He has also produced artists by composing and arranging their music. His ability of playing along with other musicians of different genre of music, from pop to avant-gardes, was complimented by those who worked with. He plays with greatest concern towards them by the approach ‘not to disrupt, but to keep the originality’, multiplies the quality of the music.

In 1998,
ASA-CHANG started ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY with guitarist/programmer, Hidehiko Urayama, releasing their first album “TABLA MAGMA BONGO” from Torattoria.

Two years later in 2000,
ASA-CHANG recruited a tabla player, U-Zhaan, as a new member. They firstly performed in “MAN DRIVE TRANCE” party organised by ROVO. Within only three months after this successful first live, they got the opportunity to play in Fuji Rock Festival, performing five times on two of three days.

The following year, their second album, “HANA” came out. This album received the reputation as ‘an utterly new music which people had never listened to’. The track “HANA” was contributed to the film “KEMONOGARE ORERA NO SARU TO (Getting Wild with Our Monkey)” (JAPAN, 2001) as an ending theme.

In 2002,
the album “HANA” was chosen as ‘the BEST 10 Albums of the year 2001’ by various music magazines. The same year in May, ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY signed with The Leaf Label in England, and released their first 12” “HANA” for the label as well as the album “JUNRAY SONG CHANG” that compiled albums “TABLA MAGMA BONGO” and “HANA”. In England, the track “HANA” was on the airplay in John Peel’s program, and was played in other radio programs and nightclubs.

4 months later in September, the album “TSU GI NE PU” was released in Japan, and the band went on a Japan tour through November. At the end of the year, Fabric Label in London released a mix CD, “Fabriclive 07” hosted by John Peel, introducing the track “HANA”.

In 2003,
proving their ability and potential of their music, “JUNRAY SONG CHANG” was acclaimed in U.K. as Number 4 album of 2002 in The Wire, Top 40 album of 2002 in Mojo magazine, and Top 40 single of the year in Muzik.

This hit of the album went across Europe, U.S.A., and Chile taken as one of the most sensational music.

In February, the Leaf Label released British edition “TSU GI NE PU” along with its analog.

5 month later, ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY was invited to perform in annual FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL for the 4th time, which is extraordinary. Apart from that ASA- CHANG & JUNRAY re-arranged their songs and composed music for a dance company “Idevian Crew” for their performance in Tokyo in September, and in New York and Montreal in January. (info:days@idevian.com, http://www.idevian.com)

In January 2004,
they released a new single “SENAKA” featuring Japanese cutest pop singer/actress Kyoko Koizumi (MU-ON). The single was a successful challenge of ASA-CHANG&JUNRAY for the wider audience to introduce their ‘comprehensible’ world of music.

In February 2005,
ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY released their highly completed 4th album ”MINNA NO JUNRAY”, including the singles ”SENAKA” and ”KANA”, both of which were released prior to this album.

Following their release of the new album, ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY made a long awaited nationwide tour ”MINNA NO JUNRAY Tour” in Japan from March to April (22 lives in 20 cities).

In August, ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY performed at one of the biggest outdoor
concerts in Japan - the RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2005 in EZO. The concert was filled with audiences and created much sensation, however it was their first time to perform at the Rising Sun Rock.

Soon later, ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY released their first DVD ”LIVE NO JUNRAY”.
This DVD version best album features performances from MINNA NO JUNRAY Tour as well as previous music clips.