Motoharu Sano

Motoharu Sano
Also known as	Lion, Moto, Tōryō (棟梁)
Born	March 13, 1956 Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Rock folk rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter musician record producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Epic/Sony Daisy Music
Associated acts	Eiichi Ohtaki
Website	http://www.moto.co.jp/

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.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Album

• Back to the Street(1980)
• HeartBeat(1981)
• Someday(1982)
• No Danage(1983)
• Visitors(1984)
• Cafe Bohemia(1986)
• Heartland(1988)
• NapoleonFish Day(1989)
• Time Out!(1990)
• Slow Songs(1991)
• Sweet16(1992)
• No Damage2(1992)
• The Circle(1993)
• The Golden Ring(1994)
• Fruits(1996)
• The Barn(1997)
• Stones and Eggs(1999)
• The 20th Anniversary Edition(2000)
• Club Mix Collection(2000)
• Grass(2000)
• Spoken Words Collected Poems 1985-2000(2000)
• In Motion 2001(2002)
• Someday Collector's Edition(2002)
• The Legend Early Days of Motoharu Sano(2003)
• Visitors 20th Anniversary Edition(2004)
• In Motion 2003(2004)
• The Sun(2004)
• The Sun Studio Edition(2005)
• The Sun Live at NHK Hall(2005)
• The Singles(2006)
• The Essential Cafe Bohemia(2006)
• Coyote(2007)
• Beatitude(2007)
• NapoleonFish Day Special Edition(2008)
• Very Best of Motoharu Sano(2010)
• SideWalk Talk(2011)
• Zooey(2013)
• Tokyo Chic(2014)
• Visitors Deluxe Edition(2014)
• Blood Moon(2015)

Listening

1. 作詞家・松本隆45周年記念2days公演決定 元はっぴいえんど3人ら豪華歌手集結. Oricon (in Japanese). 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
2. 松本隆、45周年公演で細野晴臣&鈴木茂に感謝「素晴らしいメンバー」. Oricon (in Japanese). 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2016-03-25.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Official myspace page (Japanese)