other artists, appearing on TV program and radios and his tracks were played at various events

Now he is working on releasing his own solo album... "Soul Hug" Unforgettable, valued words, and meaningful words of his belief in his heart

Today..play by following his heart and soul..

"No lie in Music 　　Music can't lie"..

Thank you for visiting my page♪Feel free to give me a message if you like my music☆

Have a wonderful day for all☆

１９８２年、日本人の母と韓国人の父の間に生まれる。

幼き頃から海外出張の多い父の影響で洋楽を聴いて育ち、Pianoは小学３年生の時に始めるが１年間で辞める。

その後もPianoを弾き、好きに弾いてる内に楽譜の読解力を失うが独自のスタイルを身につける。

高校卒業後、R&B　、HIPHOPをメインにCrewを結成しTrackMakerを担当する。

あらゆる楽器、あらゆるジャンルを経験し、現在は原点に戻りPianistとして活動。

過去にやっていた携帯交流サイト「モバゲー」で、当時改名する前takaaki chiba(千葉高明）として記載した楽曲達がJazzランキングで全国１位を獲得し、TOP１０内で自曲が４曲ランクイン

アーティストとのコラボやJ-WAVE他ラジオへの出演。各種イベントなどで自曲が使用される。

旧Myspace時代では単体のソロ楽器Playerでは異例の全ジャンル全総合ランキングでもTop10内に入る

J-WAVE RADIO SPIDER 第2回放送のゲストとして テイ・トウワと対談

CCB ギタリスト関口誠人と『Eros of man』にてTalk Liveでゲスト共演

GAOの14年ぶりのアルバム、Slip out of the bedroomのリリース記念パーティーのピアニストを務める

myspace プロデュース「MMBレコメンドアーティスト」

LEMS / 1st Album globe trotter / imagin all　featuring Soul hugで参加

Lems / 2nd Album PingPongBox / Seacret Bass (Samurai Mix）にて参加。

featuring Artist ~ Shing02,　FU-TEN,　no.9,　The Paranormal,

Soul Hug,　Naoyuki Takano,　acharu,　ASSAN

2012,7.11 Soul Hugによる完全Piano Solo album 第一弾

elePianote 発表

『soulhug』..忘れられない..大切な言葉。そして自分の信念の意味ある言葉を胸に.. 今日も。。心と魂が与えてくれる音に従い奏でる。

『音は嘘をつかない　そして　音に嘘はつけない』..

『No lie in Music 　　Music can't lie』..

来てくれてありがとう♪もし気にいってもらえたら気軽にメッセージください☆（＾?＾）訪れた方に良い一日を☆.