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Kōji Kikkawa

Person · male · Japan · Fuchū-chō · born 1965 · recording since 1984

Japanese singer-songwriter, actor

J-pop

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Also known as Kōji Kikkawa · 吉川晃司 · KIKKAWA Kouji · 吉川晃司 · 吉川晃司

Debut: 1984
Recording span: 38 years
Release groups: 55
Awards: 3
Timeline events: 24
Wiki language versions: 8

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Timeline

24 events▣ Album 20✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1960s
1. 18 August 1965 · Birth
  Born 1965-08-18
  source: wikidata
1980s
1. 1 March 1984 · Debut release
  Debut release: パラシュートが落ちた夏
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1 March 1984 · Album
  Album: パラシュートが落ちた夏
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 5 October 1984 · Album
  Album: LA VIE EN ROSE
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1985 · Award
  Won: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer
  source: wikidata
5. 30 March 1985 · Album
  Album: INNOCENT SKY
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1986 · Award
  Won: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
  source: wikidata
7. 21 February 1986 · Album
  Album: MODERN TIME
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 5 March 1987 · Album
  Album: A-LA-BA・LA-M-BA
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 21 November 1987 · Album
  Album: GLAMOROUS JUMP
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 17 May 1991 · Album
  Album: LUNATIC LION
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 9 September 1992 · Album
  Album: Shyness Overdrive
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 31 January 1994 · Album
  Album: Cloudy Heart
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 21 June 1995 · Album
  Album: FOREVER ROAD
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 16 October 1996 · Album
  Album: BEAT∞SPEED
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 27 May 1998 · Album
  Album: HEROIC Rendezvous
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 25 August 1999 · Album
  Album: HOT ROD
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 7 August 2002 · Album
  Album: PANDORA
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 21 August 2003 · Album
  Album: Jellyfish & Chips
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 11 April 2007 · Album
  Album: TARZAN
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 22 July 2009 · Album
  Album: Double-edged sword
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 17 April 2013 · Album
  Album: SAMURAI ROCK
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 18 May 2016 · Album
  Album: WILD LIPS
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 2 November 2022 · Album
  Album: OVER THE 9
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography392 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379017459

Biography

Kōji Kikkawa (吉川晃司, Kikkawa Kōji; born August 18, 1965) is a Japanese singer, musician and actor. His most recent album is 2022's Over the Nine.
Kōji was born in Hiroshima and his music career began on February 1, 1984, with "Monica" (later remade in Cantonese sung by Leslie Cheung) and he won eight music awards in the same year. After taking a short break in 1988, he came back as a lead singer in the band Complex with Tomoyasu Hotei (former guitarist of Boøwy) and "Be My Baby" was released. Complex remained as one of the most popular bands in Japan until 1990, when it was announced that Complex had disbanded.
After "Complex", Kōji released series of hit singles such as "Setsunasa O Korosenai", "Kiss Ni Utarete Nemuritai" and "Boy's Life". Kōji completed a "20th Anniversary Tour" at Budokan on February 1, 2005.
In 2006 he recorded "One WorldONE WORLD9 August 2006 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1ONE WORLD4:052ONE WORLD (Primitive Ver)4:373ONE WORLD 〜Instrumental〜4:054ONE WORLD (Primitive Ver) 〜Instrumental〜4:36," the theme for the 2006 motion picture Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love. More recently, he had teamed up with popular Japanese DJ TWINS to release a single "Juicy Jungle". Also, DJ TWINS had released an album with remixes of several of Kōji's previous hits.
With this new sound-disco revisit, Kōji redefined himself like he does year after year. Throughout all his career, it could be considered that Kōji had outgrown from an idol to an artiste that explore the music boundary. He writes his own songs, produced and arranged his own albums and also played most of the instruments in it. He had just released a remix album of his old hits-titled-DISCO K2. In April 2007, a new single "BABY JANE" was released.
He portrayed Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull in the Kamen Rider W franchise from 2009 to 2010, and sung "Nobody's Perfect," Skull's theme.
In 2011, Kōji and Tomoyasu Hotei reunited as Complex for two concerts at the Tokyo Dome to benefit victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The duo had not performed together as Complex for almost 21 years.
In 2017, Koji's single "SAMURAI ROCKSAMURAI ROCK17 April 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1覚醒2DA DA DA3DO the JOY4I'm Yes Man5Lovely Mary6FIRE7Nobody's Perfect8SAMURAI ROCK9HEART∞BREAKER10絶世の美女11survival CALL" was used theme for the J-Sports broadcast of 2017 World Baseball Classic.
In 2024, 13 years later, Kikkawa and Hotei reunited again for another Complex benefit concert at the Tokyo Dome, this time to benefit the victims of the 2024 Noto earthquake.
In 2025, Kikkawa formed the unit Ooochie Koochie with Tamio Okuda.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	8	49.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	55	94.9th
Studio albums	20	96.4th
Awards recorded	3	95.4th
Timeline events	24	95.3th
Recording span (years)	38	78th
Genres	3	80.4th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (55 release groups · 20 studio albums)

Albums · 20

パラシュートが落ちた夏
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:15
A1フライデーナイトレビュー4:40
A2モニカ3:36
A3I'M IN BLUE3:55
A4彼女はアイスウォーター3:20
A5Be my J-Girl3:32
B1パラシュートが落ちた夏3:30
B2ハートショット3:16
B3ペパーミントKIDS3:12
B4ピンナップにシャウト!!4:04
B5a day・good night5:10
LA VIE EN ROSE
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:50
A1No No サーキュレーション3:40
A2LA VIE EN ROSE4:10
A3ポラロイドの夏4:05
A4サイレントムーンにつつまれて4:11
A5サヨナラは八月のララバイ3:46
B1グッド・ラック・チャーム4:30
B2Border Line3:15
B3BIG SLEEP4:27
B4She's gone-彼女が消えた夜3:24
B5太陽もひとりぼっち4:22
INNOCENT SKY
1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:06
A1心の闇(ハローダークネス)3:34
A2Gimme One Good Night2:19
A3スリルなモナリザ4:30
A4サイレント・シンデレラ4:55
B1別の夢,別の夏4:22
B2Lady Baby4:51
B3in a sentimental mood4:07
B4雨上がりの非常階段3:49
B5INNOCENT SKY6:39
MODERN TIME
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:18
1Mis Fit4:45
2キャンドルの瞳3:38
3Modern Time3:39
4MISS COOL4:19
5Drive 夜の終わりに5:04
6選ばれた夜4:23
7BODY WINK4:58
8ナーバスビーナス4:22
9サイケデリックHIP3:07
10ロストチャイルド5:03
A-LA-BA・LA-M-BA
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:38
1A-LA-BA・LA-M-BA4:05
2MARILYNE4:25
3BIG BAD BABY BASTARD4:31
4終わらないSun Set4:07
5雨のTraveller4:18
6Stranger In Paradise4:32
7Another Day4:22
8Good-byeの次の朝4:35
9きらわれついでのラスト・ダンス2:56
10Raspberry Angel3:42
11やせっぽちの天国4:05
GLAMOROUS JUMP
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:48
1踊れよRain4:59
2HOT LIPS4:17
3JUST A LIFE4:51
4BIRTHDAY SYMPHONY4:59
5Little Darlin'4:11
6GLAMOROUS JUMP3:52
7HONEY PIE4:03
8恋をしようぜ!!3:48
9LAYLA5:53
10BACK TO ZERO3:55
LUNATIC LION
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:15
1VOICE OF MOON1:45
2LUNATIC LUNACY4:32
3不埒な天国3:46
4Jealousy Game5:32
5虚ろな悪夢3:56
6DUMMY4:38
7Weekend Shuffle5:03
8ONLY YOU4:12
9Barbarian (LUNA MARIA)4:43
10永遠につくまえに4:58
11Virgin Moon〜月光浴6:10
Shyness Overdrive
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:54
1Brain SUGAR3:56
2SACRIFICE4:56
3ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて4:09
4Dance with Memories5:09
5planet M4:59
6SEX CRIME4:47
7Fall in Dream4:13
8DANDY3:16
9Baby NEW YORK3:57
10RAIN BEAT4:57
11星の破片5:14
12FANTASIA5:09
13Good Night2:12
Cloudy Heart
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:57
1Purple Pain5:05
2Rambling Rose4:06
3VENUS ～迷い子の未来4:03
4Day by Day5:04
5SEXY4:02
6ROMANCER3:49
7Cloudy Heart5:00
8Little Heaven4:23
9KISSに撃たれて眠りたい4:19
10GIVE ME A BREAK3:43
11Re-Birth5:03
12Love Way5:20
FOREVER ROAD
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 50:09
1FOREVER ROAD5:03
2Baby Baby4:33
3Summer Love4:56
4BOMBERS4:20
5WHISKY NIGHT4:45
6SWEET GIRL3:51
7シャララ4:12
8Cafe de I Love You〜愛という名のカフェテラス4:49
9BOY'S LIFE4:49
10心に太陽5:17
11Highway Staff3:34
BEAT∞SPEED
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:24
1SPEED4:09
2アクセル4:18
3SHADOW BEAT4:36
4愛にそのまま4:33
5DATE RIPPER3:22
6ROUTE 314:12
7RADIO GUITAR4:02
8PEEKA BOO4:33
9POSTMAN5:20
10パピルス4:19
HEROIC Rendezvous
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1LEVEL WELL
2HEROIC Rendezvous
3WALK
4SOLITUDE
5KEY 胸のドアを暴け
6双子座
7Black Corvette '98
8ASHES TO ASHES
9RUNAWAY
10エロス
11星の降る夜に(Alternate Version)
HOT ROD
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1CRY/MARIA-不覚なキス-
2ギラギラ
3LOVIN' NOISE
4宵闇にまかせて-KISS & KISS-
5HOT ROD
6FLASHBACK
7Wired-Boy
8Glow In The Dark(Album Mix)
9Loving Grooving
10この雨の終わりに
PANDORA
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:23
1TOKYO CIRCUS3:57
2The Gundogs3:44
3Fame & Money4:28
4Crack4:16
5Little My Girl4:02
6ユメノヒト3:57
7マシンガンジョー3:53
8パンドーラ4:05
9Juicy Lovin'4:23
10もしも僕が君ならば4:38
Jellyfish & Chips
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:19
1Atomic Butterfly4:46
2スティングレイ4:20
3Mandarin Mermaid4:19
4Pinky Oyster4:26
5恋のジェリーフィッシュ (スケルトンMIX)4:07
6NO!Starfish from MERCURY4:13
7Octopus Bomb4:21
8Milky Way3:42
9青よりも碧く〜Bluer than Blue〜5:32
10STARDUST KISS (7 SEAS MIX)4:33
TARZAN
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:08
1TARZAN4:55
2プレデター4:43
3ベイビージェーン4:34
4Honey Dripper4:14
5MODERN VISION 20076:12
6Love Flower5:39
7ジャスミン4:30
8サバンナの夜 -ALBUM MIX-4:46
9Banana Moonlight4:30
10ONE WORLD -ALBUM MIX-4:40
11ムサシ4:25
12Juicy Jungle -ALBUM MIX-5:00
Double-edged sword
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1Mr.Body&Soul
2El Dorado
3傷だらけのダイヤモンド(AL Ver.)
4死ねない男
5Black Trigger
6ロミオの嘆き(AL Ver.)
7Checkmate in blue
8南風honey
9Velvet
10SPIDER BOYS
11Humpty Dumpty
SAMURAI ROCK
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1覚醒
2DA DA DA
3DO the JOY
4I'm Yes Man
5Lovely Mary
6FIRE
7Nobody's Perfect
8SAMURAI ROCK
9HEART∞BREAKER
10絶世の美女
11survival CALL
WILD LIPS
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:23
1Dance To The Future4:14
2Dream On4:03
3Wild Lips4:41
4The Sliders4:02
5サラマンドラ4:10
6Love with you4:25
7Expendable4:47
8Oh,Yes!!4:01
OVER THE 9
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:57
1ソウル・ブレイド3:59
2BLOODY BLACK (Album Version)3:50
3Over The Rainbow4:48
4まだ愛のために4:15
5ギムレットには早すぎる3:43
6風が呼んでいる3:52
7タイトロープ・ダンサー3:51
8Lucky man4:09
9One Side Liar4:16
10The Last Letter (Album Version)3:57
11焚き火3:09
12Brave Arrow3:08

Album · 19

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1988	beat goes onSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:10:03 1モニカ3:38 2サヨナラは八月のララバイ3:45 3ラ・ヴィアンローズ4:12 4No Noサーキュレーション3:40 5You Gotta Chance 〜ダンスで夏を抱きしめて〜3:48 6Rainy Lane4:26 7にくまれそうなNEWフェイス3:56 8RAIN-DANCEがきこえる4:12 9キャンドルの瞳3:38 10サイケデリックHIP3:08 11MODERN TIME3:51 12すべてはこの夜に3:21 13A-LA-BA・LA-M-BA4:03 14MARILYNE4:24 15終わらないSun Set4:05 16HOT LIPS4:15 17Little Darlin'4:09 18プリティ・デイト3:32	Compilation	21 April 1988
1988	FAVORITE SOUNDS ...1988Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:05:53 A1サイケデリックHIP（SATISFACTION FAKEバージョン）3:05 A2HOT LIPS4:13 A3I'm So Crazy3:39 A4Little Darlin'4:07 A5BIG BAD BABY BASTARD4:24 A6A-LA-BA・LA-M-BA4:02 A7MARILYNE4:18 A8Stranger in Paradise4:30 B1ナーバスビーナス[注 2]5:55 B2Another Day4:17 B3終わらないSun Set4:03 B4JUST A LIFE4:47 B5GLAMOROUS JUMP3:48 B6MODERN TIME II5:10 B7ODEON5:35	Compilation	28 December 1988
1992	TOO MUCH LOVESearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:02:29 1ラ・ヴィアンローズ4:12 2RAIN-DANCEが聞こえる4:12 3せつなさを殺せない4:53 4MARILYNE4:23 5心の闇(ハローダークネス)3:32 6すべてはこの夜に3:20 7Rainy Lane4:26 8in a sentimental mood4:05 9終わらない Sun Set4:05 10Little Darlin'4:09 11恋をしようぜ!!3:45 12キャンドルの瞳3:37 13ナーバスビーナス4:23 14ONLY YOU4:15 15a day・good night5:12	Compilation	11 March 1992
1993	GOLDEN YEARS VOL.IISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:05:21 1A-LA-BA・LA-M-BA4:35 2サヨナラは八月のララバイ4:20 3She's gone－彼女が消えた夜4:24 4ポラロイドの夏6:28 5心の闇(ハローダークネス)4:40 6サイケデリックHIP5:48 7INNOCENT SKY7:34 8終わらないSun Set5:55 9Modern Vision5:24 10モニカ5:25 11PRETTY DOLL4:51 12LA VIE EN ROSE5:57	Compilation	7 April 1993
1993	GOLDEN YEARS VOL.ISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:04:40 1LUNATIC LUNACY5:03 2ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて4:14 3Baby NEW YORK4:19 4Jealousy Game6:19 5SEX CRIME5:55 6planet M5:33 7Weekend Shuffle5:11 8SACRIFICE5:37 9KISSに撃たれて眠りたい4:28 10Brain SUGAR4:35 11Fall in Dream7:13 12せつなさを殺せない6:13	Compilation	7 April 1993
1996	GOLDEN YEARS VOL.IIISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:13:41 1Purple Pain4:50 2VENUS 〜迷い子の未来〜4:21 3Rambling Rose4:08 4BOY'S LIFE5:10 5Baby Baby4:35 6WHISKY NIGHT5:59 7心に太陽6:11 8BOMBERS4:57 9Love Way4:59 10SWEET GIRL4:12 11せつなさを殺せない7:51 12FOREVER ROAD5:33 14Cloudy Heart6:14 15モニカ〜LA VIE EN ROSE4:41	Compilation	20 March 1996
1997	DON'T STOP ME NOWSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:10:31 1Virgin Moon3:57 2Black Corvette5:03 3せつなさを殺せない4:53 4ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて4:11 5Brain SUGAR［Mad Blade Mix］3:55 6KISSに撃たれて眠りたい4:18 7Purple Pain5:03 8VENUS 〜迷い子の未来4:02 9Rambling Rose4:07 10Stripper3:44 11BOY'S LIFE4:58 12BOMBERS4:17 13アクセル4:18 14SPEED4:08 15SHADOW BEAT4:34 16FOREVER ROAD5:03	Compilation	1 October 1997
1998	PASSAGE:K2 SINGLE COLLECTION 1984-1996Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks 1アクセル 2SPEED 3BOY'S LIFE 4Rambling Rose 5ROMANCER 6VENUS〜迷い子の未来 7KISSに撃たれて眠りたい 8Brain SUGAR 9せつなさを殺せない 10終わらないSun Set 11MARILYNE 12Modern Time 13キャンドルの瞳 14RAIN-DANCEがきこえる 15にくまれそうなNEWフェイス 16YOU GOTTA CHANCE〜ダンスで夏を抱きしめて〜 17LA VIE EN ROSE 18モニカ	Compilation	25 March 1998
1999	GOLDEN YEARS Vol.4Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks 1LEVEL WELL 2SOLITUDE 3WALK 4DATE RIPPER 5Black Corvette '98 6HEROIC Rendezvous 7PEEKABOO 8太陽もひとりぼっち 9POSTMAN 10愛にそのまま 11エロス 12アクセル 13SPEED 14星の降る夜に 15KEY 胸のドアを暴け	Live	24 February 1999
2000	Spirit×ナイフ〜GOLDEN YEARS MILLENNIUM EDITION〜Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks 1FANTASIA(Spirit×ナイフ) 2キャンドルの瞳(Spirit×ナイフ) 3Stripper(Spirit×ナイフ) 4ロストチャイルド(Spirit×ナイフ) 5星の降る夜に(Spirit×ナイフ) 6Strange Fruits(Spirit×ナイフ) 7IMAGINE HEROES(Spirit×ナイフ) 8LOVIN' NOISE(Spirit×ナイフ) 9恋をとめないで(Spirit×ナイフ) 10BOY'S LIFE(Spirit×ナイフ) 11せつなさを殺せない(Spirit×ナイフ) 12LA VIE EN ROSE(Spirit×ナイフ) 13VENUS〜迷い子の未来(Spirit×ナイフ) 14FOREVER ROAD(Spirit×ナイフ) 15ナイフ(アンリアル・ミックス/スペシャル・トラック/Spirit×ナイフ)	Compilation	20 December 2000
2004	20th Anniversary SELF COVER BEST ALBUM「Thank You」Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 39 tracks · 3:00:00 Disc 113 tracks · 55:48 1The Gundogs4:07 2パンドーラ4:13 3ナイフ3:39 4アクセル4:36 5BOY'S LIFE5:36 6KISSに撃たれて眠りたい4:21 7Brain SUGAR3:56 8せつなさを殺せない4:43 9終わらないSun Set4:02 10キャンドルの瞳3:51 11にくまれそうなNEWフェイス4:32 12LA VIE EN ROSE4:13 13モニカ3:59 Disc 212 tracks · 56:09 1Mis Fit4:40 2LUNATIC LUNACY4:51 3FANTASIA4:07 4FOREVER ROAD5:39 5WHISKY NIGHT4:37 6RADIO GUITAR4:20 7この雨の終わりに6:57 8マシンガンジョー4:03 9スティングレイ4:12 10Pinky Oyster4:25 11BOMBERS4:27 12KATANA FISH3:51 Disc 314 tracks · 1:08:03 1TOKYO CIRCUS vs PRETTY DOLL6:37 2ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて4:20 3You Gotta Chance ~ダンスで夏を抱きしめて~3:54 4フライデーナイトレビュー5:30 5HOT LIPS 6Rainy Lane5:48 7青より碧く ~Bluer than Blue~6:13 8Rain-Danceがきこえる5:27 9すべてはこの夜に3:49 10SEXY3:48 11Rambling Rose4:25 12Fame ＆ Money4:21 13INNOCENT SKY8:42 14真夜中のストレンジャー5:09	Compilation	8 September 2004
2005	BEST BEST BEST 1989-1995Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:15:57 1せつなさを殺せない4:52 2ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて4:13 3Brain SUGAR3:59 4KISS に撃たれて眠りたい4:20 5VENUS ～迷い子の未来4:05 6Rambling Rose4:10 7BOY'S LIFE5:00 8Black Corvette5:06 9永遠につくまえに5:00 10SACRIFICE4:59 11ROMANCER3:51 12Day by Day5:06 13Cloudy Heart5:04 14FOREVER ROAD5:06 15Baby Baby4:38 16恋をとめないで (COMPLEX LIVE TRACK from ROMANTIC EXTRA)6:28	Compilation	23 February 2005
2005	BEST BEST BEST 1996-2005Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:16:28 1アクセル4:19 2SPEED4:11 3エロス4:27 4RUNAWAY4:26 5Glow In The Dark4:16 6ナイフ4:09 7パンドーラ4:06 8恋のジュエリーフィッシュ3:56 9狂った太陽4:03 10愛にそのまま4:36 11FLASHBACK4:31 12Ever Blue4:28 13もしも僕が君ならば4:04 14TOKYO CIRCUS3:57 15Fame & Money4:29 16The Gundogs3:46 17KATANA FISH4:02 18真夜中のストレンジャー（2005年2月1日日本武道館公演ライブバージョン）4:42	Compilation	23 February 2005
2005	BEST BEST BEST 1984-1988Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:16:42 1モニカ3:39 2サヨナラは八月のララバイ3:45 3LA VIE EN ROSE4:11 4You Gotta Chance 〜ダンスで夏を抱きしめて〜3:47 5にくまれそうなNEWフェイス3:57 6RAIN-DANCEがきこえる4:14 7Modern Time3:51 8すべてはこの夜に3:21 9終わらないSun set4:05 10a day good night5:14 11ポラロイドの夏4:04 12Rainy Lane4:29 13INNOCENT SKY6:40 14無口なmoonlight4:09 15A-LA-BA･LA-M-BA4:04 16HOT LIPS4:18 17サイケデリックHIP (SATISFACTION FAKE Ver.)3:06 18ODEON 198603185:48	Compilation	23 February 2005
2006	THE EMI BOXSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 57 tracks Disc 111 tracks 1VOICE OF MOON 2LUNATIC LUNACY 3不埒な天国 4Jealousy Game 5虚ろな悪夢 6DUMMY 7Weekend Shuffle 8ONLY YOU 9Barbarian(LUNA MARIA) 10永遠につくまえに 11Virgin Moon〜月光浴〜 Disc 213 tracks 1Brain SUGAR 2SACRIFICE 3ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて 4Dance with Memories 5planet M 6SEX CRIME 7Fall in Dream 8DANDY 9Baby NEW YORK 10RAIN BEAT 11星の破片 12FANTASIA 13Good Night Disc 312 tracks 1Purple Pain 2Rambling Rose 3VENUS〜迷い子の未来 4Day by Day 5SEXY 6ROMANCER 7Cloudy Heart 8Little Heaven 9KISSに撃たれて眠りたい 10GIVE ME A BREAK 11Re Birth 12Love Way Disc 411 tracks 1FOREVER ROAD 2Baby Baby 3Summer Love 4BOMBERS 5WHISKY NIGHT 6SWEET GIRL 7シャララ 8Cafe de I Love You〜愛という名のカフェテラス 9BOY'S LIFE 10心に太陽 11Highway Staff Disc 510 tracks 1SPEED 2アクセル 3SHADOW BEAT 4愛にそのまま 5DATE RIPPER 6ROUTE 31 7RADIO GUITAR 8PEEKA BOO 9POSTMAN 10パピルス	Compilation	13 December 2006
2007	Disco K2〜Kikkawa Koji Dance Remix Best〜Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:51:16 Disc 110 tracks · 1:00:41 1No No Circulation7:04 2Can't you hear the RAIN-DANCE7:29 3Hello! Darkness6:07 4Nervous Venus (Complex Version)5:55 5Psychedelic Hip5:52 6Mis Fit6:26 7Nervous Venus (Simplex Version)5:16 8MODERN TIME 25:11 9MONICA5:47 10Sleep Baby Sleep5:34 Disc 210 tracks · 50:35 1Juicy Jungle5:36 2MONICA (DJ TASAKA REMIX)6:16 3LA VIE EN ROSE (Trident's MEGALO-FUNK Remix)6:11 4You Gotta Chance ～ダンスで夏を抱きしめて～ (KAGAMI'S WATCHING TONIGHT K2 Remix)3:58 5せつなさを殺せない (NIRGILIS VENUS MIX)4:23 6BOY'S LIFE (Hot Winter Hase-T Remix)4:26 7ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて (Extended Overdrive Mix)6:01 8ナイフ (UNREAL MIX)5:12 9パンドーラ (Darka mix)4:27 10BE MY BABY (MONTSERRAT MIX)4:05	Compilation	31 January 2007
2011	KEEP ON KICKIN'!!!!!〜吉川晃司ビギナーにススメる入門ベスト!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:16:42 Disc 117 tracks · 1:16:42 1The Gundogs~Dobermann Mix~3:44 2アクセル4:19 3KISSに撃たれて眠りたい4:19 4サバンナの夜 -ALBUM MIX-4:45 5終わらないSun Set4:05 6ONE WORLD -ALBUM MIX-4:39 7Black Corvette '985:07 8エロス4:26 9SPEED4:08 10Fame&Money4:27 11傷だらけのダイヤモンド -AL Ver.-3:43 12ナイフ4:08 13Juicy Jungle -ALBUM MIX-5:00 14せつなさを殺せない4:53 15この雨の終わりに5:34 16BOY'S LIFE5:04 17真夜中のストレンジャー4:21 Disc 21 tracks 1モニカ ("ROCK IN JAPAN FES.2010")	Compilation	13 April 2011
2011	KEEP ON SINGIN'!!!!!〜日本一心〜Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 35 tracks · 2:44:12 Disc 116 tracks · 1:15:34 1ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて(Live ver.)4:22 2RAIN-DANCEがきこえる 20114:32 319905:28 4RAMBLING MAN3:19 5恋をとめないで(Live ver.)4:09 6MODERN VISION 20076:11 7INNOCENT SKY 20116:12 8Cloudy Heart5:00 9LA VIE EN ROSE 20114:11 10パンドーラ4:04 11IMAGINE HEROES3:29 12TOKYO CIRCUS3:55 13にくまれそうなNEWフェイス(Live ver.)4:34 14TARZAN4:56 15光と影(Original ver.)6:53 16ONE WORLD 20114:19 Disc 22 tracks · 11:56 1あの夏を忘れない5:59 2あの夏を忘れない(夢配達人プロジェクト(広島県府中町立府中小学校)の子どもたちver.)5:57 Disc 317 tracks · 1:16:42 1The Gundogs(Dobermann Mix)3:44 2アクセル4:19 3KISSに撃たれて眠りたい4:19 4サバンナの夜(ALBUM MIX)4:45 5終わらないSun Set4:05 6ONE WORLD(ALBUM MIX)4:39 7Black Corvette '985:07 8エロス4:26 9SPEED4:08 10Fame&Money4:27 11傷だらけのダイヤモンド(AL Ver.)3:43 12ナイフ4:08 13Juicy Jungle(ALBUM MIX)5:00 14せつなさを殺せない4:53 15この雨の終わりに5:34 16BOY'S LIFE5:04 17真夜中のストレンジャー(Bonus Track)4:21	Compilation	21 September 2011
2014	SINGLES+Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 53 tracks · 3:52:28 Disc 117 tracks · 1:16:49 1Juicy Jungle(LIVE)5:21 2サヨナラは八月のララバイ（LIVE)4:13 3TARZAN(LIVE)4:53 4光と影(LIVE)6:16 5パンドーラ(LIVE)4:20 6RAIN-DANCEがきこえる(TV)3:15 7KEY 胸のドアを暴け4:27 8サバンナの夜(LIVE)5:17 9キャンドルの瞳(2014 REMIX)3:38 10ベイビージェーン(LIVE)5:07 11MARILYNE4:24 12すべてはこの夜に3:18 13A-LA-BA-LA-M-BA(LIVE)4:11 14せつなさを殺せない 2014(NEW)5:19 15You Gotta Chance ～ダンスで夏を抱きしめて～3:47 16プチティ・デイト3:33 17FOREVER ROAD(LIVE)5:30 Disc 218 tracks · 1:17:58 1Virgin Moon (2014 REMIX)3:56 2Nobody's Perfect4:25 3狂った太陽 (LVIE)4:11 4Brain SUGAR3:57 5ジャスミン4:31 6SAMURAI ROCK4:19 7ギラギラ3:58 8KISSに撃たれて眠りたい4:18 9Modern Time (LIVE)4:18 10SHADOW BEAT (LIVE)4:54 11Cloudy Heart (LIVE)4:53 12BOY'S LIFE (LIVE)5:14 13RUNAWAY4:26 14アクセル4:20 15Glow In The Dark4:05 16Rambling Rose4:08 17終わらないSun Set4:06 18HEART∞BREAKER3:59 Disc 318 tracks · 1:17:41 1Crack (LIVE)5:42 2エロス4:27 3ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて4:11 4モニカ (2004 ORIGINAL)4:01 5Black Corvette '985:09 6No No サーキュレーション (LIVE)4:03 7ナイフ〜survival version〜3:35 8Milky Way (LIVE)4:05 9VENUS ～迷い子の未来4:02 10パラシュートが落ちた夏 (LIVE)4:10 11恋のジェリーフィッシュ3:54 12傷だらけのダイヤモンド3:44 13LA VIE EN ROSE (TV)3:28 14ONE WORLD (ORIGINAL)4:06 15The Gundogs 〜Dobermann Mix〜3:44 16にくまれそうなNEWフェイス (LIVE)4:39 17SPEED4:10 18INNOCENT SKY (LIVE)6:31	Compilation	25 June 2014

Single · 16

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1992	Brain SUGARSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks 1Brain SUGAR 2ジェラシーを微笑みにかえて (Extended Overdrive Mix) 3Brain SUGAR (original KARAOKE)	14 October 1992
1996	アクセルSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 12:25 1アクセル4:21 2MIDNIGHT BLUE3:45 3アクセル (オリジナル・カラオケ)4:19	1 July 1996
1996	SPEEDSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 12:06 1SPEED4:12 2Only Love3:45 3SPEED (Original Karaoke)4:09	30 September 1996
1997	エロスSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1エロス 2Strange Fruits	27 August 1997
1997	ランナウェイSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1RUNAWAY 2SOLITUDE	3 December 1997
1998	KEY〜胸のドアを暴けSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1KEY胸のドアを暴け 2Black Corvette'98	8 April 1998
1999	Glow In The DarkSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 20:18 1Glow In The Dark4:03 2NAKED3:52 3SPIRIT HIGHER4:30 4Glow In The Dark (ORIGINAL KARAOKE)4:03 5NAKED (ORIGINAL KARAOKE)3:50	24 February 1999
1999	ギラギラSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1ギラギラ 2夏色の恋に着換えて	7 July 1999
2000	ナイフSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks 1ナイフ 2SOLITUDE(ライヴ) 3SPEED(ライヴ)	27 September 2000
2005	狂った太陽Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1狂った太陽 2地上(ここ)より永遠(とわ)に	1 February 2005
2006	サバンナの夜Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1サバンナの夜(テレビ朝日系火曜時代劇「桃太郎侍」主題歌\|music.jp タイアップソング) 2SPICY	12 July 2006
2006	ONE WORLDSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 17:23 1ONE WORLD4:05 2ONE WORLD (Primitive Ver)4:37 3ONE WORLD 〜Instrumental〜4:05 4ONE WORLD (Primitive Ver) 〜Instrumental〜4:36	9 August 2006
2007	ベイビージェーン/ジャスミンSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1ベイビージェーン 2ジャスミン(TBS系全国ネット「2時っチャオ!」3月度エンディングテーマ)	7 March 2007
2008	光と影Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1光と影(主演ミュージカル「SEMPO-日本のシンドラー杉原千畝物語-」劇中歌) 2光と影(Original Ver.)	16 April 2008
2009	傷だらけのダイヤモンドSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 26:19 Disc 16 tracks · 26:19 1傷だらけのダイヤモンド3:31 2ロミオの嘆き4:07 3MODERN TIME 〜 unofficial live ver. 〜5:02 4ROMANCER 〜 unofficial live ver. 〜6:02 5傷だらけのダイヤモンド〜 original instrumental 〜3:32 6ロミオの嘆き〜 original instrumental 〜4:05 Disc 22 tracks 1傷だらけのダイヤモンド～Music Video～ 2K-Return(s)	20 May 2009
2013	SAMURAI ROCKSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks 1SAMURAI ROCK 2朝焼け	13 February 2013

Stats & PK

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Kōji Kikkawa metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	8	49.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	55	94.9th
Studio albums	20	96.4th
Awards recorded	3	95.4th
Timeline events	24	95.3th
Recording span (years)	38	78th
Genres	3	80.4th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Result
1985	Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer	won
1986	Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year	won
—	Golden Arrow Award	won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To
DaiKichi〜大吉〜(band)	—	present
DISCO K2 TWINS(band)	—	present
COMPLEX(band)	10 December 1988	1990

Where this record comes from

aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c4c42ed5-eabb-440e-a2e0-2c0e193c7109
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1114137
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1114137
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Kikkawa
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Kikkawa

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Timeline

1960s

Born 1965-08-18

1980s

Debut release: パラシュートが落ちた夏

Album: パラシュートが落ちた夏

Album: LA VIE EN ROSE

Won: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer

Album: INNOCENT SKY

Won: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year

Album: MODERN TIME

Album: A-LA-BA・LA-M-BA

Album: GLAMOROUS JUMP

1990s

Album: LUNATIC LION

Album: Shyness Overdrive

Album: Cloudy Heart

Album: FOREVER ROAD

Album: BEAT∞SPEED

Album: HEROIC Rendezvous

Album: HOT ROD

2000s

Album: PANDORA

Album: Jellyfish & Chips

Album: TARZAN

Album: Double-edged sword

2010s

Album: SAMURAI ROCK

Album: WILD LIPS

2020s

Album: OVER THE 9

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Discography (55 release groups · 20 studio albums)

Albums · 20

Album · 19

Single · 16

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