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Tokyo-based guitarist, best known for his contributions to underground psychedelic groups such as White Heaven, The Stars and Ghost. In recent years he has also played with Boris and Damon & Naomi.
Released his first solo, Sunset Notes, in 2005.

ALBUMS


Damon & Naomi With Kurihara*
A Sky Record
2021, 10x File, ,
Dream Pop/Folk Rock
Boris (3) With Michio Kurihara
不透明度 = You Laughed Like A Water Mark
2018, LP, Album, Ltd, Pedal Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Boris (3) With Michio Kurihara
Cloud Chamber
2008, CD, Album, Ltd, Pedal Records, ,
Doom Metal/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Boris (3) With Michio Kurihara
Rainbow
2006, CD, ,
Post Rock/Psychedelic Rock
栗原ミチオ* = Michio Kurihara
サ​ン​セ​ッ​ト​・​ノ​ー​ツ = Sunset Notes
2005
Damon & Naomi On Tour With Kurihara*
Song To The Siren
2002, CD, DVD All Regions, ,
Indie Rock
Damon & Naomi & Batoh* & Kurihara*
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue / Yoo Doo Right
1999, Vinyl Clear, ,
Folk Rock
The Stars
Live In Kyoto 2006
2021
YBO²
Limited Lives Vol. 3: Jigokuza
2019, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, RM, Transrecords (2), Fool's Mate
Ghost
Heavy Chamber Works '98
2017, CD, Comp, RM, Ghost Future Archives
Ensemble Pearl
Ensemble Pearl
2012
Onna
Onna
2009, CD, Comp, Holy Mountain, Tlon Uqbar
Ghost
In Stormy Nights
2007, CD, ,
Folk Rock/Stoner Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Tokyo Flashback 5
2005, CD, Comp, P.S.F. Records
The Stars
Perfect Place To Hideaway
2005
The Stars
Will
2004
Ghost
Hypnotic Underworld
2004, ,
Stoner Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
Onna
Eros・Onnaの世界
2001, 2xCD, Album, Bloody Butterfly
The Stars
Today
2001
YBO²
大蜩琳 = Daejohw-Ling
2000, CD, Album, Fractured Sisters' Secrets
Há-Zá-Má
Once Upon A Time
1999, CD, Album, Captain Trip Records
Ghost
Snuffbox Immanence
1999, ,
Stoner Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
Ghost
Tune In, Turn On, Free Tibet
1999
Cosmic Invention
Help Your Satori Mind
1997
White Heaven
Levitation
1997, Vinyl, ,
Noise/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Ghost
Lama Rabi Rabi
1996, ,
Folk Rock/Stoner Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Ghost
Moungod Air Cave / Guru In The Echo
1995, 7", Single, The Now Sound, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
White Heaven
Threshold Of The Pain / 4 Hours (In The Afternoon)
1994, 7", Single, HG Fact, ,
Psychedelic Rock
YBO²
Greatest Hits Vol.2
1994, CD, Comp, SSE Communications, ,
Avantgarde/Prog Rock
Ghost
Temple Stone
1994, ,
Psychedelic Rock
White Heaven
Next To Nothing
1994
Há-Zá-Má
Há-Zá-Má
1994
White Heaven
Out
1991, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Ghost
Ghost
1990
White Heaven
Out
1989, Cass, Promo, Not On Label (White Heaven Self-released)
White Heaven
Electric Cool Acid
1988, Cassette, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Há-Zá-Má
Ⅱ
Cass, C90, 工房路久

APPEARANCES +


Minus The Bear
Interpretaciones Del Oso
2007
Ken Matsutani
White Pyramid
2024, 6xCD, Ltd, Captain Trip Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Boris
Smile
2022, 7", Single, RM, KiliKiliVilla, ,
Stoner Rock/Experimental
White Heaven
Live In Tokyo 1996
2022, 9xFile, FLAC, Album, Pedal Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Boris
Tokyo Wonder Land
2021, 11x File 24-bit, 48 kHz, ,
Hard Rock/Doom Metal/Psychedelic Rock/Shoegaze
Boris
New Album 2009
2021, 10x File, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Boris
Golden Dance Classics +
2021, 4x File 24-bit, 48000 Hz,
Boris
Japanese Heavy Rock Hits
2021, 9x File, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Sludge Metal
Boris
"Hope" Japan Tour 2011
2021, 15x File, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Sludge Metal
石原洋* = You Ishihara
Formula
2020
Damon & Naomi
Everything Quieter Than Everything Else
2017, CD, Album, Ghost Future Archives
Various
Tokyo Flashback P.S.F. - Psychedelic Speed Freaks
2017, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Boris
Crossing Waltz
2016, 2xCD, Album, Fangs Anal Satan, ,
Sludge Metal
Damon & Naomi
Spirit Of Love (B-Sides, Bonuses, And Soundtracks)
2016, 12xFile, MP3, Comp, 20/20/20, ,
Indie Rock
Sunn O))) & Boris
2007​.​12​.​10, "Altar" Presentation With Boris, Kentish Town Forum, London, UK
2015, 6xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Sunn O))) Self-released), ,
Experimental/Drone
Fujikake Masataka*
Universe, Red & Blue
2014, CD, Album, Fulldesign Records
Boris
目をそらした瞬間 Extra -The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Extra-
2014, Vinyl Purple Transparent, ,
Experimental/Noise/Doom Metal/Shoegaze
Overhang Party
Complete Studio Recordings
2013, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Important Records (2)
Boris
The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked - Chronicle
2013, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Daymare Recordings, ,
Stoner Rock/Noise/Avantgarde
Boris
Präparat
2013, Vinyl 180 Gram, ,
Shoegaze/Heavy Metal/Doom Metal
Boris
Boris Performing "Flood"
2013, CD, ,
Experimental/Stoner Rock
Damon & Naomi
Walking Backwards / The World's Strongest Man
2011, 7", Single, The Great Pop Supplement, ,
Alternative Rock
Boris
Heavy Rocks
2011, CD, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Heavy Metal
Boris
Attention Please
2011, CD Digipak, ,
J-pop/Electro/Experimental
Damon & Naomi
False Beats And True Hearts
2011, Vinyl, ,
Indie Rock
Boris
Live In Japan ["Smile" World Tour Final]
2010, DVD-V, Southern Lord, ,
Doom Metal/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Heavy Metal
BXI
Boris & Ian Astbury
2010, CD, ,
Doom Metal/Psychedelic Rock
Boris
Variations + Live In Japan
2010, CD, DVD, ,
Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Noise/Experimental
Boris
Japanese Heavy Rock Hits V4
2009, 7", S/Sided, Single, Etch, Ltd, Pur, Southern Lord, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Valet
False Face Society
2009, Vinyl, ,
Post Rock/Experimental/Ambient
Damon & Naomi
The Sub Pop Years
2009, CD, ,
Indie Rock
Damon & Naomi
1001 Nights
2009
Ai Aso
The Chamomile Pool Show DVD
2008, DVD-V, Ltd, archiveDVD, ,
Acoustic/Psychedelic Rock
Damon & Naomi
White Christmas
2008, CDr, Ltd, Not On Label (Damon & Naomi Self-released), ,
Soundtrack
Boris
Choice Cuts From Releases On Southern Lord 2000 - Present!
2008, 8xFile, MP3, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Southern Lord, ,
Doom Metal/Noise/Psychedelic Rock
Damon & Naomi
Shibuya O-Nest Tokyo, Japan 2008
2008, DVD-V, Ltd, NTSC, Not On Label (Damon & Naomi Self-released)
Boris
Smile -Live At Wolf Creek-
2008, 2x CD, ,
Stoner Rock/Experimental
Boris
Smile
2008, CD, ,
Stoner Rock/Experimental
朝生愛*
カモミールのプール = Chamomile Pool
2007, CD, Album, Pedal Records, ,
Folk Rock
Ai Aso / Wata
She's So Heavy
2007, 7", Single, Ltd, Diwphalanx Records
Ghost
Overture: Live In Nippon Yusen Soko 2006
2007, CD, Album + DVD, NTSC, Drag City
Marble Sheep & The Run-Down Sun's Children*
First Anniversary Live
2007, 7", RM, Captain Trip Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Shigeki "Nissie" Nishimura*
Shiny Ghost (西村茂樹の90年代)
2007, CD, Comp + DVD-V, NTSC, いぬん堂
Damon & Naomi
Within These Walls
2007, CD, ,
Indie Rock
Various
Not Alone - Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders
2006, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Durtro, Jnana Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Country Rock/Ambient/Acoustic/Downtempo/Experimental
Tenniscoats
Live Wanderus
2005, CD, Album, Chapter Music
Damon & Naomi
Monday, January 19th, 2004 At Kichijoji Manda-la 2, Tokyo
2005, CDr, Ltd, Not On Label (Damon & Naomi Self-released), ,
Folk Rock/Indie Rock
Damon & Naomi
Shibuya O-Nest, Tokyo Japan, June 24, 2005
2005, DVD, Ltd, NTSC, Not On Label (Damon & Naomi Self-released)
Damon & Naomi
The Earth Is Blue
2005, CD, ,
Indie Rock
Various
The Wire Tapper 12
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Wire Magazine, ,
Folk Rock/Free Jazz/Dub/Avantgarde/Hip Hop/Ambient/Experimental/Indie Rock
ゆらゆら帝国*
1998-2004
2004, 2xCD, Comp, MIDI Inc., ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
日本のロック名鑑③
2004, DVD-V, Comp, NTSC, Reg, Getover Records, ,
Alternative Rock
Overhang Party
Out Takes From 1996 To 2003 (Memorial Edition For 26 September 2003)
2003, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Overhang Party Self-released), ,
Psychedelic Rock
ゆらゆら帝国*
III
2001
ゆらゆら帝国*
ラメのパンタロンetc
2001, CD, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Overhang Party
Otherside Of
2000, 2xCD + 7", EP + Album, Ltd, Num, Pataphysique Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock
ゆらゆら帝国*
ゆらゆら帝国で考え中
2000
Damon & Naomi With Ghost
Damon & Naomi With Ghost
2000, CD Digipak, ,
Soft Rock
Various
Etcetera Vol.3 Part 1: A Point Of Intersection Of Spontaneous Style
1998, VHS, Comp, NTSC, Etcetera (2)
You Ishihara
Passivité
1997
Marble Sheep & The Run Down Sun's Children*
Old From New Heads
1993, CD, Album, Captain Trip Records
Loud Machine 5000
Go Grace Go / Lord Of Nothing Pt.1
1992, 7", EP, HG Fact
Various
Tokyo Flashback
1991
Marble Sheep & The Run-Down Sun's Children*
NY Antiknock, October 17, 1987
1988, Cass, C60, Not On Label (Marble Sheep Self-released)
Various
Dead Tech Vol. II
1988, ,
Noise/Experimental
Futoshi Okano*
Okano Solo Works Vol. I
Various
The Limits Of Control (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2009, CD, Comp, Lakeshore Records, Focus Features, ,
Soundtrack/Art Rock
Various
Get Yer Pots Out
2001, CD, Comp, Ptolemaic Terrascope, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Post Rock/Indie Rock
Boris
Smile Live In Prague
2009, 2xLP, Ltd, P/Unofficial, Promo, Tra, Not On Label (Boris (3)), ,
Stoner Rock/Noise/Doom Metal/Psychedelic Rock