Born Hiromi Hanamura on June 13, 1968 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, the
tarento and singer known professionally as Hiroko Moriguchi took her first
musical steps as a teenage backing singer in the Tokyo Music Academy performing
arts group School Mates (スクールメイツ, Sukūrumeitsu). After cutting her teeth at
variety shows and quiz programs, she took on the stage name Hiroko Moriguchi in
homage to musician Masaaki Hirao and female golfer Yuko Moriguchi. Signed to
King Records, her debut solo single arrived in 1985, "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo
Komete" (水の星へ愛をこめて, which was featured on...