birthdate: '0000-07-23'
birthplace: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
discography:
- catalog: COCD-0002
  date: '2006-08-13'
  link: album/21862
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  titles:
    en: Imperfect preface
    ja: Imperfect preface
    ja-latn: Imperfect preface
  type: works
- catalog: UNCD-0004
  date: '2007-05-20'
  link: album/5851
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Hanataba
    ja: 花詠束 -hanataba-
    ja-latn: Hanataba
  type: doujin
- catalog: COCD-0003
  date: '2007-08-17'
  link: album/5181
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Zenith
    ja: Zenith
    ja-latn: Zenith
  type: doujin
- catalog: XLPS-0014
  date: '2007-10-08'
  link: album/10032
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  - Composer
  titles:
    en: XL ZONE vol.3 ~Imaging of Midland~
    ja: XL ZONE vol.3 ~Imaging of Midland~
    ja-latn: XL ZONE vol.3 ~Imaging of Midland~
  type: works
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2008'
  link: album/147409
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  - Producer (as +ekno+ekno)
  titles:
    en: tecky-sounds lyze:eP COMPLIATION 01 "MIXTURE
    ja: techy-sounds lyze:ep
    ja-latn: tecky-sounds lyze:eP COMPLIATION 01 "MIXTURE
  type: works
- catalog: APCD-0002
  date: '2008-08-16'
  link: album/92546
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Director
  - Designer
  titles:
    en: Stir up vol.2
    ja: Stir up vol.2
    ja-latn: Stir up vol.2
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0004
  date: '2008-12-29'
  link: album/11366
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Nadir
    ja: Nadir
    ja-latn: Nadir
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2009-08-15'
  link: album/20583
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - DJ Mix (as +ekno+ekno)
  titles:
    en: Special Present Disc -Progressive Electronic Sounds ; Hard Beep and Deep Trancy
      VOCALOIDERS ANTHEM-
    ja: Special Present Disc -Progressive Electronic Sounds ; Hard Beep and Deep Trancy
      VOCALOIDERS ANTHEM-
    ja-latn: Special Present Disc -Progressive Electronic Sounds ; Hard Beep and Deep
      Trancy VOCALOIDERS ANTHEM-
  type: doujin
- catalog: LNVM-0001
  date: '2010-07-19'
  link: album/91136
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Cocoronote / Atsushio
    ja: Cocoronote / Atsushio
    ja-latn: Cocoronote / Atsushio
  type: works
- catalog: LNVM-0002
  date: '2011-01-16'
  link: album/126201
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Starry Bloom
    ja: Starry Bloom
    ja-latn: Starry Bloom
  type: works
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2011-08-13'
  link: album/152195
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Featured Artist
  titles:
    en: Allium Project 2011 Summer -Hontouni Sumimasen-
    ja: Allium Project 2011 Summer -Hontouni Sumimasen-
    ja-latn: Allium Project 2011 Summer -Hontouni Sumimasen-
  type: bonus
- catalog: LNWA-0000
  date: '2011-08-13'
  link: album/126206
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Weekend Arms (Limited) / Atsushi Ohara
    ja: Weekend Arms (Limited) / Atsushi Ohara
    ja-latn: Weekend Arms (Limited) / Atsushi Ohara
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0005
  date: '2012-08-11'
  link: album/51932
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  titles:
    en: Human Beings Were Led to This Light
    ja: Human Beings Were Led to This Light
    ja-latn: Human Beings Were Led to This Light
  type: works
- catalog: SRIN-1107
  date: '2012-11-02'
  link: album/35688
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Donpachi / Dodonpachi / Dodonpachi II Soundtrack
    ja: 首領蜂／怒首領蜂／怒首領蜂II　サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Donpachi / Dodonpachi / Dodonpachi II Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: SRIN-1102
  date: '2013-03-22'
  link: album/38051
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: GINGA FORCE Complete Soundtrack
    ja: ギンガフォース コンプリートサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: GINGA FORCE Complete Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: COCD-0006
  date: '2013-08-12'
  link: album/88201
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Designer
  titles:
    en: INSIDE BLUE INSIDE
    ja: INSIDE BLUE INSIDE
    ja-latn: INSIDE BLUE INSIDE
  type: works
- catalog: SRIN-1116
  date: '2013-09-27'
  link: album/41142
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: VOID GEAR
    ja: ヴォイド・ギア
    ja-latn: VOID GEAR
  type: game
- catalog: COCD-0007
  date: '2015-08-16'
  link: album/88204
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: From 2 Planets
    ja: From 2 Planets
    ja-latn: From 2 Planets
  type: bonus
- catalog: COCD-0008
  date: '2016-12-31'
  link: album/63997
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Phant
    ja: Phant
    ja-latn: Phant
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0010
  date: '2017-04-30'
  link: album/88206
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Phant Solo
    ja: Phant Solo
    ja-latn: Phant Solo
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0011
  date: '2017-08-11'
  link: album/73096
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Phant 2
    ja: Phant 2
    ja-latn: Phant 2
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0012
  date: '2017-10-29'
  link: album/88301
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Designer
  titles:
    en: Somewhere Not in This World -The Tower Which Is Telling the Time-
    ja: Somewhere Not in This World -The Tower Which Is Telling the Time-
    ja-latn: Somewhere Not in This World -The Tower Which Is Telling the Time-
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0013
  date: '2018-04-29'
  link: album/88302
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Phant Solo III
    ja: Phant Solo III
    ja-latn: Phant Solo III
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0014
  date: '2018-08-10'
  link: album/88303
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Designer
  titles:
    en: Phant 3
    ja: Phant 3
    ja-latn: Phant 3
  type: works
- catalog: CODL-0001
  date: '2018-10-28'
  link: album/88304
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  titles:
    en: C-Experiment
    ja: C-Experiment
    ja-latn: C-Experiment
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0015
  date: '2018-12-30'
  link: album/88305
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Graphic Designer
  titles:
    en: Phant Solo II
    ja: Phant Solo II
    ja-latn: Phant Solo II
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0016
  date: '2019-04-28'
  link: album/88306
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Designer
  titles:
    en: In the Usual Motion
    ja: In the Usual Motion
    ja-latn: In the Usual Motion
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0017
  date: '2019-08-12'
  link: album/89185
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Designer
  titles:
    en: In the Unusual Emotion
    ja: In the Unusual Emotion
    ja-latn: In the Unusual Emotion
  type: works
- catalog: CODL-0002
  date: '2019-10-27'
  link: album/92022
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Designer
  titles:
    en: Longing for Far Signals
    ja: Longing for Far Signals
    ja-latn: Longing for Far Signals
  type: works
- catalog: COCD-0018
  date: '2020-03-01'
  link: album/96565
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Design
  - Producer
  titles:
    en: IV The Emergence of an Oracle
    ja: IV The Emergence of an Oracle
    ja-latn: IV The Emergence of an Oracle
  type: works
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2022-12-31'
  link: album/125619
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Cover Design
  titles:
    en: Light Is Gathered From the Darkness Prayers for the Next Era
    ja: Light Is Gathered From the Darkness Prayers for the Next Era
    ja-latn: Light Is Gathered From the Darkness Prayers for the Next Era
  type: works
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Jul 23
  Birthplace: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
  Bloodtype: B
  Credited works: 31 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 12 graphic designer
  - 9 design
  - 7 designer
  - 3 illustrator
  - 2 producer
  - 1 composer
  - 1 director
  - 1 dj mix
  - 1 featured artist
  - 1 cover design
  Education: Aichi Institute of Technology
  Organizations: &id001
  - link: org/618
    names:
      en: compllege
      ja: compllege
link: artist/50867
meta:
  added_date: 2022-05-22T17:04
  edited_date: 2023-08-26T15:51
  fetched_date: 2025-12-30T02:09
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 712
name: LiGHTEN
notes: 'Designer at compllege. Real name: Takahito NiWA (丹羽崇仁)'
organizations: *id001
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sex: male
twitter_names:
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type: Individual
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/50867?perpage=99999
websites:
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