Shinichi Mori


Kazuhiro Moriuchi known professionally as Shinichi Mori is a Japanese male enka singer and composer, who also sings folk and pop music. He has sold more than 90 million records, making him one of the best selling Japanese musicians.
Mori has been married and divorced twice, first to Reiko Ohara and then to Masako Mori. His sons, Takahiro Moriuchi and Hiroki Moriuchi, are the vocalists of the rock bands One Ok Rock and My First Story, respectively.
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Career

In the beginning, Mori won a competition at Fuji Television Network in 1965. He debuted with the successful song "Onna no Tameiki" of the famous composer Inomata Kōshō in 1966.
His debut at Kōhaku Uta Gassen was in 1968, singing "Hana To Chō". His 1974 Japan Record Award-winning song "Erimo Misaki" was composed by Takuro Yoshida. His 1982 song "Fuyu no Riviera" was composed by Eiichi Ohtaki, former member of Happy End. His song "Ofukuro san" was covered by Sharam Q in their 1997 album Sharam Q no Enka no Hanamichi. His 2003 song "Ōkami Tachi no Tōboe" was written and composed by Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi. His 2004 song "Saraba Seishun no Kageyo" was written by Izumi Sakai.
In 2007, his musical godfather Kōhan Kawauchi became his enemy, because Mori added other lyrics into the original lyrics of "Ofukuro San" at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Shinichi's long career as an enka singer is well-known and he has had many appearances in Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
In October 2008, his single "Hatoba" debuted at number 27 on Japan's Oricon charts. The song was composed by himself. With the song "Hatoba", he became the first artist to have one hundred Top 100 singles in Japan's Oricon charts history.

Discography

  • "Onna no Tameiki" : 1966
  • "Hana to Chō" : 1968
  • "Minatomachi Blues" : 1969
  • "Hana to Namida" : 1969
  • "Ginza no Onna" : 1970
  • "Ofukuro san" : 1971
  • "Fuyu no Tabi" : 1973
  • "Erimo Misaki" : 1974
  • "Wakare no Seppun" : 1975
  • "Sazanka" : 1976
  • "Tokyo Monogatari" : 1977
  • "Shinjuku Minatomachi" : 1979
  • "Sakaba Bune" : 1980
  • "Fuyu no Riviera" : 1982
  • "Kita no Hotaru" : 1984
  • "Yūsuge no Koi" : 1986
  • "Kanashii Keredo" : 1987
  • "Usagi" : 1989
  • "Kaze no Elegy" : 1990
  • "Nakase Ame" : 1991
  • "Warui Hito" : 1993
  • "Usotsuki" : 1994
  • "Kanashimi no Utsuwa" : 1996
  • "Onna Gokoro" : 1998
  • "Uragiri" : 1999
  • "Shūressha" : 2000
  • "Ame no Kūkō" : 2001
  • "Sepia no Ame" : 2002
  • "Unga" : 2002
  • "Ōkami Tachi no Tōboe" : 2003
  • "Saraba Seishun no Kageyo" : 2004
  • "Hana" : 2005
  • "Tazunete Otaru" : 2006
  • "Jinsei Hitasura" : 2007
  • "Onna no Koi" : 2008
  • "Hatoba" : 2008
  • "Yuragi" : 2009

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