Kenji Kadoya

A Japanese writer and songwriter from Nagasaki Prefecture. He is one of the leading songwriters in Japan in the 1970s, and the lyrics songs exceed 1000 songs. After dropping out of Waseda University, he established a music production group "サイクル・ギス" (Cycle Gis) with 泉谷しげる (Shgeru Izumiya) who met in a live house by chance in 1971. And he met these talented musicians like 古井戸 (Furuido), ピピ&コット (Pipi & Kacke, A member included 佐藤 公彦 / Kimihiko Sato) and he started their management. He produced demo tape of "Cycle Gis" artists, and soon he joined the company Elec Records.