B'z Koshi Inaba Fun Facts

Real Name:	Inaba Hiroshi
Birthdate :	September 23, 1964
Sign :	Libra
Chinese Zodiac :	Dragon
Birthtown :	Tsuyama City, Okayama
Fave Color :	Red brown
COMPLETE KOSHI STORY A WALK INTO KOSHI'S LIFE

BASIC KOSHI What is 178 ? 178 is how Japanese fans refer to Koshi because 178 is read "Ichi - Nana - Hachi", and when you gather it, it becomes "Inaba". In primary school, Koshi started to listen to bands like "Queen" and "Kiss". When he bought a radio cassette recorder for the first time, he was so happy that now he could tape any songs he liked from the radio. The first song he ever taped was "Obladi Oblada". When he got a bit older, his growing taste in music was apparently to be the root of his music now. He started to listen to "Deep Purple" and "Aerosmith". In university, Koshi's grade in Mathematic was the top-three in the whole Japan. Why do some people call Koshi "Sensei" ? Because he has all the qualification needed to teach (math!). In fact he was really going to be a teacher if not because one school principal told him to cut off his hair before coming to teach in his school. At that time, Koshi was also enrolled in a singing school. So he made a life-decision and chose music as his path. But people still call him "Sensei" to joke around. In primary school, Koshi once wrote in his notebook "Gyakkyou ni kujikeruna, Inaba Koshi" which means "Don't be discouraged by setbacks, Inaba Koshi". This phrase later was to be asserted as part of the memorable lyrics of B'z 6th single 'Easy Come Easy Go' : "Gyakkyou ni kujikeruna to ima, jibun ni iikikasete" ~
In the early years of B'z, Koshi once visited and lived in Indian camp. During a tour, Koshi read a book about Navajo tribe and was so captivated by their life-style. He said, "After the tour finished, I didn't think much, just took off to see for myself." Apparently his passion for Indian was to be extended to song like "Native Dance" and on stages of "LiveGym Pleasure '93 RUN" where he would open the show with an Indian scream "Ai ~ ai ~ ai ~ !" while strutting off Indian accessories.
Teru from GLAY once said that he likes to listen to B'z and learn vocal technique from Koshi's singing.
It is no secret that Koshi is a huge fan of Masakatsu Funaki (a Japanese wrestler, member of Pancrase Group). Once when B'z was doing "All Nite Nippon" radio program, it was arranged for Funaki to call in, without Koshi's knowledge. So when Tak asked "Not to be rude, but can you give us your name?" and Funaki gave it to them, Koshi was so surprised that he could not stop laughing, "It's a trick, right?" And then he asked twice to the phone, "Is it really you?!" He got so nervous that the conversation did not go smoothly. Tak had to step in and help him, "Funaki-san, Inaba-kun is your biggest fan ever. Actually just before coming here, the whole time we were eating, he was blabbering about you again. And everytime we watch your video, he's always very noisy. He would explain every single detail to me, one by one. And he would rewind the same scenes again and say, "Here, look! He's so cool here!" And to Koshi, Tak said laughingly, "C'mon, Inaba-kun. There might not be another opportunity like this in the future." Prompted by him, Koshi started asking so many questions to Funaki. Some cute and weird questions asked by a nervous fan, like "What do you do during off-days?" Even Koshi said to himself that he's asking weird questions.
Koshi was divorced and married for the second time in 1997. He became a daddy to a baby boy on July 23, 2002. Rumor has it that his 2nd child was born in 2003.