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    Keisuke Kuwata

    Keisuke Kuwata (桑田 佳祐, Kuwata Keisuke, born


    February 26, 1956) is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, Keisuke Kuwata
    singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All Birth name Keisuke Kuwata
    Stars, as well of his own solo band, the Kuwata band. Born February 26, 1956
    He has also done a significant amount of scoring music Chigasaki, Kanagawa
    for films. He went to Aoyama Gakuin University. Prefecture, Japan
    Genres Rock · pop · blues · folk ·
    In 2010, Southern All Stars was ranked No. 1, and
    kayōkyoku
    Kuwata's solo band, the Kuwata Band, ranked No. 12
    on HMV Japan's list of the top 100 musicians in Occupations Musician · singer-songwriter ·
    Japan.[1] producer · film score composer
    Instruments Vocals · guitar · bass guitar ·
    Kuwata has worked as a record producer, a movie drums · keyboards
    director, has recorded albums as bandleader of his own
    Years active 1974–present
    band, the Kuwata Band, and has worked on projects
    Labels Victor Entertainment
    scoring music to film.
    Website Southern All Stars (http://www.jv
    cmusic.co.jp/sas/)
    Biographical information
    Keisuke Kuwata was born February 26, 1956, and raised in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

    Kuwata's wife, Yuko Hara, is also a member of the Southern All Stars. She is a vocalist and plays
    keyboards. The two met while in college, where they were in the same circle of musicians. They
    married in 1982, after the success of the band's single Chako no Kaiganmonogatari, and invited 3000 fans
    of the band to their wedding reception. They share a love of the blues and have two sons together.

    On July 28, 2010, Kuwata announced that he had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.[2] The
    operation to remove the cancer was successful and he has made several public appearances since June
    2011.

    Musical style
    Kuwata plays guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. For one album, Suteki Na Mirai Wo Mite Hoshii (素敵
    な未来を見て欲しい), Kuwata played every musical instrument and recorded the entire album himself.

    Kuwata's Western musical influences are varied. Along with his wife, the band's keyboardist and backing
    vocalist, Yuko Hara, the couple have long been inspired by American folk music, where preferences run
    from Bob Dylan, the Band, Blues, and Southern rock music, to British and American influences that are
    arguably pure rock and Roll; with a flattering number of songs covered from the work of Eric Clapton.
    Aside from Dylan, Kuwata's work has shown emphasis on music
    of the American South, including that of Creedence Clearwater
    Revival and Little Feat. Along with the Southern All Stars,
    Kuwata has performed with Little Feat on several occasions, and
    recorded cover songs from the band. He was a participant and
    performer in a tribute concert to the late Lowell George, (Little
    Feat's original frontman), recording a medley on video that
    contained his version of "Dixie Chicken". Yuko Hara on keyboards during the
    Southern All Stars' 30th Anniversary
    In 1990, American musician Ray Charles released an English- concert
    language version of "Ellie My Love", a song whose music and
    original Japanese lyrics were written by Kuwata, on Charles's
    album Would You Believe?[3] The song was already successful in Japan prior to the album's release,
    having been used in a Japanese television commercial.[3]

    In 1991, Kuwata began a series of concerts, similar to MTV Unplugged performances, called the
    "Acoustic Revolution", featuring Hirokazu Ogura on guitar, and Yoshiyuki Sahashi on mandolin, along
    with other musicians using acoustic instruments. Here again, Dylan's influence shone through their work
    choosing standards including "Like a Rolling Stone".

    Kuwata also developed a love for rock music. The influence from Eric Clapton is strong and can be heard
    even when Kuwata performs songs in same manner and style as those that Clapton himself covered, and
    did not write. In addition, other artists covered have been Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, and Sam Cooke.

    In 1994, the "On Air Music Fair", "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley was performed by Kuwata and Ann
    Lewis.

    Philanthropy
    Kuwata has performed with his band, and collaborated with several others annually to donate money
    towards AIDS research and treatment. To draw the largest possible audiences, Kuwata performs
    additional Western songs so the concerts are more inclusive. Depending upon the year of the concert,
    sometimes the chosen songs have a theme.

    Kuwata has been joined in benefit concerts by other bands and musicians. Most notable is the frequent
    appearance of Yamagen, a band featuring guitarists Hirokazu Ogura (小倉 博和, Ogura Hirokazu) and
    Yoshiyuki Sahashi (佐橋 佳幸, Sahashi Yoshiyuki). The band features a combination of jazz, blues, and
    rock, along with their own combination of ambient experimental music. Yamagen is considered a "guitar
    support unit", in the same way Westerners would think of a horn section. Some of these concert songs
    included:

    1996 Theme: Jazz Cafe


    1997 Theme: Kayou Suspense Theater
    1998 Theme: All Request Show
    1999 Theme: Eric Claptoso
    "Little Wing", by Jimi Hendrix, and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?", recorded by
    Eric Clapton several decades earlier.
    2000 Theme: Best Songs of The 20th Century Selected By Kuwata
    2001 Theme: Plays The Beatles
    2003 Theme: Disco And Soul Of Glory
    2004 Theme: The Golden Age Of British Rock
    "Time" by Pink Floyd, "Highway Star" by Deep Purple, "We Will Rock You" by Queen.
    2006 Theme: Stars And Stripes Forever!? My American Heros
    "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
    2008 Theme: Hitori Kohaku Utagassen 1
    2009 Theme: Movie Songs
    2013 Theme: Hitori Kohaku Utagassen 2

    Discography

    Original albums
    Keisuke Kuwata (July 9, 1988)
    Kodoku-no Taiyō ("孤独の太陽", The Sun of Solitude) (September 23, 1994)
    Rock and Roll Hero (September 26, 2002)
    Musicman (February 23, 2011)
    Garakuta ("がらくた", Junk) (August 23, 2017)

    Compilation albums
    From Yesterday (June 27, 1992)
    Top Of The Pops (November 27, 2002)
    I LOVE YOU -now & forever- (July 18, 2012)
    Keisuke Kuwata - Itsuka Dokokade (2022)

    Albums and DVDs


    Subete no Uta ni Zange shina – Live Tour '94
    Kuwata Keisuke Act Against AIDS 2008 Shouwa 83 Nendo!Hitori
    Live tour Garakuta (April 4, 2018）

    Albums of the Kuwata Band, 1986


    Nippon No Rock Band (July 14)
    Rock Concert – Live Album (December 5)

    Singles of the Kuwata Band, 1986


    Ban Ban Ban (April 5)
    Skipped Beat ("スキップ・ビート") (July 5)
    Merry Christmas In Summer (July 5)
    One Day (November 5)

    Solo singles

    Kanashii Kimochi (Just a Man in Love) ("悲しい気持ち (JUST A MAN IN LOVE)", "Sad
    Feelings (Just a Man in Love)") (1987)
    Itsuka Dokoka-de (I Feel the Echo) ("いつか何処かで (I FEEL THE ECHO)", "Somewhere
    Some Time (I Feel the Echo)") (1988)
    Mayonaka-no Dandy ("真夜中のダンディー", "Midnight's Dandy") (1993)
    Tsuki ("月", "Moon") (1994)
    Matsuri-no-ato ("祭りのあと", "After the Carnival") (1994)
    Naminori Jonny ("波乗りジョニー", "Surfing Jonny") (2001)
    Shiroi koibitotachi ("白い恋人達", "White Lovers") (2001)
    Tokyo ("東京") (2002)
    Ashita Harerukana ("明日晴れるかな", "Will it Be Sunny Tomorrow?") (2007)
    Kaze no Uta wo Kikasete ("風の詩を聴かせて", "Listen to the Wind's Song") (2007)
    Darling ("ダーリン") (2007)
    Kimi ni Sayonara wo ("君にサヨナラを", "Good-Bye to You") (2009)
    Hontou ha Kowai Ai to Romance ("本当は怖い愛とロマンス", "In Fact, Fearful Love and
    Romance") (2010)
    Asu heno March / Let's try again -kuwata keisuke ver.- / Hadaka DE Ondo -Matsuri da!!
    Naked- (2011)
    Yin Yang / Namida wo Buttobase!! / Oishii Himitsu (2013)
    Yoshiko-San ("ヨシ子さん") (2017)
    Kimi heno Tegami ("君への手紙", "A Letter to You") (2017)

    With Super Chimpanzee

    Kuri Forever ("クリといつまでも", Kuri-to Itsumademo) (1991)


    Kuri Forever karaoke version ("クリといつまでものカラオケ付き", Kuri-to Itsumademo-no
    Karaoke-Tsuki)

    With Mr. Children

    Kiseki-no Hoshi ("奇跡の地球(ほし)", Earth of Miracle) (1995)

    With Yuzo Kamon

    Kuwata Keisuke, Yuzo Kamon & Victor Wheels Live!(嘉門雄三 & Victor Wheels Live! (1982)

    Film work, record scoring


    Kuwata directed the movie, Inamura Jane, for which he composed the music. It was released on
    September 8, 1990, by Toho.[4] Previously, he composed the music for Aiko 16-sai in 1983, which won
    the Award of the Japanese Academy for Newcomer of the Year, and the Yokohama Film Festival's
    Festival Prize for Yasuko Tomita as Best New Actress.[5] He has also written the scores for several
    Japanese films. Kuwata wrote the theme song, "Ashita Hareru Kana", featured in the popular Japanese
    television drama series, Operation Love, which won the award for "Best Television Theme Song" at the
    53rd Japanese Television Awards, in 2007.

    Honors
    Medal with Purple Ribbon (2014)

    References
    1. Kuwata, Keisuke (1998–2009). "Top 100 Japanese pops Artists – No.1" (http://www.hmv.co.j
    p/news/newsDetail.asp?newsnum=311040091). 2009 All Media Guide, Muze Inc., japan
    music data (in Japanese and English). Japan: HMV. pp. 音楽 情報ニュース/. Retrieved
    January 23, 2010.
    2. Pop Vocalist Keisuke Kuwata Diagnosed With Cancer (http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni2010
    0728D28SS034.htm)
    3. Lydon, Michael (1991). "Raw Truth and Joy: Ray Charles Cuts Through Its Smoothness with
    Jolts of Musical Pleasure". The Atlantic. p. 121. ISSN 0276-9077 (https://search.worldcat.or
    g/issn/0276-9077). " "Ellie My Love" sounds like a modern Nashville ballad to me, but in fact
    Keisuke Kuwata wrote the music and original Japanese lyrics, and Charles's English
    version, first heard in Japan in a TV commercial, has already been a smash hit there."
    4. Inamura Jane (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123115)
    5. "Awards for Aiko 16-sai" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382525/awards). IMDB internet
    awards. IMDB Internet. 1983. Retrieved May 26, 2009.

    External links
    ASMART (https://www.asmart.jp/Form/Product/ProductList.aspx?shop=0&cat=100158&awr
    d=1) – Amuse, Inc. (in Japanese)

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