is a Japanese

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, and

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. He has written lyrics for many

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s and individual

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, sometimes under the

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. After graduating from Tochigi Prefectural Ashikaga High School, he graduated in 1974 with a degree in

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from

Sophia University Sophia University (Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapientiae'') is a private research university in Japan. Sophia is one of the three ''Sōkeijōchi'' (早慶上智) private universities, a group of the to ...

. After graduating, he worked as a

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for the advertising firm , which went bankrupt in 1999. Due to missing an error in an advertisement in a national newspaper, though, he was forced to do other work. While working at Tōkyū Agency International (now Frontage), he made his lyricist debut with the 1981 Chanels song ''Hoshi Kuzu no Dance Hall''. In 1982, he had a big hit with the

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song ''Shōjo A''. From there, he wrote the lyrics for a series of hit songs sung by

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, and for the

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group

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(''Namida no Request''). He has written lyrics for artists including Hidemi Ishikawa,

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, Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe,

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, and others. Urino made his directorial and script writing debut in 1990 with the film '' Cinderella Express''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Urino, Masao Japanese film directors 1951 births Japanese lyricists Japanese screenwriters People from Tochigi Prefecture Living people Omega Tribe (Japanese band) members