Shōgo Hamada
title: "Shōgo Hamada" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1952-births", "living-people", "20th-century-japanese-male-singers", "20th-century-japanese-singer-songwriters", "21st-century-japanese-male-singers", "21st-century-japanese-singer-songwriters", "japanese-male-singer-songwriters", "japanese-male-rock-singers", "kanagawa-university-alumni", "singers-from-hiroshima-prefecture", "sony-music-entertainment-japan-artists"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shōgo_Hamada" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Shōgo Hamada |
| 浜田 省吾 | |
| image | 浜田省吾.jpg |
| caption | Shōgo Hamada (2011) |
| background | solo_singer |
| birth_date | |
| origin | Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
| genre | Adult contemporary, rock, Japanese pop, rhythm and blues |
| occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| years_active | 1975–present |
| instrument | Vocals, guitars, harmonica, drums, percussion |
| label | Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SME Records) |
| website | Shogo.r-s.co.jp |
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| name = Shōgo Hamada 浜田 省吾 | image = 浜田省吾.jpg | caption = Shōgo Hamada (2011) | background = solo_singer | birth_date = | origin = Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan | genre = Adult contemporary, rock, Japanese pop, rhythm and blues | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1975–present | instrument = Vocals, guitars, harmonica, drums, percussion | label = Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SME Records) | website = Shogo.r-s.co.jp Shōgo Hamada is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former member of the group . He is a part of Sony Music Japan's SME Records division. He was born in Takehara City in Hiroshima Prefecture, and graduated from Kuremitsuta High School (where he was a member of the baseball team). He attended Kanagawa University, where he studied law, but left the school before graduating.
In 1975, he made his professional debut as the drummer of the band Aido. Sunglasses have been his trademark ever since his debut, and he has never performed live without sunglasses of some sort (most commonly Ray-Ban Aviator or Ray-Ban Wayfarer). His solo debut came in 1976 with the album Umareta Tokoro o Tōku Hanarete. Though his exposure in the media has always been extremely low, relative to many performers with similar levels of mainstream popularity, he has acquired his many fans over the years through his steady series of live performances. Many of his early songs expressed his skepticism about how one should live their life. In addition to his well-known ballads, he was strongly influenced by his father's experience as a victim of radiation poisoning following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and many of his songs have a very strong protest song tone.
He has written music for many other artists, including Momoe Yamaguchi, and Akiko Wada. He is affectionately referred to as "Hamasho" by many of his fans.
Discography
Singles released within Aido
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| # | Single title | Date released | Formats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Couple's Summer" | 1975-05-01 | EP |
| 2 | "Seibu Shinjuku Line Romance" | 1975-09-01 | EP |
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Singles
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| # | Single title | Date released | Formats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Back Street Boy" (EP version) | 1976-04-21 | EP |
| 2 | "Love Bargain" (Single version) | 1976-10-21 | EP |
| 3 | "Love Train" | 1977-04-21 | EP |
| 4 | "Cold and Windy Season" | 1977-11-21 | EP |
| 5 | "Filling with Tears" | 1978-08-21 | EP |
| 6 | "Let Love Sleep" | 1979-04-21 | EP |
| 7 | "Feel the Wind" | 1979-08-21 | EP |
| 8 | "Kiss Goodbye" | 1979-12-21 | EP |
| 9 | "Youth's Vision" | 1980-02-21 | EP |
| 10 | "Generation Without a Tomorrow" (Single version) | 1980-07-21 | EP |
| 11 | "Tokyo" | 1980-10-21 | EP |
| 12 | "A Place in the Sun" | 1981-03-21 | EP |
| 13 | "Last Show" | 1981-08-26 | EP |
| 14 | "Sadness Is Like Snow" | 1981-11-21 | EP |
| 15 | "On the Road" | 1982-02-25 | EP |
| 16 | "My Hometown" | 1982-11-21 | EP |
| 17 | "Dance" (12-inch single version) | 1984-08-01 | 12-inch |
| 18 | "Lonely—A Promise Called Love" (Single version) | 1985-05-22 | EP |
| 19 | "Big Boy Blues" (Single version) | 1985-12-08 | EP |
| 20 | "Back Street Boy" (12-inch Single version) | 1986-07-16 | 12-inch, CT |
| 21 | "Couple's Summer" | 1987-06-21 | EP |
| 22 | "Breathless Love" | 1988-05-29 | 12-inch, 8-cm CD, CT |
| 23 | "Sadness Is Like Snow" (Single version) | 1992-02-01 | 8-cm CD, CT |
| 24 | "Ave Maria" | 1992-12-12 | 8-cm CD |
| 25 | "Ring of Stars" | 1994-04-25 | 8-cm CD |
| 26 | "Maria My Heart" | 1995-07-01 | 8-cm CD |
| 27 | "Goodbye Game" | 1996-10-30 | 8-cm CD |
| 28 | "Image Poem" | 1997-10-22 | 8-cm CD |
| 29 | "Monochrome Rainbow" | 1998-04-01 | 12-cm CD |
| 30 | "Love Has No Pride" | 1998-10-01 | 12-cm CD |
| 31 | "Poet's Bell" | 1998-12-02 | 12-cm CD |
| 32 | "...To Be "Kissin' You"" (French edit) | 2000-04-01 | 12-cm CD |
| 33 | "Call Your Name" | 2001-08-01 | 12-cm CD |
| 34 | "Love Song Devoted to You" | 2003-09-10 | 12-cm CD |
| 35 | "Season of Light and Shadow" | 2005-04-13 | 12-cm CD |
| 36 | "I am a Father" | 2005-07-17 | 12-cm CD |
| 37 | "Thank You" | 2005-10-12 | 12-cm CD |
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Albums
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| # | Album title | Date released | Formats | Miscellaneous info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Aido | 1975-05-01 | LP, CT | Released as a member of Aido |
| 1 | Far from My Home Town | 1976-04-21 | LP, CT | |
| 2 | Love Train | 1977-05-21 | LP, CT | |
| 3 | Illumination | 1978-09-21 | LP, CT | |
| 4 | Mind Screen | 1979-05-21 | LP, CT | |
| 5 | During Your Life… | 1979-12-05 | LP, CT | |
| – | Slow Down | 1980-08-01 | CT | Compilation album |
| 6 | Home Bound | 1980-10-21 | LP, CT | |
| 7 | Before the Generation of Love | 1981-09-21 | LP, CT | |
| 8 | On the Road | 1982-02-25 | LP (2), CT (2) | |
| 9 | Promised Land | 1982-11-21 | LP, CD, CT | |
| 10 | Sand Castle | 1983-12-01 | LP, CD, CT | |
| 11 | Down By the Mainstreet | 1984-10-21 | LP, CD, CT | |
| – | Club Snowbound | 1985-11-15 | LP, CT | Limited edition special release album |
| 12 | J.Boy | 1986-09-04 | LP (2), CD (2), CT (2) | |
| – | Club Surfbound | 1987-06-28 | LP, CT | Limited edition special release album |
| 13 | Club Surf&Snowbound | 1987-06-28 | CD | |
| 14 | Father's Son | 1988-03-16 | LP, CD, CT | |
| 15 | Wasted Tears | 1989-09-01 | LP, CD, CT | |
| 16 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | 1990-06-21 | CD, CT | |
| 17 | Edge of the Knife | 1991-09-01 | CD, CT | |
| 18 | The Moment of the Moment | 1993-09-06 | CD, CT, MD | |
| 19 | Road Out "Tracks" | 1996-02-29 | LP, CD, CT, MD | |
| 20 | The Door for the Blue Sky | 1996-11-11 | CD, MD | |
| 21 | In Early Summer | 1997-01-22 | LP, CD, MD | |
| 22 | The History of Shogo Hamada "Since 1975" | 2000-11-08 | CD | |
| 23 | Save Our Ship | 2001-08-22 | CD | |
| 24 | Early Autumn | 2003-09-26 | CD | |
| 25 | My First Love | 2005-07-06 | LP, CD | |
| 26 | The Best of Shogo Hamada Vol.1 | 2006-08-09 | CD | |
| 27 | The Best of Shogo Hamada Vol.2 | 2006-08-09 | CD | |
| 28 | Journey of a Songwriter | 2015-04-29 | LP, CD | |
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