Chage

Chage
Chage
Birth name	Shuji Shibata
Born	6 January 1958 (age 66); Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Pop; J-pop;
Occupations	Singer-songwriter; singer; radio personality; photographer;
Instruments	Vocal; guitar; ukulele;
Years active	1976–
Labels	EMI Music Japan (1998); Universal Sigma (2008–);
Website	Official website

Shuji Shibata (Japanese: 柴田秀之, Hepburn: Shibata Shūji, born 6 January 1958), known professionally as Chage, is a Japanese musician and radio personality. He was born in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.^[2] He dropped out from Japan University of Economics. He is also a singer-songwriter, and he is the main vocalist and lyricist-composer of Chage and Aska.

Discography

Albums

Original albums

Year	Title	Notes
1998	2nd
2008	Aishiteru
2010	&C
2015	Hurray!	Mini album
2016	Another Love Song	Mini album

Best albums

Year	Title
1998	Chakū Chage Seisen-shū
1998	Chage Best Songs / Prologue

Project albums

Year	Title
1999	Treasure Box Vol. 1
2009	Many Happy Returns

Limited albums

Year	Title	Link
2011	Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi"	iTunes Store
2013	Chage no Chakai 2012 –Za Ai Tōyoko Hama–	iTunes Store

Live albums

Year	Title
2016	Chage Live Tour 2016 –Mō hitotsu no Love Song–

Singles

As Yuko Ishikawa and Chage

Year	Title
1984	"Futari no Ai Land / Nagisa no Chikai"

Original singles

Year	Title	Notes
1998	"Tokyo Tower / Undo"
2008	"waltz / Boys Life Hanagoyomi"	From Naoto Otomo Produce Popular Week Chage Concert on 1 March 2008
2010	"Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi / Muteki no Umi e The Fishes"
2011	"Tokyo Moon / Tōkuhe Ikitai"

Limited singles

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2012	"Go! Go! Go! / Tokyo Moon Futari no Ai Land –Chagettles Cover Version–"
2014	"Chage Fan Meeting Tour 2014 –Aoi Handkerchief o...–"	Live sound source of "Aishiteru" and "Nagai Tsuitachi"
2015	"Tenshi ga kureta Hammer"		^[3]

Videography

Year	Title	Form	Std. Product No.	Ref.
1998	Chage "Ōini Utau" in Budōkan	VHS	TOVF-1292
2001	Feeling Place	DVD	YCBR-00005
2005	Missing Pages		CGSIR 902102	^[4]
2009	Chage Concert Tour 2008 Aishiteru		POBD-22005
2010	Chage Document 2009 –Hibi Sunawachikore Sora–		CGDVD902101
2011	Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi"		POBD-22042
2015	Chage Live Tour 2014 –equal–		POBD-22080
2016	Chage Live Tour 2014 –Tenshi ga kureta Hammer–		UPBY-5039

Books, photo collections

Year	Title	Code
1994	Tsuki ga Iiwake o shi teru	ISBN 4-87728-030-8
1997	Tsuki ga Iiwake o shi teru: Bunko-ban	ISBN 4-87728-426-5
2009	Kasha'! Shashin de Tsuzuru Shiawasena Onpu	ISBN 978-4-584-13156-5

Limited editions

Fan clubs

Year	Title
1996	Chage In U.S.A. Well, Well, Well The Video of Chage & Aska Tug of C&A Vol.5

Filmography

Radio

Year	Title	Network
1989	Super FM Magazine: Chage no Noru Soru	Tokyo FM
1994	Chage no Radi-ō
1998	Chage no Treasure Box
2003	Konya wa Chage Raccho	Air-G'
2007	Day Break Friday: Chage no Daybreak Time	JFN
2010	Chage no Oto	JFN
2011	Chage no Big Special: Mayonaka no Ongaku-shitsu	Tokyo FM

Television

Year	Title	Network
1998	P-Stock	Fuji TV
2008	Collab Lab: Yume no Ongaku Kōbō	WOWOW
2009	M Live	TBS
2016	Shabekuri DJ Chage no Music Hour!	Kayo Pops Channel

Guest

Year	Title	Network
2015	Utage! Haru no Saiten! Ano Dai Hit Kyoku Utai Odoru Utage no 2-jikan SP	TBS

References

^ "UNIVERSAL SIGMAのアーティスト一覧" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.
^ "BIOGRAPHY - Chage" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.
^ "Chage、新曲「天使がくれたハンマー」配信開始。ミュージックビデオも公開". Baraks (in Japanese). 16 Jul 2015. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.
^ "missing pages" (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.
^ "仲里依紗とChageが熱唱！ミスド新CMに「Chage&リイサ」が登場". Walker plus (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. 7 Jun 2011. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.

External links

Official website

Official website (in Japanese)

Record companies

Official website (in Japanese)
Official website this deals with his released works until 2000 (in Japanese)

Blogs

Official website (25 March 2009 –) (in Japanese)
Official website (8 October – 26 December 2008) (in Japanese)

Regular radio programmes

[http://Chage no Oto Official website] (in Japanese)

Related

missing pages Official website Official website (in Japanese)
Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "UNIVERSAL SIGMAのアーティスト一覧" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.

[2] "BIOGRAPHY - Chage" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.

[3] "Chage、新曲「天使がくれたハンマー」配信開始。ミュージックビデオも公開". Baraks (in Japanese). 16 Jul 2015. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.

[4] "missing pages" (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.

[5] "仲里依紗とChageが熱唱！ミスド新CMに「Chage&リイサ」が登場". Walker plus (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. 7 Jun 2011. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.

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Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	Japan
Artists	MusicBrainz 2

Year	Title	Ref.
1998	NEC Kigyō CM
2011	Mister Donut "Cool Misted"	^[5]