{"id":231,"date":"2015-03-13T19:49:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T23:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/?p=231"},"modified":"2025-03-10T13:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:33:16","slug":"justin-nozuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/justin-nozuka\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Nozuka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JUSTIN_NOZUKA-large.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/justin_nozuka-large\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JUSTIN_NOZUKA-large.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JUSTIN_NOZUKA-large\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JUSTIN_NOZUKA-large.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JUSTIN_NOZUKA-large.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JUSTIN_NOZUKA-large-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Justin Nozuka\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JUSTIN_NOZUKA-large.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JUSTIN_NOZUKA-large.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Justin Nozuka began writing his own songs at the age of 12. Since then he has continued to impress every person who comes across him. With an extremely successful first album, Nozuka\u2019s sophomore record <em>You I Wind Land and Sea<\/em> has seen him headlining a 29 date tour across the globe and winning a 2011 NRJ award and SOCAN #1 award for the album\u2019s second single Heartless. Playing support slots for world renowned artists such as Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, John Mayer and Jason Mraz while lending his voice to bring attention to social causes, Nozuka continues to demonstrate his ability to impress and inspire on a global level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For more information, see:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justinnozuka.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">justinnozuka.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Nozuka began writing his own songs at the age of 12. Since then he has continued to impress every person who comes across him. With an extremely successful first album, Nozuka\u2019s sophomore record You I Wind Land and Sea has seen him headlining a 29 date tour across the globe and winning a 2011 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[18,36,49],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-music-theatre","tag-18","tag-musician","tag-singer-songwriter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Justin_300.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8vWl8-3J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52,"url":"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/mark-correia\/","url_meta":{"origin":231,"position":0},"title":"Mark Correia","author":"maestra","date":"February 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Mark Correia is a magician and world record holder. 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