Maki Ohguro
摩季 大黒
Also known as: Maki Ooguro
About
Maki Ohguro is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter from Sapporo, Hokkaido under B-Gram Records label. Ohguro Maki got here start in the music industry in 1989 when she passed the 3rd Annual BAD audition. She was in charge of singing backup chorus for many of BEING studio artists like B'z, ZARD, DEEN, and etc. She got a contract by Being Inc.'s company president in 1992 after almost leaving the company for America because she wasn't a singer that she hoped to be. Her second single "DA・KA・RA" sold 1.1 million copies and won the Japan Record Grand Prix Newcomer Award of the Year. Because of her rare public appearances, she was originally known as a phantom singer, like Izumi Sakai of Zard. "Anata Dake Mitsumeteru", the ending theme for Slam Dunk, was the number 2 song for the month of January 1994, and is certified as a Million record, selling 1,087,160 copies. In 2010, she took a six-year hiatus due to illness. In 2016, she announced resume of her music activities under Being Inc. (Source: Wikipedia)
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