Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, Shu Odamura is a guitarist and composer based in New York City. He received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the United States in 2006. During his years in college, he started focussing on nylon string guitar with unique fingerstyle technique which became his signature voice. He was honored by the 32nd Annual Jazz Station Awards as the third top acoustic guitarist in the world in 2010.

Soon after his graduation from Berklee in Jazz composition major, Shu relocated himself to NYC and formed the first band, Shu Odamura Trio. Its debut album "Cloud Illusions" was released on What's New Records. The album was reviewed in All About Jazz, Minor 7th, Jazz Life Magazine, and Jazz Japan Magazine. In 2016 he co-founded a group, Jazz Triangle 65-77, which has toured in Japan, Thailand and performed at the Blue Note New York and Flushing Town Hall.

Beside his jazz performances, Shu has appeared in Off-Broadway musicals and theater projects in the New York Area. He has performed at Williamstown Theatre Festival, American Airline's Theatre, Minetta Lane Theatre, LaMaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Joe's Pub, 54 Below, The Greenroom 42 and many more. As a composer and arranger, he has written music for films, wind bands, wind ensembles and Jazz big bands.