Author｜Alpha Note｜2026
Guitar / Music / Sound
Kenji Suzuki
鈴木 健治
Guitarist · Composer · Arranger
Sound Designer
Guitar performance, original music and guitar tones.
Bringing years of experience in music into the sounds I create today.
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About
Playing guitar.
Making music.
Shaping sound.
Kenji Suzuki is a Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger and sound designer. With over 30 years of experience and credits on more than 1,000 recorded tracks, his work spans sessions and live performances with leading J-pop artists, as well as composition and arranging.
Today his work centres on original music, gear reviews on YouTube, KTJ Tones and Suzu Lab.
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Original Music
Now streaming on Spotify
I'm Here
The four tracks from the album I'm Here are now available on Spotify. A music video has also been made for one of them.
Music video release details will be shared when available.
- Rise Again
- Always Promise
- Dualism
- Here
2025 / Crowdfunding
An album made possible with listeners’ support.
The 2025 crowdfunding campaign raised over ¥3.39 million, enabling Kenji to complete I'm Here. He is deeply grateful to everyone whose support made the album possible.
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YouTube / Gear Reviews
Play it. Record it. Let the sound speak.
Drawing on his experience as a professional musician, Kenji reviews guitars, amps and pedals through actual playing and recording. His videos also explore NAM, TONEX and practical sound-making. He has appeared in official Line 6 educational content.
Visit the YouTube channel
Examples of brands whose products he has reviewed, played or used in sound design
Line 6 / IK Multimedia / Strymon / HOTONE / Positive Grid / NUX / Enya / Bogner / Mesa/Boogie / Marshall / Orange / Custom Audio Amplifiers / VHT / Synergy / BOSS / Browne Amplification / Shure / Beyerdynamic / ZOOM
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KTJ Tones
KTJ TonesGuitar tones by Kenji SuzukiGood sounds, made to last and be shared.
KTJ Tones is a digital archive of guitar sounds Kenji has shaped and chosen by ear. It is his way of preserving tones he believes in and sharing them with other guitarists.
Explore tones on TONE300005
Suzu Lab
Kenji Suzuki’s Guitar Sound Lab
Suzu Lab is Kenji Suzuki’s online guitar community. Through live streams and conversations with members, he shares his approach to playing, sound design and ongoing creative work. It offers a closer look at the ideas behind his music and public videos. Content is primarily in Japanese.
Explore Suzu Lab06
Selected Credits
Selected recording and live credits
MISIA / Hikaru Utada / EXILE / SMAP / V6 / Kumi Koda / Namie Amuro / BoA / Erykah Badu / Toshihiko Tahara / Miho Karasawa / Mina Ganaha / KinKi Kids / Maaya Sakamoto / Ketsumeishi / TVXQ / mink / Hitomi Shimatani / w-inds. / Ko Shibasaki / MAX / SPEED / Akina Nakamori / NEWS / Tomomi Kahara / Hiroko Shimabukuro / Noriko Sakai / Sumitada Azumano / KATSUMI / Shun Someya / Akiko Wada / Yuki Uchida
V6
“ONE” — composition & arrangement / “Feel your breeze” — arrangement. Released together as an Oricon No. 1 single.
MAX
“Grace of my heart” — composition & guitar. Reached No. 2 on the Oricon chart.
Tomomi Kahara
“Anata ga Ireba” — arrangement. Gold Award-winning song at the 46th Japan Record Awards.
Live
Performed live with MISIA for over a decade, beginning with her debut. Live support for Erykah Badu at Expo 2005 Aichi / Performance with mink at Paris Fashion Week.
Sound Design & Presets
Created and shared guitar presets and tone data using Line 6 and IK Multimedia products, and designed factory presets for ZOOM guitar multi-effects processors.
Writing & Media
Contributed columns, gear reviews and recordings to Guitar Magazine, and served as a judge for its reader competition.
Books & Publications
Author｜Rittor Music｜2025
Recreating Guitar Performances with MIDI Programming
View on Amazon JapanCo-author｜Rittor Music｜2010
Direct Lessons from Top Guitarists
View on Amazon Japan07
Contact
For recording, composition, arranging, live performance, sound design and gear review enquiries, please get in touch by email.
contact@kenjisuzuki.net