Shigeru Izumiya

Shigeru Izumiya (泉谷 しげる Izumiya Shigeru, born May 11, 1948) is a Japanese poet, folk singer, actor, tarento. He established the record company For Life Records with Takuro Yoshida, Yosui Inoue, and Hitoshi Komuro in 1975. He also directed the 1986 film Death Powder (Desu Paudā).

Between August 1995 and March 1996, Izumiya co-hosted the Satellaview-based weekly SoundLink Magazine, , with Ayumi Hamasaki.

Izumiya was born in Aomori, Japan, and raised in Meguro, Tokyo.

Discography

Singles 1970s (1971) (1972) (1973) (1974) (1975) (1976) (1977) (1977) (1978) (1979) (1979)

1980s (1980) (1981) (1982) (1983) UNDER PRICK c/w HAIR STYLE(1984) (1987) (live, 1988) (1988) (1989)

1990s (1991) (1993) (1994) (1994) (1995) (1995) (1998)

2000s (2007)

(2008)

(2009)

Albums 1970s (1971) (1972) (1972, CD rereleased in 2006) (1973) (1974) (1975) (1976) (1976) (1977) (1978) (1979)

1980s (1980) NEWS (1982) 39°8´ (1983) REAL TIME (1984) ELEVATOR (1984) SCAR PEOPLE (1986) (1988) EARLY TIME (1988) HOWLING LIVE (1988) IZUMIYA SELF COVERS (1988) (1989)

1990s (1991) (1991) (1991) (1992) HOT TYPHOON FROM EAST (1992) WILD BLOOD (1993) (1993) (1993) (1994) (1995) (1996) (1997) (1998) (1998) (1999) (1999)

2000s IRA (2000) (2001) R-15 (2002) (2007, Limited Edition DVD Box set) (2008) (2008) (2008) (2008)

Filmography

Film Eijanaika (1981) Blood Is Sex (1982) (director) Death Powder (1986) (director) Aitsu ni Koishite (1987) Pom Poko (1994) – Gonta (voice) Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004) (voice) Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) Ode to Joy (2006) Black Widow Business (2016) Fukushima 50 (2020) A Morning of Farewell (2021) Tsuyukusa (2022) Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 (2022), Shigeo Ando

Television The Women of Osaka Castle (1983), Toyotomi Hidetsugu Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003–06), Shigeo Ando