, is a Japanese singer, part of

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. His real name is . In the 1970s, he was called the with Goro Noguchi and

Hideki Saijo was a Japanese singer, composer, actor, drummer, voice actor, and television and radio show host. Due to his numerous pioneering achievements throughout Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, he is considered an icon amongst Shōwa era idols. With on- ...

. He belonged to

Johnny & Associates was a Japanese talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which managed groups of male idols known as The company had a significant impact on pop culture with male idols and boy bands in Japan since the 1980s. Until 2019, the company w ...

, but three years after debut in 1975, left the agency. He also effectively became the Japanese answer to

Ricky Martin Enrique Martin Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography incorporati ...

after his 1999 Japanese version of " Livin' la Vida Loca," which was called "Goldfinger '99". His stage name's initials are "HG", and that, combined with his remake of

's "Livin la Vida Loca" made him a direct and frequent target of comedian Hard Gay. Go featured

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musician

Dohzi-T is a Japanese rapper, singer and songwriter who has been active since 1989. Biography Dohzi-T belonged to hip hop band "Zingi", formed in 1990. He debuted as a solo singer with the single "Shōnen A" (lit. "Boy A") on October 10, 2001. He associ ...

in his R&B-style song "Kimi Dake o," released on May 14, 2008. "Kimi Dake o" was included in his album ''Place to Be'', and the

remix A remix, also sometimes called reorchestration or rework, is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, poem, or photograph ca ...

of the song was included as a bonus track in Dohzi-T's album '' 12 Love Stories''. Go appeared in the Canadian film '' Samurai Cowboy'' with Catherine Mary Stewart and Robert Conrad, which was released in 1993. He was also invited to the Japanese touring ice show

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in 2014, where he performed live with

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and two-time Olympic champion,

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, to the song "Ienai yo" (lit. "''I can't say it''") amongst others.

Discography

Singles

Collaboration singles

Albums

Studio albums

EPs

Remix albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

*Note: Although the 2nd and 4th; 7th to 12th, 14th and 16th; 19th and 21st compilation album title are identical, the track list is different and as result considered as different albums.

Box sets

Videography

Live albums

Music-video albums

Video box sets

Filmography

Film

*''

MacArthur's Children is a 1984 Japanese film. Describing the impact of the United States' occupation of Japan from the perspective of the inhabitants of a small, rural island community, the film featured the big screen debut of actor Ken Watanabe. The film was selec ...

'' (1984), Masao Nakai *'' Gonza the Spearman'' (1984), Gonza – lead role *''

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'' (1986) *'' Samurai Cowboy'' (1993), Yutaka Sato

Drama

*'' Shin Heike Monogatari'' (1972), Taira no Tsunemori *''

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'' (1979),

Minamoto no Yoriie was the second ''shōgun'' (1202–1203) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and the first son of first shōgun Yoritomo. His Dharma name was Hokke-in-dono Kingo Da'i Zengo (法華院殿金吾大禅閤). Life Minamoto no Yoriie was born to Hōj ...

*''Nobunaga: King of Zipangu'' (1992),

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

*''

Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle buil ...

'' (1998) *'' The Emperor's Cook'' (2015)

Television programs

* ''Everyone's Best Kouhaku 100th Anniversary of Broadcasting Special'' (NHK, 2025) (cast)

Other media

Radio dramas

* ''

Kaze to Ki no Uta is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya. It was serialized in the manga magazine '' Shūkan Shōjo Comic'' from 1976 to 1980, and in the manga magazine '' Petit Flower'' from 1981 to 1984. One of the earliest ...

'' ( 1970s), Gilbert Cocteau –

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drama written by

Mann Izawa , better known as , is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. In 1991, he won the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Newcomer Award for his writing on the medical drama series ' (). His gay-themed drama series ' (), w ...

, based on the 1976 manga of the same name by

Keiko Takemiya is a Japanese manga artist, professor and university administrator. As part of the Year 24 Group, she was a leading figure in manga scene in the 1970s creating such manga as '' Kaze to Ki no Uta, Toward the Terra, Natsu e no Tobira.'' Addi ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Go, Hiromi 1955 births Male actors from Fukuoka Prefecture Living people Japanese male pop singers Japanese male actors Japanese male idols 20th-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese male singers People of the Shōwa era Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists Singers from Fukuoka Prefecture Fantasy on Ice guest artists Horikoshi High School alumni

Discography

Singles

Collaboration singles

Albums

Studio albums

EPs

Remix albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Box sets

Videography

Live albums

Music-video albums

Video box sets

Filmography

Film

Drama

Television programs

Other media

Radio dramas

See also

References

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