Greg Irwin
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Greg Irwin is an American singer, songwriter, narrator, voice actor and master of ceremonies from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. Called "The Messenger of Japanese Folk Songs" he translated and wrote English lyrics for over 100 Japanese Doyo songs. He was the voice for You've Got Mail for NTT Docomo cell phones in Japan and was the inflight voice for All Nippon Airways, and Starlux Airlines from Taiwan. He is a bilingual master of ceremonies for events and wedding receptions in Japan.
History
[edit]Born and raised in Wisconsin he moved to Tokyo, Japan after attending the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and the University of Minnesota. After a homestay in Japan, Greg worked at Tokyo Disneyland before returning and enrolling in the University of Hawaii, Japanese Language Department.[1][2] In Honolulu he worked as a DJ at KOHO-FM.[1] He was enchanted by Japanese Doyo after his return to Japan for a second time, and became active in Japanese entertainment .[1]
In 2002, he received the Japan Children's Music Association's "Children's Music Culture Award".[1] He has also received awards such as the Japan Music Association "Children's Division Grand Prix" and the John Lennon Songwriting Contest "R & B Award". Dubbed as the "Messenger of Japanese Doyo", he translated various Japanese traditional songs into English.[1][3] His hobbies include swimming, traveling, listening to music and musicals. He is highly skilled as a bilingual Master of Ceremonies.
Television Appearance
[edit]- International TV School YU CAN DO IT!
- The Pride of NHK
- Ongaku no Kaze (Wind of Music) Music TV Programme
- Let's Meet on Park Street
- Comedian in Edo
- Sanka Getsukan Eikaiwa (THREE Months English conversation) English TV Programme
- Japanese Countryside Culture Hometown Flight
- SMAP x SMAP
- A Concert Without a Title
- Takeshi's Everyone is a Picasso
- Nama Hama Taikoku Night TV Kanagawa
TV Animation
[edit]- Flash Night Raid (2010, Victor Bulwer-Lytton)
- Detective Conan (2019, Newscaster)
Theatrical animation
[edit]- Here is Katsushika-ku Kameari Park Front Office THE MOVIE (1999, Caster)
- Detective Conan Inter-dimensional Sniper (2014, Fujinami Hiroaki[4])
Game
[edit]- Street Fighter ZERO 3 (Narrator in 1998)
Radio
[edit]- Radio vitamin (2008)
Commercials
[edit]Discography
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Japanese Songs To Sing in English
- Shoshoji
- SING ENGLISH!
- New Hitachi Ondo
- Children's Songs of the World Japan Crown
Albums
[edit]- Happy Child Japan Victor
- Gentle Heart -Songs of Japan-
- Blue Eyes-Beautiful Songs of Japan-Victor Entertainment
- SING ENGLISH!-Master English in 20 Songs-
Works
[edit]- A Duck Named Alex
- Best Loved Songs of the Season 1 & !! The Japan Times
Bibliography
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "〈インタビュー〉歌手 グレッグ・アーウィンさん". ニューヨークビズ！. Weekly Business News Corp. March 13, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2018. Article on Greg Irwin from nybiz website in Japanese.
- ^ グレッグ アーウィン プロフィール Article on Greg Irwin from ameba website in Japanese.
- ^ Article from Irwin's site, in Japanese with English version provided
- ^ "名探偵コナン 異次元の狙撃手". 金曜ロードSHOW!. Retrieved June 5, 2016. Article on Detective Conan in Japanese from jointv website