, real name ,
is a Japanese singer-songwriter born 25 March 1959 in
Ibaraki,
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...
, Japan.
He is represented by the talent management firm
Daikan'yama Production, and releases works through
Daipro-X, a record company which is a subsidiary of Daikan'yama.
He made his professional singer-songwriter debut in 1983 by winning two major awards and being named the "Rookie of the Year" for his single .
Biography
Kamon was born as Tatsuo Torikai on 25 March 1959 in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Chūjō Elementary School and Yōsei Junior High, both part of the Ibaraki municipal school system. While attending Osaka Prefectural Kasugaoka High School, he began studying as an apprentice to
rakugo
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T ...
master
Tsuruko Shōfukutei beginning in 1975.
After graduating, he became a regular guest on the ''
MBS Young Town'' radio program from April 1978 until September 1980. He also co-hosted the show with
Naoko Kawai from July 1984 to September 1992.
In 1981, after meeting
Keisuke Kuwata
is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and Lead vocalist, frontman for the Southern All Stars, as well of his own solo band, the Kuwata band. He has also done a significant amount of scoring music for films. He went to Aoyama Ga ...
of the
Southern All Stars
, also known by the abbreviations and SAS, are a Japanese rock band formed in Kanagawa in 1974.
The band is composed of Keisuke Kuwata (lead vocals and guitars), Yuko Hara (vocals and keyboards), Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (bass), (drums) and (pe ...
, he changed his name to "Kamon" from "Torikai" in honor of Kuwata's pseudonym of Yūzō Kamon.
Kamon made his professional debut as a recording artist on 21 July 1983 with the release of his single ''Yankee no Niichan no Uta''. He won both the
Yomiuri TV
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Cable Broadcast First Prize and the
TBS Cable Broadcast First Prize and was named Rookie of the Year for this release.
''Kaeuta Medley'', a single released in 1991, sold over 820,000 copies and was Kamon's first big hit.
In 2000, Kamon changed to his current "trademark" look by bleaching his hair.
Kamon married for the first time on 15 January 2009.
Discography
Singles
References
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1959 births
Japanese male singer-songwriters
Living people
People from Ibaraki, Osaka
Singers from Osaka Prefecture