TALKBOX PLAYER Born in Tokyo on Jan 18, 1989.  Listening to hard rock and progressive rock since childhood. Met mixture-band such as "Rage Against The Machine" while staying in the United States in high school period, reached to various genres of music such as hip-hop, funk, soul, house, and electro, and got to know the Talkbox. Nao Right Now writes and composes by himself. Released his first single "2 Ladies" while he was still in university in 2011. In 2021, re-started solo activities as "Nao Right Now" under the label "SSSRecord" and released his first album in 2022. "Put everything into the sound", is his motto, making music with particular attention to sound and melody. He pursues "No need for translation" in music, transcends countries, languages, cultures, and genres.  Also active as the frontman of the Hip Hop unit "TWO ONE EIGHT" and the Hip Hop & Funk band "MÉLANGE". In addition to collaborations with veteran artists such as MC Mystie, DJ SOUL-T, RAP MARUYAMA, and Shuhei Watanabe in Japan, overseas artists include rapper Cal Combs from NY and beatmaker Yonas K Beatz from Israel.  2021 Sep. "kimiwa" #2 on iTunes R&B/Soul chart 2022 Apr. "There for me" #1 on iTunes R&B/Soul chart 2022 Oct. "Nao Right Now" #3 on iTunes R&B/Soul Album chart 2023 Aug. "Make It Better" #1 on iTunes Electronica chart 2024 Jan. “GET DOWN" #2 on iTunes Dance chart