Kyu Sakamoto
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| Native name | 坂本 九 |
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Hisashi Oshima (大島 九 Ōshima Hisashi?) 10 December 1941 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Died | 12 August 1985 (aged 43) Osutaka-no-one Ueno, Gunma, Japan |
| Other names | Kyūchan |
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| Spouse(s) | Yukiko Kashiwagi (m. 1971; his death 1985) |
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Hanako Maiko |
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| Website | www |
Kyu Sakamoto (坂本 九 Sakamoto Kyū?, born Hisashi Oshima (大島 九 Ōshima Hisashi?), 10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985) was a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as "Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached number one in the United States Billboard Hot 100 in June 1963, making Sakamoto the first Asian recording artist to have a number one song on the chart. Sakamoto died on August 12, 1985, in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history.
Kyu Sakamoto was born in 1941, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture to Hiroshi Sakamoto, a cargo tender officer, and his wife Iku Oshima. He was the youngest of his father's nine children, which is why he was nicknamed Kyu-chan (九ちゃん Kyū-chan?), meaning "nine". It is also an alternate reading of the kanji of his given name Hisashi (九?).
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