Masanori Ito (music critic)

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| birth_place = Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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| occupation = Music critic
Music journalist
Radio personality

| nationality = Japanese

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| subject = Heavy metal
Hard rock
Progressive rock

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{{nihongo|Masanori Ito|伊藤政則|Itō Masanori|extra=born July 10, 1953}} is a Japanese music critic and radio personality,{{cite web|url=http://musicshelf.jp/?mode=static&html=series_d10/index|title=MUSICSHELFトップ > 特集・連載 > 伊藤政則インタビュー (Interview Ito Masanori)|last=Kato|first=Takashi Takashi|date=2 September 2010|publisher=Musicshelf|language=Japanese|accessdate=15 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bayfm.co.jp/dj/ito_seisoku.html|title=Seisoku Itou|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=bayfm78 Co., Ltd.|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182726/http://www.bayfm.co.jp/dj/ito_seisoku.html|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}} also known as Seisoku Ito and Masa Ito. His work is specialized in heavy metal and hard rock, and he is known as the leading music critic of Japan. He has been quick to introduce new heavy metal bands to Japan, through writing for magazines such as Burrn! and putting them on the air. Ito wrote the initial story draft of the 2022 film {{nihongo|Hagane Iro no Sora no Kanata he|鋼音色の空の彼方へ}}, based on the story of Japanese thrash metal band Outrage.{{cite web | title = OUTRAGEがデビュー35周年企画を実施、4月にアルバムリリース＆ライブ開催| url = https://natalie.mu/music/news/460116 | work =Natalie| language = ja| date = 2022-01-01| access-date = 2022-06-11}}

Appearances

=TV=

Itō Seisoku no Rock City (Television Kanagawa){{cite web|url=http://www.tvk-yokohama.com/rockcity/|script-title=ja:伊藤政則のROCKCITY|trans-title=Itō Seisoku's Rock City|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=Television Kanagawa, Inc.|language=Japanese}}
Itō Seisoku no Rock TV! (BS Fuji){{cite web|url=http://www.bsfuji.tv/top/pub/itourocktv.html|script-title=ja:伊藤政則のロックＴＶ|trans-title=Itō Seisoku's Rock TV|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=BS Fuji Inc.|language=Japanese}}

=Radio=

Power Rock Today (Bay FM)
Rockadom (FM Fuji){{cite web|url=http://www.fmfuji.jp/dj1504/dj_113.html|script-title=ja:DJ Profile 伊藤政則|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=FM-Fuji|language=Japanese}}
Rock On (FM802){{cite web|url=http://funky802.com/service/homepage/index/1524|title=Masa Ito's Rock On|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=FM802|language=Japanese}}
Rock the Nation (Date fm){{cite web|url=http://www.datefm.jp/btts2/2007/11/rock-the-nation.html|title=Rock the Nation|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=Sendai FM Broadcasting, Inc.|language=Japanese}}
Kyō wa Ichinichi Maru Maru Zanmai (NHK FM){{cite web|url=http://www9.nhk.or.jp/zanmai/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406090530/http://www9.nhk.or.jp/zanmai/|script-title=ja:NHK-FM今日は一日○○三昧（ざんまい）|archivedate=2015-04-06|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=NHK|language=Japanese}}

Bibliography

Yes Kamigami no Kyōen (Shinkō Gakufu Shuppansha, 1979){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000001-I000984402-00|script-title=ja:イエス:神々の響宴|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}}
Michael Schenker Flying V Densetsu (Shinkō Gakufu Shuppansha, March 1982){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001570334-00|script-title=ja:マイケル・シェンカー:フライングV伝説|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|4401610903}}
Cozy Powell Kagirinaki Chōsen (Shinkō Music, November 1983){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001666641-00|script-title=ja:コージー・パウエル:限りなき挑戦 |accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|4401611292}}
Heavy Metal no Gyakushū (Shinchosha, April 1985){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001753575-00|script-title=ja:ヘヴィ・メタルの逆襲|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|4101395012}}
Sēsoku no Housoku Jōgai Rantō Essay (Shinkō Music, March 1986){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001782851-00|script-title=ja:セーソクの法則:場外乱闘エッセイ |accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|4401611861}}
Tsumi to Batsu: Official Ozzy Osbourne Story (CBS Sony Publishing, June 1986){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001838992-00|script-title=ja:罪と罰:オフィシャル・オジー・オズボーン・ストーリー|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|478970226X}}
Dangen (Shinkō Music, February 1993){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002230247-00|script-title=ja:断言|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|4401614046}}
Dangen Sono 2 (Shinkō Music, February 1999){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000002761837-00|script-title=ja:断言其ノ2|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|4401701518}}
Mokugeki Shōgen Heavy Metal no Shōzō (Gakken Publishing, July 2013){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I024642318-00|script-title=ja:目撃証言:ヘヴィ・メタルの肖像|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|9784054057456}}
Mokugeki Shōgen 2 (Heavy Metal: Tamashii no Tabiji) (Gakken Publishing, August 2014){{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I025602826-00|script-title=ja:目撃証言 2 (ヘヴィ・メタル:魂の旅路)|accessdate=2015-05-16|publisher=National Diet Library|language=Japanese}} {{ISBN|9784054060579}}

References

External links

[http://funky802.com/service/Dj/index/4 Masanori Ito] on FM802
[http://www.tvk-yokohama.com/rockcity/ Masanori Ito's Rock City (Ito Masanori no Rock City)], Masanori Ito's show on tvk

Category:1953 births

Category:Japanese music critics

Category:Japanese radio personalities

Category:Japanese music journalists

Category:Living people

Category:People from Hanamaki, Iwate

Category:Senshu University alumni

Category:Writers from Iwate Prefecture