Sep. 27, 2007first) Hironori Okanostarted to write songs and performing on streets in his high school years. His sense as a songwriter was highly appreciated, and he collaborated with Chikuzen Satou
for " Gratitude
" in Chikuzen's album " Indigo
" before he made a debut. (See Aug. 6, 2007 and Jun. 5, 2007)
"Gratitude" is included as a bonus track in this album, performed with SALT&SUGAR
Satoru Shionoya
alias SALT. He made a debut with a single "lemonade" onOct. 24, 2007. This song was played in heavy rotation on 25 radio station.
His appeals are simple; high sense as a songwriter -shown by "photograph"-and peerless voice -shown by "ashidori"(steps)-. Songs in this album show the basic and elementary appeals of music
; good music and good songs. He expresses straight affection with lucid words
; especially in "sekaide dareyori aishiteru(I love you more than anyone in the world). This might be shown also by the fact that there is no mixture of Japanese and English in this album, while different languages are jumbled up in many recent Japanese pop songs.
At present, Okano is going through various live performances. In this April, he went on tour performing on streets. He has always placed importance on relationships with people as a musician, and wishes to keep on expressing emotions elicited by encounters with various people with his songs
November 5, 2008 Universal J UPCH-9443
(Translation: Unable-to-think-up-handle)
◆ :Ready to place summery if asked