Kenichi Kurosawa


Kenichi Kurosawa was a Japanese musician and record producer from Hitachi, Ibaraki. His younger brother is Hideki Kurosawa, who is also a musician.

Biography

In a contest participating in an amateur band during his school days, a special prize was given from Tetsuya Komuro. That song began as an opportunity, and later debuted as a composer at the age of nineteen. He provided songs to Yoko Minamino and Nami Shimada.
About 1990, his demonstration tapes which he personally made were stopped by ears of record producer Daiji Okai and was acquainted, later introduced to Kenichi Makimura who was a producer of Polystar Records at that time, and had an opportunity debuted to debut as LR.
In 1990, with his brother Hideki and friend Hiruharu Kinoshita, he formed LR and started group activities. In 1991, they debuted with the mini album L, and later released thirteen singles and seven albums.
In 1998, after the end of "Concert Tour '97 'Doubt'," he announced suspension of his activities of LR, and entered solo activities.
In addition to releasing works under his solo name, he also energetically conduct group activities such as curve509, Science Ministry, Ken'z, Motorworks, and Hanky Panky. While his other activities as music producer and composer were also continuing.
He announced a one-man live holding on his official website on 8 November 2007. In December, he would release a new song for the first time in five years only with iTunes, and would hold a single live at the end of the year, which resumed singer activities.
His tour "Tour without electricity 2008" held at six locations nationwide on May 2008.
On 4 March 2009, he released the album Focus for as a solo for seven years. After that, his band tours were held in six cities nationwide.
On 3 October 2016, on his official website, he publicised that he was under treatment for brain tumour. It was discovered as a result of an inspection after a dizziness occurred during his rehearsal of the live in October 2015, and after that he was repeatedly in and out of hospital.
He later died by brain tumour on 5 December of the same year. He was 48 years old.
On 23 January 2017, at Tokyo Culture Culture the "Flowering Association to remember Kenichi Kurosawa" was held.
Three of his albums first, B and New Voices were reissued on a bonus track on 15 March of the same year. In the bonus track of first, a studio version of "What is this song?" which was unpublished was recorded.

Television appearances

Singles

Web singles

Albums

Limited web albums

Main production works

Lyrics