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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
H-Wonder
Person · male · Japan · Funabashi · born 1968
Japanese composer
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Also known as 和田弘樹
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1960s
Biography
English biography284 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1314766474
Biography
H-Wonder is a Japanese music arranger and composer. He debuted in 1995. In June 1998, he stopped being a solo artist and changed his name to H-Wonder and became a composer. One of his notable collaborations is with Maaya Sakamoto and BoA.
Singles
Subete Konomama Dakishimereba - 24 March 1995
Ready Steady Go! - 23 August 1995
Mystic Eyes - 24 April 1996 (Ending theme for the anime series The Vision of Escaflowne)
Sugita Koi no Ato - 7 November 1996
Dawn - 21 February 1997
Chocolate Parfait - 17 December 1997
Kitto Daijobu - 1 April 1998
Happy - 30 September 1998 (Only sold in Hokkaido)
Albums
Dawn-bright - 24 April 1997
Wonder Hero 2: Brand New Atlas - 21 June 1996
Wonder Hero - 21 April 1995
Collaborations
On/Off - Arranger
"Futatsu no Kodō to Akai Tsumi" (ふたつの鼓動と赤い罪) - Opening for Vampire Knight
Maaya Sakamoto - Composer and arranger
"Loop" (ループ, Rūpu) - Ending for Tsubasa Chronicle
"Spica" (スピカ, Supika)
"Action!" - Opening theme for Clamp in Wonderland 2
"Fuyu Desuka?" (冬ですか?; "Is It Winter?")
"That is to Say!" - Follow me Up Album]
BoA - Composer and arranger for some songs
"Every Heart (Minna no Kimochi)" - Arranger
"Beside You (Boku o Yobu Koe)" - Arranger
"Quincy" - Arranger
"Key of Heart" - Composer and arranger
"Beautiful Flowers" - Arranger
Max - Arranger
"Spring Rain"
Kōmi Hirose - Arranger
"Velvet"
"The Shining Story"
"Sayonara"
Folder5 - Composer and arranger for some songs
"Fake" - Composer and arranger
"Magical Eyes (Mochi2wondermix)" - Arranger
Koda Kumi - Arranger for some songs
"Cutie Honey" - Opening Theme Song for the anime Re: Cutie Honey
"into your heart" - Ending Theme Song for the anime Re: Cutie Honey
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 9,477,677 | 34.5th |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
MusicBrainz enrichment for this artist is still pending. Release groups appear here once it runs.
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put H-Wonder head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 9,477,677 | 34.5th |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
popularity—kworb.net · no licence published · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://kworb.net/spotify/listeners.htmlcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3266619genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3266619seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-Wonderbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-Wonder
Why this artist is in the database
- Spotify monthly listeners (kworb.net) — rank #1393 · 9,477,677
Oh Wonder
- List of J-pop artists
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 9,477,677, 4 language versions)
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q3266619 · MusicBrainz: 9d906da7-54d2-4f0a-88ed-32f9706266e9
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