text: Hiroko Moriguchi
  
  (born June 13, 1968 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), better known by her stage name  is a female Japanese singer and tarento. She is also the host of her own radio show Kiss & Smile on Bay FM 78. Moriguchi is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason (Daiichi Pro Group).
  
  Biography 
  The youngest of four sisters,  lived with her mother after her parents divorced when she was eight years old. She graduated from Fukuoka City Takamiya Junior High School and Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka Chuo High School, then transferred to Horikoshi High School Performing Arts Course. Her classmates included Yōko Oginome, Kumiko Takeda, Miyuki Imori, Sayuri Iwai, Eri Murata, and Mie Takahashi. During her teenage years, Hanamura performed as a backing singer in the Tokyo Music Academy performing arts group . She auditioned in several idol singer competitions, only to be disqualified in her attempts. Hanamura adopted the stage name "Hiroko Moriguchi" as a nod to musician Masaaki Hirao and female golfer Yuko Moriguchi.
  
  After finishing second place in NHK's , Moriguchi signed with King Records and released her debut single  for the anime TV series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. The song reached No. 16 on Oricon's charts. Her follow-up songs, however, failed to achieve the same success. In 1987, Moriguchi recorded the song  to promote the Kirin Lemon Whity drink. While the beverage sold well in Japan, the song was unable to make the Top 100 chart.
  
  In 1988, Moriguchi recorded the song  for the anime series Yoroiden Samurai Troopers. Before graduating from high school, she participated in several variety shows and quiz programs. Moriguchi also released her first gravure idol book and video  that year and her second gravure book Wow! in 1990.
  
  In 1991, Moriguchi recorded  for the anime film Mobile Suit Gundam F91. The song reached No. 9 on Oricon's charts and stayed in the Top 100 for 27 weeks. It also placed 47th in Oricon's annual ranking and consistently placed in NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen for six consecutive years, making it her biggest hit. She also recorded songs for the Fuji TV variety show  and was a mainstay during its run from 1992 to 1995. Moriguchi released her third gravure book Cool in 1997. Throughout the 1990s, she appeared in television commercials for companies such as Kao Corporation, National, Daihatsu, and Asahi Breweries.
  
  In 2003, Moriguchi played Hiroko in the NHK TV series  and made appearances in the TBS series . In 2005, she was appointed as general manager of the Japan Amateur Baseball Association team . However, she and co-manager Nobuyuki Kagawa resigned following a reorganization of the team, which as since been renamed .
  
  On February 28, 2012, Moriguchi joined Yoko Minamino and Tomomi Nishimura to form the trio "Blooming Girls". Their debut single "Knock!! Knock!! Knock!!" peaked at No. 66 on Oricon's singles charts on June 13. In 2015, Moriguchi released the single  to commemorate her 30th anniversary in the music business. Since 2017, Moriguchi has been a participant in Nippon BS Broadcasting's , held every New Year's Eve.
  
  Moriguchi released Gundam Song Covers on August 7, 2019 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Gundam franchise. The album reached No. 3 on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart on August 16, making it her first top-10 album since 1991's Eternal Songs. On November 16, 2019, the album was announced as one of six recipients of the Planning Award at the 61st Japan Record Awards, which will be held on December 30.
  
  Discography
  
  Singles
  
  Collaborations
  
  Studio albums 
  {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3"
  !#||Title||Oricon peak position||Release date
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  |1||align="left"|||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1985 November 21
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  |2||align="left"|Prime Privacy||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1989 November 21
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  |3||align="left"|{{nihongo4|Tranquility -Yasashi Hoshi de-|TRANQULITYーやさしい星でー||Tranquility -A Gentle Star-}}||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1991 November 21
  |-
  |4||align="left"|||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1992 September 16
  |-
  |5||align="left"|||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1993 July 27
  |-
  |6||align="left"|||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1993 December 1
  |-
  |7||align="left"|Let's Go||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1994 May 25
  |-
  |8||align="left"|Parade||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1995 July 5
  |-
  |9||align="left"|||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1996 September 21
  |-
  |10||align="left"|Happy Happy Blue||align="center"|N/A||align="right"|1997 September 17
  |}
  
  Mini albums
  
  Cover albums
  
  Compilations
  
  Videos
   Hiroko Moriguchi 1st Concert Baradoll Panic Hyû Hyû (1990 November 21)
    (1992 November 21)
    (1993 September 22)
   Vitamines (1995 March 3)
   Heart Vitamin Tour ‘95 Parade (1995 December 6)
   Hiroko Moriguchi Concert Tour ‘96 SISEN (1997 March 5)
   ‘97 Concert Tour Happy Happy Blue (1998 June; Club M exclusive)
   ‘99 15th Anniversary Concert (2000 April; Club M exclusive)
    (2001 April; Club M exclusive)
   ‘02 Song for you Vol.1〜tant tant tant〜 (2003; Club M exclusive)
    (2005)
    (2010 December)
    (2015 October 28)
  
  Books
    (Fresh Scholar, 1988 May)
   Wow (Scholar, 1990 April)
   Cool'' (Bunkasha, 1997 June)
    (2015 April)
  
  References
  
  External links
    
    (King Records) 
   Official profile at NoReason 
   
  
  Category:1968 births
  Category:Living people
  Category:Horikoshi High School alumni
  Category:Japanese female pop singers
  Category:Anime singers
  Category:People from Fukuoka
  Category:King Records (Japan) artists
  Category:Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture
  Category:20th-century Japanese singers
  Category:21st-century Japanese singers
  Category:20th-century women singers
  Category:21st-century women singers