Ken Morioka ( ja, 森岡賢; March 15, 1967 – June 3, 2016) was a Japanese musician, keyboardist, composer, and music producer. He died of heart failure at the age of 49.
In addition to being a member of influential synthpop group
Soft Ballet
Soft Ballet was a Japanese electronic group formed in 1987. The group consisted of three members, Maki Fujii, Ken Morioka, and Ryoichi Endo, though they employed extra support members for live shows. While Soft Ballet weren't necessarily chart topp ...
, he worked with numerous other musicians such as
Kaya
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*Kaya (given name)
*Kaya (surname)
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*Kaya, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department
*Kaya Airport, serving the town
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,
Buck-Tick
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, and ZIZ (with ex-
Malice Mizer
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member
Közi
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). He was also in the bands minus (-) and Ka.f.ka.
In 2006, he formed unit ''Gentleman Take Poraloid'' with
Masayuki Deguchi
is a Japanese singer and songwriter. He's best known to be a vocalist of a band ''Grass Valley'' (1987-1992) and for his solo project ''Rev'' (1993-1994).
Biography
In 1987 he started his career as leader of rock band ''GRASS VALLEY'' under ...
, under indies label ''Palm Tree'' and in 2009 released studio album Orfeu.
References
1967 births
2016 deaths
Japanese male composers
Japanese keyboardists
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