(born April 23, 1976) is a Japanese

pop singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

. His mother is Ryōko Moriyama, a well-known

folk singer Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...

. Moriyama came out with the

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

"Kawaita Uta wa Sakana no Esa ni Chōdo Ii" in 2002, and distinguished himself with the song "

Sakura A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of Prunus, genus ''Prunus'' or Prunus subg. Cerasus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especia ...

Discography

Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

* - November 27, 2002 * - March 5, 2003 * - August 20, 2003 * - January 10, 2004 * - March 17, 2004 * - August 4, 2004 * - February 23, 2005 * - June 15, 2005 * - November 16, 2005 * - * - September 13, 2006 * - October 25, 2006 * - May 9, 2007 * - August 8, 2007 * - January 30, 2008 * - August 27, 2008 * - October 21, 2009 * - September 29, 2010

Albums

* - October 2, 2002 * - June 18, 2003 * - May 26, 2004 * - November 29, 2006 * - March 5, 2008 * - June 9, 2010 * - April 11, 2012 * - April 24, 2013 * - December 11, 2013

Compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
s

* - June 15, 2005 * - December 15, 2010

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