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Hiroko Moriguchi , best known for her theme song works for the Mobile Suit Gundam anime franchise, will release her debut's 40th anniversary album in the winter of 2025. Moriguchi made her singer debut with "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete" ( Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam second opening theme) in August 1985, releasing 34 singles and 11 original albums. In August 2021, she released her debut's 35th anniversary album "Aoi Inochi." Because "Aoi Inochi" included seven songs while her yet-titled upcoming 40th anniversary album will include 11, her official website states that the latter will be her first "full" original album in 28 years since "happy happy blue" released in 1997. Various artists and writers who have provided songs to Moriguchi in the past will participate in this 40th anniversary album. For the first time in 40 years, lyricist Masao Urino , who wrote her debut song “Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete,” and singer-songwriter and composer Neil Sedaka, will team up.

The official YouTube channel for singer Hiroko Moriguchi started streaming a music video for "Gin'iro Dress (Orchestra Version),” another song from her upcoming new Gundam song cover album "Gundam Song Covers -Orchestra-" set to release on June 18, 2025. "Gin'iro Dress" ("Silver Colored Dress") was included in Moriguchi's debut single in 1985, "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete,” and used as the insert song for the 20th episode of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam TV anime. Although the song was used only once in the anime, it became highly popular among fans because the scene was one of the most famous scenes in the history of the Gundam franchise. The Japan Pops Orchestra from Tacticart Orchestra, a group of young musicians active in Japan and abroad also participated in the album, which includes a total of ten orchestra-arranged Gundam songs from various eras, and this video is a documentary showing how the orchestra and Moriguchi worked together.

The official YouTube channel for singer Hiroko Moriguchi started streaming a music video for "Eternal Wind ~Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka~ (Orchestra Version).” This version will be included in her upcoming new Gundam song cover album "Gundam Song Covers -Orchestra-" set to release on June 18, 2025. Moriguchi is sang with 42 musicians, including members of the Japan Pops Orchestra from Tacticart Orchestra, a group of young musicians active in Japan and abroad who also participated in the album. Hiroko Moriguchi "Eternal Wind ~Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka~ (Orchestra Version)” Music Video Related: Hiroko Moriguchi Releases Gundam Song Orchestra Cover Album in June Moriguchi released the song's original version as her ninth single and as the theme song for the 1991 anime film Mobile Suit Gundam F91 in February 1991. No music video was produced for the song at the time of its release. To promote the release of the "Gundam Song Covers -Orchestra-" album,...

During the live-streaming on her official YouTube channel last night, singer Hiroko Moriguchi announced that her new Gundam song cover album "Gundam Song Covers -Orchestra-" is set to release on June 18, 2025. As the title suggests, the album was produced with the Japan Pops Orchestra from Tacticart Orchestra, a group of young musicians active in Japan and abroad. The album includes a total of ten orchestra-arranged Gundam songs from various eras, including self cover versions of Moriguchi's representative songs such as "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete" ( Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam second opening theme) and "Eternal Wind ~Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka~” ( Mobile Suit Gundam F91 theme song). With the concept of "Gundam Song Cover Album for Adults," Moriguchi released the first Gundam song cover album "Gundam Song Covers" in 2019, the second album "Gundam Song Covers 2" in 2020, and the third album "Gundam Song Covers 3" in 2022. All the albums...

Hiroko Moriguchi , best known for her theme song works for the Mobile Suit Gundam anime franchise, announced that her second anisong cover album, "Anison Covers 2," is set to release in Japan on August 7, 2024. Her debut single "Mizu no Hoshi he Ai wo Komete" ( Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam TV anime's second opening theme) released 39 years ago on the same day, August 7, 1985. Based on the concept of “Gundam song cover albums for adults,” Moriguchi released three “Gundam Song Covers” albums from 2019 to 2022. All of the albums in the series ranked in the top three of the Oricon weekly album charts, and the total number of albums shipped has surpassed 250,000 copies. Following the series, she released the first "Anison Covers" album in May 2023 under the concept of "anime song cover album for adults." The album peaked at #11 in the Oricon weekly album charts. The much-awaited second album, “Anison Covers 2,” is a selection of...