was a Japanese singer-songwriter who was born in

Minamata, Kumamoto is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is on the west coast of Kyūshū and faces Amakusa islands. Minamata was established as a village in 1889, re-designated as a town in 1912 and grew into a city in 1949. As of March 2017, the ci ...

, Japan. He died of a

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after hitting his head at a rehearsal in 1999.Walk-Don't Run – The Story of the Ventures

Discography

Singles

Titles listed as: ''A side / B side'' (year, other info) * ''Tsuki Akari / Matsuyama Yuki Ferry'' (1980) * ''Shun'u / Kajin'' (1981) * ''Kikyō / Miseinen'' (1981) * ''Yūko / Kagerō'' (1982) * ''Hatsukoi / Oka no Ue kara'' (1983, "Hatsukoi" was remade in 2000 and used as the opening theme for the final episode of the

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series Boys Be..., performed by

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, and again in 2017 by Nao Toyama for the anime

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and covered by

Saori Hayami Saori (written: 沙織, 早織, 佐織, 砂織, 沙保里, 沙緒里, 紗央里, 紗央莉, 左多里 or さおり in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Saori (television personality) (born 1981) ...

(in character) in 2007 for the anime Sora no Otoshimono. Its Cantonese cover by Samantha Lam (1984) was used for Stephen Chow's

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(1996). * ''Odoriko / Fuyu Monogatari'' (1983) * ''Shōjo / Karen'' (1984) * ''Yume no Tsuzuki / Nigaoe'' (1984) * ''Kazaguruma / Shiawase no Jikan'' (1986) * ''Negai / Tomarigi'' (1986, ''Negai'' was used in a commercial for "Myōjō Charumera") * ''Hi Damari / Shiroi Hana no Saku koro'' (1987, ''Hi Damari'' was a theme song for the

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series ''

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'') * ''Aishū Monogatari: Aishū ni Sayonara / Utsukushi Sugiru Mistake'' (1987) * ''Kaze no Tayori / Neko'' (1988, ''Kaze'' was an image song for ''Akai Hane Kyōdō Bakin'') * ''Hatsukoi Mini Album'' (1988, includes ''Hatsukoi'', ''Odoriko'', ''Yūko'', ''Shōjo'' and ''Shun'u'') * ''Hatsukoi / Shōjo'' (1989) * ''Yūko / Odoriko'' (1989) * ''Sonnet / Kinjirareta Asobi'' (1990) * ''Akina / Takahashi'' (1991) * ''Kono Kuni ni Umarete Yokatta / Kitaku'' (1991, ''Kono Kuni'' was used in a House Shokuhin commercial for "Tokusensei Wasabi") * ''Hitotsubu no Suna / Hitorigoto'' (1992) * ''Romance Car / Pinball'' (1992) * ''Hatsukoi / Yūko / Akina'' (1993) * ''Tsuretette / Ringo demo Issho ni'' (1994) * ''Hatsukoi / Odoriko'' (1995) * ''16-sai / Anata Odorimasen ka'' (1996) * ''Dōsōkai / Sunao'' (1998)

Albums

* ''Sore zore no Kaze'' (1979, independent label) * ''Kiteki ga Kikoeru Machi'' (1980, along with ''Tsuki Akari'', his debut album) * ''Izuko e'' (1981) * ''Yume no Ato'' (1982) * '' Hatsukoi: Asaki Yumemishi'' (1983) * ''Kajin'' (1984) * ''Hanazakari'' (1984) * ''Kazaguruma'' (1986) * ''Hi Damari'' (1987) * ''Kajin II'' (1987) * ''Koibumi'' (1988) * ''Nogiku yo Boku ha...'' (1989) * ''Seiryō Aichōban'' (1990) * ''Shin Nihon Kikō'' (1991) * ''Na mo nai Hoshi'' (1992) * ''Ai Sareru tame ni'' (1994) * ''Ringo to Lemon'' (1995) * ''Dōsōkai'' (1999, memorial album) * ''Shinobi Aruki no Tasogare ni'' (1999) * ''Ramune to Peach Sandal'' (2000) * ''Yume no Kiroku'' (2000) * ''Junjō Karen'' (2001, contains rare recordings from his amateur days) * ''Tanabata Yasōkyoku'' (2005, singles best album, 7th anniversary memorial album) * ''Tsukimachi Aishūka'' (2005, collection of "live" recordings, includes a DVD)

Video releases

* ''Junjō'' (2001, DVD/VHS) Representative song –
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Lyrics anthology

* ''Hatsukoi: Asaki Yumemishi''

References

External links

Kōzō Murashita @ Sony Music Japan
(in Japanese) 1953 births 1999 deaths People from Minamata, Kumamoto Japanese male singer-songwriters Musicians from Kumamoto Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers {{singer-songwriter-stub