Shinji Harada
Encyclopedia
Shinji Harada is a famous pop music
artist in Japan
, born in Hiroshima
, on December 5, 1958.
After three years of practicing guitar
, at the age of fifteen he was ready to play guitar with the band Yamaha.
Harada became musical sensation in Japan when he released his debut single Teens' Blues on October 25, 1977 when he was 18 years old. He released two more singles, Candy in November and Shadow Boxer in December same year. All three singles ranked top 20 in Oricon
chart simultaneously, which had never happened before in Japanese music history. The debut album Feel Happy was to become number one in the first week of release in Japan in 1978. A documentary film about him, Our Song, was made in 1978. Harada has been prolific, releasing more than 70 singles.
Most recently his song 'Time Travel' from his album 'Feel Happy' has been remade by Japanese band 'Spitz'. Spitz's 'Time Travel' is used as the O.S.T for 2011 Japanese drama 'Boku to Star no 99 nichi" starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kim Tae Hee.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
artist in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, born in Hiroshima
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
, on December 5, 1958.
After three years of practicing guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, at the age of fifteen he was ready to play guitar with the band Yamaha.
Harada became musical sensation in Japan when he released his debut single Teens' Blues on October 25, 1977 when he was 18 years old. He released two more singles, Candy in November and Shadow Boxer in December same year. All three singles ranked top 20 in Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
chart simultaneously, which had never happened before in Japanese music history. The debut album Feel Happy was to become number one in the first week of release in Japan in 1978. A documentary film about him, Our Song, was made in 1978. Harada has been prolific, releasing more than 70 singles.
Most recently his song 'Time Travel' from his album 'Feel Happy' has been remade by Japanese band 'Spitz'. Spitz's 'Time Travel' is used as the O.S.T for 2011 Japanese drama 'Boku to Star no 99 nichi" starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kim Tae Hee.
Discography
- Feel Happy (1978)
- Natural High (1979)
- The Best Collection (1980)
- Entrance (1981)
- Light Collection (1983)
- Save Our Soul (1983.7.21)
- Modern Vision (1984)
- Magical Healing (1985)
- Doing Wonders (1986)
- Urban game (1988.11.21)
- Absolute Singles (1988)
- Absolute Mix (1988)
- Just Urban Night (1989)
- Kindness (1991)
- Miracle Love (1992.11.21)
- Make it a Paradise (1993.9.21) COLUMBIA
- The World of Shinji Harada (1998)
- Urban Angels 2004 (2004.12.5) Shine Records
- Harmoney～Bokurano Harmony～(mini album) (2005.10.25)
- Feel Happy 〜Debut 30th Anniversary〜 (2007.10.24) FORLIFE
- Feel Free (2007) Roppongi WAVE