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Yosui Inoue
Background information
Born	August 30, 1948
Origin	Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan
Genre(s)	Folk Rock, Adult contemporary
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals Guitars Keyboards
Years active	1969 - present
Label(s)	Polydor Japan For Life Music Entertainment
Website	Official

Yosui Inoue (井上陽水, Inoue Yōsui^?) (born August 30, 1948 - ) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, who is best-known for Kōri no Sekai, the first million-selling album in Japan, and several smash hit songs such as "Yume no Naka e" "Shōnen Jidai" and "Makeup Shadow". He is the only Japanese male solo artist who made million-selling albums for three decades; Kōri no Sekai in 1973, 9.5 Karat in 1984, and the compilation Golden Best in 1999. On the Japanese music industries, he is one of three male solo artists who sold over 10 million albums.

In the first half of 1970s, along with Takuro Yoshida, Inoue prospered as a one of the most popular Japanese folk-rock singer-songwriters. After his doninance was settled temporarily in the mid of '70s, he gradually changed his vocal style to sticky and its pronunciation became characteristic. He is well-known for his such impressive vocal expression, eccentric lyrics, and dark sunglasses which he always wears. As a composer or lyricist, he often associated with several other singer-songwriters and record producers. Some of his hit songs were written with his songwriting partners, Koji Tamaki and Natsumi Hirai. Particularly, partnership with Tamio Okuda provided enormous commercial success in the mid of 1990s. They wrote several songs for Puffy AmiYumi, and all of them sold over 1,000,000 copies.

Contents 1 Album discography 1.1 Studio albums 1.2 Live albums 1.3 Compilation albums 2 Sources 3 External links

• Danzetsu (断絶, Danzetsu^?) (1972)
• Yosui Two: Sentimental (陽水II センチメンタル, Yosui Two: Sentimental^?) (1972)
• Kōri no Sekai (氷の世界, Kōri no Sekai^?) (1973)
• Nishoku no Koma (二色の独楽, Nishoku no Koma^?) (1974)
• Shōtaijō no Nai Show (招待状のないショー, Shōtaijō no Nai Show^?) (1976)
• White (1978)
• Sneaker Dancer (1979)
• Every Night (1980)
• Ayashii Yoru o Matte (あやしい夜をまって, Ayashii Yoru o Matte^?) (1981)
• Lion and Pelican (1982)
• Ballerina (1983)
• 9.5 Carat (1984)
• Negative (1987)
• Handsome Boy (1990)
• Guide no Inai Yoru (ガイドのいない夜, Guide no Inai Yoru^?) (1992)
• Under the Sun (1993)
• Eien no Shūru (永遠のシュール, Eien no Shūru^?) (1994)
• Shopping (1997) — Collaboration with Tamio Okuda
• Kudan (九段, Kudan^?) (1992)
• United Cover (2001)
• Cassis (2002)
• Blue Selection (2003)
• Love Complex (2006)

• Yosui Live: Modorimichi (陽水ライヴ もどり道, Yosui Live: Modorimichi^?) (1973)
• Tokyo Washington Club (東京ワシントンクラブ, Tokyo Washington Club^?) (1976)
• Live (1982)
• Stardust Rendez-Vous: Live at Jingu (1986) — Collaboration with Anzen Chitai
• Clam Chowder (1986)

• Good Pages (1975)
• 陽水生誕 (Yosui Seitan) (1975)
• Best Pages (1975)
• Good Pages 2 (1976)
• Your Sweet Yosui (1978)
• Much (1982)
• So (1982)
• A-Side Collection (1984)
• 明星 (Myojo) (1985)
• 平凡 (Heibon) (1985)
• The Yosui Inoue (1986)
• Re-view (1987)
• No Selection (1991)
• Golden Best (1999)
• Golden Bad (2000)
• Golden Best Super (2003)
• Platinum Best: Early Times (2003)

• Yosui Inoue

• Official Site (in Japanese)
• Yosui Inoue at MusicBrainz