Motoharu Sano (佐野 元春, born March 13, 1956, in Taitō, Tokyo), is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. A graduate of Rikkyo University, Sano is a frontman with a history of performing in several bands which feature music both in Japanese and occasionally, English, playing songs that often have a rock and roll sound to them. In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan ranked his album Someday number 11 on a list of the greatest Japanese rock albums of all time.[1]
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Also known as | Lion, Moto, Tōryō (棟梁) | ||||
Born | Taitō, Tokyo, Japan | March 13, 1956||||
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Years active | 1980–present | ||||
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Website | http://www.moto.co.jp | ||||
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Kanji | 佐野 元春 | ||||
Hiragana | さの もとはる | ||||
Katakana | サノ モトハル | ||||
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Additionally, he has spent a year in New York City, even doing a radio show there.
Sano took part in a special two-day concert commemorating Takashi Matsumoto's 45th anniversary as a lyricist held at the Tokyo International Forum on August 21–22, 2015.[2] He performed lead vocals on "Haikara Hakuchi" with the surviving members of Happy End, Matsumoto, Haruomi Hosono and Shigeru Suzuki, in place of the deceased Eiichi Ohtaki.[3]