Nobuo Ariga

Nobuo Ariga (Japanese: 有賀啓雄; 14 October 1964 – 27 February 2023), also known as Hiroo Ariga (Japanese: 有賀啓夫) in his early years of career, was a Japanese singer-songwriter, bassist, arranger and record producer.

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Nobuo Ariga

Born	(1964-10-14)14 October 1964 Tokyo, Japan
Died	27 February 2023(2023-02-27) (aged 58) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Hiroo Ariga

Born in Tokyo, while studying at the Nihon University College of Art, Ariga co-founded the band VIZION [ja], in which he performed as a bassist.^[1] After the band disbanded, he was part of the Shinji Harada's supporting band Crisis.^[1] In 1987, he made his debut as singer-songwriter, with the single "Ameiro no Boku to Kimi".^[2] He also worked as a producer and arranger, collaborating among others with Hiroko Yakushimaru, Fumiya Fujii, and Misato Watanabe.^[1]^[2] In 2020, after collaborating with the band as a producer since 2007, he joined the group SANISAI [ja] as a bassist.^[3]

Diagnosed with end-stage prostate cancer in the summer of 2022, Ariga died on 27 February 2023, at the age of 58.^[1]^[4]

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