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Twotone Aoki
, better known by his stage name is a Japanese impressionist from Kanagawa Prefecture. His son, Ryūji Aoki, is also an impressionist. Impression repertoire * Eun-sook Kye *Keiko Fuji *Akira Fuse *Hiromi Go *Shinji Harada *Takao Horiuchi *Takashi Hosokawa * Kōshi Inaba *Michael Jackson * Ryūichi Kawamura *Yuki Katsuragi *Saburō Kitajima *Keisuke Kuwata *Nobuteru Maeda *Chiharu Matsuyama *Yoshikazu Mera *Hibari Misora *Yoshinori Monta *Shinichi Mori * Yoshizaki Musshu *Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi * Kaname Nemoto * Tomotaka Okamoto *Judy Ongg *Masashi Sada *Hideki Saijō *Kenji Sawada *Eiko Segawa *Masanori Sera * Kiyomi Suzuki *Toshihiko Tahara *Kōji Tamaki *Masakazu Tamura *Shinji Tanimura * Yoshimi Tendō *Hideaki Tokunaga *Machiko Watanabe *Masayoshi Yamazaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter who plays guitar-driven blues, rock, and pop music, though he has also recorded piano ballads. Though he primarily plays the guitar, he has played the drums, piano, percussion, saxophone, and ...
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Impressionist (entertainment)
An impressionist or a mimic is a performer whose act consists of imitating sounds, voices and mannerisms of celebrities and cartoon characters. The word usually refers to a professional comedian/entertainer who specializes in such performances and has developed a wide repertoire of impressions, including adding to them, often to keep pace with current events. Impressionist performances are a classic casino entertainment genre. Someone who imitates one particular person without claiming a wide range, such as a lookalike, is instead called an impersonator. In very broad contexts, "impersonator" may be substituted for "impressionist" where the distinction between the two is less important than avoiding confusion with the use of "impressionist" in painting and music. Usually the most "impressive" aspect of the performance is the vocal fidelity to the target – usually a politician or a famous person. Props may also be employed, such as glasses or hats, but these are now co ...
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Chiharu Matsuyama
Chiharu Matsuyama (松山千春, born December 16, 1955) is a Japanese folk singer and songwriter. He made his debut with the single ''Tabidachi'' in 1977, and success soon followed with the two hits ''Toki no Itazura'' and ''Kisetsu no Nakade.'' Matsuyama has been portrayed in film by Shunsuke Daitō is a Japanese actor, talent and fashion model. He was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Currently, he is employed by the Top Coat subsidiary of Watanabe Productions. Since debuting in 2005's ''Nobuta wo Produce is a Japanese television drama pr .... Daitō played him in a 2008 film based on Matsuyama's autobiographical work ''Ashoro Yori'', published in 1979. References External linksMatsuyama Chiharuat Columbia Music Japan 1955 births Japanese male singer-songwriters Living people Japanese folk singers Musicians from Hokkaido 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers {{Japan-singer-stub ...
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Eiko Segawa
is a Japanese female enka singer. She is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc. Segawa is 168 cm. in height, comparatively taller than a majority of female singers in Japan. She shares a father with another singer, . Her 1986 single "Inochi Kurenai" reached No.2 on the Japanese Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in N ... charts and sold 692,000 copies. Discography * : 1970 * : 1986 * : 1990 References External linksWebsiteOfficial profileat NoReason Inc. 1948 births Living people Enka singers Japanese women singers Musicians from Shibuya {{Japan-singer-stub ...
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Kenji Sawada
is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor, best known for being the vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers. Nicknamed because of his self-professed adoration of Julie Andrews, he was born in Tsunoi, Iwami (now part of Tottori), Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto at age 3. As a singer (often he also worked as a songwriter) and actor, Sawada prospered greatly on Japanese popular culture in the last three decades of the Shōwa era. At the end of the 1960s, he had great success as the lead singer of the band The Tigers. After the breakup of The Tigers and another project Pyg, he began his own solo career. Music career Sawada was the lead singer of the best-known J-pop music act of the late 1960s Group Sounds era band The Tigers. A national teen idol, his nickname is Julie. Japanese pop stars of that era often adopted nicknames, particularly often English-language girls' names. His nickname is derived from the actress Julie Andrews ...
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Hideki Saijō
was a Japanese singer and television celebrity most famous for singing the Japanese version of the Village People's hit song "Y.M.C.A. (song), Y.M.C.A.," called ":ja:YOUNG MAN (Y.M.C.A.), Young Man." In the 1970s, he was called with Goro Noguchi and Hiromi Go. Although the original version was camp (style), camp, Saijō's version was intended to seriously inspire "young men." Career Saijō's career spanned over three decades. He gained popularity again in the 1990s in the anime ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' and by releasing a cover version of the Enrique Iglesias song "Bailamos." He also sang the theme song and became the character (specially created for the Japanese version — Lucky Mucho) in ''The Emperor's New Groove'' and also performed "Turn a Turn," the first opening theme song for ''Turn A Gundam, ∀ Gundam''. In the late 1990s, he also appeared on an episode of the original Japanese cooking show ''Iron Chef'' as a guest judge, for the Rice Battle, involving Iron Chef Japan ...
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Masashi Sada
is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer. Sada formed the folk duo Grape with Masami Yoshida in 1972, and they made their debut as recording artists a year afterward. The pair rose to fame owing to the hit song " Shourou Nagashi" () composed by Sada, which peaked at the number-two position on the Japanese Oricon chart in 1974. They broke up in 1976, after producing some hit singles including "En-kiri Dera" () and "Muen Zaka" (). Sada released his first solo album entitled ''Kikyorai'' shortly after Grape's dissolution. Following the commercial success of the number-one hit single "Amayadori" (, Shelter from the rain) in 1977, he enjoyed a recording career as one of the most popular Japanese male artists during the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s. Throughout his career as a musician, Sada released over 35 solo albums and 70 singles, and multiple live albums or compilations. Since the release of ''Shourou Nagashi'', published in ...
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Judy Ongg
Judy Ongg (; born 24 January 1950) is a Taiwanese-Japanese singer, actress, author, and woodblock-print artist. Born in Taipei, she graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and after which, she became a naturalized Japanese citizen. Her career has spanned more than four decades. Biography Ongg made her film debut in the 1961 Japan-U.S. production ''The Big Wave'', based on the Pearl S. Buck novel. She enjoyed great popularity in Chinese-speaking countries, and won the Best Actress honor at the ninth Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. She later won the Special Prize at the 19th Asia Film Festival. She has recorded for Columbia Records, CBS Sony and Toshiba EMI. Her 1979 hit ''Miserarete'' sold two million copies. Ongg has had at least one song appear on the NHK program '' Minna no Uta'', and has appeared on the New Year's Eve spectacular ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' with songs "Miserarete" in 1979 and "Reika no Yume" in 1980. One of her most popular songs is "The Stor ...
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Tomotaka Okamoto (singer)
is a Japanese sopranist. Career Tomotaka Okamoto was born December 3, 1976 in Sukumo, Japan, and graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music. He also graduated from the Conservatoire Francis Poulenc with a first place award. His debut album ''Sopranista'' charted for 17 weeks on the Oricon Albums Chart, peaking at number 100. He makes frequent guest appearances on national television. In 2015, Okamoto was invited to the annual touring ice show Fantasy on Ice in Kanazawa and Shizuoka. He performed live in collaboration with different figure skaters to the aria "Nessun dorma", the hymn "Amazing Grace" and "Time to say goodbye" in a duet with singer Sarah Àlainn amongst others. At the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Okamoto gave a committed and dramatic solo rendition of the Olympic hymn. Style He is a “sopranista”, a male who has a female soprano vocal range voice. He often dresses in a unique manner when he performs. His repertory is various; he sings c ...
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Kaname Nemoto
Kaname is a Japanese unisex name, and may refer to the following people: People ;with the given name Kaname * Kaname Harada (1916–2016), Japanese flying ace * Kaname Yokoo (born 1972), a Japanese professional golfer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese speed skater * Kaname Ikeda (born 1946), a Japanese civil servant * Kaname Tajima (born 1961), a Japanese politician * Kaname Takino (born 1996), Japanese baseball player * Kaname Yuzuki or Shiho Kawaragi (born 1976), a Japanese voice actress * Wally Kaname Yonamine (born 1925), a former multi-sport American athlete ;with the surname Kaname * Jun Kaname (born 1981), a Japanese actor Characters ;with the given name Kaname * Kaname Chidori, the female protagonist of ''Full Metal Panic!'' * Kaname Chidori, a character of ''Koi Kaze'' * Kaname Chris, a character in ''Pretty Rhythm'' * Kaname Hagiri, a character of ''YuYu Hakusho'' * Kaname Isaki, a character of '' Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea'' * Kaname Kenjō, a character of ''Strawberry ...
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Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, poet, and human-rights advocate, who is a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. He has sold more than 20 million records worldwide and has appeared in movies and television dramas. His wife Etsuko Shihomi is an actress. Early life Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi was born on September 7, 1956, in Ijuin, Kagoshima, the first son of police officer Kuniharu Nagabuchi and Masuko Nagabuchi. As a child, Nagabuchi was sickly and often suffered from asthma attacks. Career Nagabuchi favored popular Japanese folk singers such as Takuro Yoshida, Ryo Kagawa, Masato Tomobe and Kenji Endo. A song called "One Road Straight" changed his view of the world. Their protest songs tempted him to become a musician. Eagerness to realize his dream made him buy a nylon-string guitar at the age of 15. In 1973, when he was 17, he made his first performance as a live act. Around 1974, he formed a folk duo called "Takeshi and Tsuyoshi" and gained experience as a perform ...
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Yoshizaki Musshu
Yoshizaki (written: 吉崎 or 芳崎) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese animator *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer See also *Yoshizaki-gobō The was a Buddhist temple located in what is the Yoshizaki neighbourhood of the city of Awara, Fukui, Japan. It is known for its connection to Rennyo, the founder of the Ikkō sect of Japanese Buddhism. The ruins of the temple were designate ..., a former Buddhist temple in Arawashi, Sakai District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Shinichi Mori
known professionally as is a Japanese male enka singer and composer, who also sings folk and pop music. He has sold more than 90 million records, making him one of the best selling Japanese musicians. Mori has been married and divorced twice, first to Reiko Ohara and then to Masako Mori. His sons, Takahiro Moriuchi and Hiroki Moriuchi are vocalist of the rock bands One Ok Rock and My First Story, respectively. Career In the beginning, Mori won a competition at Fuji Television Network in 1965. He debuted with the successful song "Onna no Tameiki" of the famous composer Inomata Kōshō in 1966. His debut at ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' was in 1968, singing "Hana To Chō". His 1974 Japan Record Award-winning song "Erimo Misaki" was composed by Takuro Yoshida. His 1982 song "Fuyu no Riviera" was composed by Eiichi Ohtaki, former member of Happy End. His song "Ofukuro san" was covered by Sharam Q in their 1997 album ''Sharam Q no Enka no Hanamichi''. His 2003 song "Ōkami Tach ...
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