Morio Agata
Born	(1948-09-12) 12 September 1948 (age 75) Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	singer-songwriter, actor, film director

Agata Morio (Japanese: あがた森魚, born 12 September 1948) is a Japanese folk rock singer-songwriter and actor. He also directed three films.

Biography

Agata was born in Rumoi, Hokkaido.

His 1972 debut single Sekishoku Erejī (literary translated as Red Elegy) sold more than a half million copies and still remains his biggest hit. The title of the song was named after the manga series Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi.^[1]

Discography

Singles

(Selected)

• Sekishoku Erejī (25 April 1972)
• Jurietta no Natsu (21 June 1987)
• Sairento Ibu (5 October 1993)
• Kitto Kitto !! Tōku Tōku !! (15 March 1995)
• Torikago no Machi (25 February 1996)

Albums

• Chikuonban (1970)
• Otome no Yume (1972)
• Aa Mujo (1974)
• Boku wa Tenshi ja Naiyo (1975, a soundtrack album, collaboration with Eiichi Otaki)
• Nippon Shōnen (Jipangu Boy) (1976)
• Kimi no koto Sukinanda (1977)
• Norimono Zukan (1980)
• Eien no Engoku (1985)
• Eien no Engoku no Uta (1986)
• Bando Neon no Jagā (1987)
• Bando Neon no Jagā to Aoneko (1987)
• Mikkīo no Densetsu (1988)
• Puranettsu Ābento (1990, live)
• Imitation Gold (5 November 1993)
• Pirosumania Umi e Iku (26 January 1994)
• Ōtobai Shōjo (1 August 1994, a soundtrack album)
• 24ji no Wakusei (26 July 1995)
• Dai-nana Tōei Awa (25 March 1996)
• Agata Morio no Rajio Shō (1996, live)
• Minato no Rokisī (22 October 1999, a soundtrack album)
• Nihon Shōnen 2000kei (12 January 1999)
• Satou Keiko Sensei wa Zankokuna Hito desukedo (21 November 2001)
• Gineoberude (Aoi Banana) (2004)
• Tarphology ( 20 September 2007 )
• Yuya Uchida I do not know is the sunset glow of the universe I know ( 14 February 2011 )
• Everyone loves Erika ( 21 September 2011 )
• Codomo album ( 30 November 2012 · Agata Morio and Yuko Yamasaki in name)
• Pavement with a woman and a man ( 9 May 2012 ) * Cover collection of movie music
• COBALT TARUPHONIC Music Bunches 1 – 3 ( 9 May 2012 )
• Chicken childhood ( 20 December 2012 )
• Supaka Tamagu (LP 24 December 2013 , CD 10 March 2014)
• Urashima 64 ( 15 November 2014 LP, CD 3 December)
• Urashima 65 BC ( 20 July 2015 )
• Urashima 65 XX ( 30 November 2015 )
• Modern lock (18 November 2016)
• Daibuni ( 26 April 2017) * Agata Morio and Hachimitsu Pai Meigi
• Ideal Socks and Ships ( 26 December 2018 )^[2]
• Sightseeing Souvenirs, from the Third Planet ( 18 December 2019 )^[3]

Filmography

This is the complete list of the films that Agata directed.

• Boku wa Tenshi ja Naiyo (1975)
• Ōtobai Shōjo (1994)
• Minato no Rokisī (1999)
• Hakodate Coffee (2016)

He was part of the cast of Biri Gal (2015).^[4]