Ken Kagaya (, July 15, 1944 – March 7, 2003) was a Japanese painter and writer. He was born in the

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on July 15, 1944, and raised in Japan from 1945. He graduated from Faculty of Agriculture,

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. He died on March 7, 2003. His father was Toshio Kagaya, a former Parliamentary Secretary for the Japanese Government,

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, graduate of

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and mathematician. His mother was Sumino Kagaya. 日本画家、作家。中華人民共和国で生まれる(1944年)。東北大学農学部卒業。（1944年7月15日～2003年3月7日）

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* * 1944 births 2003 deaths Japanese writers 20th-century Japanese painters {{Japan-writer-stub