cousin

cousin

cousin (カズン) is a Japanese pop duo that formed in 1995. Koga and Urushido first met at a Tokyo studio in 1992 and went onto to perform music together in various clubs and lives. In 1995, the duo was given the name cousin and released their first single Ai Nante Shinjinai. The group dididn't score a hit until their third single, Fuyu no Fantasy, was released, selling over 700,000 copies.

From 1999 to 2001, the duo took a hiatus due to Koga having a child. But when the hiatus was over, cousin started to release new material again under a new label called cousin as always label.

Members

• Koga Izumi (古賀いずみ)
• Urushido Hiroshi (漆戸啓)

Discography

Original Albums

• [1995.05.21] Kare to Kanojo no Natsu (彼と彼女の夏)
• [1996.05.20] Love & Smile (ラブ&スマイル)
• [1997.01.01] Futari no Someday (ふたりのSomeday（)
• [1998.12.12] tomato baby
• [2004.01.15] Okaerinasai (おかえりなさい)
• [2006.01.11] ten

Mini-Album

• [2004.11.25] Kaze no Uta (風の唄)

Best Album

• [2002.11.20] Cousin Golden☆Best

Singles

• [1995.03.24] Ai Nante Shinjinai (愛なんて信じない)
• [1995.07.01] Bell ga Natta (ベルが鳴った)
• [1995.10.16] Fuyu no Fantasy (冬のファンタジー)
• [1996.01.21] Omoide wo Tsukurou (想い出をつくろう)
• [1996.02.26] Suiyoubi ni Aimashou (水曜日に会いましょう)
• [1996.08.26] Yume Oikakete (夢追いかけて)
• [1996.11.21] Silent Night )サイレントナイト)
• [1998.01.14] HAPPY RAIN
• [1998.08.21] Crescendo (クレッシェンド)
• [2001.07.25] Himawari (ひまわり)
• [2002.06.21] Tsuki to Hoshi to Taiyou to (月と星と太陽と)
• [2004.07.07] Kaze no Machi (風の街)
• [2006.08.06] Boku ga Kimi Kara Karita Mono (僕が君から借りたもの)

External Links

• Official Site
• Japanese Wikipedia: cousin