, better known as Max Matsuura, is a record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 and president of one of the largest music labels in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Avex Group. He is known mainly for discovering and developing new artists and converting them into big stars. Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi Hamasaki

is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...

 is the most famous example of Matsuura's work. He also is known for reviving Ami Suzuki

Ami Suzuki

is a female singer, songwriter, actress and DJ from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Having been discovered at the talent TV show Asayan, Suzuki was one of the most popular female singers as an idol in the late 1990s....

's career after she was let go by her previous record label.

Radio Program

His weekly radio program, , started last September 5, 2009. It is heard every Sunday

Sunday

Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. For most Christians, Sunday is observed as a day for worship of God and rest, due to the belief that it is Lord's Day, the day of Christ's resurrection....

, 1:00-1:30 AM, on Nippon Broadcasting System

Nippon Broadcasting System

, or JOLF, is a Japanese radio station in Tokyo. Together with Nippon Cultural Broadcasting it is a flagship station of the National Radio Network...

.

Avex Internal Feud

Last 2004, Matsuura was the subject of some controversy when he considered leaving Avex Music Group due to a feud with Tom Yoda

Tom Yoda

is a Japanese businessperson.-Profile:Born May 27, 1940 in Chikuma, Nagano-ken, Tatsumi finished high school at Nagano HS in 1959 and Business Administration at Meiji University in 1963....

. Many artists, including Hamasaki herself, said that they would also move in the event that he did so. Thus, stocks for Avex Trax plunged and Yoda ended up resigning, ending the feud.

Closing His Twitter Account

Last July 17, 2011, Matsuura closed his twitter

Twitter

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 account due to an intense feud with fans of JYJ

JYJ

JYJ is a three-member pop group, formed by three members of the South Korean boyband TVXQ: Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu. Their group name is taken from the first letters of each members' names....

.

Bailing TK Out of Jail

In March 2009, Matsuura helped Tetsuya Komuro

Tetsuya Komuro

, also known as TK, is a Japanese keyboardist, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer born on November 27, 1958 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He is recognized as being the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream...

 in the latter's fraud case. He paid the plaintiff ¥648,000,000.00 (¥500,000,000.00 for the exact amount, ¥100,000,000.00 for compensations and ¥48,000,000.00 for delay damages). He also recommended a job for the disgraced record producer. These helped in Komuro's release and a new lease of life.

Trivia

Hiroyuki Igarashi, leader of EXILE, is his classmate at Kanazawa High School.

Academic Profile

• High School : Kanazawa High School
• College : Nihon University
  Nihon University
  Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
  
   (Business Administration)

External links

• Personal website
• Max Matsuura at mixi
  Mixi
  mixi, Inc. is one of several social networking websites in Japan, founded in 2004. As of May 2008, mixi had over 21.6 million users and an 80% share of the social networking market in Japan...
  
  
• Max Matsuura at Ameba Blog
  Ameba (website)
  Ameba is a popular Japanese blogging and social networking website. Its main competitor is Mixi.In December 2009 Ameba launched , a micro-blogging platform competing with Twitter...
  
  (TEMPORARILY CLOSED SINCE 2011.7.17)