was a Japanese actor from

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. He played the role of Sandy in ''

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''. Before becoming an actor, Kishibe was a guitarist and vocalist of a Japanese band called The Tigers. He has an elder brother, Ittoku Kishibe, who is also an actor, and a leader and bassist in The Tigers. In December 2013 he reunited with The Tigers, being wheeled in with a wheelchair by Hitomi Minoru and singing

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song " Yesterday", accompanied by Katsumi Kahashi playing guitar and brother

Ittoku Kishibe , born , is a Japanese actor and musician. Career He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese Ac ...

playing bass. This marked the first time all six Tigers members were onstage together. (Hitomi Minoru did not participate in their 1980s reunion.) He died from acute heart failure in August 2020 at the age of 71.Shiro Kishibe, Former Member of Band The Tigers, Dies
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* 1949 births 2020 deaths Japanese male actors Japanese male singers Japanese television personalities Musicians from Kyoto Prefecture {{Japan-actor-stub