Doji Morita

Doji Morita 森田童子
Birth name	Minobu Nakanishi (中西美乃生)
Born	January 15, 1953
Origin	Tōkyō, Japan
Died	April 24, 2018 (Aged 65)
Genres	Folk pop, psychedelic folk
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Cello, guitar
Years active	1975–1983
Labels	Polydor, Atlantic

Doji Morita (森田童子, Morita Dōji, January 15, 1953 – April 24, 2018) was a Japanese singer-songwriter from Tokyo.

Her first album, 1975's Good Bye, was inspired by a friend's death. All of her subsequent albums, such as Mother Sky and The Last Waltz, also explored tragic or morbid themes. Throughout her performing career, Morita was a secretive and reclusive performer who always wore round sunglasses and grew her curly hair long to hide her identity. She retired from music in 1983.

In 1993, her song "Bokutachi no Shippai" was used as the theme song for the TV drama Kōkō Kyōshi. This led to a revival of interest in her work and the release of a greatest hits album.

In later years, Morita went on to marry Maeda Ado, her former manager. He died in 2010.

Morita died of heart failure eight years later on April 24, 2018, at the age of 65.

Discography

• Good Bye グットバイ (1975)

1. 早春にて (In Early Spring)
2. 君は変わっちゃったネ (You Have Changed)
3. まぶしい夏 (Dazzling Summer)
4. 雨のクロール (Rainy Crawl)
5. 地平線 (Horizon)
6. センチメンタル通り (Sentimental Street)
7. 淋しい雲 (Lonely Clouds)
8. たんごの節句 (Tango no sekku The Boys' Festival)
9. 驟雨（にわかあめ）(A Brief Shower)
10. さよならぼくのともだち (Good Bye My Friend)

• Mother Sky マザー・スカイ=きみは悲しみの青い空をひとりで飛べるか= (1976)

1. ぼくたちの失敗 (Our Mistake)
2. ぼくと観光バスに乗ってみませんか (Will You Ride the Sightseeing Bus With Me)
3. 伝書鳩 (Carrier Pigeon)
4. 逆光線 (Back Light)
5. ピラビタール (Pirabital Mesmerism medicinel)
6. 海を見たいと思った (I Wanted to See the Ocean, I Thought)
7. 男のくせに泣いてくれた (Though a Man, He Wept For Me)
8. ニューヨークからの手紙 (Letter from NY)
9. 春爛漫 (Best Spring)
10. 今日は奇蹟の朝です (Today, Morning of Miracles)

• A Boy ア・ボーイ (1977)

1. 蒼き夜は(Blue Night)
2. 君と淋しい風になる (With You I Become a Lonely Wind)
3. ふるえているネ (You're Trembling)
4. ぼくを見かけませんでしたか (Didn't You See Me?)
5. セルロイドの少女 (Celluloid Girl)
6. 淋しい素描 (A Lonely Rough Sketch)
7. ぼくが君の思い出になってあげよう (I Will Be a Memory For You)
8. G線上にひとり (In G Line)
9. 終曲のために第3番 「友への手紙」 (No. 3 for Finale ' Letter for my friend')

• Live in St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo 東京カテドラル聖マリア大聖堂録音盤 (1978)
• The Last Waltz ラスト・ワルツ (1980)

1. 赤いダウンパーカーぼくのともだち (My Friend in the Red Down Parka)
2. 菜の花あかり(Rape Blossom Light)
3. 海が死んでもいいョって鳴いている (The Sea Says I May Die)
4. グリーン大佐答えて下さい (Please Answer, Colonel Green)
5. みんな夢でありました (It Was All a Dream)
6. きれいに咲いた (It Blossomed Beautifully)
7. たとえばぼくが死んだら (If I Should Die)
8. ラスト・ワルツ (Last Waltz)

• Nocturne 夜想曲（やそうきょく） (1982)

1. 蒸留反応
2. 淋しい猫 (Lonely Cat)
3. ぼくは16角形
4. 麗子像 (Image of a Fawn)
5. サナトリウム (Sanatorium)
6. 船がくるぞ (The Ship Is Coming)
7. 孤立無援の唄
8. 哀悼夜曲
9. ラスト・ワルツ/『ラスト・ワルツ』(1980年、5th）収録の同一曲とバックのトラックは一緒で、ヴォーカルが再録音。 (Last Waltz)

• Wolf Boy 狼少年 (1983)

1. 愛情練習（ロシアン・ルーレット） (Practice of love 'Russian Roulette')
2. ぼくを見つけてくれないかなァ (Can't you find me?)
3. ぼくは流星になる (I become a shooting star)
4. 151680時間の夢 (151680 Hour Dream)
5. 球根栽培の唄（ときわ荘にて録音）(Song Of Bulb Cultivation)
6. ぼくのせいですか (Is It Because of Me?)
7. 憂鬱デス (Melancholy)
8. 狼少年・ウルフボーイ (Wolf Boy)

Other

• Bokutachi No Shippai – Morita Doji Best Collection (1993)
• Bokutachi No Shippai – Morita Doji Best Collection (2003)

External links

• http://www.gogorocket.jp/doji/h/
• A review of "Mother Sky": https://web.archive.org/web/20081012043027/http://www.jrawk.com/Content/D/dojimorita/reviews/mothersky.html