Kouji Yamaguchi
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Kouji YamaguchiBasically from Chitose, Hokkaido. A singer-songwriter, composer and lyric writer .Influenced by his father, he started singing popular songs and enka songs from his childhood.
When he was hospitalized in the 5th grade of elementary school, he listened to the folk song tapes his mother gave him every day, so he suddenly became a folk song boy after that.
He started playing folk guitar in the 5th grade of elementary school and copied most of his typical folk songs.
When he was in junior high school, he became interested in foreign popular music of the 60's and 70's, and started copying various genres.
Especially his favorite artists are Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and Eagles, etc. He copied and imitated and sang every day.
And since he was in high school he started writing songs.
In addition, since he started making original songs, he frequently appeared in Sapporo City and live houses and events in the suburbs of Sapporo City and started live activities.
About 300 songs have been created so far.
Since he was a university student, he has been traveling around the country with a guitar in one hand and performing live in various places.
After graduating from university, he became a personality for local radio programs in Hokkaido, appeared in his TV commercials, produced music for TV commercials, and provided music to other artists.
Currently, he is active in music activities mainly in live activities all over the country.
Genre: j-popActive area: Tokyo, Sapporo
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