Kahoru Kohiruimaki

Kahoru Kohiruimaki (小比類巻かほる Kohiruimaki Kahoru, nicknamed Kohhy, born on March 16, 1967) is a Japanese singer who debuted in 1985. She had great success in the next ten years with around thirty singles, fifteen original albums and various compilations. Kohiruimaki is the most well known in the West for the song Ai yo kienaide, the first generic original soundtrack (OST) from the anime series City Hunter in 1987, and for the ending theme song for the OVA Gall Force in 1986.

Discography

Albums

• Call My Name (1985/11/21)
• No Problem (1986/7/21)
• I'm Here (1987/4/1)
• Hearts On Parade (1988/1/21)
• SO REAL (1988/11/11)
• TIME THE MOTION (1989/1/11)
• DISTANCE (1990/10/10)
• silent (1991/9/25)
• FRONTIER (1992/9/10)
• KOHHY 1 (1994/5/25)
• KOHHY 2 (1995/2/8)
• This Is My Love Song (1998/2/5) (reprises)
• Kaleidoscope (1997/5/20)
• Tree Diagram (2011/7/20)
• Anniversary Nights (2001/12) (album indépendant, réservé au fan club)
• LOVE solution (2001/12) (album indépendant, réservé au fan club)

Live Albums

• TIME THE MOTION LIVE (1990/7/25)
• silent fiction tour 1991 (1992/1/25)
• FRONTIER LIVE '92 (1993/2/25)

Compilations

• The Best (1989/12/15)
• KOHHY'S SINGLES (1991/7/25)
• Dreamin' '89-'92 (1992/3/25)
• Ballade Collection (1993/3/25)
• Keep on dreamin' remix (1995/2/25）
• Black Kohhy Best '85-'89 (1995/7/1)
• White Kohhy Best '89-'95 (1995/7/21)
• STAR BOX EXTRA (2001/12/5)
• THE LEGEND (2003/1/1)
• Golden Best (ゴールデン☆ベスト) (2005/1/26)
• Kohiruimaki Kahoru - 20th Anniversary Selection (2005/6/29）

Singles

• NEVER SAY GOOD-BYE (1985.10.21)
• 両手いっぱいのジョニー (1986.07.02)　(OVA Gall Force ending theme)
• 長く熱い夜 (1986.12.21)
• Hold On Me (1987.02.26)
• City Hunter - Ai yo kienaide (City Hunter〜愛よ消えないで〜) (1987.05.10) (City Hunter opening theme song)
• I'm Here (1987.05.21)
• COME ON (1987.09.21)
• On The Loose (1988.01.01)
• 飛べないブルー・バード (1988.05.21)
• TONIGHT (1988.10.21)
• TOGETHER (1988.11.21)
• DREAMER (1989.09.25)
• いい子を抱いて眠りなよ (Live Version)(1990.02.01)
• Twilight Avenue (1990.05.10)
• LIKE A FACTORY (1990.11.10)
• MOVING ACTION／CRAZY LOVER (1991.01.01)
• TIMES GO BY (1991.03.25)
• SMILE FOR ME (1992.04.25)
• コントロール (1992.08.25)
• LA FESTA 〜あの日のままで〜 (1992.10.25)
• 君はインスピレーション (1994.01.25)
• SUMMER FACTOR (1994.04.01)
• HELLO AGAIN (1994.05.10)
• Step by Step (1994.11.22)
• Ride On (1994.11.30)
• Super Hero (1994.12.07)
• Justify My Love (1995.01.01)
• Respect (1995.07.21)
• 陽のあたる場所 (1996.05.27)
• Oh My Friend (1996.09.02)
• Just as... I don't wanna fall in love again (1997.04.23)
• What A Wonderful World (1998.01.21)
• DANCING QUEEN (2000.08.30)
• Blue Sky (2004.08.25）

Videos

• Heart no Ballade in Budokan (ハートのパレード in 武道館)
• Heart no Ballade in Budokan 2 (ハートのパレード in 武道館 2)
• TIME THE MOTION LIVE
• silent fiction tour 1991
• KOHHY'S SINGLES VIDEO
• DREAMER

Links

• (Japanese) Official Site