Maki Ohguro

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Maki Ohguro
大黒摩季
Birth name 大黒摩季 (Ohguro, Maki)
Born December 31, 1969 (1969-12-31) (age 38)
Origin Hokkaidō, Japan
Genre(s) J-pop
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter, Lyricist
Years active 1989–present
Label(s) Toshiba EMI (1992-1993)
B-Gram RECORDS (1993–1999)
Virgin Music (2001–Present)
Website Official Website

Maki Ohguro (大黒 摩季 Ōguro Maki?) (born 31 December 1969) is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter. She is from Sapporo in Hokkaidō.

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[edit] Introduction

In 1989, she passed the '3rd BAD' audition. Her famous songs are "DA・KA・RA", "Chotto", and so on... Her second single "DA・ka・RA" sold 1.1 million copies and won the 'Japan Record Grand Prix' newcomer award of the year. Because of her rare public appearances, she was originally known as a phantom singer, like Izumi Sakai of Zard. She is one of the rare Japanese singers that writes all her own material. So far she has released 15 albums and 30 singles.

[edit] Singles

  • STOP MOTION (1992/05/27)
  • DA・KA・RA (1992/09/23)
  • チョット (1993/02/10)
  • 別れましょう私から消えましょうあなたから (1993/04/28)
  • Harlem Night (1993/07/28)
  • あなただけ見つめてる (1993/12/10)
  • 白いGradation (1994/01/29)
  • 夏が来る (1994/04/23)
  • 永遠の夢に向かって (1994/10/05)
  • ら・ら・ら (1995/02/20)
  • いちばん近くにいてね (1995/05/03)
  • 愛してます (1995/11/06)
  • あぁ (1996/02/26)
  • 熱くなれ (1996/07/08)
  • アンバランス (1996/12/02)
  • ゲンキダシテ 91997/03/26)
  • 空 (1997/05/28)
  • ネッ！～女、情熱～ (1998/02/25)
  • 太陽の国へ行こうよ　すぐに ～空飛ぶ夢に乗って～ (1999/02/24)
  • 夢なら醒めてよ (1999/08/04)
  • 虹ヲコエテ (2001/08/08)
  • 雪が降るまえに (2001/10/31)
  • アイデンチイチイ　(2002/05/29)
  • 勝手に決めないでよ (2003/03/12)
  • 夏が来る、そして… (2003/05/28)
  • いとしいひとへ ~Merry Christmas~ (2003/12/03)
  • ASAHI ~SHINE&GROOVE~ (2004/07/28)
  • OVER TOP (2005/04/27)
  • 胡蝶の夢 (2006/02/08)
  • コレデイイノ?!/恋の悪魔-She's no Angel- (2007/04/18)

[edit] Albums

  • STOP MOTION (1992/06/24)
  • DA DA DA (1993/04/28)
  • U. be love (1993/11/10)
  • 永遠の夢に向かって (Eien no Yume ni Mukatte) (1994/11/09)
  • LA.LA.LA. (1995/07/19)
  • BACK BEATs #1 (1995/12/11) - greatest hits collection
  • POWER OF DREAMS (1997/08/06)
  • MOTHER EARTH (1998/09/09)
  • BEST OF BEST (1999/12/31) - 2 discs
  • O (2001/12/12)
  • PRESENTs (2002/12/11)
  • RHYTHM BLACK (2003/06/25)
  • COPY BAND GENERATION VOL.1 (2004/03/17)
  • HAPPINESS (2005/06/22)
  • weep~The Best Ballads Collection~ (2006/03/15)
  • Positive Spirale(2008/01/30)

[edit] DVDs

  • LIVE BEATs! ～How Are You? I'm Fine!～ (2000/08/01)
  • LIVE NATURE #0 ～Nice to meet you～
  • LIVE NATURE #2 ～BEST BEATs～
  • LIVE NATURE #3 SPECIAL ～Rain or Shine～
  • COPY BAND GENERATION LIVE VOL. 1 (2004/09/29)　

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