Chinfa Kan Explained
Chinfa Kan 康 珍化 |
Alias: | Shirusu Morita |
Birth Date: | 24 June 1953 |
Birth Place: | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan |
Occupation: | Lyricist |
Years Active: | 1979–present |
Associated Acts: | see Works |
(born June 24, 1953) is Japanese lyricist of Korean descent.[1]
Biography
Chinfa Kan was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan as a second-generation Zainichi. He graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu-Nishi Senior and Junior High Schools. While attending Waseda University, he took up tanka writing and participated in the college's short song festivals. Kan made his debut as a lyricist in 1979 with Ann Lewis' "Shampoo", which was composed, arranged, and produced by Tatsuro Yamashita. He then wrote numerous hit songs with Tetsuji Hayashi. Kan also wrote lyrics for artists such as Hiromi Go, The Checkers, Agnes Chan, Akina Nakamori, Kyōko Koizumi, Anri, Miho Nakayama, KinKi Kids, Mika Nakashima, and BoA.[1]
In 1984, Kan won the Best Lyrics Award for Mariko Takahashi's "Momoiro Toiki" at the 26th Japan Record Awards.[2] A year later, he won the Grand Prix for Nakamori's "Meu amor é..."[3]
Kan also wrote screenplays for the films Inamura Jane (1990) and Tokyo no Kyūjitsu (1991).[1]
Works
Lyrics
- Anri
- BoA
- Agnes Chan
- The Checkers
- "Gizagiza Heart no Komoriuta"
- "Kamisama Help!"
- Rina Chinen
- Hiromi Go
- "Goldfinger '99"
- "Ienai yo"
- "Kemono wa Hadaka ni Naritagaru"
- "Koi wa Shumishumi"
- "Mirror Ball Fantasy"
- Gospellers
- Tomoyo Harada
- "Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Shima"
- "Aijō Monogatari"
- "Sōshun Monogatari"
- Tetsuji Hayashi
- Hikaru Genji
- "Tsurugi no Mai"
- "Lila no Saku koro Barcelona"
- Hiromi Iwasaki
- "Suteki na Kimochi"
- "Hatachi no Koi"
- Yoshimi Iwasaki
- Momoko Kikuchi
- "Mō Aenai ka mo Shirenai"
- KinKi Kids
- "Zenbu Dakishimete"
- "Ame no Melody"
- "Natsu no Ōsama"
- Kyoko Koizumi
- "Makka na Onna no Ko"
- "Adesugata Namida Musume"
- "Nagisa no Haikara Ningyo"
- "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge"
- "Koi no Beginner"
- "Presentation"
- "Flapper"
- "Kaze no Falsetto"
- Masahiko Kondō
- "Aa, Gutto"
- "Naite Mirya Ijan"
- Shizuka Kudo
- Iyo Matsumoto
- "Dakishimetai"
- "Chinese Kiss"
- Mie
- "Call Girl -Maria at Dawn-"
- Yoko Minamino
- "Hazukashi Sugite"
- "Approach"
- "Namida wa Doko e Itta no"
- Snowflakes
- Hiroko Moriguchi
- "Sumire no Kimochi (Try Me Again)"
- Akina Nakamori
- Masatoshi Nakamura
- "Hitori Botchi no Yoru Sora ni"
- Mika Nakashima
- Miho Nakayama
- Yōko Oginome
- Yukiko Okada
- "Oka no Ue no High School"
- "Shiokaze no Love Letter"
- "Koi no Doubles"
- "Me wo Samashite, Darling"
- "Anata wo Wasureru Mahō ga Areba"
- "Shōyō Note"
- Takako Ōta
- "Wasure China no Aoi Tori"
- Pink Lady
- Hideki Saijo
- "Natsu no Imōto"
- "Whispering Night"
- Noriko Sakai
- "Namida ga Tomaranai (How! Aw! Ya!)"
- "Karui Kimochi no Julia"
- "Nagisa no Pitecan Trops"
- Junko Sakurada
- Kenji Sawada
- Hitomi Shimatani
- "Papillon"
- "Ichiba ni Ikō"
- "Splash"
- "Yasashii Kiss no Mitsukekata"
- "Shanti"
- "Pasio"
- Shonentai
- Stardust Revue
- "Stay My Blue (Kimi ga Koishikute)"
- "Shichigatsu Nanoka"
- Kiyotaka Sugiyama
- S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe
- Mizue Takada
- Mariko Takahashi
- Eriko Tamura
- Misato Watanabe
- Wink
- Tatsuro Yamashita
- "Shampoo"
- "Hajimete no Shiawase"
- Takuro Yoshida
- "Tomo Ari"
- "Zenbu Dakishimete"
- Tokusatsu themes
Screenplays
- Inamura Jane (1990, film)
- Tokyo no Kyūjitsu (1991, film)
- (1994, video game)
- Galerians (1999, video game)
- (2002, OVA)
Notes and References
- Web site: 高橋真梨子「桃色吐息」でレコード大賞作詞賞を受賞、80年代、数々のヒット曲の作詞を手掛けた康珍化。もともとは天才少年歌人として知られた存在であった。 【大人のMusic Calendar】 . News Online . . 2020-01-12 . 2021-08-15.
- Web site: 第26回 日本レコード大賞 . . 2021-08-15.
- Web site: 第27回 日本レコード大賞 . . 2021-08-15 . 2019-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191103072747/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/reco27.html . dead .