Kohmi Hirose Explained

Kohmi Hirose
Native Name:広瀬 香美
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:12 April 1966
Birth Place:Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan
Genre:Japanese pop
Years Active:1992–present
Label:Victor Entertainment

is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter. Since the release of her million-selling single "Romance no Kamisama" in 1993,[1] Hirose has recorded music for winter-sporting goods company Alpen's advertising campaigns. This has prompted the Japanese public to bestow upon her the nickname of .[2]

Biography

After returning from America, her first album "Bingo!" was released in July 1992, but the first big hit for her was her third single, released in December 1993, "Romance no Kamisama", which sold 1.75 million copies. Subsequent album and single releases around that time of year, as well as her sponsorship deal with the skiing goods company Alpen to write songs for their winter-time commercials, earned her the title of the "Winter Queen",[2] and this was reinforced with the single "Gelaende ga Tokeru Hodo Koishitai" in December 1995. Her 1998 compilation of these singles, The Best "Love Winters", is certified multi-million, having sold 2.4 million copies.[3]

She hosts a weekly show on Ustream.tv called "Friday Kohmi". In 2011, she released "Egao no Megamisama" to the iTunes Store to raise money for the recovery from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, using 120 viewers of her show to form the chorus.[4] For her 20th anniversary in 2012, Hirose released a compilation album titled Single Collection and an English language cover album of Christmas songs titled Love X'mas, working with Jun Abe, Satori Shiraishi, Yuji Toriyama, and Takeshi Nakatsuka to arrange it. She also embarked on a 3-stop anniversary tour called "Happy & Smile ~Super Best Selection~", with concerts at the Zepp Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka halls.[5]

In 2022, Hirose participated as a guest artist at the annual touring show Fantasy on Ice in Makuhari and Nagoya. She performed the show opening to the song "Gelaende ga Tokeru Hodo Koishitai" and the finale to "Romance no Kamisama" amongst others.[6]

Discography

Album

Singles

Asterisks indicate songs performed for Alpen, Co.

Video/DVD

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.clubdam.com/app/dam/page.do?type=dam&source=lk_hirose&subType=bbcontents . ja:広瀬 香美LIVEカラオケ . Kohmi Hirose LIVE Karaoke . clubDAM.com . . . ja . December 15, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111215024739/http://www.clubdam.com/app/dam/page.do?type=dam&source=lk_hirose&subType=bbcontents . dead .
  2. Web site: http://natalie.mu/music/news/3620 . ja:ナタリー - [広瀬香美] 冬の女王が贈るアルペンCMベスト . Kohmi Hirose – Best alpine CM presented by the winter queen . . Natasha Inc. . . ja . October 2, 2007 . May 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527070852/https://natalie.mu/music/news/3620 . live .
  3. Web site: http://www.1242.com/program/kohmi/ . ja:広瀬香美 ラジオdeフォロ〜ミ〜 . Kohmi Hirose Radio Forum . 1242.com . . . ja . May 4, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190504130818/http://www.1242.com/program/kohmi/ . live .
  4. Web site: http://natalie.mu/music/news/48376 . ja:広瀬香美がUst視聴者120名をコーラスにチャリティソング . Kohmi Hirose sings a charity song to chorus 120 Ust viewers . . Natasha Inc. . . ja . April 22, 2011 . March 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235207/http://natalie.mu/music/news/48376 . live .
  5. Web site: http://natalie.mu/music/news/59517 . ja:広瀬香美20周年でシングル集&Xmasカバー盤同時発売 . Kohmi Hirose 20th anniversary single collection & Xmas cover edition released at the same time . . Natasha Inc. . . ja . November 14, 2011 . January 10, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220110110417/https://natalie.mu/music/news/59517 . live .
  6. News: https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2022/06/07/kiji/20220607s00041000220000c.html . ja:広瀬香美 羽生結弦らと豪華ショット公開「ファンタジーオンアイス」参加 フォロワー「夢の2ショット」 . Kohmi Hirose reveals gorgeous shots with Yuzuru Hanyu and others at Fantasy on Ice to her followers "Dreamy 2 shots" . . . ja . June 7, 2022 . June 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220607010058/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2022/06/07/kiji/20220607s00041000220000c.html . live .