Chage Explained

Chage
Birth Name:Shuji Shibata
Birth Date:6 January 1958
Birth Place:Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Years Active:1976 -

, known professionally as Chage, is a Japanese musician and radio personality. He was born in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.[1] He dropped out from Japan University of Economics. He is also a singer-songwriter, and he is the main vocalist and lyricist-composer of Chage and Aska.

Discography

Albums

Original albums

YearTitleNotes
1998 2nd
2008 Aishiteru
2010 &C
2015 Hurray! Mini album
2016 Another Love Song

Best albums

YearTitle
1998 Chakū Chage Seisen-shū
Chage Best Songs / Prologue

Project albums

YearTitle
1999 Treasure Box Vol. 1
2009 Many Happy Returns

Limited albums

YearTitleLink
2011 Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi" iTunes Store
2013 Chage no Chakai 2012 –Za Ai Tōyoko Hama– iTunes Store

Live albums

Singles

Original singles

YearTitleNotes
1998 "Tokyo Tower / Undo"
2008 "waltz / Boys Life Hanagoyomi" From Naoto Otomo Produce Popular Week Chage Concert on 1 March 2008
2010 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi / Muteki no Umi e The Fishes"
2011 "Tokyo Moon / Tōkuhe Ikitai"

Limited singles

YearTitleNotes
2012 "Go! GoGo! / Tokyo Moon Futari no Ai Land –Chagettles Cover Version–"
2014 "Chage Fan Meeting Tour 2014 –Aoi Handkerchief o...–" Live sound source of "Aishiteru" and "Nagai Tsuitachi"
2015 "Tenshi ga kureta Hammer" [2]

Videography

Year TitleForm Product
1998 Chage "Ōini Utau" in Budōkan TOVF-1292
2001 Feeling Place YCBR-00005
2005 Missing Pages CGSIR 902102 [3]
2009 Chage Concert Tour 2008 Aishiteru POBD-22005
2010 Chage Document 2009 –Hibi Sunawachikore Sora– CGDVD902101
2011 Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi" POBD-22042
2015 Chage Live Tour 2014 –equal– POBD-22080
2016 Chage Live Tour 2014 –Tenshi ga kureta Hammer– UPBY-5039

Books, photo collections

YearTitleCode
1994 Tsuki ga Iiwake o shi teru
1997 Tsuki ga Iiwake o shi teru: Bunko-ban
2009 Kasha'! Shashin de Tsuzuru Shiawasena Onpu

Limited editions

Fan clubs

Filmography

Radio

YearTitleNetwork
1989 Super FM Magazine: Chage no Noru Soru Tokyo FM
1994 Chage no Radi-ō
1998 Chage no Treasure Box
2003 Konya wa Chage Raccho Air-G'
2007 Day Break Friday: Chage no Daybreak Time JFN
2010 Chage no Oto
2011 Chage no Big Special: Mayonaka no Ongaku-shitsu Tokyo FM

Television

YearTitleNetwork
1998 P-Stock Fuji TV
2008 Collab Lab: Yume no Ongaku Kōbō WOWOW
2009 M Live TBS
2016 Shabekuri DJ Chage no Music Hour! Kayo Pops Channel

Advertisements

YearTitle
1998 NEC Kigyō CM
2011 Mister Donut "Cool Misted" [4]

External links

Official website
Record companies
Blogs
Regular radio programmes
Related

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BIOGRAPHY - Chage. ja. Universal Music Japan. 15 Feb 2017.
  2. Web site: Chage、新曲「天使がくれたハンマー」配信開始。ミュージックビデオも公開. Baraks. ja. 16 Jul 2015. 15 Feb 2017.
  3. Web site: missing pages. ja. 15 Feb 2017.
  4. Web site: 仲里依紗とChageが熱唱!ミスド新CMに「Chage&リイサ」が登場. Walker plus. ja. Kadokawa Corporation. 7 Jun 2011. 15 Feb 2017.