Yūzō Kayama
| Yūzō Kayama | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 加山 雄三 |
| Born |
April 11, 1937 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation | Musician, singer-songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Website | www |
Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三 Kayama Yūzō?, born April 11, 1937) is a Japanese popular musician, singer-songwriter and actor. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the mid-twentieth century. Yuzo Kayama became a star in the 1960s in the Wakadaishō ("Young Guy") film series.
He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his 1965 film Red Beard starring Toshirō Mifune.
As a guitarist, he took inspiration from the American instrumental group The Ventures, and performed a form of psychedelic surf music in the 1960s with his Mosrite guitar. One of his best-known instrumentals is "Black Sand Beach". "Kimi to Itsumademo" ("Love Forever"), another of his compositions, sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in 1965. At that point it was the biggest selling disc in the Japanese recording industry's history.
In March 2016, Kayama made a special art piece to commemorate 2,500,000 million downloads for the mobile game Terra Battle that is featured as background for the game's title screen.
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