| Shinichi Mori | |||||||
| Birth Name: | Kazuhiro Moriuchi | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 18 November 1947 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan | ||||||
| Years Active: | 1966–present | ||||||
| Children: | Takahiro Moriuchi Tomohiro Moriuchi Hiroki Moriuchi | ||||||
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| Website: | www.jvcmusic.co.jp/mori | ||||||
known professionally as is a Japanese male enka singer and composer, who also sings folk and pop music. He has sold more than 90 million records, making him one of the best selling Japanese musicians.[1] [2]
Mori has been married and divorced twice, first to Reiko Ohara[3] and then to Masako Mori.[4] His sons, Takahiro Moriuchi and Hiroki Moriuchi, are the vocalists of the rock bands One Ok Rock and My First Story, respectively.[5]
In the beginning, Mori won a competition at Fuji Television Network in 1965.[6] He debuted with the successful song "Onna no Tameiki" of the famous composer Inomata Kōshō in 1966.[7]
His debut at Kōhaku Uta Gassen was in 1968, singing "Hana To Chō".[8] His 1974 Japan Record Award-winning song[9] "Erimo Misaki" (襟裳岬) was composed by Takuro Yoshida.[10] His 1982 song "Fuyu no Riviera" (冬のリヴィエラ) was composed by Eiichi Ohtaki, former member of Happy End.[11] His song "Ofukuro san" (おふくろさん) was covered by Sharam Q in their 1997 album Sharam Q no Enka no Hanamichi (シャ乱Qの演歌の花道). His 2003 song "Ōkami Tachi no Tōboe" (狼たちの遠吠え) was written and composed by Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi.[12] His 2004 song "Saraba Seishun no Kageyo" (さらば青春の影よ) was written by Izumi Sakai.[13]
In 2007, his musical godfather Kōhan Kawauchi became his enemy, because Mori added other lyrics into the original lyrics of "Ofukuro San" at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.[14] Shinichi's long career as an enka singer is well-known and he has had many appearances in Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
In October 2008, his single "Hatoba" debuted at number 27 on Japan's Oricon charts. The song was composed by himself. With the song "Hatoba", he became the first artist to have one hundred Top 100 singles in Japan's Oricon charts history.[15]
| Year/Number | Song |
| Opponent | Others | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hana To Chō | 22/23 | Penultimate(1) | |||
| 2 | Minato Machi Blues | 23/23 | Finalista(1) | |||
| 3 | Ginza no Onna | 24/24 | Hibari Misora(2) | Finalista(2) | ||
| 4 | Ofukuro San | 25/25 | Hibari Misora(3) | Finalista(3) | ||
| 5 | Sasurai Bune | 01/23 | First singer(1) | |||
| 6 | Fuyu no Tabi | 18/22 | Mina Aoe | |||
| 7 | Erimo Misaki | 25/25 | Finalista (of all singers)(4) | |||
| 8 | Ah Hito Koishi | 18/24 | Rumiko Koyanagi | |||
| 9 | Sazanka | 19/24 | Aki Yashiro(1) | |||
| 10 | Tokyo Monogatari | 23/24 | Harumi Miyako(1) | Penultimate(2) | ||
| 11 | Kimiyo Koyae | 23/24 | Harumi Miyako(2) | Penultimate(3) | ||
| 12 | Shinjuku Minatomachi | 20/23 | Masako Mori(1) | |||
| 13 | Koidukiyo | 22/23 | Sachiko Kobayashi(1) | Penultimate(4) | ||
| 14 | Inochi Ataete | 20/22 | Harumi Miyako(3) | |||
| 15 | Kagewo Shitaite | 22/22 | Harumi Miyako(4) | Finalista (of all singers)(5) | ||
| 16 | Fuyu no Riviera | 20/21 | Sachiko Kobayashi(2) | Penultimate(5) | ||
| 17 | Kita no Hotaru | 20/20 | Harumi Miyako(5) | Finalista(6) | ||
| 18 | Onna Moyou | 20/20 | Masako Mori(3) | Finalista (of all singers)(7) | ||
| 19 | Yuusuge no Koi | 20/20 | Sayuri Ishikawa(1) | Finalista (of all singers)(8) | ||
| 20 | Kanashii Keredo... | 01/20 | Aki Yashiro(2) | First singer(2) | ||
| 21 | Kyoto Satigatashi | 18/21 | Naomi Chiaki | |||
| 22 | Yubiwa | 18/20 | Sachiko Kobayashi(3) | |||
| 23 | Ofukuro San (2) | 29/29 | Harumi Miyako(6) | Finalista (of all singers)(9) | ||
| 24 | Nakase Ame | 25/28 | ||||
| 25 | Gekijo no Mae | 23/28 | Miyako Otsuki | |||
| 26 | Saraba Tomo yo | 25/26 | Harumi Miyako(7) | Penultimate(6) | ||
| 27 | Ofukuro San (3) | 21/25 | Saori Yuki and Shoko Yasuda(1) | |||
| 28 | Kanashimi no Utsuwa | 24/25 | Harumi Miyako(8) | Penultimate(7) | ||
| 29 | Yoru no Shijima | 10/25 | Harumi Miyako(9) | Finalista in the first half(1) | ||
| 30 | Erimo Misaki (2) | 23/25 | Sayuri Ishikawa(2) | |||
| 31 | Fuyu no Tabi (2) | 22/25 | Ayako Fuji | |||
| 32 | Ofukuro San (4) | 24/27 | Saori Yuki and Shoko Yasuda(2) | |||
| 33 | Shū Ressha | 22/28 | Miyuki Kawanaka | |||
| 34 | Sore wa Koi | 20/27 | Fuyumi Sakamoto | |||
| 35 | Unga | 13/27 | Finalista in the first half(2) | |||
| 36 | Ōkami tachi no Tōboe | 15/30 | Finalist in the first half(3) | |||
| 37 | Saraba Seishun no Kage yo | 24/28 | Mai Kuraki | |||
| 38 | Ofukuro San (5) | 23/29 | Ai | |||
| 39 | Ofukuro San (6) | 13/27 | Sayuri Ishikawa(3) | Finalist in the first half(4) | ||
| 40 | Kita no Hotaru (2) | 26/27 | Penultimate(8) | |||
| 41 | Ofukuro San (7) | 25/26 | Penultimate(9) | |||
| 42 | Hana To Chō(2) | 11/25 | Miyuki Kawanaka(2) | Finalist in the first half(5) | ||
| 43 | Erimo Misaki (3) | 12/22 | Yoshimi Tendo(2) | Finalist in the first half(6) | ||
| 44 | Minato Machi Blues (2) | 10/25 | Ringo Shiina(3) | Finalist in the first half(7) | ||
| 45 | Fuyu no Riviera (2) | 11/25 | Finalist in the first half(8) |