Ken Morioka
- June 3, 2016
- 49 years
- heart failure
About Ken Morioka
Ken Morioka, 49, Japanese musician and composer (Soft Ballet), heart failure.
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|Ken Morioka (Japanese: 森岡賢; March 15, 1967 – June 3, 2016) was a Japanese musician, keyboardist, composer, and music producer. He died of heart failure at the age of 49.
In addition to being a member of influential synthpop group Soft Ballet, he worked with numerous other musicians such as Kaya, Buck-Tick, and ZIZ (with ex-Malice Mizer member Közi). He was also in the bands minus (-) and Ka.f.ka.
In 2006, he formed unit Gentleman Take Poraloid with Masayuki Deguchi, on the independent record label Palm Tree and in 2009, released the studio album Orfeu.
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