Michiro Endo (遠藤 ミチロウ, Endō Michirō, born November 15, 1950) is a Japanese musician, author and socialist activist. Known as frontman of the influential punk band The Stalin.Endo was born in Nihonmatsu and graduated from Yamagata University. After college he wandered through Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He formed The Stalin in 1980, they went on to be one of the dominant acts of the 80s Japanese punk rock scene.Endo released his first solo material in 1984. In 2002 he formed the trio Notalin's.