- Known for
- Acting
- Place of birth
- Yamanashi, Japan
Naito Duran Haruhisa
DURAN (内藤デュラン晴久, Naito Duran Haruhisa) is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist born of a Japanese mother and Spanish-Filipino father. He was born in Japan and raised in Philippines. DURAN was heavily influenced by his father, who was a bassist, as well as musicians Jimi Hendrix , Led Zeppelin, Prince. At age 3, DURAN started learning piano and by 14, he learned to play the guitar. By 2009, he was member of a street musicians band known as The Rootless. He performed with them until 2013. He was also member of the bands a flood of circle, Made in Asia. He has also worked with artists such as Koshi Inaba (B’z), Shikao Suga, Kiyoharu and Exile Atsushi. With Atsushi, together with Fuyu and Phekoo, he contributes in the band Red Diamond Dogs, which Atsushi had created for his solo career, after Exile's hiatus in 2016. In November 2017, DURAN made his official solo debut, with the release of his first album, Face, which features artists Shikao Suga, Kiyoharu and Katsuma (coldrain) as guests.
