, known professionally as Chage, is a Japanese musician and radio personality. He was born in
Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū
is a Wards of Japan, ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the north part of what used to be Kokura City before the merger of five cities to create the new city of Kitakyūshū in 1963. JR Kyūshū's Kokura Station is ...
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Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...
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He dropped out from
Japan University of Economics
, abbreviated as , is a private university headquartered in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Overview
The university is owned by , which is in turn a member of the .
The university ranks 4th in Japan by number of international students. Over 80% o ...
. He is also a singer-songwriter, and he is the main vocalist and lyricist-composer of
Chage and Aska
were a Japanese popular music duo composed of male singer-songwriters from Fukuoka Prefecture: and . To date they have sold over 31 million albums and singles in Japan.
History
They were formed in the late 1970s at the suggestion of the A& ...
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Discography
Albums
Original albums
Best albums
Project albums
Limited albums
Live albums
Singles
As Yuko Ishikawa and Chage
Original singles
Limited singles
Videography
Books, photo collections
Limited editions
Fan clubs
Filmography
Radio
Television
Guest
Advertisements
References
External links
; Official website
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; Record companies
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* this deals with his released works until 2000
; Blogs
* (25 March 2009 –)
* (8 October – 26 December 2008)
; Regular radio programmes
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; Related
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Japanese male singer-songwriters
Japanese male pop singers
Japanese folk singers
Japanese male composers
Universal Music Japan artists
Japanese radio personalities
Japanese photographers
People from Kokurakita, Kitakyūshū
Singers from Kitakyushu
1958 births
Living people