Masatoshi Sakai (

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: 酒井政利; 1935音楽プロデューサー・酒井政利さん、死去 85歳

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. 19 July 2021.–2021) was a Japanese

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who produced a large number of

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s.追悼2021
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Asahi Shimbun Digital. 22 July 2021. He received the

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in November 2020.音楽プロデューサーの酒井政利さん死去・有田市出身・85歳
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.酒井政利さん死去百恵さんや郷ひろみさんの楽曲生む
Asahi Shimbun Digital. 19 July 2021. He produced the song (Japanese: 愛と死をみつめて) by Kazuko Aoyama, which won the Japan Record Award at the 6th Japan Record Awards in 1964.音楽プロデューサー・酒井政利さん死去...アイドル歌謡曲の全盛期リード

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. 19 July 2021. He produced the song by

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, which won the Japan Record Award at the 21st Japan Record Awards in 1979. He won a special achievement award at the 63rd Japan Record Awards in 2021. Sakai received the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award from the

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in 2005. He worked for

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from 1961, and for CBS/Sony from 1968.音楽プロデューサー酒井政利さん死去 85歳山口百恵さんら手掛け

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. 19 July 2021. Sakai produced songs for the Candies,音楽プロデューサー酒井政利さんが逝去、享年85歳。山口百恵さん、松田聖子さんらのヒット曲手掛けた「伝説のプロデューサー」
Tower Records Online. 19 July 2021. including Hohoemi Gaeshi. The Candies' Toshishita no Otokonoko was another one of Sakai's hits. He produced the song 17-sai by Saori Minami, and the album

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(1978). He produced songs for Hiromi Go, including Otokonoko Onnanoko (English title: "Hey Go, Go"). and . He was involved, with

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, in the creation of the song by Carmen Maki. He produced the song by Sumiko Sakamoto. He also worked with Mari Amachi, Yukiji Asaoka,

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and

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. He produced songs for more than 350 artists. In 2019, it was announced that there would be a film about Masatoshi Sakai and Yū Aku. Masatoshi Sakai is a character in the

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television drama Aidoru tanjō kagayake Shōwa kayō (Japanese: アイドル誕生輝け昭和歌謡) (2023), played by the actor Masaki Miura.

Life

Masatoshi Sakai was born on 17 November11/17は日本歌謡史の流れを変えた名ディレクター・酒井政利の誕生日【大人のMusic Calendar】
News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 17 November 2016. 1935in Yasuda, which was located in a place that subsequently became part of Arida, Wakayama. He died from

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on 16 July 2021. He was educated at Wakayama Prefectural Minoshima High School and graduated from

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.第140回酒井政利氏音楽プロデューサー
Musicman. 17 August 2016.

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. 31 August 2021.
【追悼】「私は今、生きている」等身大のアイドル生み出した"伝説のプロデューサー"酒井政利さん
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