Chage

{{short description|Japanese musician and radio personality|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Chage

| birth_name = Shuji Shibata

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|1|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|J-pop}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|singer|radio personality|photographer}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocal|guitar|ukulele}}

| years_active = 1976–

| label = {{hlist|EMI Music Japan (1998)|Universal Sigma (2008–){{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/sigma/artists#C|title=UNIVERSAL SIGMAのアーティスト一覧|language=ja|publisher=Universal Music Japan|accessdate=15 Feb 2017}}}}

| website = {{official website|URL=http://chage.jp/}}

}}

{{nihongo|Shuji Shibata|柴田秀之|Shibata Shūji|born 6 January 1958|lead=yes}}, known professionally as Chage, is a Japanese musician and radio personality. He was born in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/chage/biography/|title=BIOGRAPHY - Chage|language=ja|publisher=Universal Music Japan|accessdate=15 Feb 2017}} He dropped out from Japan University of Economics. He is also a singer-songwriter, and he is the main vocalist and lyricist-composer of Chage and Aska.

Discography

=Albums=

==Original albums==

Year ! Title ! Notes
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1998	2nd
2008	Aishiteru
2010	&C
2015	Hurray!	rowspan="2"\| Mini album
2016	Another Love Song

==Best albums==

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Year ! Title
rowspan="2"\| 1998	Chakū Chage Seisen-shū
Chage Best Songs / Prologue

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Year

! Title

rowspan="2"| 1998

Chakū Chage Seisen-shū

Chage Best Songs / Prologue

==Project albums==

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Year ! Title
1999	Treasure Box Vol. 1
2009	Many Happy Returns

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Year

! Title

1999

Treasure Box Vol. 1

2009

Many Happy Returns

==Limited albums==

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Year ! Title ! Link
2011	Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi"	[https://music.apple.com/jp/album/chagelivetour10-11-mawase/488564323 iTunes Store]
2013	Chage no Chakai 2012 –Za Ai Tōyoko Hama–	[https://music.apple.com/jp/album/chageno-cha-hui2012-zuo-lan/599521873 iTunes Store]

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Year

! Title

! Link

2011

Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi"

[https://music.apple.com/jp/album/chagelivetour10-11-mawase/488564323 iTunes Store]

2013

Chage no Chakai 2012 –Za Ai Tōyoko Hama–

[https://music.apple.com/jp/album/chageno-cha-hui2012-zuo-lan/599521873 iTunes Store]

==Live albums==

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Year ! Title
2016	Chage Live Tour 2016 –Mō hitotsu no Love Song–

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Year

! Title

2016

Chage Live Tour 2016 –Mō hitotsu no Love Song–

=Singles=

==As Yuko Ishikawa and Chage==

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Year ! Title
1984	"Futari no Ai Land / Nagisa no Chikai"

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Year

! Title

1984

"Futari no Ai Land / Nagisa no Chikai"

==Original singles==

Year ! Title ! Notes
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1998	"Tokyo Tower / Undo"
2008	"waltz / Boys Life Hanagoyomi"	From Naoto Otomo Produce Popular Week Chage Concert on 1 March 2008
2010	"Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi / Muteki no Umi e The Fishes"
2011	"Tokyo Moon / Tōkuhe Ikitai"

==Limited singles==

Year ! Title ! Notes ! {{abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
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2012	"Go! Go! Go! / Tokyo Moon Futari no Ai Land –Chagettles Cover Version–"
2014	"Chage Fan Meeting Tour 2014 –Aoi Handkerchief o...–"	Live sound source of "Aishiteru" and "Nagai Tsuitachi"
2015	"Tenshi ga kureta Hammer"		{{cite web\|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000117779\|title=Chage、新曲「天使がくれたハンマー」配信開始。ミュージックビデオも公開\|work=Baraks\|language=ja\|date=16 Jul 2015\|accessdate=15 Feb 2017}}

=Videography=

Year ! Title ! Form ! {{abbr\|Std.\|Standard}} Product {{abbr\|No.\|Number}} ! {{abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
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1998	Chage "Ōini Utau" in Budōkan	VHS	TOVF-1292
2001	Feeling Place	rowspan="7"\| DVD	YCBR-00005
2005	Missing Pages	CGSIR 902102	{{cite web\|url=http://www.missing-pages.net/\|title=missing pages\|language=ja\|accessdate=15 Feb 2017}}
2009	Chage Concert Tour 2008 Aishiteru	POBD-22005
2010	Chage Document 2009 –Hibi Sunawachikore Sora–	CGDVD902101
2011	Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi"	POBD-22042
2015	Chage Live Tour 2014 –equal–	POBD-22080
2016	Chage Live Tour 2014 –Tenshi ga kureta Hammer–	UPBY-5039

=Books, photo collections=

Year ! Title ! Code
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1994	Tsuki ga Iiwake o shi teru	{{ISBN\|4-87728-030-8}}
1997	Tsuki ga Iiwake o shi teru: Bunko-ban	{{ISBN\|4-87728-426-5}}
2009	Kasha'! Shashin de Tsuzuru Shiawasena Onpu	{{ISBN\|978-4-584-13156-5}}

=Limited editions=

Fan clubs

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Year ! Title
1996	Chage In U.S.A. Well, Well, Well {{small\|The Video of Chage & Aska Tug of C&A Vol.5}}

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Year

! Title

1996

Chage In U.S.A. Well, Well, Well {{small|The Video of Chage & Aska Tug of C&A Vol.5}}

Filmography

=Radio=

Year ! Title ! Network
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1989	Super FM Magazine: Chage no Noru Soru	rowspan="3"\| Tokyo FM
1994	Chage no Radi-ō
1998	Chage no Treasure Box
2003	Konya wa Chage Raccho	Air-G'
2007	Day Break Friday: Chage no Daybreak Time	rowspan="2"\| JFN
2010	Chage no Oto
2011	Chage no Big Special: Mayonaka no Ongaku-shitsu	Tokyo FM

=Television=

Year ! Title ! Network
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1998	P-Stock	Fuji TV
2008	Collab Lab: Yume no Ongaku Kōbō	WOWOW
2009	M Live	TBS
2016	Shabekuri DJ Chage no Music Hour!	Kayo Pops Channel

=Guest=

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Year ! Title ! Network
2015	Utage! Haru no Saiten! Ano Dai Hit Kyoku Utai Odoru Utage no 2-jikan SP	TBS

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Year

! Title

! Network

2015

Utage! Haru no Saiten! Ano Dai Hit Kyoku Utai Odoru Utage no 2-jikan SP

TBS

=Advertisements=

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Year ! Title ! {{abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
1998	NEC Kigyō CM
2011	Mister Donut "Cool Misted"	{{cite web\|url=http://news.walkerplus.com/article/22517/\|title=仲里依紗とChageが熱唱！ミスド新CMに「Chage&リイサ」が登場\|work=Walker plus\|language=ja\|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation\|date=7 Jun 2011\|accessdate=15 Feb 2017}}

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Year

! Title

! {{abbr|Ref.|References}}

1998

NEC Kigyō CM

2011

Mister Donut "Cool Misted"

{{cite web|url=http://news.walkerplus.com/article/22517/|title=仲里依紗とChageが熱唱！ミスド新CMに「Chage&リイサ」が登場|work=Walker plus|language=ja|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|date=7 Jun 2011|accessdate=15 Feb 2017}}

References

External links

; Official website

{{official website|URL=http://chage.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

; Record companies

{{official website|URL=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/chage/|Chage - Universal Music Japan}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{official website|URL=http://www.yamahamusic.co.jp/artist/index.php?artist_id=116|Chage - yamaha music communications}} this deals with his released works until 2000 {{in lang|ja}}

; Blogs

{{official website|URL=http://ameblo.jp/chage-blog/|Chage Official Blog Many Many Happy Returns}} (25 March 2009 –) {{in lang|ja}}
{{official website|URL=http://aishiteru.chage-aska.net/blog/|Chage Blog}} (8 October – 26 December 2008) {{in lang|ja}}

; Regular radio programmes

{{official website|URL=http://www2.jfn.co.jp/chageoto/|Chage no Oto}} {{in lang|ja}}

; Related

{{official website|URL=http://www.missing-pages.net/|Short film missing pages Official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{official website|URL=http://www.camera-pentax.jp/k-5/photomichi/|Chage no Photo Michi –K-5-hen–}} {{in lang|ja}}

Category:Japanese male singer-songwriters

Category:Japanese male pop singers

Category:Japanese folk singers

Category:Japanese male composers

Category:Universal Music Japan artists

Category:Japanese radio personalities

Category:Japanese photographers

Category:People from Kokurakita, Kitakyūshū

Category:Singers from Kitakyushu

Category:1958 births

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