# KOTARO SAITO / leift

> This site's purpose: an immersive, photoreal listening space for the recorded music of Kotaro Saito
> (vocal project: leift), and the public record of his commercial and collaborative work.

## Artist

Kotaro Saito is a composer, artist, and creative director. His sound is rooted in piano, strings, and
vintage synthesizers, holding delicacy and raw power in balance. Tracks from his debut album BRAINSTORM
reached #1 and #2 on Spotify's Viral Charts. Through his vocal project leift, he has composed commercial,
anime, and stage music for major companies across Asia. He is based between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.

## Pages

- Compositions — the full catalogue of released music (Kotaro Saito and leift), played in full length,
  interspersed with selected client-work films as equal-status entries.
- About — artist biography.
- Media — media appearances (in progress).
- Project — ongoing projects, curated by the artist (in progress).
- Credits — nine selected client-work films, plus the full text archive of a twelve-year commercial
  career: advertising, brand films, spatial sound design, composition/arrangement/remix, stage and
  original film, live production, and speaking/teaching engagements.
- Contact — direct inquiry.

## Selected compositions

Salt, Jellyfish, Soil, Muse, Brainstorm, Je Suis, Byo No Ma, Labdanum, INOCHI, Grab Cruise,
Bintang Flower, Gem, Memento, Right, Ginger, Offshore, Granité (Interlude), Peel (feat. miida),
Orangette (feat. Kiwako Ashimine), Daze (Outro), Breath, chord, Mocktails.

## Selected clients

Kotaro Saito's commercial work spans MIKIMOTO, KOSÉ DECORTÉ, Mercedes-Benz, the United Nations (SDGs
campaign film), UNICEF, adidas, Panasonic, Nestlé, Grand Seiko, Carl Zeiss, SEIKO ASTRON, Wacoal, JINS,
Neutrogena, RIZAP, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hoshino Resorts, AEON, Hanes, and the anime series My Hero Academia
(official remix, "You Say Run (Earth-2021)") and YUREI DECO (original soundtrack). He also composed all
23 minutes of original sound for the LIGHTIA night show at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, and produces
the weekly Live@Aloft series at Aloft Tokyo Ginza (Marriott) — a series that has previously featured The
Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5, and Jack Johnson globally. Full archive: https://www.kotarosaito.com/ (Credits page).

## Notes

- No social media links are published on this site by design; Spotify is the only external connection.
- This file should be regenerated when src/content/credits.ts or src/content/playlist.ts change.