(born June 24, 1953) is a Japanese

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of Korean descent.

Biography

Chinfa Kan was born in

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, Shizuoka, Japan, as a second-generation

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. He graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu-Nishi Senior and Junior High Schools. While attending

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, he took up

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writing and participated in the college's short song festivals. Kan made his debut as a lyricist in 1979 with Ann Lewis' "Shampoo", which was composed, arranged, and produced by

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. He then wrote numerous hit songs with

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. Kan also wrote lyrics for artists such as Hiromi Go, The Checkers,

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, and

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. In 1984, Kan won the Best Lyrics Award for Mariko Takahashi's "Momoiro Toiki" at the 26th Japan Record Awards. A year later, he won the Grand Prix for Nakamori's " Meu amor é..." Kan also wrote screenplays for the films ''Inamura Jane'' (1990) and ''Tokyo no Kyūjitsu'' (1991).

Works

Lyrics

;

* "Kanashimi ga Tomaranai" ;

* " Kimochi wa Tsutawaru" * " Valenti" * " Quincy" * " Merry Chri" ;

* "Kaettekita Tsubame" ; The Checkers * "Gizagiza Heart no Komoriuta" * "Kamisama Help!" ; Rina Chinen * "Club Zipangu" ; Hiromi Go * "Goldfinger '99" * "Ienai yo" * "Kemono wa Hadaka ni Naritagaru" * "Koi wa Shumishumi" * "Mirror Ball Fantasy" ;

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* "Atarashii Sekai" ;

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* "Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Shima" * "Aijō Monogatari" * "Sōshun Monogatari" ;

* "Kanashimi ga Ippai" ; Hikaru Genji * "Tsurugi no Mai" * "Lila no Saku koro Barcelona" ;

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* "Suteki na Kimochi" * "Hatachi no Koi" ;

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* "

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" ; Momoko Kikuchi * "Mō Aenai ka mo Shirenai" ;

* "Zenbu Dakishimete" * "Ame no Melody" * "Natsu no Ōsama" ; Kyoko Koizumi * "Makka na Onna no Ko" * "Adesugata Namida Musume" * "Nagisa no Haikara Ningyo" * "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge" * "Koi no Beginner" * "Presentation" * "Flapper" * "Kaze no Falsetto" ; Masahiko Kondō * "Aa, Gutto" * "Naite Mirya Ijan" ;

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* "Futari ni Sasete" ; Iyo Matsumoto * "Dakishimetai" * "Chinese Kiss" ; Mie * "Call Girl -Maria at Dawn-" ;

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* "Hazukashi Sugite" * "Approach" * "Namida wa Doko e Itta no" * ''Snowflakes'' ;

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* "Sumire no Kimochi (Try Me Again)" ;

* " Kita Wing" * "Namida no Katachi no Earring" * "October Storm" * "Dramatic Airport (Kita Wing Part II)" * " Meu amor é..." * " Akaitori Nigeta" ;

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* "Hitori Botchi no Yoru Sora ni" ;

* " Cry No More" ;

* "

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" * "

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" * " Rosécolor" ;

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* " Sayonara kara Hajimaru Monogatari" ;

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* "Oka no Ue no High School" * "Shiokaze no Love Letter" * "Koi no Doubles" * "Me wo Samashite, Darling" * "Anata wo Wasureru Mahō ga Areba" * "Shōyō Note" ;

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* "Wasure China no Aoi Tori" ; Pink Lady * "Body & Soul" ;

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* "Natsu no Imōto" * "Whispering Night" ;

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* "Namida ga Tomaranai (How! Aw! Ya!)" * "Karui Kimochi no Julia" * "Nagisa no Pitecan Trops" ;

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* "Utsukushii Natsu" ;

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* "Dear" * "Sutezerifu" ;

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* "Papillon" * "Ichiba ni Ikō" * "Splash" * "Yasashii Kiss no Mitsukekata" * "Shanti" * "Pasio" ;

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* "Kimi Dake ni" ; Stardust Revue * "Stay My Blue (Kimi ga Koishikute)" * "Shichigatsu Nanoka" ; Kiyotaka Sugiyama * " Nagisa no Subete" ; S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe * " Summer Suspicion" * "Asphalt Lady" * " Kimi no Heart wa Marine Blue" * "Riverside Hotel" * "

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" * "Silence ga Ippai" * "Glass no Palm Tree" ; Mizue Takada * "China Lights" ; Mariko Takahashi * "Momoiro Toiki" ; Eriko Tamura * "Ningyo no T-shirt" ; Misato Watanabe * "I'm Free" ;

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* " Kekkon Shiyoune" ;

* "Shampoo" * "Hajimete no Shiawase" ;

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* "Tomo Ari" * "Zenbu Dakishimete" ;

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themes * "

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Screenplays

* ''Inamura Jane'' (1990, film) * ''Tokyo no Kyūjitsu'' (1991, film) * '' Down the World: Mervil's Ambition'' (1994, video game) * ''

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'' (1999, video game) * '' Galerians: Rion'' (2002, OVA)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kan, Chinfa 1953 births Japanese lyricists Japanese people of Korean descent Japanese screenwriters People from Hamamatsu Living people Zainichi Korean filmmakers Zainichi Korean writers