Hiroko Moriguchi discography

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Hiroko Moriguchi discography
Studio albums13 [fn 1]
Compilation albums8
Video albums10 [fn 2]
EPs1
Singles34
Exclusive releases4

The discography of the Japanese singer-songwriter Hiroko Moriguchi consists of ten studio albums, eight compilation albums, and thirty four singles released since 1985.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearInformationPeak positionsSales
RIAJ certification [1]
Oricon
[2]
Billboard
Japan

[3]
1985 Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete
1989Prime Privacy
  • Released: November 21, 1989
  • Label: Starchild
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1991Tranquility -Yasashii Hoshi de-
  • Released: November 21, 1991
  • Label: Starchild
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1992Hikkoshi wo Suru yo!
  • Released: September 16, 1992
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1993Issho ni Aruite Ikeru
  • Released: July 27, 1993
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Ashita Genki Nina are
  • Released: December 1, 1993
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1994Let's Go
  • Released: May 25, 1994
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
30
1995Parade
  • Released: July 5, 1995
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
27
1996Kitto Aitaku Narudeshō
  • Released: September 21, 1996
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
48
1997Happy Happy Blue
  • Released: September 17, 1997
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2021 Aoi Inochi 1719

Extended plays

YearInformation
1990Vocal
  • Released: February 21, 1990
  • Label: Starchild
  • Formats: CD

Cover albums

YearInformationPeak positionsSales
RIAJ certification [1]
Oricon
[2]
Billboard
Japan

[3]
2019 Gundam Song Covers 35
  • JPN: 130,000 [4]
2020 Gundam Song Covers 2
  • Released: September 16, 2020
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, digital
24
2022 Gundam Song Covers 3
  • Released: March 9, 2022
  • Label: Sonic Blade
  • Formats: CD, CD+BD, digital
33
2023 Anison Covers
  • Released: May 24, 2023
  • Label: Sonic Blade
  • Formats: CD, CD+BD, digital
1112
  • JPN: 6,492 [5]
2023 Anison Covers 2
  • Released: August 7, 2024
  • Label: Sonic Blade
  • Formats: CD, CD+BD, digital
TBATBA

Compilations

YearInformation Oricon weekly
peak position
[2]
Sales
RIAJ certification [1]
1989Still Love You
1991Eternal Songs
  • Released: June 21, 1991
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
10
1992Eternal Songs II
  • Released: July 22, 1992
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
19
1995Best of My Life ~ Moriguchi Hiroko Single Selection
  • Released: November 22, 1995
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
18
  • Gold
1998Kiseki: Best Selection
  • Released: February 21, 1998
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2000All Singles Collection
  • Released: June 13, 2000
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD
2010Single Best Collection
  • Released: July 7, 2010
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD
100
2013Perfect Best
  • Released: October 2, 2013
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD
222

Singles

Regular singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleDatePeak chart positionsSales (JPN) RIAJ
certification [1]
Album
Oricon Singles Charts
[2]
"Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete"August 5, 198516Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete
"Sumire no Kimochi -Try Me Again-"February 21, 198687Still Love You
"Still Love You"April 21, 1987
"Kareha-iro no Smile"November 21, 1987
"Endless Dream"April 21, 1988
March 21, 1991

94
"Samurai Heart"September 21, 198888Prime Privacy
"Yume ni Aikagi"August 21, 1989
"Koi wa Tahiti de Are-Are-A!"August 21, 199032Non-album single
"Eternal Wind ~Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka~"February 5, 19919
  • Gold
Eternal Songs
"Yasashii Hoshi de"November 21, 199167Tranquility -Yasashii Hoshi de-
"Yume ga Mori Mori"May 21, 199250Hikkoshi wo Suru yo!
"Speed"September 24, 199215Issho ni Aruite Ikeru
"Whistle"June 9, 199310
"Ai wa Yume no Tonari ni ~Dear Formula 1 Pilot~"October 21, 199325Best of My Life ~ Moriguchi Hiroko Single Selection
"Let's Go"February 16, 199413Let's Go
"Yūwaku Shite yo ne Natsudakara"June 22, 199437Best of My Life ~ Moriguchi Hiroko Single Selection
"Lucky Girl ~Shinjiru Mono wa Sukuwareru~"November 3, 199430Parade
"Motto Umaku Suki to Ietanara"March 3, 199517
  • Gold
"Anata no Soba ni Iru Dake de"June 21, 199520
"Anata to Itatokikan"September 21, 199517Best of My Life ~ Moriguchi Hiroko Single Selection
"Shisen"June 5, 199635Kitto Aitaku Narudeshō
"Sono Mune no Naka de Zutto Zutto"March 5, 199760Happy Happy Blue
"Someday Everyday"August 21, 1997
"Hitori ja Nai yo"November 12, 199782Kiseki: Best Selection
"Say Say Say"November 6, 1998All Singles Collection
"Ashita, Kaze ni Fukarete"November 22, 2000Non-album singles
"Yasashiku Naritai"April 27, 2005171
"Mō Hitotsu no Mirai ~Starry Spirits~"November 28, 200723
"Puzzle"May 12, 2010120Single Best Collection
"I Wish ~Kimi ga Iru Kono Machi de~"June 17, 201543Aoi Inochi
"Hoshi Yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru"November 17, 201557
"Sora no Kanata de"November 16, 201658Gundam Song Covers
"Torikago no Shōnen"February 14, 201835Aoi Inochi
"Akatsuki no Kuruma"September 2, 2019Gundam Song Covers 2
"Ubugoe" [6] June 1, 202210 [7] Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaboration singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleDatePeak chart positionsSales (JPN) RIAJ
certification [1]
Album
Oricon Singles Charts
[2]
"Izayuke Wakataka Gundan"
(Collaboration with Full Monty)
March 26, 2003Non-album single
"Knock!! Knock!! Knock!!"
(Collaboration with Blooming Girls)
June 13, 201766Knock!! Knock!! Knock!!
"Tsuioku Symphonia"/"Hatenai ano Sora e"
(Collaboration with Mami Ayukawa)
October 23, 201911Non-album single
"Soro Soro Fuyu desu nee"

(As part of the unit Cutie☆MoriMori)

February 6, 2024 [8] Digital Single; billed under each singer individually
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Videography

Music video albums

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
[2]
JPN Blu-ray
[2]
VitaminesN/A

Live video albums

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
[2]
JPN Blu-ray
[2]
Hiroko Moriguchi 1st Concert: Baradoll Panic Hyû HyûN/A
Hikkoshi wo Suru kara Asobi ni Oide
  • Released: November 21, 1992
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Heart Vitamine Tour '93: Tokidokidokidoki Shiyou yo
  • Released: September 22, 1993
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Heart Vitamin Tour '95: Parade
  • Released: December 5, 1995
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Hiroko Moriguchi Concert Tour '96: Sisen
  • Released: March 5, 1997
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
'05 Hiroko Moriguchi 20th Anniversary Concert ~Deatte Kurete Arigatō~
  • Released: July 2005
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: DVD
N/A
'Hiroko Moriguchi 25th Anniversary Concert ~Puzzle na Jikan~
  • Released: December 2010
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: DVD
N/A
'Hiroko Moriguchi 30th Anniversary Concert: I Wish ~Kimi ga Iru Kono Machi de~
  • Released: October 28, 2015
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: DVD
N/A

Exclusive releases

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
[2]
JPN Blu-ray
[2]
'97 Concert Tour Happy Happy Blue
  • Released: June 1998
  • Label: Club M (Hiroko Moriguchi Fan Club)
  • Formats: VHS
N/A
'99 15th Anniversary Concert
  • Released: April 2000
  • Label: Club M
  • Formats: VHS
N/A
'01 New Year Live 2001 ~21 Seiki e no Okurimono~
  • Released: April 2001
  • Label: Club M
  • Formats: VHS
N/A
'02 Song for you Vol.1 ~tant tant tant~
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Club M
  • Formats: VHS
N/A

Other video releases

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
[2]
JPN Blu-ray
[2]
Idol Kogane Densetsu: Hiroko Moriguchi
  • Released: June 22, 2001
  • Label: Broadway
  • Formats: DVD
N/A

Footnotes

  1. This includes the cover albums.
  2. This includes the music video compilation albums and concert DVDs.

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