was a Japanese actor and musician from Tokyo. He is the grandson of
Kazutaka Itō and the father of the multi-
tarento
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Shoko Nakagawa
is a Japanese media personality, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. Also known by her nickname , she is best known as the presenter of ''Pokémon Sunday'', and as the performer of the opening theme from the anime ''Gurren Lagann'' ...
. He appeared in the 1986 adaptation of ''
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo
is a science fiction novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Originally serialized from 1965 to 1966, it tells the story of a high-school girl who accidentally acquires the ability to Time travel in fiction, time travel, which leads to a time loop where sh ...
'', voiced the lead character of ''
Superpowered Robo Garat'', and released 10 singles and 9 albums before his death in 1994, with two albums released posthumously.
After his debut appearance as a musician in
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
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's Young Music Festival, he started to become known after appearing in the movies ''Narawareta Gakuen'' (1981) and ''
Tenkōsei
, also known as ''Exchange Students'', is a 1982 Japanese fantasy film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Obayashi himself directed and co-wrote a second film based on the same novel, premiered in 2007 and titled .
Cast
* Toshinori Omi as Kazuo Sait ...
'' (1982). On February 22, 1984 he released simultaneously his debut album and single entitled ''Shite Mitai'' through Warner Pioneer. In September 1992 he was diagnosed with
acute myeloid leukemia
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. He passed 9 months fighting against the disease and managed to make a comeback to Japanese entertainment, but his leukemia reappeared in August 1994, leading to his death on September 17, 1994.
Japanese male rock singers
Japanese male television actors
1962 births
1994 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Japan
Deaths from leukemia
Singers from Tokyo
20th-century Japanese male actors
20th-century Japanese male singers
20th-century Japanese singers
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