Maki Ohguro

Maki Ohguro 大黒摩季
Birth name	大黒摩季 (Ohguro, Maki)
Born	(1969-12-31) December 31, 1969
Origin	Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Genres	Pop, dance pop, new wave
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, lyricist
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Toshiba EMI, B-Gram, Virgin Music, Cam Entertainment, Avex Group, 32
Website	www.m-drive.net

Maki Ohguro (大黒摩季, Ōguro Maki) is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter from Sapporo, Hokkaido.

Introduction

In 1989, she passed the "3rd BAD" audition. Her famous songs are "DA・KA・RA", "Chotto", as well as others. Her second single "DA・ka・RA" sold 1.1 million copies and won the Japan Record Grand Prix Newcomer Award of the Year. Because of her rare public appearances, she was originally known as a phantom singer, like Izumi Sakai of Zard. "Anata Dake Mitsumeteru", the ending theme for Slam Dunk, was the number 2 song for the month of January 1994,^[1] and is certified as a Million record, selling 1,087,160 copies.^[2]

Singles

Stop Motion (1992/05/27)
DA・KA・RA (1992/09/23)
チョット (1993/02/10)
別れましょう私から消えましょうあなたから (1993/04/28)
Harlem Night (1993/07/28)
あなただけ見つめてる (1993/12/10)
- Slam Dunk first ending theme
白いGradation (1994/01/29)
夏が来る (1994/04/23)
永遠の夢に向かって (1994/10/05)
ら・ら・ら (1995/02/20)
いちばん近くにいてね (1995/05/03)
愛してます (1995/11/06)
あぁ (1996/02/26)
熱くなれ (1996/07/08)
アンバランス (1996/12/02)
ゲンキダシテ 91997/03/26)
空 (1997/05/28)
- Cooking Master Boy first opening theme
ネッ！～女、情熱～ (1998/02/25)
太陽の国へ行こうよ　すぐに～空飛ぶ夢に乗って～ (1999/02/24)
夢なら醒めてよ (1999/08/04)
虹ヲコエテ (2001/08/08)
雪が降るまえに (2001/10/31)
アイデンティティ　(2002/05/29)
勝手に決めないでよ (2003/03/12)
夏が来る、そして… (2003/05/28)
いとしいひとへ ~Merry Christmas~ (2003/12/03)
Asahi ~Shine&Groove~ (2004/07/28)
Over Top (2005/04/27)
胡蝶の夢 (2006/02/08)
コレデイイノ?!/恋の悪魔-She's no Angel- (2007/04/18)
IT'S ALL RIGHT (2010/05/19)
Anything Goes! (2010/11/17)
- Kamen Rider OOO opening theme
Anything Goes! “Ballad” (2011/07/12)

Albums

Stop Motion (1992/06/24)
DA DA DA (1993/04/28)
U. be love (1993/11/10)
永遠の夢に向かって (Eien no Yume ni Mukatte) (1994/11/09)
LA.LA.LA. (1995/07/19)
Back Beats #1(1995/12/11) - greatest hits collection
Power of Dreams (1997/08/06)
Mother Earth (1998/09/09)
Best of Best (1999/12/31) - 2 discs
O (2001/12/12)
Presents (2002/12/11)
Rhythm Black (2003/06/25)
Copy Band Generation Vol.1(2004/03/17)
Happiness (2005/06/22)
weep~The Best Ballads Collection~ (2006/03/15)
Positive Spiral (2008/01/30)
LUXURY 22-24pm (2009/02/04)
すっぴん (2010/08/25)

DVDs

Live Beats! ～How Are You? I'm Fine!～ (2000/08/01)
Live Nature #0 ～Nice to meet you～
Live Nature #2 ～Best Beats～
Live Nature #3 Special ～Rain or Shine～
Copy Band Generation Vol. 1(2004/09/29)

References

↑ 1994年1月オリコンシングルランキング (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-03-16.
↑ "ビーイング＠売上データ補完スレ". 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2012-03-16.