Katsuki Hagiwara
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Katsuki Hagiwara (Japanese: 萩原 克己) (born 1949) was a Japanese music critic and representative managing director of Elec Records, a Japanese media corporation re-established in November 2004. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa.
History
[edit]- Performed at the 1968 Nationwide Yamaha Light Music Contest, aged 19, as drummer of the band MAX (マックス), which saw success in the Group Sound category.[1][2]
- Managed the recording of Takuro Yoshida's (吉田拓郎) backing band for 1970's "Poems of Youth" (青春の詩),[3] in addition to working as a studio musician for artists such as Shigeru Izumiya (泉谷しげる), Junko Ohashi (大橋純子), and Furuido (古井戸).
- Joined Elec Records in 1972, serving as Creative Director & Head of PR. Responsible for artists such as Hako Yamasaki (山崎ハコ), Eiichi Otaki's Niagara project (ナイアガラ, 大瀧詠一), and Sugar Babe (シュガー・ベイブ) with Tatsuro Yamashita et al. (山下達郎).
- Signed with Polydor Records in 1977. Produced artists such as Keiko Mizukoshi (水越けいこ), Miyuki Kosaka (香坂みゆき), Feifei Ouyang (欧陽菲菲), Kumiko Akiyoshi (秋吉久美子), Gedo (外道), jazz fusion band Casiopea (カシオペア) & its successor JIMSAKU.
- Established Mu Music Publishing Inc. in 1996.[4]
- Wrote autobiographical essays for Sky Perfect TV (月刊スカイパーフェクTV!), a monthly paper published by Pia Corporation.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Takuro Yoshida's band (ザ・ダウタウンズ) also appeared in the same category, achieving fourth place. (c.f. book 『いつも見ていた広島』 written by Hideki Take, published by Shogakukan)
- ^ "ライトミュージッコンテスト".
- ^ Liner notes from「青春の詩」
- ^ Interview with Katsuki Hagiwara Archived 2015-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
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