Gorō Matsui

Gorō Matsui
Also known as G
Born (1957-12-11) December 11, 1957
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Genres J-pop
Occupation(s) Lyricist, record producer
Years active 1981–present
Labels Avex Group
Associated acts see works
Website avexnet.or.jp/matsui/

Gorō Matsui (松井 五郎, Matsui Gorō) is a Japanese lyricist born 11 December 1957 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, though he considers Tokyo to be his hometown. Beginning with participation in the Yamaha Popular Song Contests, he made his debut writing the lyrics for the 1981 Chage and Aska album Hot Wind (熱風, Neppū).

Matsui then began writing lyrics for groups such as Anzen Chitai, Kyosuke Himuro, Hound Dog, and others, becoming one of the more popular lyrcists for a variety of rock bands. He has now written the lyrics for over 2000 songs.[1] Since the late 1980s, most of the lyrics for the music released by Anzen Chitai has been written by Matsui.

As of today, Matsui is under the management of Avex Group, Japan's biggest independent record label. He serves as a resident songwriter for the said company.

Works

Matsui's works include the following:

Anzen Chitai

Atsuko Enomoto

BOYFRIEND

Shōko Inoue

Hiromi Iwasaki

Yoshie Kashiwabara

Shizuka Kudō

Megumi Ogata

Project DMM

Shanadoo

References

  1. "DISQUE - Works -". Avex Group. Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
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