as the Steve Vai song "Asian Sky" from the album The Ultra Zone in 1999. On September 29, 2009, it was announced that Inaba would be featured in Slash's 2010 solo album, Slash. Inaba sang on the first single, "Sahara", released on November 11, 2009, in Japan. The song, for which Inaba wrote the lyrics, was featured as the 15th track of the Japanese edition of the album. The single charted at #4 on the Oricon weekly singles chart. On February 24, 2010, it was announced that single "Sahara" won the Western "Single of the Year" award at Japan Gold Disc Award held by RIAJ. In 2017, Inaba released a collaborative album with Stevie Salas under the name "Inaba/Salas". The album, Chubby Groove, went to #2 in the Japanese album charts and was certified Gold by RIAJ. Hiroshi Inaba takes care of his physical condition by not drinking alcohol and not using the air conditioning much during the tour to protect his throat. Marty Friedman once listed Hiroshi Inaba as the best vocalist in the whole world. The reason for this, he says, is that his voice hasn't faded after more than 20 years of singing hard rock songs. He performed the Japanese dubbing voice for Clay Calloway in Sing 2. Discography Albums Magma (マグマ) (January 29, 1997) Oricon ranking: #1 Shian (志庵) (October 9, 2002) #1 Peace of Mind (September 22, 2004) #1 Hadou (ハドウ) (August 18, 2010) #1 Singing Bird (May 21, 2014) #1 Singles Tooku Made (遠くまで) (December 16, 1998) #1 Ki (June 11, 2003) #1 Wonderland (July 14, 2004) #1 Okay (June 23, 2010) #1 Hane (羽) (January 13, 2016) #1 Digital Exclusive Singles Nensho (February 26, 2014) Nakinagara (March 26, 2014) Stay Free (April 23, 2014) Saturday (July 30, 2014) YELLOW (August 24, 2016) BANTAM (January 28, 2023) Inaba/Salas Chubby Groove (January 18, 2017) #2 Maximum Huavo (April 15, 2020) #1 Guest Appearances Burning – "Ran", 1985 (as Mr. Crazy Tiger) The Ultra Zone (on "Asian Sky") – Steve Vai, 1999 Slash ("Sahara") – Slash, 2010 Videography Live 2004 ~en~ (2004.12.22) #1 Live 2010 ~en II~ (2011.02.16) #1 Live 2014 ~en-ball~ (2015.11.18) #2 Live 2016 ~enIII~ (2016.08.03) #1 See also B'z Tak Matsumoto References External links B'z Japanese male rock singers Japanese male pop singers Japanese male singer-songwriters English-language singers from Japan 1964 births Living people Being Inc. artists People from Okayama Prefecture Musicians from