, December 10 1941 - August 12 1985}} was a Japanese singer and actor.
He is ranked at number 18 in a list of Japan's top 100 influential musicians by HMV.
==Biography==
Sakamoto was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture as the youngest among nine siblings—his nickname Kyu, meaning 'nine', is an alternate reading of the kanji (九) for his given name (Hisashi). His parents, Hiroshi Sakamoto and Iku Sakamoto, both worked at a restaurant. Sakamoto is cousin to the free-jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe. In high school Sakamoto began to sing and became very popular. In 1958 he joined the Japanese pop-band "The Drifters" as a singer.Source: Wikipedia
Genres:
Soundtracks, World Music
Languages:
English
Tags:
sakamoto, sukiyaki, taste
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