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Ohguro Maki
Ohguro Maki (大黒摩季) is a Japanese singer songwriter.
Profile
- Birthdate: December 31, 1969
- Birthplace: Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture
- Blood Type: A
Information
Ohguro Maki got here start in the music industry in 1989 when she passed the 3rd Annual BAD audition. She was in charge of singing backup chorus for many of BEING studio artists like B'z, ZARD, DEEN, and etc. Two years later, she started to write song lyrics and becoming guest vocals for being artists including KIX-S's Akata Miharu's self debut album. She got a contract by being's company president in 1992 after almost leaving the company for America because she wasn't a singer that she hoped to be.
She made her debut as a singer on May 1992 with the single "STOP MOTION". The next single, "DA KA RA", was a huge hit that it sold over a million hits and gave her a spot to perform on the end of the year program Kouhaku Uta Gassen. Her follow up singles were also a commercial success, selling record amounts.
In 1997, she embarked on her first concert series all across Japan. But two years later, at the end of 1999, Ohguro announced that she would be taking a break from the music industry. When she came back a year later, Ohguro switched labels, no longer being attached to BEING studio but to Virgin Music. She released her comeback single on August 2001, entitled "Niji o Koete".
In 2003, after the success of her Live BOMB!LEVEL.3 concert tour, Ohguro Maki announced that she got marriage in the national registry to a company employee in November. But that didn't stop Ohguro from doing music as she formed her own cover band, named Ohguro Maki and Friends, a couple months later in 2004 with Takebe Satoshi, Tsuchiya Kouhei, Shinya, and Onda Yoshito. She also released the single ASAHI ~SHINE&GROOVE~ later that year, which was the official sports theme song for the 2004 Athens Olympics.
On May 2007, in order show her support for the idea of the Olympics in Tokyo, Ohguro held a free concert that brought a huge turnout, entitled "Olympics in Tokyo 2016!".
On 2016, Ohguro Maki returns to BEING.
Discography
Original Albums
- [1992.06.24] STOP MOTION
- [1993.04.28] DA・DA・DA
- [1993.11.10] U.Be Love
- [1994.11.09] Eien no Yume ni Mukatte (永遠の夢に向かって)
- [1995.07.19] LA.LA.LA
- [1997.08.06] POWER OF DREAMS
- [1998.09.09] MOTHER EARTH
- [2001.12.12] O
- [2002.12.11] PRESENTs
- [2003.06.02] RHYTHM BLACK
- [2005.06.22] HAPPINESS
- [2008.01.30] POSITIVE SPIRAL
- [2010.08.25] Suppin (すっぴん)
- [2018.12.05] MUSIC MUSCLE
- [2020.12.23] PHOENIX
Cover Albums
- [2004.03.17] COPY BAND GENERATION VOL.1
Best Albums
- [1995.12.01] BACK BEATs #1
- [1999.12.31] MAKI OHGURO BEST OF BEST ~All Singles Collection~
- [2001.10.31] BACK BEATs #2 ~Maki Ohguro&Staff Works~
- [2003.07.02] complete of Ohguro Maki at the BEING studio
- [2006.03.15] weep ~maki ohguro The Best Ballads Collection~
- [2007.12.12] BEST OF BEST 1000 Ohguro Maki
- [2008.02.27] Ohguro Maki BEST HIT
- [2009.02.04] BEST LUXURY 22-24pm
- [2010.12.08] GOLDEN☆BEST Ohguro Maki (GOLDEN☆BEST 大黒摩季)
- [2016.11.23] Greatest Hits 1991-2016 ~All Singles+~
- [2017.12.20] LUXURY 22-24pm & 4 you
- [2022.14.12] BACK BEATs #30th Anniversary -SPARKLE-
Singles
- [1992.05.27] STOP MOTION
- [1992.09.23] DA・KA・RA
- [1993.02.10] Chotto (チョット)
- [1993.04.28] Wakaremashou Watashi Kara Kiemashou Anata Kara (別れましょう私から消えましょうあなたから)
- [1993.07.28] Harlem Night
- [1993.12.10] Anata Dake Mitsumeteru (あなただけ見つめてる)
- [1994.01.29] Shiroi Graduation (白いGradation)
- [1994.04.23] Natsu ga Kuru (夏が来る)
- [1994.10.05] Eien no Yume ni Mukatte (永遠の夢に向かって)
- [1995.02.20] Ra Ra Ra (ら・ら・ら)
- [1995.05.03] Ichiban Chikaku ni Ite ne (いちばん近くにいてね)
- [1995.11.06] Aishitemasu (愛してます)
- [1996.02.26] Aa (あぁ)
- [1996.07.08] Atsukunare (熱くなれ)
- [1996.12.02] Unbalance (アンバランス)
- [1997.03.26] Genki Dashite (ゲンキダシテ)
- [1997.05.28] Sora (空)
- [1998.02.25] Nee! ~Onna, Jyounetsu~ (ネッ! 〜女、情熱〜)
- [1999.02.24] Taiyou no Kuni e Ikou yo Sugu ni ~Soratobu Yume ni Notte~ (太陽の国へ行こうよ すぐに〜空飛ぶ夢に乗って〜)
- [1999.08.04] Yume Nara Samete yo (夢なら醒めてよ)
- [2001.08.08] Niji wo Koete (虹ヲコエテ)
- [2001.10.31] Yuki ga Furu Mae ni (雪が降るまえに)
- [2002.05.29] Identity (アイデンティティ)
- [2003.03.12] Katte ni Kimenaide yo (勝手に決めないでよ)
- [2003.05.28] Natsu ga Kuru, Soshite... (夏が来る、そして…)
- [2003.12.03] Itoshii Hito e ~Merry Christmas~ (いとしいひとへ〜Merry Christmas〜()
- [2004.07.28] ASAHI ~SHINE&GROOVE~
- [2005.04.27] OVER TOP
- [2006.02.08] Kochou no Yume (胡蝶の夢)
- [2007.04.18] Kore Day Ii no?! / Koi no Akuma ~She's no Angel~ (コレデイイノ?!/恋の悪魔 -She's no Angel-)
- [2010.05.19] IT'S ALL RIGHT
- [2010.11.17] Anything Goes
- [2011.07.12] Anything Goes! “Ballad”
- [2017.09.27] Lie, Lie, Lie,
Digital Singles
- [2008.10.01] Our Home
- [2009.09.16] Saigo no Love Letter (最後のラブレター)
- [2020.05.27] OK
- [2020.06.30] Shaka♬Shaka You'll be all right (Shaka♬シャカ You'll be all right)
- [2022.07.10] SPARKLE
Compilations / Others
- [1993.11.26] Jounetsu wa Nemuranai (憂鬱は眠らない; with Oda Tetsuro)
- [2003.09.18] deep blue (with DJ YUKATA)
- [2008.06.04] Ame Nochi Nijiiro (雨のち虹色; with The Loose Dogs)
- [2010.12.15] "HEART∞BREAKER" (DaiKichi)
- [2011.04.27] KAMEN RIDER BEST 2000-2011 ("Anything Goes!")
- [2011.06.08] RESTART (with TUBE)
- [2020.03.25] THE BEST OF DETECTIVE CONAN 6 (#CD1 #7 Lie, Lie, Lie,)
DVDs
- [2000.08.01] Ohguro Maki LIVE BEATs (大黒摩季 LIVE BEATs)
- [2001.06.27] LIVE NATURE #0 ~Nice to meet you~
- [2001.07.30] LIVE NATURE #2 ~BEST BEATs~
- [2001.10.31] LIVE NATURE #3 SPECIAL ~Rain or Shine~
- [2004.09.29] COPY BAND GENERATION LIVE VOL.1
- [2009.02.04] Maki Ohguro Live Bomb!! Level.6 15th Anniversary Super Final in Pacifico Yokohama ~My Music My Life~
Books
- [1995.12.12] TWO HALF
- [1999.07.02] Arigatou Nante Zettai Iwanai (ありがとうなんて絶対言わない)