Masanori Mark Christianson

Who is Masanori Mark Christianson?

Masanori Mark Christianson is a Japanese-Korean-American musician, art director, copywriter, visual artist and model. He may be best known as a bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for the Oakland, California indie rock bands The Heavenly States, Rogue Wave and Release The Sunbird.

Masanori, also a nationally published and award winning advertising art director and copywriter, has worked for clients ranging from the Target Corporation to the Tiger Woods Foundation.

Although never a serious venture, Masanori occasionally dabbles in print modeling, voice-over and extra work for corporations such as UnitedHealth Group and the Investigation Discovery Channel.

Masanori is the older sibling of Los Angeles based musician and composer Ken Christianson. He is an alumnus of Carleton College.