Chinfa Kan

Chinfa Kan
康 珍化
Birth nameKang Jin-hwa (강진화)
Also known asShirusu Morita
Born (1953-06-24) June 24, 1953 (age 71)
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Genres
OccupationLyricist
Years active1979–present

Chinfa Kan (康 珍化, Kan Chinfa) (born June 24, 1953) is a Japanese lyricist of Korean descent.[1]

Biography

Chinfa Kan was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan as a second-generation Zainichi. He graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu-Nishi Senior and Junior High Schools. While attending Waseda University, he took up tanka writing and participated in the college's short song festivals. Kan made his debut as a lyricist in 1979 with Ann Lewis' "Shampoo", which was composed, arranged, and produced by Tatsuro Yamashita. He then wrote numerous hit songs with Tetsuji Hayashi. Kan also wrote lyrics for artists such as Hiromi Go, The Checkers, Agnes Chan, Akina Nakamori, Kyōko Koizumi, Anri, Miho Nakayama, KinKi Kids, Mika Nakashima, and BoA.[1]

In 1984, Kan won the Best Lyrics Award for Mariko Takahashi's "Momoiro Toiki" at the 26th Japan Record Awards.[2] A year later, he won the Grand Prix for Nakamori's "Meu amor é..."[3]

Kan also wrote screenplays for the films Inamura Jane (1990) and Tokyo no Kyūjitsu (1991).[1]

Works

Lyrics

Anri
  • "Kanashimi ga Tomaranai"
BoA
Agnes Chan
  • "Kaettekita Tsubame"
The Checkers
  • "Gizagiza Heart no Komoriuta"
  • "Kamisama Help!"
Rina Chinen
  • "Club Zipangu"
Hiromi Go
  • "Goldfinger '99"
  • "Ienai yo"
  • "Kemono wa Hadaka ni Naritagaru"
  • "Koi wa Shumishumi"
  • "Mirror Ball Fantasy"
Gospellers
  • "Atarashii Sekai"
Tomoyo Harada
  • "Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Shima"
  • "Aijō Monogatari"
  • "Sōshun Monogatari"
Tetsuji Hayashi
  • "Kanashimi ga Ippai"
Hikaru Genji
  • "Tsurugi no Mai"
  • "Lila no Saku koro Barcelona"
Hiromi Iwasaki
  • "Suteki na Kimochi"
  • "Hatachi no Koi"
Yoshimi Iwasaki
Momoko Kikuchi
  • "Mō Aenai ka mo Shirenai"
KinKi Kids
  • "Zenbu Dakishimete"
  • "Ame no Melody"
  • "Natsu no Ōsama"
Kyoko Koizumi
  • "Makka na Onna no Ko"
  • "Adesugata Namida Musume"
  • "Nagisa no Haikara Ningyo"
  • "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge"
  • "Koi no Beginner"
  • "Presentation"
  • "Flapper"
  • "Kaze no Falsetto"
Masahiko Kondō
  • "Aa, Gutto"
  • "Naite Mirya Ijan"
Shizuka Kudo
  • "Futari ni Sasete"
Iyo Matsumoto
  • "Dakishimetai"
  • "Chinese Kiss"
Mie
  • "Call Girl -Maria at Dawn-"
Yoko Minamino
  • "Hazukashi Sugite"
  • "Approach"
  • "Namida wa Doko e Itta no"
  • Snowflakes
Hiroko Moriguchi
  • "Sumire no Kimochi (Try Me Again)"
Akina Nakamori
Masatoshi Nakamura
  • "Hitori Botchi no Yoru Sora ni"
Mika Nakashima
Miho Nakayama
Yōko Oginome
Yukiko Okada
  • "Oka no Ue no High School"
  • "Shiokaze no Love Letter"
  • "Koi no Doubles"
  • "Me wo Samashite, Darling"
  • "Anata wo Wasureru Mahō ga Areba"
  • "Shōyō Note"
Takako Ōta
  • "Wasure China no Aoi Tori"
Pink Lady
  • "Body & Soul"
Hideki Saijo
  • "Natsu no Imōto"
  • "Whispering Night"
Noriko Sakai
  • "Namida ga Tomaranai (How! Aw! Ya!)"
  • "Karui Kimochi no Julia"
  • "Nagisa no Pitecan Trops"
Junko Sakurada
  • "Utsukushii Natsu"
Kenji Sawada
  • "Dear"
  • "Sutezerifu"
Hitomi Shimatani
  • "Papillon"
  • "Ichiba ni Ikō"
  • "Splash"
  • "Yasashii Kiss no Mitsukekata"
  • "Shanti"
  • "Pasio"
Shonentai
  • "Kimi Dake ni"
Stardust Revue
  • "Stay My Blue (Kimi ga Koishikute)"
  • "Shichigatsu Nanoka"
Kiyotaka Sugiyama
S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe
Mizue Takada
  • "China Lights"
Mariko Takahashi
  • "Momoiro Toiki"
Eriko Tamura
  • "Ningyo no T-shirt"
Misato Watanabe
  • "I'm Free"
Wink
Tatsuro Yamashita
  • "Shampoo"
  • "Hajimete no Shiawase"
Takuro Yoshida
  • "Tomo Ari"
  • "Zenbu Dakishimete"
Tokusatsu themes

Screenplays

References

  1. ^ a b c "高橋真梨子「桃色吐息」でレコード大賞作詞賞を受賞、80年代、数々のヒット曲の作詞を手掛けた康珍化。もともとは天才少年歌人として知られた存在であった。　【大人のMusic Calendar】". News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  2. ^ "第２６回 日本レコード大賞". Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. ^ "第２７回 日本レコード大賞". Japan Composer's Association. Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2021-08-15.