- Source of Wealth: Music, Graphic Design
- Age: 42
- Birth Place: Agoura Hills, California, United States
- Height: 5′ 11″ (1.8 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Anna Shinoda)
- Full Name: Michael Kenji Shinoda
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: February 11, 1977
- Ethnicity: Japanese, German, English
- Occupation: Musician, Record Producer, Graphic Designer
- Education: Art Center College of Design of Pasadena, Agoura High School
- Children: 1 (Otis Akio Shinoda)
He has been a pivotal part of almost every song contained in Linkin Park records right from Hybrid Theory. He is also credited with supervision and organization of ‘Reanimation’ the remix album in 2002. These were “Crawling” and “Pushing Me Away” among other production remixes made in his studio at home. Mike’s career took the fast lane with the release of “Collision Course” in 2004 by Jay-Z and Linkin Park. This album won the Grammy for the best song collaboration/rap in 2006 – it was mixed and produced by him. He also sang a featured vocal along with “In Between” and “No Roads Left”. Linkin Park merchandise, artwork on albums, on-stage production art and web design is credited to him.
Mike also has ten paintings to his name which formed a basis for “The Rising Tied” by Fort Minor. He has a public art show titled “Glorious Excess (BORN)” at the Los Angeles Japanese American National Museum and a partnership with DC Shoes in 2008 and a project of DC Remix Series. Shinoda also writes for The Big Issue, and will work as the US election correspondent for it. With the wide array of skilled work listed above, we will surely have no doubt about how he has made his riches.
He is a third generation Japanese American who was born on February 11th 1977 in Agoura Hills, California. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design of Pasadena in 1998 in Illustration.