Hiroto Wakai

Hiroto Wakai is one of those guitarists where the silence around them ends up saying more than any press release ever could. The public details are thin, which in my experience usually means one of two things: either the person is deliberately living off-grid from the media machine, or the music is doing all the heavy lifting. With a guitarist, I'm inclined to assume the latter. Tokyo-raised, committed enough to be called a musician by trade — that's someone who spent their formative years chasing a sound, not a following. I respect that quiet, heads-down grind.

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Hiroto Wakai is a Japanese guitarist born on October 18, 1996, in Tokyo, Japan. He is known professionally under the name Hiroto Wakai, with no recorded stage name or alias. Most personal details, including his agency, debut, and educational background, are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Hiroto Wakai

Name (Japanese)

若井滉斗

Reading

わかい・ひろと

Born

October 18, 1996 (age 29)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Musician / Guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

Agency

* テアトルアカデミー（2013 - 2020） * Project-MGA（2021 - ）

Active years

2022 -

Works summary

Appearances

240 (2014–2026)

By year

2014: 3, 2015: 12, 2016: 14, 2017: 14, 2018: 11, 2019: 11, 2020: 13, 2021: 3, 2022: 16, 2023: 26, 2024: 40, 2025: 45, 2026: 20

Main labels/studios

CD (17), LP (3), デジタル・ダウンロード (3)

Debut work

リンゴの語り刻

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%A5%E4%BA%95%E6%BB%89%E6%96%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79808570

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Musician
• Guitarist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.