Love Letters

[Machine Translation] High Ko has grown up from a singing brother to a messenger of songs (heart), and is back with his first new album in 5 years. His signature high pitched voice that lingers in your ears is still there, but his lyrics are full of heartwarming lyrics that can make you imagine the scenery of your daily life. With acoustic guitar at the core of the album, the 10 songs have a healing effect that will warm your heart. Born in Hyogo Prefecture. Raised on the border of Tama and Hachioji. When he was in elementary school, his music teacher praised him for singing a not-so-great song in a music class singing test in front of everyone, and he became addicted to it. In his third year of junior high school, he started to play the guitar and learned to play along, singing songs by Yosui Inoue, Takuro Yoshida, and others on the guitar. He has more than 200 original songs. After graduating from high school, he went to the U.S. to study various kinds of music. Hi-Co was the nickname he got at that time. After returning to Japan, he suffered from a brain tumor and was in a coma of life and death, but he survived. Realizing that time is finite, she started her career with the hope that more and more people would listen to her songs and share the joy of being alive. She performed with Yoko Honna, who sang the theme song "Country Road" and voiced the main character Shizuku Tsukishima in the Ghibli movie "Ears to the Sky. She has performed in "TDC LIVE@ 2003" produced by Megumi Maoka, "Hat Rhythm vol.3" hosted by Ryoichi Hattori's beloved grandson Tomoko Hattori, volunteered at various senior citizen facilities, and appeared regularly as "Guitar Man" in a children's TV program on BS Nittele.

歌のお兄さんから一人の歌(心)のメッセンジャーとなり、成長して帰って来たハイ・コの5年ぶりのNew Album。彼の得意とする、耳に残る高音ボイスは健在でありながら、日常の景色をも想像できるハートフルな歌詞が満載。アコースティックギターを軸に、不思議とほんわかする癒し効果抜群の全10曲です。兵庫県出身。育ちは多摩と八王子の境。小学生の時、音楽の授業の歌テストで、あまり上手いともいえない歌を音楽の先生に褒められてみんなの前で唄った時からそれが病みつきとなり、やたら人前に出て歌いたがるようになる。 ギターを始めたのが中学3年生の時で、弾き語りを覚え、井上陽水、吉田拓郎などをギターで歌う。オリジナル曲は200曲以上。高校卒業後、様々な音楽を学ぶために渡米。ハイ・コはその時についたニックネーム。帰国後、脳腫瘍で倒れ生死をさまようが無事に生還。時間は有限性と言う事を知り、もっともっといろんな人たちに唄を聴いてもらい、生きている喜びを伝えたいと思い活動開始。ジブリ映画「耳をすませば」で主人公 月島 雫の声を担当し主題歌「カントリーロード」を唄った 本名陽子さんと共演。麻丘めぐみさんプロデュース「TDC LIVE@ 2003」出演、服部良一さんの愛孫:服部朋子さん主催「ハットリズム vol.3」出演、いろいろな老人施設でのボランティア活動、BS日テレで子供向け番組の「ギターマン」としてのレギュラー出演等幅広く活動している。