Taro Shoji

Shoji Taro

  • Name: Shoji Taro
  • Native name: 東海林太郎
  • Also Known as: 荘司史郎, Soji Shiro
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: December 11, 1898
  • Died: October 4, 1972
Shoji Taro was a Japanese singer born in Daidokoromachi, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.. He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1965.

He graduated from Akita Prefectural Akita Junior High School, and moved to Tokyo to study at the National English School and enrolled in the Waseda University Faculty of Commerce Preparatory Course. He married Shoji Hisako just before he graduated. He studied Marxian economics at Manabu Sano.

After graduating from graduate school, he joined South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd. in September 1923 and worked in the Research Division of the General Affairs Department. His musical dream couldn't be abandoned, and he worked for Manchuria Railway for seven years, but then left the company and returned to Japan. He ran a Chinese restaurant with his younger brother Saburo in Wasedatsurumakicho.

He studied vocal music under Shimoyagawa Keisuke, and won a prize by singing the aria "Lenato's Chant" from "I'm sorry" (Schumann) and "Masquerade" in the vocal section of the music competition. Edit Biography
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1936 Daichi no Ai: Kohen
Japanese Movie, 1936,
Shioji (Bit part)
Shioji
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0.0
1936 Daichi no Ai: Zenpen
Japanese Movie, 1936,
Shioji (Bit part)
Shioji
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0.0
TV Show
Year Title # Role Rating
1951 Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Japanese TV Show, 1951, 76 eps
(Ep. 1) (Guest)
76
(Ep. 1)
Guest
7.6
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  • First Name: Taro
  • Family Name: Shoji
  • Native name: 東海林太郎
  • Also Known as: 荘司史郎, Soji Shiro
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: December 11, 1898
  • Died: October 4, 1972

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