Masaru Imada has been played on NTS in shows including NTS Guide to…, featured first on 7 September 2023. Songs played include Gentle Breeze and Nowin.

Masaru Imada (今田勝) was born in Tokyo on 21 March 1932. He had classical piano lessons. He played jazz in student bands while a student at Meiji University, after which he worked in business for a year. He then decided to pursue music professionally. From 1953 he was part of clarinetist Eiji Kitamura's band. Imada had his own trio from 1964. He formed Now'in, a fusion band, in 1984. He played internationally at jazz festivals from the 1970s.