is a Japanese musician, lyricist, composer, record producer and author who is affiliated with
Amuse, Inc.
is a Japanese entertainment company that provides artist management services. The artists include idols, musicians, and more.
Amuse produces TV and radio programs, commercial films, and movies. Other interests are in publication, music softwar ...
His artist name at his debut was , and he formed a band named No Score with his classmates at high school which later became
Porno Graffitti
, also known as , are a Japanese Rock music, rock band from Onomichi, Hiroshima, Onomichi (formerly Innoshima, Hiroshima, Innoshima), Hiroshima Prefecture. The band got their name from the album ''Pornograffitti'' by the band Extreme (band), E ...
. Originally he was the lead vocalist, but since
Akihito Okano
is a Japanese musician, vocalist of rock band Porno Graffitti. Okano was born in Nakasho, Innoshima City (now Onomichi City), Hiroshima. He is married with one child.
Biography and early career Early life
Okano is the youngest of three sibling ...
joined, he became the lead guitarist and provided backing vocals. He is also a guitarist for THE Yatou. He was married to actress
Kyōko Hasegawa
is a Japanese model and actress. She married Haruichi Shindō, one of the members of the Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti, in 2008. On May 30, 2009 she gave birth to a boy. On January 25, 2012 she gave birth to a girl. In 2021, Hasegawa and S ...
from 2008 to 2021, and they have two children together.
Instruments used
Electric guitars
*
Gibson Guitar Corporation
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**1960
Les Paul
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Standard No. 0 0599 (main)
**1958 Les Paul Custom "Factory Original Bigsby"
**1965 ES-345
**Custom Shop Historic Collection 1959 Les Paul Standard '00
**Custom Shop Historic Collection 1960 Les Paul Standard
**Custom Shop Historic Collection 1959 Les Paul Standard No. 9 1273
**Custom Shop Historic Collection 1968 Les Paul Custom Black Beauty #015328
**Memphis Chris Cornell ES-335 Flat Black
**Custom Shop CS-336 Plain Top
**Les Paul Junior Limited Edition (until 2011, he donated to charity)
**1996 Les Paul Standard
**1981
ES-335TD
**ES-165
**
Flying V
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*
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
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**
Custom Shop Master Built Series 1957
Telecaster
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Made by John English '05 (main)
**Telecaster Haruichi Model (Replica of the main guitar above. Realized by a collaboration project with a fan club and Fender Japan in 2016)
**Custom Shop Master Built Series 1957
Stratocaster
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Made by John English
**Custom Shop Master Built Series Stratocaster Made by Yuriy Shishkov
**Custom Shop Master Built Series 60's Telecaster Made by Todd Krause
**Custom Shop 1960 Stratocaster Relic #R41857
**1959 Custom Esquire
**1974 Stratocaster
**1975 Telecaster Deluxe
**1976 Stratocaster
*Others
**
Paul Reed Smith
Paul Reed Smith Guitars, also known as PRS Guitars or simply PRS, is an American guitar and amplifier
An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time-vary ...
Modern Eagle Faded Blue Jean
**Sago New Material Guitars Signature Model No. 1 Black
**Sago New Material Guitars Signature Model No. 2 White
**Sago New Material Guitars Signature Model No. 3 Blue Burst
**Killer Prime Original Black & Prime Original Yellow
**
Gretsch
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1969 White Falcon
**Gretsch Duo Jet 6128 with Bigsby
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B.C. Rich Mockingbird
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Slash
Slash may refer to:
* Slash (punctuation), the "/" character
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Slash (Marvel Comics)
* Slash (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'')
Music
* Harry Slash & The Slashtones, an American rock band
* Nash th ...
Model
**G&L Asat Special With Bigsby
**Jerry Jones Baby Sitar
**G'Seven Guitars g7 Special g7-JM Custom Order Model (Jazzmaster Type)
**Washburn N3 Original davies reissue
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Line 6 James Tyler Variax JTV-59 Black
Acoustic guitars
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Martin Martin may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Europe
* Martin, Croatia, a village
* Martin, Slovakia, a city
* Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain
* M ...
HD-28V (main)
*Martin Pre War 000-28
*Martin 000-28EC (until 2011, he donated to charity)
*Gibson Les Paul Acoustic
*Gibson
Chester Atkins CEC
*Gibson J-50
*Greco Zematis GZA-1800 Tiny Heart
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Ovation
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2003 Collector's Edition
*Alvarez Yairi WK1-12BK
*Kohno Guitar Manufacture Concert-J, etc.
Amplifiers
*Groove Tubes Trio
*Matchless DC-30
*Marshall 1973X
*Marshall 1974X
*Marshall 1987X
*Marshall JCM800
*Reinhardt Storm 33
*Fender Twin-Reverb
*Fender Vibro-King Custom
*Fender Bassman
*Vox AC30BM (
Brian May
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Custom Limited Edition)
From his early debut to around 2007, the Trio, DC-30, and JCM series were used live. Currently it is mainly the combination of Old Marshall and DC-30. On the other hand, amplifier simulators such as Kemper are used as a sub.
Provided musical lyrics
Filmography
Radio
; Regular
Television
; Regular
;Special occasion
Films
Bibliography
Monographs
*''Jitaku nite'' Sony Magazines – taking a column serialised in the music magazine ''Pati Pati'' (released 24 December 2005 )
Serialisations
*"Jitaku nite" – serialised in the music magazine ''Pati Pati'' (February 2001 issue – April 2005 issue, 51 times in total)
*"haru.cam" – posted pictures and comments for himself at the music magazine ''B.Pass'' (May 2006 issue – already finished)
*"Hiroshima Carp Fan mo Umi o Wataru" – he was writing a column about baseball at the
Major League information magazine ''Slugger'' (May 2006 issue – serialising)
*"Otoko no Kōkan Nikki" – posted alternately with Akihito at the female fashion magazine "
an an" (20 June 2006 – June 2007)
*"Tokinoo" – Novel. Serialized in the magazine ''papyrus'' (February 2008 issue – April 2009)
Novels
* ''Toki no O'' Gentosha – book of the novel "Tokinoo" (released 15 May 2010 )
* ''The Rules'' (released September 2017 )
References
External links
*
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Living people
1974 births
Musicians from Hiroshima Prefecture
Japanese rock guitarists
Japanese lyricists
Japanese male composers
Amuse Inc. talents
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese guitarists
21st-century Japanese male singers