is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genres, from classical to pop. He appeared on the

57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku," aired on December 31, 2006. This event was filmed and aired from NHK Hall in Japan. Air time was from 19:20 to 23:45 (with an interruption from 21:25 to 21:30 for news). All times are Japan Standard Time ...

broadcast.

Biography

His single (released 24 May 2006) made it to No.1 on 22 January 2007

Oricon Singles Weekly Ranking The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In ...

following his appearance on Uta Gassen. Based on the poem

Do not stand at my grave and weep "Do not stand by my grave and weep" is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem "Immortality" by Clare Harner, published in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep". Origins Kansas native Clar ...

, the single has since sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in Japan. The

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version was used as a requiem for the victims of the

MV Sewol MV ''Sewol'' (Hangul: 세월호, Hanja: 世越號, ''Beyond the World'')The meaning has been widely, but incorrectly, reported as 歲月, 'time and tide.' was a South Korean vehicle-passenger ferry, built and previously operated in Japan. She o ...

, a passenger ferry that capsized and sank with the loss of 304 lives in 2014.

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1967 births Japanese classical musicians Japanese tenors Living people Singers from Ehime Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male opera singers {{Japan-singer-stub