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Kawamura Ryuichi
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Kawamura Ryuichi

Kawamura Ryuichi began his career in 1998 as part of the band Nazca, which included Nakano Hayato and Ogawa Kenji. The group released several albums before...

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Kawamura Ryuichi's quiet, steady Japanese pop

From Nazca's late-90s start to solo hits like 'Dakishimete,' his songs hold a gentle, persistent space.

For a sense of his range, 'Kanata made' and 'Love Song' frame it well, one feels like a distant horizon, the other stays close to home.

His 2007 single 'Dakishimete' was a major hit in Japan, and songs like 'Red' and 'Love Song' have kept his voice in rotation for years. There's a directness to his writing that feels lived-in, even when the arrangements are polished. The arrest and pause in 2007 added a real-world layer to the quiet resilience in his music.

He started in the band Nazca in 1998, which put out several albums before ending in 2004. Kawamura went solo the next year with 'Kimi wo Omou Toki' and kept releasing studio albums through 2020, with 'Red' and 'Orange' among them.

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Kawamura Ryuichi began his career in 1998 as part of the band Nazca, which included Nakano Hayato and Ogawa Kenji. The group released several albums before disbanding in 2004. He went solo the following year with the album 'Kimi wo Omou Toki.'

His 2007 single 'Dakishimete' became a major hit in Japan. Since then he's put out songs like 'Red,' 'Love Song,' and 'Orange' across a series of studio albums that continued through 2020.

In 2007, Kawamura was arrested for cocaine possession, which led to a pause in his work. He later returned to recording and performing.

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