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===Other Albums===
===Other Albums===
* [2001.11.28] [[Kh Re-Mixed Up 1|Kh re-mixed up 1]] (Remix album)
* [2001.11.28] [[Kh Re-Mixed Up 1|Kh re-mixed up 1]] (Remix album)
* [2003.12.10] [[Ken's Bar]] (Cover album)
* [2003.12.10] [[Ken's Bar (album)|Ken's Bar]] (Cover album)
* [2005.11.23] [[Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 "Utabaka"]] (歌バカ; ''Musical Idiot'') (Best album)
* [2005.11.23] [[Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 "Utabaka"]] (歌バカ; ''Musical Idiot'') (Best album)
* [2009.05.27] [[Ken's Bar II]] (Cover album)
* [2009.05.27] [[Ken's Bar II]] (Cover album)
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* [1995.11.22] [[Yokogao (Hirai Ken)|Yokogao]] (横顔; ''Face in Profile'')
* [1995.11.22] [[Yokogao (Hirai Ken)|Yokogao]] (横顔; ''Face in Profile'')
* [1996.08.21] [[Doshaburi]] (ドシャブリ; ''Downpour'')
* [1996.08.21] [[Doshaburi]] (ドシャブリ; ''Downpour'')
* [1996.11.01] [[Stay with Me (Hirai Ken)|Stay With Me]]
* [1996.11.01] [[Stay With Me (Hirai Ken)|Stay With Me]]
* [1997.07.21] [[Heat Up|HEAT UP]]
* [1997.07.21] [[Heat Up|HEAT UP]]
* [1998.05.30] [[Love Love Love (Hirai Ken)|Love Love Love]]
* [1998.05.30] [[Love Love Love (Hirai Ken)|Love Love Love]]
* [2000.01.09] [[Rakuen (Hirai Ken)|LAKuEN]] (楽園; ''Paradise'')
* [2000.01.09] [[Lakuen (Hirai Ken)|LAKuEN]] (楽園; ''Paradise'')
* [2000.05.10] [[Why (Hirai Ken)|why]]
* [2000.05.10] [[Why (Hirai Ken)|why]]
* [2000.10.18] [[Love or Lust|LOVE OR LUST]]
* [2000.10.18] [[Love or Lust|LOVE OR LUST]]
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* [2002.08.28] [[Ooki na Furudokei]] (大きな古時計; ''A Big Old Clock'')
* [2002.08.28] [[Ooki na Furudokei]] (大きな古時計; ''A Big Old Clock'')
* [2002.11.07] [[Ring (Hirai Ken)|Ring]]
* [2002.11.07] [[Ring (Hirai Ken)|Ring]]
* [2003.05.08] [[Life is... ~Another Story~|LIFE is... ~another story~]]
* [2003.05.08] [[Life Is... ~Another Story~|LIFE is... ~another story~]]
* [2003.07.30] [[Style (Hirai Ken)|style]]
* [2003.07.30] [[Style (Hirai Ken)|style]]
* [2004.04.28] [[Hitomi wo Tojite (Hirai Ken)|Hitomi wo Tojite]] (瞳をとじて; ''Close Your Eyes'')
* [2004.04.28] [[Hitomi wo Tojite (Hirai Ken)|Hitomi wo Tojite]] (瞳をとじて; ''Close Your Eyes'')
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* [2007.01.17] [[Elegy]] (哀歌(エレジー))
* [2007.01.17] [[Elegy]] (哀歌(エレジー))
* [2007.02.28] [[Kimi no Suki na Toko]] (君の好きなとこ; ''The Place You Like'')
* [2007.02.28] [[Kimi no Suki na Toko]] (君の好きなとこ; ''The Place You Like'')
* [2007.09.12] [[Fake Star|fake star]]
* [2007.09.12] [[Fake Star (Hirai Ken)|fake star]]
* [2008.02.20] [[Canvas / Kimi wa Su.Te.Ki|Canvas / Kimi wa Su・Te・Ki♥]] (キャンバス / 君はス・テ・キ♥; ''Canvas / You are Beau・ti・ful♥)
* [2008.02.20] [[Canvas / Kimi wa Suteki|Canvas / Kimi wa Su・Te・Ki♥]] (キャンバス / 君はス・テ・キ♥; ''Canvas / You are Beau・ti・ful♥)
* [2008.04.23] [[Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo]] (いつか離れる日が来ても; ''The Day May Come When Someday We Shall Part'')
* [2008.04.23] [[Itsuka Hanareru Hi ga Kite mo]] (いつか離れる日が来ても; ''The Day May Come When Someday We Shall Part'')
* [2009.09.23] [[Candy (Hirai Ken)|CANDY]]
* [2009.09.23] [[Candy (Hirai Ken)|CANDY]]
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* [2000.06.21] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.2]]
* [2000.06.21] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.2]]
* [2001.07.04] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.3]]
* [2001.07.04] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.3]]
* [2002.01.30] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.4 -Gaining Through Losing at The Budokan-|Ken Hirai Films Vol.4 -GAINING THROUGH LOSING AT THE BUDOKAN-]]
* [2002.01.30] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.4 Live Tour 2001 Gaining Through Losing At the Budokan|Ken Hirai Films Vol.4 LIVE TOUR 2001 gaining through losing at the BUDOKAN]]
* [2003.01.22] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.5]]
* [2003.01.22] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.5]]
* [2003.12.10] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.6 -MTV UNPLUGGED KEN HIRAI-|Ken Hirai Films Vol.6 -MTV UNPLUGGED KEN HIRAI-]]
* [2003.12.10] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.6 -MTV UNPLUGGED KEN HIRAI-|Ken Hirai Films Vol.6 -MTV UNPLUGGED KEN HIRAI-]]
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* [2008.12.17] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.10 "Ken Hirai Live Tour 2008 Fakin' Pop"|Ken Hirai Films Vol.10 "Ken Hirai Live Tour 2008 FAKIN' POP"]]
* [2008.12.17] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.10 "Ken Hirai Live Tour 2008 Fakin' Pop"|Ken Hirai Films Vol.10 "Ken Hirai Live Tour 2008 FAKIN' POP"]]
* [2009.06.10] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.11 "Ken's Bar 10th Anniversary"]]
* [2009.06.10] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.11 "Ken's Bar 10th Anniversary"]]
===Collaborations / Other===
* [1996.09.21] [[CHAKA]] - [[With Friends]] (#3 ''moonstruck'' / Chorus & Lyrics)
* [1996.12.21] [[GERRY DeVEAUX]] - [[Back to You (GERRY DeVEAUX)|BACK TO YOU]] (#11 ''HOLDING ON TO PROMISES'' with '''Hirai Ken''')
* [1998.08.26] [[Setsunai Original Album|Setsunai ORIGINAL ALBUM]] (#11 ''Kimi ga Warattara'')
* [1998.10.21] [[SKOOP]] - [[Mood 4 Luv]] (#9 ''Everlasting Love'' / Chorus)
* [2000.04.01] [[Goshima Yoshiko]] - [[Decade to Date|decade to date]] (#3 ''Full Sail'' / Chorus)
* [2000.09.13] [[Saginosu Shiro]] - [[Shiro's Songbook 2|SHIRO'S SONGBOOK 2]] (#8 ''SWEET INSPIRATION'' feat. ''Hirai Ken'')
* [2000.12.13] [[K DUB SHINE]] - [[Ikiru (K DUB SHINE)|Ikiru]] (#7 ''Yume no Kaori'' / Chorus)
* [2002.05.22] [[Nakamori Akina]] - [[Resonancia]] (#2 ''Eyes on you'' / Chorus)
* [2002.05.29] [[2002 FIFA World Cup Official Album ~Songs of Korea/Japan~|2002 FIFA WORLD CUP OFFICIAL ALBUM ~SONGS OF KOREA/JAPAN~]] (DISC 1 #6 ''One Love Wonderful World'')
* [2003.03.12] [[Conception ~Stevie Wonder Tribute]] (#3 ''You Are The Sunshine Of My Life'')
* [2005.06.22] [[BONNIE PINK]] - [[Reminiscence|REMINISCENCE]] (#4 ''Got Me A Feeling'' / Chorus)
==Lives==
===Tours===
* [1995.06.08] - [1995.07.07] [[Live Caravan|LIVE CARAVAN]]
* [1995.12.13] - [1995.12.16] [[Ken Hirai Live Tour 95 "Yokogao"|Ken Hirai LIVE TOUR '95 "Yokogao"]]
* [1997.01.27] - [1997.01.31] [[Ken Hirai Winter Tour '97 "Stare At"]]
* [2000.10.17] - [2000.11.12] [[Ken Hirai Live Tour 2000 "The Changing Same"|Ken Hirai LIVE TOUR 2000 "THE CHANGING SAME"]]
* [2001.08.07] - [2001.10.05] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.4 Live Tour 2001 Gaining Through Losing At the Budokan|Ken Hirai LIVE TOUR 2001 "gaining through losing"]]
* [2003.04.15] - [2003.06.15] [[Ken Hirai Live Tour 2003 "Life Is..."|Ken Hirai LIVE TOUR 2003 "LIFE is..."]]
* [2005.05.17] - [2005.07.17] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.8 "Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Tour Final at Saitama Super Arena"|Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Tour]]
* [2006.07.20] - [2006.08.30] [[Kh (+) 5th Anniversary Special Ken's Bar Members 06]]
* [2008.05.02] - [2008.07.20] [[Ken Hirai Films Vol.10 "Ken Hirai Live Tour 2008 Fakin' Pop"|Ken Hirai Live Tour 2008 "FAKIN' POP"]]
===Ken's Bar===
* [1998.05.29] - [2000.04.19] [[Ken's Bar (concert)|Ken's Bar]]
* [2002.07.07] - [2002.09.07] [[Live Tour 2002 "Ken's Bar"|LIVE TOUR 2002 "Ken's Bar"]]
* [2003.07.07] [[Ken's Bar 5th Anniversary Special Vol.1|Ken's Bar 5th Anniversary Special vol.1]]
* [2003.12.22] - [2003.12.23] [[Ken's Bar 5th Anniversary Special Vol.2|Ken's Bar 5th Anniversary Special vol.2]]
* [2004.07.07] - [2004.07.30] [["Ken's Bar 2004"]]
* [2004.12.18] - [2004.12.26] [[Ken's Bar 2004 Winter]]
* [2005.12.20] [[Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Ken's Bar Special in Tokyo Dome|Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Ken's Bar Special in TOKYO DOME]]
* [2006.07.07] [[Tanabata Ken's Bar]]
* [2006.12.19] [[Ken Hirai Ken's Bar 2006 Winter]]
* [2007.07.07] - [2007.08.16] [[Ken's Bar 2007]]
* [2007.12.23] [[Ken Hirai Ken's Bar 2007 Winter]]
* [2008.05.29] [[Ken's Bar 10th Anniversary]]
* [2008.12.24] [[Ken's Bar 10th Anniversary Christmas Eve Special!]]
* [2009.02.14] [[Ken's Bar 10th Anniversary Valentine Special!]]
* [2009.07.07] - [2009.08.30] [[Ken's Bar 2009]]
* [2009.12.23] [[Ken's Bar 2009 Winter]]
* [2010.05.13] [[Ken Hirai 15th Anniversary Special!! Vol.1 Ken's Bar 2010]]
* [2010.07.07] - [2010.08.21] [[Ken Hirai 15th Anniversary Special!! Vol.2 Ken's Bar 2010 Summer]]
* [2010.08.25] - [2010.08.26] [[Ken Hirai 15th Anniversary Special!! Vol.3 Ken's Bar in N.Y.]]
* [2010.12.23] [[Ken Hirai 15th Anniversary Special!! Vol.4 At Kyocera Dome Osaka|Ken Hirai 15th Anniversary Special!! Vol.4 at Kyocera Dome Osaka]]


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Revision as of 00:44, 21 January 2011

Hirai Ken promoting "Aishiteru" (2010)

Hirai Ken is a J-R&B/Jazz singer under the DefSTAR Records label.

Profile

Information

Hirai Ken was spotted at a SMEJ audition in '92 where he became an award winner. In 1995 he debuted with the single Precious Junk, which was the theme to a TV Drama earning it some moderate success. 1998 was a real turning point in his career when, with his 7th single Love Love Love, Ken went from singing what he had to sing, to what he really wanted to sing. The next single, LAKuEN, did well in the Oricon charts and earned him a fair amount of attention. To date he has released 5 albums and a recent 'concept album', Ken's Bar, an album of covers done in Ken's own style. His music incorporates influences from a soulful gospel sound, based on 70's soul, to contemporary R&B, jazz, funk, and hip-hop. His musical style and unique voice has won scores of fans all across Asia (his 4th album gaining through losing, released in 2001, reached 1.5 million sales all over Asia).

Discography

Hirai Ken promoting Ken Hirai 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection '95-'05 "Utabaka" (2005)
Hirai Ken promoting "fake star" (2007)
Hirai Ken promoting "Canvas / Kimi wa Su・Te・Ki♥" (2008)

Studio Albums

Other Albums

Singles

DVD / VHS

Collaborations / Other

Lives

Tours

Ken's Bar

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