Morio Agata has been played on NTS in shows including Loose Bones, featured first on 4 December 2015. Songs played include Submarine, 桜のテーマ and Renzoku Kosuibin.

Agata Morio made his debut in 1972 with his now famous love song "Sekishoku Elegy". His trademark long hair, jeans and geta sandals made him one of the symbols of the 'gentle generation' from the early seventies, and a dominant singer/songwriter of the time. Although influenced by contemporary American folk/rock music and the hippy movement, he was not a mere follower, and created a thoroughly original music world which evoked the romantic popular culture of Taisho and Showa era-Japan.

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