Chage

Chage
Birth nameShuji Shibata
Born (1958-01-06) 6 January 1958 (age 66)
Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • singer
  • radio personality
  • photographer
Instruments
Years active1976–
Labels
WebsiteOfficial website

Chage (born 6 January 1958, in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture)[2] is a Japanese musician and radio personality. His real name is Shuji Shibata (柴田 秀之, Shibata Shūji). He dropped out from Japan University of Economics. He changes his name from Chage (チャゲ, from 1979 to 1989), CHAGE (1989 to 2008), and Chage (since 2009).[3] He is also a singer-songwriter, and he is the main vocalist and lyricist-composer of Chage and Aska.

  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. ^ "表記も変わったChageの宝箱的30周年作品『Many Happy Returns". Barks (in Japanese). 9 Apr 2009. Retrieved 15 Feb 2017.