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Yūzō Kayama
Japanese musician and actor
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| Born | () April 11, (age&#;87) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, actor |
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Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三, Kayama Yūzō, born April 11, ) is a Japanese popular musician, singer-songwriter and actor.
Life and career
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Son of mid-twentieth century film star Ken Uehara,[1][2] and actress Yoko Kozakura, (ja) Kayama graduated from Keio University.[2] Yuzo Kayama signed with Toho and made his film debut with Otoko tai Otoko directed by Senkichi Taniguchi in [2][1] He was cast in the leading role in the film Dokuritsu Gurentai Nishie directed by Kihachi Okamoto.[2] Kayama rose to stardom in the s in the Wakadaishō ("Young Guy") film series.[2]
He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his films Sanjuro and Red Beard.[1][2] In the s, he starred such television dramas as Edo no Kaze and Daitsuiseki.[1]
As a guitarist, he took inspiration from the American instrumental group The Ventures, and performed a form of psychedelicsurf music in the s 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 [3] At that point it was the biggest selling disc in the Japanese recording industry's history.[3]
In March , Kayama made a special art piece to commemorate 2,, million downloads for the mobile game Terra Battle, that is featured as the background for the game's title screen.[4]
In , he sang the Summer Olympic Games theme "Tokyo Gorin Ondo ", a modern adaptation of the Summer Olympic Games song "Tokyo Gorin Ondo" along enka singer Sayuri Ishikawa and rock singer Takehara Pistol (ja).
He announced that, by the end of , he would be retiring from concert activities. One of the last activities involves the song "Sarai" (ja), which he had written together with singer-songwriter Shinji Tanimura. The song was made as theme for the NTV charity program Hr TV, and Kayama announced that 's edition of the program would be his last live performance of the song.[5]
Filmography
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Films
Television
Family tree
Honours
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