, born November 16, 1950 in
Tokyo, Japan
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, is a Japanese singer and songwriter.
Career
After the working with Yosui Inoue's band, Kisugi debuted as a singer-songwriter with single ''Asai Yume'', released in 1976. He became after a domestic hit in Japan, ''My Luxury Night'' performed by
Hatsumi Shibata
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Career
Born in Shinjuku, Tokyo, she was an only child. Her father was the jazz pia ...
, Mainly in the 1980s, he produced many hit tunes with
Etsuko Kisugi
Etsuko (written: 悦子, 英津子, えつ子, えつこ in hiragana or エツコ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. The most common meaning is joy child. Notable people with the name include:
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, his sister and a lyricist. His best known song as a performer
became huge hit by cover version entitled , sung by teen-age idol
Hiroko Yakushimaru
is a common feminine Japanese given name.
Name meanings
Hiroko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*裕子, "kind child"
*弘子, "Beautiful child"
*寛子, " small child"
*浩子, "large child"
*博子, "wise child"
* ...
. As a singer, he recorded the first ending song of ''
Maison Ikkoku
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1980 to 1987, with the chapters collected into 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. ' ...
'', "Ashita Hareru ka".
He said that his own songwriting had been deeply influenced by
The Beatles
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and
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Raymond Edward "Gilbert" O'Sullivan (born 1 December 1946) is an Irish singer-songwriter who achieved his most significant success during the early 1970s with hits including "Alone Again (Naturally)", " Clair", and " Get Down".
O'Sullivan's s ...
. In 1991, he wrote and recorded the song "What a Way (To Show I Love You)" with O'Sullivan. Another song on which they collaborated, "Can't Think Straight", was featured on the Japanese edition of O'Sullivan's studio album ''Sound of the Loop''.
Gilbert O'Sullivan discography on his fan site
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).
Discography
Studio albums
*''Asai Yume'' (1976)
*''Zigzag'' (1977)
*''By My Side'' (1978)
*''Natural Menu'' (1979)
*''At Random'' (1980)
*''Sparkle'' (1981)
*''Yume no Tochu'' (1981)
*''Yuhodo'' (1982)
*''Ordinary'' (1983)
*''Visitor'' (1983)
*''Romantic Cinematic'' (1984)
*''Labyrinth'' (1984)
*''Only Yesterday'' (1985)
*''I Will...'' (1986)
*''Étranger'' (1987)
*''With Time'' (1988)
*''Something Else'' (1989)
*''Eien no Shunkan'' (1991)
*''Labyrinth II'' (1991)
*''Passage'' (1993)
*''Another Story'' (1994)
*''Purity'' (1997)
*''Dear My Company'' (2000)
*''Égalité'' (2004)
*''Avantage'' (2005)
*''Yoin'' (2008)
*''Hitasura ni'' (2010)
References
External links
*
*
Takao Kisugi's Official Website
(Japanese)
Japanese male singer-songwriters
Japanese singer-songwriters
1950 births
Living people
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