Tomoko Aran 亜蘭 知子 | |
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| Birth name | Tomoko Yoshiura |
| Born | 14 January 1958 Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan |
| Genres | City pop |
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| Formerly of | Nagisa no All-Stars |
Tomoko Yamaguchi (Japanese: 山口 智子, Hepburn: Yamaguchi Tomoko, née Yoshiura (吉浦); born 14 January 1958), known professionally as Tomoko Aran (亜蘭 知子, Aran Tomoko), is a Japanese singer-songwriter and book author. After starting her songwriting career in the late 1970s, she had released nine albums and eight singles for Warner Pioneer and CBS/Sony from 1981 to 1990. She returned to public attention in the 2010s amidst the rise of city pop to popularity.