is a Japanese pop singer. He is a self-trained musician, and performs in the
shimauta (island-song) style of his hometown.
Discography
Albums
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999.04.04Atari (アタリ) (Indies)
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000.07.30Kurudando (くるだんど) (Indies)
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002.06.09Shodon (諸鈍;Place Name) (Indies)
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004.09.03Notus (ノトス) (Indies)
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006.11.03Chu Dong Xin Xian (触動心弦;Touch Strings of Your Heart)
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007.07.11Yurai Bana (ユライ花; The First Flower)
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007.07.13Hua Jian Dao (花間道;Road Between Flowers)
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008.10.01Kizuna Uta (絆歌; Bond Songs)
Mini-Albums
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005.09.07Materia (マテリヤ) (Indies)
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006.10.11Natsukasha no Shima (なつかしゃのシマ; The Island I Miss)
Singles
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006.03.01Sorezore ni (それぞれに; In Each and Every)
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006.06.28Omoide no Sugu Soba de / Mahiru no Hanabi (思い出のすぐそばで / 真昼の花火; Right Next to Memories / Midday Fireworks)
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007.04.11Hana (花; Flower)
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007.11.14Tane wo Maku Hibi (種をまく日々; The Days When Seeds are Scattered)
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008.04.09Haru (春; Spring)
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008.09.03Kizuna (絆; bonds)
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009.03.25Koi (恋; Love)
Collaborations/Other
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002.07.24Various Artists – Amami Shima Uta (#2. Asabanabushi No. 9. Kurudando, No. 13. Rankanhashi)
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004.05.26Various Artists – Okinawa Songs ~Watashita Uta~ (#14. IRAYOI Tsukiyo Hama)
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005.12.21Masayoshi Yamazaki Tribute Album – One More Time, One More Track (#3. HOME)
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008.08.22Cape No.7 OST –
Heidenröslein
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(wild rose)(Van Fan & Kousuke Atari)
Films
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Cape No. 7'' (2008) – Teacher / Himself – Singer
* "
Taipei Exchanges" (2010) – Singing Customer/ Tourist
* "
Happiness Me Too" (2012)
Trivia
* The song "Natsu Yuuzora (夏夕空; Summer Evening Sky)" was used as the ending theme in the Japanese
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
adaptation of the
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series
Natsume Yuujinchou. He also performed the song "Kimi no Kakera (君ノカケラ; Pieces of You)" which was used in the third season.
* The single "Tane wo Maku Hibi (種をまく日々; The Days When Seeds are Scattered)" was used as the thirteenth ending theme in the
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
series
Bleach
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.
* The single "Koi (恋; Love)" was used as the ending theme in the
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
series
Genji Monogatari Sennenki
is a Japanese anime adaptation of ''The Tale of Genji''. Originally, it was meant to be an anime adaptation of Waki Yamato's ''The Tale of Genji (manga), The Tale of Genji'' manga, but the director decided to make it a direct adaptation of the ...
.
References
External links
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Epic Records Japan artists
Living people
1980 births
Japanese male pop singers
Singers from Kagoshima Prefecture
People from the Amami Islands
Japanese male musicians
Mandarin-language singers of Japan
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male singers
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