Kenji Ozawa
Kenji Ozawa is a Japanese musician, designer and writer. Ozawa was a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar, and said to be one of the musicians that found and influenced so-called Shibuya-kei music style. He graduated from the University of Tokyo. His uncle, Seiji Ozawa, was a noted conductor.
Personal history
Ozawa was born on 14 April 1968, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. His father Toshio Ozawa is a professor and his mother Makiko Ozawa is a clinical psychologist.Ozawa's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar. After the disband of the group, he debuted as a solo musician in 1993.
"Konya wa Boogie Back", Ozawa's 3rd single released in 1994, which was a collaboration with Japanese Hip-Hop group Scha Dara Parr became a smash hit. The album "LIFE" was highly evaluated; it was voted No. 1 Album of 1990's J-pop/rock albums in a "Music Magazine".
After releasing several works, Ozawa stopped his activity as a musician in Japan after 1998. He released "Eclectic" in 2002, and "Ecology of Everyday Life" which was an instrumental album in 2006, and also started writing "USAGI!" a nursery-story-style writing about the social environment, but never showed up in front of the audiences as a pop musician.
In 2010, Ozawa suddenly announced a concert tour "Hihumiyo" and restarted his public activity in Japan, and held several events and concerts. Also he married American photographer Elizabeth Coll, later giving birth to two sons Rion and Amanu.
In 2017, "Ryuudoutai ni Tsuite " was released as a CD. It has been 19 years since the last single was released. Album "So kakkoii Uchuu " was released in 2019.
Discography
Written works
- DOOWUTCHYALiKE
- USAGI!
- Kigyo teki na shakai, Therapy teki na shakai
- Mahouteki Monologue Daihon
- Haru Sora Niji no sho
- Ice Cream ga Tokete Shimau Maeni as Ozawa Kenji to Nichibei Kyoufu Gakkai / Picture Book
- Toudai Kyuuhyakubankoudou Kougi Kyoukasho / Text book
Video program
- Tokyo, Music & Us 2017–2018
Live performance
Concert / tour
- Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo Free Concert
- DISCO TO GO
- THE LIFE SHOW
- VILLAGE
- Revue'96
- "lover"
- Hihumiyo
- Tokyo no Machi ga Kanaderu
- Mahouteki
- Haru no Kuuki ni Niji wo Kake
- Tobase wangan 2 nights, guitar bass drums de So kakkoii Uchuu e
- So kakkoii Uchuu Shows
- Toudai Kyuuhyakubankoudou Kougi
- Bugi Baku Baby
- ''Monochromatique''