Japanese drummer, actor, fashion designer (1950-2009)

Hiroshi Ôguchi

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Japanese drummer, actor, fashion designer (1950-2009)

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Group sounds

Music

Member of, past and present

The Tempters

Pyg

Vodka Collins

Hiroshi Oguchi (大口広司, Ōguchi Hiroshi, sometimes spelled as Ohguchi) was born in Kawaguchi, Japan, on November 28, 1950. He died on January 25, 2009, in Tokyo, Japan, of cancer.

A high profile Tokyo based conceptual artist, musician and scene maker, Hiroshi Oguchi has for decades been influential in the changing attitudes of Japan's youth. As a drummer he has been in the bands The Tempters, Pyg and Vodka Collins, recording many albums. He also owned and ran his own fashion company Practice of Silence. Oguchi has also been an actor in a number of films, including Shōgun, Strange Circus (2006), Freesia :Icy Tears (2006),The Sinking Of Japan (2006) and Silk (2007). He was married to the popular actress Kimie Shingyoji. They have one son, Gento Oguchi, who is a musician and an artist.