Mitsuru Nasuno

Mitsuru Nasuno is one of those figures whose work speaks louder than any profile. Born in Morioka, Iwate in 1963 — that cold, quiet northern city — he got serious about music as a student in Kyoto before moving to Tokyo and joining Otomo Yoshihide's Ground Zero. What you find is a reputation built entirely on sound: a bassist and improviser operating in Japan's experimental and free music underground, where the work speaks so directly that biography feels almost beside the point. There's something genuinely rare about an artist who stays that committed to the music itself across six decades of life. No hustle, no brand — just the note, the room, the listen.

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Mitsuru Nasuno is a Japanese musician born on October 11, 1963, in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. A bassist and improviser, he began playing seriously as a student in Kyoto, moved to Tokyo, joined Otomo Yoshihide's Ground Zero, and in 2009 formed his own band, teneleven.

Name (English)

Mitsuru Nasuno

Name (Japanese)

ナスノミツル

Reading

なすのみつる

Born

October 11, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Occupation

Musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

• Official sitehttp://teneleven.info/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8E%E3%83%9F%E3%83%84%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17229504

Tags

• Iwate Prefecture
• Musician

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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