203 - Shota Nakama (Sonic Symphony World Tour)

Shota Nakama, born and raised in Okinawa, Japan, is a Boston-based music producer/arranger and the head of “soundtrec,” a live music production company. During his elementary years, Shota started taking classical piano lessons, and at 15, heavily influenced by the band “Deep Purple,” he started playing guitar. Choosing not to attend high school, he received certification of completion at the age of 16 and then moved to the US at the age of 18. After graduating from Pierce College in Lakewood, Washington, he moved to Massachusetts, where he completed a bachelor's degree in film score composition at Berklee College of Music and a master's degree in classical guitar performance at the Boston Conservatory.

Shota has been involved in the music production for the internationally acclaimed video game series Final Fantasy, as well as hit anime series such as "The Rising of the Shield Hero" and "Made in Abyss". He was in charge of orchestral score production and recording supervision for the 2018 album “Triumphant Heart” by legendary guitarist Jason Becker.

His self-produced live project, Video Game Orchestra (VGO), combines his personal style with video game music. Receiving worldwide popularity, the production has toured globally in places like the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Japan, China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Mexico. In March 2018, he produced an official Final Fantasy XV concert performed by VGO at PAX East, which drew 75,000 people; in August 2018, he produced an official Sonic the Hedgehog concert at ChinaJoy in Shanghai, which dr… Read More