Naotarō Moriyama

Being the son of Ryoko Moriyama is not the head start it looks like from outside. Your mother is a beloved folk singer, you pick the same trade, and every listener arrives with a verdict already prepared. Then Sakura, from his 2002 album, became one of those songs the entire country knows, and a second label got stapled on: the Sakura guy. Two boxes before you have properly begun. What I like about Naotaro Moriyama is that he refused to settle into the gentle-ballad career handed to him. The songs can be tender, and Itoshi Kimi e is as straight down the middle as it gets, but his live shows and his between-song talk come at you from a strange, faintly absurd angle. On paper he is unremarkable: born in Tokyo in 1976, Seijo University, 172 cm. Then he opens his mouth.

Name (English)

Naotarō Moriyama

Name (Japanese)

森山直太朗

Born

April 23, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

172 cm

Occupation

singer / musician / singer-songwriter

University

Seijo University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://naotaro.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/moriyamanaotaro_staff/
• Xhttps://x.com/naotaroofficial
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E5%B1%B1%E7%9B%B4%E5%A4%AA%E6%9C%97

Tags

• Tokyo
• singer
• musician
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-07-27

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