Hidehito Naka

bass clarinet clarinet instructor

Hidehito Naka was born in Kyoto. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he studied at Conservatoire a rayonnant regional de Paris. Naka has participated in the Saito Kinen Orchestra led by Seiji Ozawa and the Mito Chamber Orchestra since 2009. He has taken part in recordings of over 300 programs annually as a session musician, including NHK morning drama series “Ehru (Cheer),” “Boogie Woogie,” “Ampan,” etc, movies “Detective Conan (Case Closed),” “Doraemon,” “Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers), as well as commercials “Kirin Ichiban-shibori” and many others. Naka has participated in “Music Fusion in Kyoto” as a performer and arranger since 2024. In 2021, he released a mini album Comme on est bien.