# Ono Masatoshi | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ono-masatoshi
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ono-masatoshi/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 14:48 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ono-masatoshi
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ono-masatoshi/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ono-masatoshi/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Ono Masatoshi
- Visible lyric pages: 3

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ono-masatoshi`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 14:48 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-254a2ad8cd8b2b3c
- Visible lyric pages: 3
- Pages with stored lyric text: 3
- Video-backed song pages: 3
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 3801
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 5
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Departure, Knock On Your Gate, and You're The Only...
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Masatoshi Ono came up in Chiba Prefecture, born in 1965. He started writing songs as a teenager, listening to Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel alongside classical and traditional Japanese music. His first album, 'Distance,' came out in 1987. Two years later, the song 'Departure' turned into a national hit. That 1989 album of the same name made him widely known in Japan. The track has a haunting quality that...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Departure — https://lyroverse.com/ono-masatoshi/departure
2. Knock On Your Gate — https://lyroverse.com/ono-masatoshi/knock-on-your-gate
3. You're The Only... — https://lyroverse.com/ono-masatoshi/you-re-the-only