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Inaba, Kōshi, 1964-


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    • Inaba, Hiroshi, 1964-
    • 稲葉浩志, 1964-
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    • found: Matsumoto, Tak. B'z the best XXV. 1999-2012, 2013:label (all music by Takahiro Matsumoto, all lyrics by Kōshi Inaba)
    • found: Wikipedia, 15 June, 2016(Koshi Inaba (稲葉浩志 Inaba Kōshi), born Hiroshi Inaba (稲葉浩志 Inaba Hiroshi) on September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama, is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter; he is best known as the singer and lyricist of the hard rock duo B'z; Inaba enrolled in Yokohama National University's Faculty for Education in 1983 to become a qualified mathematics teacher; he made his musical debut in 1985 while still a student, contributing vocals to Toshiya "Ran" Matsukawa's album Burning ~Tribute to Randy Rhoads~under the stage name Mr. Crazy Tiger; he graduated in 1987; beginning with B'z in 1988, Inaba has, together with guitarist Tak Matsumoto, continued to release new material and tour as part of B'z almost every year since; he has also periodically released solo material, starting in 1997 with the album Magma, produced while B'z were on a brief hiatus; unlike in B'z, where he contributes only lyrics, Inaba has composed all the music for his solo releases; Occupation: musician, lyricist, composer; Instruments: Vocals, guitar, piano, blues-harp, drums, maracas, mandolin; genres: hard rock, blues rock, pop rock)
    • found: Wikipedia, via WWW, 15 June 2016(B'z, a Japanese rock duo, consisting of guitarist, composer, and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto, and vocalist-lyricist Koshi Inaba; one of the best-selling music artists in the world; in 2007, became first Asian band to have their handprints and signatures put up in Hollywood's RockWalk; first album released on 21 September 1988)
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    • 2016-06-17: new
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