HIKARU
田中 光 — Tanaka Hikaru
Solo Artist (DJ/Producer)The first Japanese artist to headline the world's biggest festivals. Avicii's emotional DNA meets Japanese precision, wrapped in euphoric EDM that makes 100,000 people cry and dance at the same time.
"Music is light you can feel"
The Radiant One
"I watched 50,000 people become one organism. That's when I knew — music isn't something you hear. It's something you become part of."
— Hikaru, on Swedish House Mafia at Summer Sonic 2012
Japanese Concepts
HIKARU's music is deeply informed by Japanese concepts that guide both her creative process and the emotional experience she crafts for listeners:
"Every person in that crowd is carrying something—joy, grief, hope, fear. When the drop hits, just for that moment, we all carry it together. That's what I live for. That's the light."— HIKARU, Light Conversations 2023
SUNRISE STATE
SUNRISE STATE
12 tracks following a day cycle — from dawn through night to new sunrise
An album that captures the journey from darkness to light, mirroring both the literal cycle of day and the emotional journey of transcendence. Each track represents a phase of the sun's journey, building toward collective euphoria.
SUNRISE STATE is both a time and a feeling—the transcendent state achieved in those liminal moments when darkness becomes light. The album follows a day's journey through sound, from the first rays of dawn through the full brightness of day, the warmth of sunset, the intimacy of night, and finally returning to a new sunrise.
Light as Metaphor
Every track relates to light—dawn, daylight, golden hour, twilight, stars, and sunrise again. Light as hope, revelation, connection.
Japanese Philosophy
Each track embeds a Japanese concept—the philosophy is in the feeling, not the words.
Collective Transcendence
The experience of many becoming one, of individual joy multiplied by sharing.
Cycles and Return
The album ends where it begins—every ending is a beginning, every night leads to day.
Visual Journey
