Wada Kouji

Wada Kouji

Wada Kouji (和田光司) was a japanese anison singer. He was well-known of his song written to the anime: Digimon.

Profile

• Name: Wada Kouji (和田光司)
• Birthday: 1974.01.29
• Birthplace: Kyoto, Fuchikiyama
• Date of Death: 2016.04.03 (aged 42)
• Blood Type: B

Information

His mayor debut was in 1999 April, with the single Butter-Fly which was used as the opening song of the first season of Digimon. It reached #47 on the Oricon weekly charts, so it was counted as successful single, and he performed the theme songs of the latter seasons of Digimon as well. His second single, the Target ~Akai Shougeki~ became his best selling single to date.

After the Digimon era he released new single much rarer. During his career he released 15 singles, the last one released 5 days before his death.

He had to fight against the cancer 2 times in his life. First time in 2003, when he could recover, but on 2011.10.04 he wrote onto his blog, he has pharyngeal cancer and due the complications, he died on 2016.04.03.

Discography

Albums

• [2001.12.05] all of my mind
• [2010.01.11] Kazekami no Oka Kara (風上の丘から)

Best Albums

• [2007.02.28] The Best Selection~Welcome Back!
• [2017.01.25] KOJI WADA DIGIMON MEMORIAL BEST-sketch 1-
• [2017.01.25] KOJI WADA DIGIMON MEMORIAL BEST-sketch 2-

Mini Albums

• [2008.08.01] ever
• [2015.03.25] re-fly

Singles

• [1999.04.23] Butter-Fly
• [2000.04.26] Target ~Akai Shougeki~ (ターゲット～赤い衝撃～; Target ~Red Shock~)
• [2000.05.24] Honoo no Overdrive ~Car Robot Sai Batoron~ (炎のオーバードライブ～カーロボットサイバトロン～)
• [2001.04.25] The Biggest Dreamer
• [2001.11.07] Starting Over
• [2002.04.24] FIRE!!
• [2002.05.22] Innocent ~Mujaki na Mama de~ (イノセント～無邪気なままで～)
• [2006.09] Eien no Takaramono (永遠の宝物; Eternal Treasure)
• [2006.12.21] Hirari (ヒラリ)
• [2009.04.22] Butter-Fly ~Strong Version~
• [2010.09.29] WE ARE Cross Heart (WE AREクロスハート!)
• [2010.12.01] Sora Mau Yuusha!×5 (空舞う勇者!×5)
• [2011.06.22] Evolution&Digixros
• [2015.11.25] Butter-Fly ~tri.Version~
• [2016.03.30] Seven ~tri.Version~

External Links

• Official website
• Oricon profile