Motoharu Sano

Motoharu Sano (佐野 元春) (born 13 March 1956 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese musician under Universal D, and a graduate of Rikkyo University. Sano is a featured frontman, vocalist and guitarist with a history of performing in several Japanese bands which feature music both in Japanese and occasionally, English, playing songs that often have a rock and roll sound to them.

Additionally, he has spent a year in New York City, even doing a radio show there.

Album

• BACK TO THE STREET(1980)
• HEART BEAT(1981)
• SOMEDAY(1982)
• NO DAMAGE(1983)
• VISITORS(1984)
• Cafe Bohemia(1986)
• HEARTLAND(1988)
• NAPOLEONFISH DAY(1989)
• Time Out!(1990)
• Slow Songs(1991)
• Sweet16(1992)
• No Damage2(1992)
• The Circle(1993)
• THE GOLDEN RING(1994)
• Fruits(1996)
• THE BARN(1997)
• Stones and Eggs(1999)
• The 20th Anniversary Edition(2000)
• Club Mix Collection(2000)
• Grass(2000)
• Spoken Words Collected Poems 1985-2000(2000)
• In Motion 2001(2002)
• SOMEDAY Collector's Edition(2002)
• THE LEGEND Early Days of Motoharu Sano(2003)
• VISITORS 20th Anniversary Edition(2004)
• In Motion 2003(2004)
• THE SUN(2004)
• THE SUN STUDIO EDITION(2005)
• THE SUN LIVE AT NHK HALL(2005)
• THE SINGLES(2006)
• The Essential Cafe Bohemia(2006)
• COYOTE(2007)
• BEATITUDE(2007)
• NAPOLEONFISH DAY SPECIAL EDITION(2008)
• Very Best of Motoharu Sano(2010)
• SIDEWALK TALK(2011)

Listening

• Motoharu Sano playing "Strange Days" with The Heartland from the TVK Archives, "Live Tomato".

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Official myspace page (Japanese)