Ken Morioka (Japanese: 森岡賢; March 15, 1967 – June 3, 2016) was a Japanese musician, keyboardist, composer, and music producer. He died of heart failure at the age of 49.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
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Born | (1967-03-15)15 March 1967 |
Origin | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Died | 3 June 2016(2016-06-03) (aged 49) |
Genres | Synthpop |
Occupation(s) | Musician, keyboardist, composer, music producer |
Instrument(s) | Keyboard |
Years active | 1982–2016 |
In addition to being a member of influential synthpop group Soft Ballet, he worked with numerous other musicians such as Kaya, Buck-Tick, and ZIZ (with ex-Malice Mizer member Közi).[16] He was also in the bands minus (-) and Ka.f.ka.
In 2006, he formed unit Gentleman Take Poraloid with Masayuki Deguchi, under indies label Palm Tree and in 2009 released studio album Orfeu.[17]
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