Tsunku
Pop music, Composer
1968 –
Who is Tsunku?
Mitsuo Terada, better known professionally as Tsunku, is a prolific Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist.
He is best known for having two major roles in the Japanese music landscape: first as the lead singer of the popular rock group Sharam Q, and now as the producer, primary composer, lyricist and main studio backing vocalist for idol supergroup Morning Musume, in addition to Aya Matsuura and other associated artists under the Hello! Project banner, for whom he has written and produced vast majority of their chart-topping hits. He has also produced music for other Japanese artists, including Ayumi Hamasaki's first number one single. His musical influences include The Beatles, Duran Duran, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang, and Queen.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1968
Higashi-osaka - Also known as
- 寺田光男
- つんく♂
- てらだ みつお
- Terada Mitsuo
- Mitsuo Terada
- Spouses
- Kanako Idemitsu
(2006/06/08 - )
- Kanako Idemitsu
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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