Kahoru Kohiruimaki

Kahoru Kohiruimaki (小比類巻かほる, Kohiruimaki Kahoru, nicknamed Kohhy, born on March 16, 1967) is a Japanese singer who debuted in 1985. She had great success in the next ten years with around thirty singles, fifteen original albums and various compilations. Kohiruimaki is the most well known in the West for the song Ai yo kienaide, the first opening theme song from the anime series City Hunter in 1987, and for the ending theme song for the OVA Gall Force in 1986.

Discography

Albums

• Call My Name (1985/11/21)
• No Problem (1986/7/21)
• I'm Here (1987/4/1)
• Hearts On Parade (1988/1/21)
• SO REAL (1988/11/11)
• TIME THE MOTION (1989/11/11)
• DISTANCE (1990/10/10)
• silent (1991/9/25)
• FRONTIER (1992/9/10)
• KOHHY 1 (1994/5/25)
• KOHHY 2 (1995/2/8)
• Anniversary Nights (1997/12/15) (album indépendant, réservé au fan club)
• This Is My Love Song (1998/2/5) (reprises)
• Kaleidoscope (1997/5/20)
• LOVE solution (2001/12/20) (album indépendant, réservé au fan club)
• Tree Diagram (2011/7/20)
• KOHHY 3 (2016/11/10)
• KOHHY 4 (2018/12/10)
• KOHHY 5 (2019/1/10)

Live albums

• TIME THE MOTION LIVE (1990/7/25)
• silent fiction tour 1991 (1992/1/25)
• FRONTIER LIVE '92 (1993/2/25)

Compilation albums

• The Best (1989/12/15)
• KOHHY'S SINGLES (1991/7/25)
• Dreamin' '89-'92 (1992/3/25)
• Ballade Collection (1993/3/25)
• Keep on dreamin' remix (1995/2/25)
• Black Kohhy Best '85-'89 (1995/7/1)
• White Kohhy Best '89-'95 (1995/7/21)
• STAR BOX EXTRA (2001/12/5)
• THE LEGEND (2003/1/1)
• Golden Best (ゴールデン☆ベスト) (2005/1/26)
• Kohiruimaki Kahoru - 20th Anniversary Selection (2005/6/29）

Singles

• NEVER SAY GOOD-BYE (1985.10.21) (Ponytail wa Furimukanai theme song)
• Ryotte Ippai no Johnny (両手いっぱいのジョニー) (1986.07.02)　(OVA Gall Force ending theme)
• Nagaku Atsui Yoru (長く熱い夜) (1986.12.21) (Theme Song from the Nippon TV Drama Kekkon Monogatari)
• Hold On Me (1987.02.26)
• City Hunter - Ai yo kienaide (City Hunter〜愛よ消えないで〜) (1987.05.10) (City Hunter opening theme song)
• I'm Here (1987.05.21)
• COME ON (1987.09.21)
• On The Loose (1988.01.01)
• Tobenai Blue Bird (飛べないブルー・バード) (1988.05.21)
• TONIGHT (1988.10.21)
• TOGETHER (1988.11.21)
• DREAMER (1989.09.25)
• Ii Ko wo Daite Nemuri nayo (いい子を抱いて眠りなよ) (Live Version)(1990.02.01)
• Twilight Avenue (1990.05.10)
• LIKE A FACTORY (1990.11.10)
• MOVING ACTION / CRAZY LOVER (1991.01.01)
• TIMES GO BY (1991.03.25)
• SMILE FOR ME (1992.04.25)
• Control (コントロール) (1992.08.25)
• La Festa: Ano Hi no mama de (LA FESTA 〜あの日のままで〜) (1992.10.25)
• Kimi wa Inspiration (君はインスピレーション) (1994.01.25)
• SUMMER FACTOR (1994.04.01)
• HELLO AGAIN (1994.05.10)
• Step by Step (1994.11.22)
• Ride On (1994.11.30) (Tokumitsu no TV Columbus ending theme)
• Super Hero (1994.12.07)
• Justify My Love (1995.01.01)
• Respect (1995.07.21)
• Hi no Ataru Basho (陽のあたる場所) (1996.05.27)
• Oh My Friend (1996.09.02)
• Just as... I don't wanna fall in love again (1997.04.23)
• What A Wonderful World (1998.01.21)
• DANCING QUEEN (2000.08.30)
• Blue Sky (2004.08.25)
• Ano Hi no mama de (あの日のままで) (2014.07.01)

Videos

• Heart no Ballade in Budokan (ハートのパレード in 武道館)
• Heart no Ballade in Budokan 2 (ハートのパレード in 武道館 2)
• TIME THE MOTION LIVE
• silent fiction tour 1991
• KOHHY'S SINGLES VIDEO
• DREAMER

References

External links

• Kohhy Official Site(in Japanese)
• Kahoru Kohiruimaki at disvogs.com