Chage

Chage (born 6 January 1958, in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture) 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). He is also a singer-songwriter, and he is the main vocalist and lyricist-composer of Chage and Aska.

Chage
Birth name	Shuji Shibata
Born	(1958-01-06) 6 January 1958 Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Pop J-pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter singer radio personality photographer
Instruments	Vocal guitar ukulele
Years active	1976–
Labels	EMI Music Japan (1998) Universal Sigma (2008–)
Website	Official website

Discography

Albums

Original albums

Year	Title	Notes
1998	2nd
2008	Aishiteru
2010	&C
2015	Hurray!	Mini album
2016	Another Love Song

Best albums

Year	Title
1998	Chakū Chage Seisen-shū
	Chage Best Songs / Prologue

Project albums

Year	Title
1999	Treasure Box Vol. 1
2009	Many Happy Returns

Limited albums

Year	Title	Link
2011	Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi"	iTunes Store
2013	Chage no Chakai 2012 –Za Ai Tōyoko Hama–	iTunes Store

Live albums

Year	Title
2016	Chage Live Tour 2016 –Mō hitotsu no Love Song–

Singles

As Yuko Ishikawa and Chage

Year	Title
1984	"Futari no Ai Land / Nagisa no Chikai"

Original singles

Year	Title	Notes
1998	"Tokyo Tower / Undo"
2008	"waltz / Boys Life Hanagoyomi"	From Naoto Otomo Produce Popular Week Chage Concert on 1 March 2008
2010	"Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi / Muteki no Umi e The Fishes"
2011	"Tokyo Moon / Tōkuhe Ikitai"

Limited singles

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2012	"Go! Go! Go! / Tokyo Moon Futari no Ai Land –Chagettles Cover Version–"
2014	"Chage Fan Meeting Tour 2014 –Aoi Handkerchief o...–"	Live sound source of "Aishiteru" and "Nagai Tsuitachi"
2015	"Tenshi ga kureta Hammer"

Videography

Year	Title	Form	Std. Product No.	Ref.
1998	Chage "Ōini Utau" in Budōkan	VHS	TOVF-1292
2001	Feeling Place	DVD	YCBR-00005
2005	Missing Pages		CGSIR 902102
2009	Chage Concert Tour 2008 Aishiteru		POBD-22005
2010	Chage Document 2009 –Hibi Sunawachikore Sora–		CGDVD902101
2011	Chage Live Tour 10-11 "Mawase Ōkina Chikyūgi"		POBD-22042
2015	Chage Live Tour 2014 –equal–		POBD-22080
2016	Chage Live Tour 2014 –Tenshi ga kureta Hammer–		UPBY-5039

Books, photo collections

Year	Title	Code
1994	Tsuki ga Iiwake o shi teru	ISBN 4-87728-030-8
1997	Tsuki ga Iiwake o shi teru: Bunko-ban	ISBN 4-87728-426-5
2009	Kasha'! Shashin de Tsuzuru Shiawasena Onpu	ISBN 978-4-584-13156-5

Limited editions

Fan clubs

Year	Title
1996	Chage In U.S.A. Well, Well, Well The Video of Chage & Aska Tug of C&A Vol.5

Filmography

Radio

Year	Title	Network
1989	Super FM Magazine: Chage no Noru Soru	Tokyo FM
1994	Chage no Radi-ō
1998	Chage no Treasure Box
2003	Konya wa Chage Raccho	Air-G'
2007	Day Break Friday: Chage no Daybreak Time	JFN
2010	Chage no Oto
2011	Chage no Big Special: Mayonaka no Ongaku-shitsu	Tokyo FM

Television

Year	Title	Network
1998	P-Stock	Fuji TV
2008	Collab Lab: Yume no Ongaku Kōbō	WOWOW
2009	M Live	TBS
2016	Shabekuri DJ Chage no Music Hour!	Kayo Pops Channel

Guest

Year	Title	Network
2015	Utage! Haru no Saiten! Ano Dai Hit Kyoku Utai Odoru Utage no 2-jikan SP	TBS

Advertisements

Year	Title	Ref.
1998	NEC Kigyō CM
2011	Mister Donut "Cool Misted"

External links

Official website

• Official website (in Japanese)

Record companies

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official website this deals with his released works until 2000 (in Japanese)

Blogs

• Official website (25 March 2009 –) (in Japanese)
• Official website (8 October – 26 December 2008) (in Japanese)

Regular radio programmes

• [http://Chage%20no%20Oto Official website] (in Japanese)

Related

• missing%20pages%20Official%20website Official website (in Japanese)
• Official website (in Japanese)