, 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
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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
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