Motoharu Sano
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| Also known as | Lion, Moto, Tōryō (棟梁) | ||||
| Born | March 13, 1956 Taitō, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
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| Years active | 1980–present | ||||
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| Website | http://www.moto.co.jp/ | ||||
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| Kanji | 佐野 元春 | ||||
| Hiragana | さの もとはる | ||||
| Katakana | サノ モトハル | ||||
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Motoharu Sano (佐野 元春, born March 13, 1956 in Taitō, Tokyo), is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. A graduate of Rikkyo University, Sano is a frontman with a history of performing in several bands which feature music both in Japanese and occasionally, English, playing songs that often have a rock and roll sound to them. In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan ranked his album Someday number 11 on a list of the greatest Japanese rock albums of all time.[1]
Additionally, he has spent a year in New York City, even doing a radio show there.
Sano took part in a special two-day concert commemorating Takashi Matsumoto's 45th anniversary as a lyricist held at the Tokyo International Forum on August 21–22, 2015.[2] He performed lead vocals on "Haikara Hakuchi" with the surviving members of Happy End, Matsumoto, Haruomi Hosono and Shigeru Suzuki, in place of the deceased Eiichi Ohtaki.[3]
Discography (Albums)
- Back to the Street(1980)
- HeartBeat(1981)
- Someday(1982)
- No Danage(1983)
- Visitors(1984)
- Cafe Bohemia(1986)
- Heartland(1988)
- NapoleonFish Day(1989)
- Time Out!(1990)
- Slow Songs(1991)
- Sweet16(1992)
- No Damage2(1992)
- The Circle(1993)
- The Golden Ring(1994)
- Fruits(1996)
- The Barn(1997)
- Stones and Eggs(1999)
- The 20th Anniversary Edition(2000)
- Club Mix Collection(2000)
- Grass(2000)
- Spoken Words Collected Poems 1985-2000(2000)
- In Motion 2001(2002)
- Someday Collector's Edition(2002)
- The Legend Early Days of Motoharu Sano(2003)
- Visitors 20th Anniversary Edition(2004)
- In Motion 2003(2004)
- The Sun(2004)
- The Sun Studio Edition(2005)
- The Sun Live at NHK Hall(2005)
- The Singles(2006)
- The Essential Cafe Bohemia(2006)
- Coyote(2007)
- Beatitude(2007)
- NapoleonFish Day Special Edition(2008)
- Very Best of Motoharu Sano(2010)
- SideWalk Talk(2011)
- Zooey(2013)
- Tokyo Chic(2014)
- Visitors Deluxe Edition(2014)
- Blood Moon(2015)
- Maniju (2017)
Listening
- ^ "Finally! "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time" Listed". Exclaim!. 2007-11-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ 作詞家・松本隆45周年記念2days公演決定 元はっぴいえんど3人ら豪華歌手集結. Oricon (in Japanese). 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
- ^ 松本隆、45周年公演で細野晴臣&鈴木茂に感謝「素晴らしいメンバー」. Oricon (in Japanese). 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official myspace page (in Japanese)
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