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My Take
Most drummers you notice right away — the loud ones, the showboats, the guys who seem to be auditioning even in the middle of a ballad. Hiroyuki Noritake is not that guy, and honestly that's exactly what makes him interesting to me. He came out of Kobe University, which already tells you something: this is a person who thinks about music, not just feels it. Born in Hyogo in 1964, he has spent decades doing the triple thing that almost nobody pulls off — performing, composing, and teaching at the university level — and somehow keeping all three plates spinning without any of them looking like an afterthought. When I think about a drummer who also builds music from scratch and then explains it to students, I imagine someone listening to the whole room while everyone else is just listening to themselves. That's the craft. That quiet, structural intelligence behind every hit. Japan has a lot of working musicians like this — serious, a little invisible, completely irreplaceable — and Noritake feels like one of the real ones.
Overview
Hiroyuki Noritake is a Japanese drummer, composer, and university lecturer born on August 27, 1964, in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from Kobe University and has built a career that spans professional performance, composition, and music education. His official website is dreamscango.com.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hiroyuki Noritake
- Name (Japanese)
- 則竹裕之
- Reading
- のりたけ ひろゆき
- Born
- August 27, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon (辰)
- Origin
- Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan
- Occupation
- Drummer / Musician / University Lecturer / Composer
2. Background
- University
- Kobe University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.dreamscango.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%89%87%E7%AB%B9%E8%A3%95%E4%B9%8B
Frequently asked questions
When was Hiroyuki Noritake born?
Born August 27, 1964 (age 61).
Where is Hiroyuki Noritake from?
Hiroyuki Noritake is from Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan.
What does Hiroyuki Noritake do?
Hiroyuki Noritake works as Drummer, Musician, University Lecturer, Composer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.