Masanori Ito (music critic) explained

Masanori Ito
Birth Date:	10 July 1953
Birth Place:	Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Music critic Music journalist Radio personality
Nationality:	Japanese
Subject:	Heavy metal Hard rock Progressive rock

is a Japanese music critic and radio personality,^{[1] [2]} also known as Seisoku Ito and Masa Ito. His work is specialized in heavy metal and hard rock, and he is known as the leading music critic of Japan in this field. He has been quick to introduce new heavy metal bands to Japan, through writing for magazines such as Burrn! and putting them on the air. Ito wrote the initial story draft of the 2022 film, based on the story of Japanese thrash metal band Outrage.^[3]

Appearances

TV

• Itō Seisoku no Rock City (Television Kanagawa)^[4]
• Itō Seisoku no Rock TV! (BS Fuji)^[5]

Radio

• Power Rock Today (Bay FM)^[2]
• Rockadom (FM Fuji)^[6]
• Rock On (FM802)^[7]
• Rock the Nation (Date fm)^[8]
• Kyō wa Ichinichi Maru Maru Zanmai (NHK FM)^[9]

Bibliography

• Yes Kamigami no Kyōen (Shinkō Gakufu Shuppansha, 1979)^[10]
• Michael Schenker Flying V Densetsu (Shinkō Gakufu Shuppansha, March 1982)^[11]
• Cozy Powell Kagirinaki Chōsen (Shinkō Music, November 1983)^[12]
• Heavy Metal no Gyakushū (Shinchosha, April 1985)^[13]
• Sēsoku no Housoku Jōgai Rantō Essay (Shinkō Music, March 1986)^[14]
• Tsumi to Batsu: Official Ozzy Osbourne Story (CBS Sony Publishing, June 1986)^[15]
• Dangen (Shinkō Music, February 1993)^[16]
• Dangen Sono 2 (Shinkō Music, February 1999)^[17]
• Mokugeki Shōgen Heavy Metal no Shōzō (Gakken Publishing, July 2013)^[18]
• Mokugeki Shōgen 2 (Heavy Metal: Tamashii no Tabiji) (Gakken Publishing, August 2014)^[19]

External links

• Masanori Ito on FM802
• Masanori Ito's Rock City (Ito Masanori no Rock City), Masanori Ito's show on tvk

Notes and References

1. Web site: MUSICSHELFトップ > 特集・連載 > 伊藤政則 インタビュー (Interview Ito Masanori). Kato. Takashi Takashi. 2 September 2010. Musicshelf. Japanese. 15 January 2011.
2. Web site: Seisoku Itou. 2015-05-16. bayfm78 Co., Ltd.. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182726/http://www.bayfm.co.jp/dj/ito_seisoku.html. 2015-09-23. dead.
3. Web site: OUTRAGEがデビュー35周年企画を実施、4月にアルバムリリース＆ライブ開催. Natalie. ja. 2022-01-01. 2022-06-11.
4. Web site: http://www.tvk-yokohama.com/rockcity/. ja:伊藤政則のROCKCITY. Itō Seisoku's Rock City. 2015-05-16. Television Kanagawa, Inc.. Japanese.
5. Web site: http://www.bsfuji.tv/top/pub/itourocktv.html. ja:伊藤政則のロックＴＶ. Itō Seisoku's Rock TV. 2015-05-16. BS Fuji Inc.. Japanese.
6. Web site: http://www.fmfuji.jp/dj1504/dj_113.html. ja:DJ Profile 伊藤政則. 2015-05-16. FM-Fuji. Japanese.
7. Web site: Masa Ito's Rock On. 2015-05-16. FM802. Japanese.
8. Web site: Rock the Nation. 2015-05-16. Sendai FM Broadcasting, Inc.. Japanese.
9. Web site: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/zanmai/. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406090530/http://www9.nhk.or.jp/zanmai/. ja:NHK-FM今日は一日○○三昧（ざんまい）. 2015-04-06. 2015-05-16. NHK. Japanese.
10. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000001-I000984402-00. ja:イエス:神々の響宴. 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
11. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001570334-00. ja:マイケル・シェンカー:フライングV伝説. 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
12. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001666641-00. ja:コージー・パウエル:限りなき挑戦 . 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
13. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001753575-00. ja:ヘヴィ・メタルの逆襲. 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
14. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001782851-00. ja:セーソクの法則:場外乱闘エッセイ . 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
15. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001838992-00. ja:罪と罰:オフィシャル・オジー・オズボーン・ストーリー. 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
16. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002230247-00. ja:断言. 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
17. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002761837-00. ja:断言 其ノ2. 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
18. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I024642318-00. ja:目撃証言:ヘヴィ・メタルの肖像. 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.
19. Web site: http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I025602826-00. ja:目撃証言 2 (ヘヴィ・メタル:魂の旅路). 2015-05-16. National Diet Library. Japanese.