Hiromi Hanamura (花村 博美, Hanamura Hiromi) (born June 13, 1968, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), better known by her stage name Hiroko Moriguchi (森口 博子, Moriguchi Hiroko) is a female Japanese singer and tarento.
[1] Moriguchi is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc., where she also serves as Second Production Department Manager.
Her classmates included Yōko Oginome, Kumiko Takeda, Miyuki Imori, Sayuri Iwai, Eri Murata, and Mie Takahashi.
After finishing second place in NHK's Winning Song Kayō Tengoku (勝ち抜き歌謡天国, Kachinuki Kayō Tengoku), Moriguchi signed with King Records and released her debut single "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete" (水の星へ愛をこめて, "From the Aqueous Star with Love") for the anime TV series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
Throughout the 1990s, Moriguchi appeared in television commercials for companies such as Kao Corporation, National, Daihatsu, and Asahi Breweries.
On February 28, 2012, Moriguchi joined Yoko Minamino and Tomomi Nishimura to form the trio "Blooming Girls".
In 2015, Moriguchi released the single "I Wish ~Kimi ga Iru Konomachi de~" (I wish〜君がいるこの街で〜, "I Wish ~In This Town Where You Are~") to commemorate her 30th anniversary in the music business.
Since 2017, Moriguchi has been a participant in Nippon BS Broadcasting's Momoiro Uta Gassen (ももいろ歌合戦), held every New Year's Eve.
[5][6] In June 2021, Moriguchi announced the release of her 35th anniversary album Aoi Inochi (蒼い生命, Blue Life) on August 4.
Moriguchi also hosted a special concert at the Tokyo International Forum Hall C on October 3.
as part of the concert unit Cutie☆MoriMori, which she joined in 2017 (replacing original member Chiemi Hori).
[14][15] Moriguchi currently co-hosts the variety show Anison Days alongside singer/songwriter Mikio Sakai on BS11.