is a Japanese singer-songwriter.

Biography

Jun Horie was born in

Tomakomai, Hokkaido is a city and port in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the largest city in the Iburi Subprefecture, and the fourth largest city in Hokkaido. As of 29 February 2012, it had an estimated population of 174,216, with 83,836 households, ...

. He graduated from Hokkaido Tomakomai Minami High School, and then concentrated on becoming a livehouse musician. His debut single "Memory Glass" (1981) sold 500,000 units and peaked at number 3 on the

Oricon Singles Chart The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In J ...

and peaked at number 2 on the ''

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'' Japan singles chart.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horie, Jun Japanese male singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters 1960 births Living people