Michiru Jo (城みちる, Jō Michiru, born 18 November 1957 in present day Kure, Hiroshima, Japan as Kōtarō Jōya) is an actor and J-Pop artist[1][2] in Japan.
He released his first single "irukani-notta-shounen" (boy who rode on the dolphin) in 1973, which was his most well-known song.
In Hiroshima, he lived with his parents and worked for them, in their electrical appliance shop.
Despite the rumours outside Japan, Michiru is not Takeshi Kitano's nephew.
He is still listed as a "Class D Entertainer", which means that his appearance fee is between 1 and 2 million yen.