Shigeru Izumiya (泉谷 しげる ''Izumiya Shigeru'', born May 11, 1948 in
Aomori, raised in
Meguro
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light industry, corporate ...
,
Tokyo
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) is a Japanese poet,
folk singer
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,
actor
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,
tarento
Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as " ...
. He established the record company
with
Takuro Yoshida
is a Japanese male singer-songwriter. He was born on April 5, 1946 in Okuchi, Kagoshima and raised in Hiroshima. He made his debut with the single "Imeji no Uta / Mark II" on June 1, 1970. His 1972 recording of "Tabi no Yado" sold over one m ...
,
Yosui Inoue, and Hitoshi Komuro in 1975. He also directed the 1986 film ''
Death Powder
is a 1986 low-budget science fiction/ horror film with Body horror elements, written and directed by Japanese poet/folk singer Shigeru Izumiya.
The experimental film is credited as being the first core of the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre that eme ...
'' (Desu Paudā).
Between August 1995 and March 1996, Izumiya co-hosted the
Satellaview
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-based weekly
SoundLink Magazine
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, , with
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and entrepreneur. By 2002, Hamasaki had earned the nickname "Empress of J-pop" due to her popularity in Japan and throughout Asia. Due to her success and relevanc ...
.
Discography
Singles
1970s
* (1971)
* (1972)
* (1973)
* (1974)
* (1975)
* (1976)
* (1977)
* (1977)
* (1978)
* (1979)
* (1979)
1980s
* (1980)
* (1981)
* (1982)
* (1983)
*UNDER PRICK c/w HAIR STYLE(1984)
* (1987)
* (live, 1988)
* (1988)
* (1989)
1990s
* (1991)
* (1993)
* (1994)
* (1994)
* (1995)
*(1995)
* (1998)
2000s
* (2007)
*
* (2008)
*
* (2009)
Albums
1970s
* (1971)
* (1972)
* (1972, CD rereleased in 2006)
* (1973)
* (1974)
* (1975)
* (1976)
* (1976)
* (1977)
* (1978)
* (1979)
1980s
* (1980)
* NEWS (1982)
* 39°8´ (1983)
* REAL TIME (1984)
* ELEVATOR (1984)
* SCAR PEOPLE (1986)
* (1988)
* EARLY TIME (1988)
* HOWLING LIVE (1988)
* IZUMIYA SELF COVERS (1988)
* (1989)
1990s
* (1991)
* (1991)
* (1991)
* (1992)
* HOT TYPHOON FROM EAST (1992)
* WILD BLOOD (1993)
* (1993)
* (1993)
* (1994)
* (1995)
* (1996)
* (1997)
* (1998)
* (1998)
* (1999)
* (1999)
2000s
* IRA (2000)
* (2001)
* R-15 (2002)
* (2007, Limited Edition DVD Box set)
* (2008)
* (2008)
* (2008)
* (2008)
Filmography
Film
*''
Eijanaika'' (1981)
*''
Death Powder
is a 1986 low-budget science fiction/ horror film with Body horror elements, written and directed by Japanese poet/folk singer Shigeru Izumiya.
The experimental film is credited as being the first core of the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre that eme ...
'' (1986)
*''
Aitsu ni Koishite
is a 1987 Japanese drama film directed by Taku Shinjō, based on the 1985 novel by Yasuhisa Shimazaki. The film is notable for the acting debut of teen singer Chisato Moritaka. ''Aitsu ni Koishite'' was released theatrically on May 30, 1987 as p ...
'' (1987)
*''
Pom Poko
Pom or POM may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Pom (comics) (1919–2014), a Belgian comic strip writer and artist
* Baby Pom, a fictional character in the British television programme ''Fimbles''
* Pom, a character in the video game ''Them's F ...
'' (1994), Gonta (voice)
*''
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey'' (2004) (voice)
*''
Godzilla: Final Wars'' (2004)
*''
Ode to Joy
"Ode to Joy" (German language, German: , literally "To heJoy") is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller and published the following year in ''Thalia (magazine), Thalia''. A slightl ...
'' (2006)
*''
Black Widow Business
is a 2016 Japanese crime comedy film directed by . It was released in Japan by Toho on August 27, 2016.
Plot
Cast
*Shinobu Otake
* Etsushi Toyokawa
* Machiko Ono
* Kyōko Hasegawa
* Asami Mizukawa
* Shunsuke Kazama
* Kimiko Yo
* Mimura
* Sator ...
'' (2016)
*''
Fukushima 50
Fukushima 50 is a pseudonym given by English-language media to a group of employees at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, a related series of nuclear accidents resulted in ...
'' (2020)
*''A Morning of Farewell'' (2021)
*''Tsuyukusa'' (2022)
*''
Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022'' (2022), Shigeo Ando
Television
*''
Dr. Coto's Clinic'' (2003–06), Shigeo Ando
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References
External links
IZ
Japanese official site
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1948 births
Living people
People from Aomori (city)
Japanese male musicians
Japanese male actors
Musicians from Aomori Prefecture
Musicians from Tokyo
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