, known by his stage name Kan (commonly stylized as KAN), is a Japanese singer-songwriter. In 1983, he joined his first band, which was called Annette, before going solo in 1984. Kan wrote the background music for a 1986 film directed by

Nobuhiko Obayashi was a Japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of Japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream media, and his resulting film ...

, and started his major recording career the following year. He is best known for the chart-topping hit "

Ai wa Katsu is a song composed and recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Kan, released as the artist's eighth single in September 1990. It was initially featured on his album ''Yakyū Senshu ga Yume datta'', issued a month before the single came out. The ...

", released as a single in 1990. It sold over 2 million copies and won the 33rd Japan Record Award, bringing the artist into prominence. Subsequently, he spawned five top-ten singles and four top-ten albums on the Japanese record chart during the first half of the 1990s. As of 2010, Kan has released 33 singles and 15 studio albums. According to the Oricon, he has sold over 4.6 million copies of albums and singles in his home country.

Discography

Singles

Albums

;Studio albums ;Live albums ;Compilation albums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kan 1962 births Japanese composers Japanese lyricists Japanese male composers Japanese male pop singers Japanese male singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters Japanese record producers Living people Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture People from Fukuoka Up-Front Group