Kaori Moriwaka (森若香織, ''Moriwaka Kaori'', born 11 December 1963 in

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

) is a singer-songwriter and actress. She was in the band The

Go-Bang's The Go-Bang's were a three-piece Japanese all-female band active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They broke up in 1994, and since then, Kaori Moriwaka (singer/songwriter) has become a solo singer/songwriter/producer/actress, while Mitsuko Sait ...

and Ram Jam World; more recently, she portrayed

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in the live-action TV series

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. She also wrote songs and played the guitar as a back musician for Japanese girl band Chee's.

Discography

Singles

* 1995: Happy Fine Day (video "Happy People" ending song) * 1996: Uwakina Darling (ending song "Guru Guru Nainti Nain" Japan TV system) * 1997: Heaven (Anime "Power Doll project α" theme song)

Albums

* 1996: LOVE OR DIE * 1997: HEAVEN * 2004: LOVESONG for HEAVEN

Mini-albums

* 1995: DRAINED CHERRY * 1999: W RainBow * 2007: Fantastic Philosophy * 2007: ByeByeBye

DVD

* 2004: LOVESONG for HEAVEN

Filmography

Variety

* Erina Matsui ni Monomane

Drama

(2003 – 2004, Central Japan Broadcasting Company) * Girl Meets Girl (2005, BS Fuji)

Other TV shows

* Funky tomato ( TVK, circa 1992) MC * Guitar Ohyakka ~ Korezo Guitar A to Z ~ (29 March 2007, NHK) * Uta no Rakuen ( TV Tokyo 23 January 2011) * Arigato Tsu! (TVK, 2013.8.21) Guest

Stage

* Cinderella Story ( Toho musical, 2003, 2005 replay) * Door o akeru to ... ( ready-to-wear, 2006)

Movie

* Idainaru, Shurara Bon ( Toei, Asmik Ace will be released 8 March 2014)

Radio

* Moriwaka Kaori no All Night Nippon ( NBS – March in October 1990, 1988) * Indies file ( NHK-FM broadcasting, April 2007 – broadcast on the last Sunday of every month) * AGES_ ~ Ages~ ( NBS – Tuesday, Thursday charge in October 2012)

External links

Official site

Official blog
* 1963 births Living people Japanese women pop singers Japanese women singer-songwriters Musicians from Sapporo 21st-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers {{japan-actor-stub