Naotaro Moriyama is a Japanese male singer-songwriter, born on April 23, 1976 in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. His mother is the singer Yoshiko Moriyama. He started singing with a guitar in his hand when he was in college, and made his debut as "Naotaro" in 2001 with the mini-album "Naotaro" from an independent label, and made his major label debut in October 2002 with the mini-album "Dry Song is Just Right for Fish Food" from Universal Music. His second single "Sakura (Solo)" was a big hit, reaching No. 1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, followed by his mini-album "Sokutsu no Kawa wo Koukou ni Umareta Words" in June, which reached No. 3, and his single "Natsu no Owari" in August, which also ranked at No. 6. In 2004, their first album "Shinarunaru Koryo wo Motomete" (Seeking New Spice), which included "Taiyo", "Koe", and "Ikitoni Shikibutsu Mono He", topped the Oricon charts. 2005 also saw the release of "Shisoku Koi no Yomagure" and the theme song for the NHK TV serial "Kaze no Haruka". In 2005, "Little Love at Dusk" and "Kaze no Haruka", the theme song for NHK's TV series "Kaze no Haruka", became hits, and in 2006, they released their second album, "Kaze Waiting Intersection". and released her third album "Morokun!" in May 2008, followed by the single "Ikiteiru Koto wa Tsukijikara Nara" in August 2008, which won the Best Lyrics Award at the Japan Record Awards in the same year. In 2022, they released their 11th album "Suteki Sekai" (Wonderful World). 2025 In 2025, they began distributing and releasing songs such as "Shinsekai", "Ano Umi ni Kakeru Niji wo Kimi wa Mitaika", and "Bye Bye".
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