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 |
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
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Back to the Street (1980)
- HeartBeat (1981)
- Someday (1982)
- No Damage (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)
References
[edit]- ^ "Finally! "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time" Listed". Exclaim!. November 1, 2007. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ 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). May 1, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ^ 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). August 2, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official myspace page (in Japanese)
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