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Kubota Toshinobu | |
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| Date of Birth | 24 July 1963 |
| Place of Birth | Kanbara-cho, Shizuoka |
| Blood Type | O |
Kubota Toshinobu is a very famous soul singer. In 1995, he made his debut in U.S.A., too. His career is as fellows.
When he was a junior high school student, he got interested in soul music. He listened to radio programs with excitement, and then, he taped and listened to them many times.
He had played baseball since his early days. However, he entered Shizuoka Shogyo High School which had a strong baseball club, but when he was seventeen years old, he decided to leave the club because he wanted to be a singer in earnest.
In 1981, he moved to Tokyo to go to Komazawa University, and he started to make songs as a member of the band "Hottentot". They held concerts mainly at a live house, and he won the best vocal prize at the contest "East West" in 1982. Then, in 1985 he contracted to make his debut with Kitty Music Company.
His first single "Shitsuino Down Town" influenced the Japanese music scene strongly. In those days, black music was not popular with many people in Japan, however, his songs got them crazy about it. Then, he started to composed all of his own songs since his third album "Such A Funky Thang". Since that time, he had gone to U.S.A. frequently, and then, in the fall of 1994, he moved to N.Y. In 1995, he released his first single "FUNK IT UP" and his first album "SUNSHINE MOONLIGHT" in U.S.A. In this summer, his seventeenth single "LA LA LA LOVE SONG" was a hit. Recently, he released "Just A Two Of Us" and "BODY-CATION", and he has been giving concerts around Japan.
| Year | Singles | Albums |
| 1986 | "Shitsuino Down Town" "Time Shower niutarete" | "SHAKE IT PARADISE" |
| 1987 | "GODDESS" "CRY ON YOUR SMILE" | "GROOVIN'" |
| 1988 | "You Were Mine" | "SUCH A FUNKY THANG" |
| 1989 | "THE BADDEST" | |
| 1990 | "GIVE YOU MY LOVE" "Be Wanabee" | "BONGA WANGA" |
| 1991 | "FOREVER YOURS" "Honey B" "Amaoto" | "KUBOJAH" |
| 1992 | "Neptune" | |
| 1993 | "Yume with You" "Futarino orchestra" | "THE BADDEST II" |
| 1994 | "Yorunidakarete" "ZA KU ZA KU Digame" | |
| 1995 | "Nijino Ground Slum" "FUNK IT UP" | "BUMPIN' VOYAGE" "SUNSHINE MOONLIGHT" |
| 1996 | "LA LA LA LOVE SONG" "Just The Two Of Us" "BODY-CATION" | "LA LA LA LOVE THANG" |
References: Monthly Kadokawa vol.8, 1990
Reported by: Mochizuki Hiroko
Data verified by: Toyama Hiromi
Date of Report: November 1996