Shinji Harada's bio

Shinji Harada (Harada Makoto Two) is a famous pop music artist in Japan, born in Hiroshima, on December 5, 1958.

After three years of practicing guitar, at the age of fifteen he was ready to play guitar with the band Yamaha.

Harada became musical sensation in Japan when he released his debut single Teen's Blues on October 25, 1977 when he was 18 years old. He released two more singles, Candy in November and Shadow Boxer in December same year. All three singles ranked top 20 in Oricon chart simultaneously, which had never happened before in Japanese music history. The debut album Feel Happy was to become number one in the first week of release in Japan in 1978. A documentary film about him, Our Song, was made in 1978. Harada has been prolific, releasing more than 70 singles. close