45 Facts About Kazuyoshi Saito

Kazuyoshi Saito is one-half of the rock duo Mannish Boys with Tatsuya Nakamura, a member of the supergroup the Curling Sitones, and one-half of the duo Okamura Kazuyoshi with Yasuyuki Okamura.

In 2013, Kazuyoshi Saito became the first Japanese musician to have a signature model acoustic guitar with Gibson.

Kazuyoshi Saito was born to parents who worked for a toy maker in Mibu, Tochigi.

Kazuyoshi Saito has two sisters, one older and one younger.

Kazuyoshi Saito started playing with a guitar in elementary school.

Kazuyoshi Saito made his professional debut in August 1993 with the single "Boku no Mita Beatles wa TV no Naka" on BMG's Funhouse record label, and had his first one-man concert at Nissin Power Station on September 17.

In 2006, Kazuyoshi Saito and other musicians born in 1966 performed under the name Roots66 for an event put together by FM802.

Kazuyoshi Saito has made guest appearances with the rock band Lazy since 2008.

Kazuyoshi Saito composed the music to "Niji ga Kieru Made", which Kyoko Koizumi sang as the theme of the 2009 film Honokaa Boy.

Kazuyoshi Saito's song "Don't Worry Be Happy" was a theme song of the variety show Mezanyu~, while "Ai no Akari" was the theme of the TV drama Limit -Keiji no Genba 2-.

At Nishikido's request, Kazuyoshi Saito wrote the title track for his band Kanjani Eight's album Puzzle.

For Fumiya Fujii's 2009 album F's Cinema, Kazuyoshi Saito wrote the song "Tsumihoroboshi".

Kazuyoshi Saito provided vocals to "Kimi to Boku 2010" for Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra's 2010 album World Ska Symphony.

In June 2011, Kazuyoshi Saito formed the rock duo Mannish Boys with drummer Tatsuya Nakamura.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote and performed "Yasashiku Naritai" to be the ending theme of the 2011 TV drama Kaseifu no Mita.

Kazuyoshi Saito is a featured guest on "Naraku to Soshitsu Kibo to Yume" from Number the.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote his May 2012 single "Gekko" to be the theme of the TV drama Kazoku no Uta, and composed the music to " Nichi no Magic" for Halcali's album Halcali no Okawari.

That same day Kazuyoshi Saito released the special album One Night Acoustic Recording Session at NHK CR-509 Studio, which as the title suggests is a studio live album recorded in a single night.

Kazuyoshi Saito marked his 20th anniversary as a professional musician in 2013 and held his first arena tour to 35,000 people.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote "One More Time" to be the theme of the anime film Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea, and "Kagero" for the live-action film adaptation of Kiyoku Yawaku.

Kazuyoshi Saito released two studio albums that year, Saito and Kazuyoshi.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote, produced and performed all the instruments on "Player" for Mari Natsuki to sing as the ending theme of the anime Ronja, the Robber's Daughter.

Kazuyoshi Saito collaborated with Shinobu Otake on a cover of Miyuki Nakajima's "Kitsune Kari no Uta" for Otake's December 2014 album Utagokoro Koigokoro.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote "Jun Ai" for Masayuki Suzuki to be included on his March 2015 compilation All Time Best ~Martini Dictionary~.

Kazuyoshi Saito composed, produced, co-wrote and is featured on Kavka Shishido's 2015 song "Don't Be Love".

Kazuyoshi Saito covered "Shiroi Parasol" by Seiko Matsuda for the Takashi Matsumoto tribute album Kazemachi de Aimasho.

Kazuyoshi Saito held a 62-date national tour from November 2015 to May 2016.

Kazuyoshi Saito appears on two songs from Ohashi Trio's February 2016 album 10, providing guitar on "Ai de Kimi wa Kirei ni Naru" and featured vocals on "Koisuru Rider".

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote and is featured on "Don't Cry Baby" from Toko Furuuchi's March 2016 album Toko Furuuchi with 10 Legends.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote "Muddy Water" to be the theme of the TV drama Fukigen'na Kajitsu, and "Ikisaki wa Mirai" to be the theme of the film Samurai Hustle Returns.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote, co-composed and features on "Zatchunoza" for Special Others' March 2017 album Special Others II.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote "Iden" for the TV drama Gekokujo Juken and "I'm a Dreamer" for the drama Izakaya Fuji, which is about an actual izakaya that he knew.

Kazuyoshi Saito covered "Tasogare My Love" for the November 2017 Yu Aku tribute album Chikyu no Otoko ni Akita Tokoro yo ~Aku Yu Respect Album.

Kazuyoshi Saito covered Elephant Kashimashi's "Kakedasu Otoko" for the Elephant Kashimashi Cover Album 3 ~A Tribute to The Elephant Kashimashi~.

Each member is a multi-instrumentalist with all of them at-least being able to provide vocals and guitar and, like the Traveling Wilburys, each uses a pseudonym featuring "Sitone"; Kazuyoshi Saito goes by Kazuyoshi Saito Sitone.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote the lyrics to and is featured on "Mystery Train" and "Hana Ichi Monme" from Yoshitaka Minami's September 2018 album Dear My Generation.

On November 8, Kazuyoshi Saito organized a concert at Zepp Diver City featuring numerous other musicians such as his Curling Sitones bandmates, Chara, Yoko Oginome, Yasuyuki Okamura and Sakura Fujiwara where the proceeds went to reconstruction from the 2018 Japan floods.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote "Color" for the 2018 film Kazokuiro -Railways Watashi-tachi no Shuppatsu-.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote nine songs for the musical Rockabilly Jack by Yukinojo Mori.

One of impetuses for the group was when Kazuyoshi Saito appeared on Okamura's NHK Radio 1 show Okamura Yasuyuki no Come On Everybody in January 2020 and the two improvised a song together on the spot.

Okamura Kazuyoshi Saito won Best Collaboration at the 2024 GQ Men of the Year Awards.

Kazuyoshi Saito married a woman of the same age, who works as a writer, in 1995.

Kazuyoshi Saito wrote the song "Very Very Strong -Eine Kleine-" based on the story, and Isaka then wrote a story titled "Light Heavy" in response that was included with the limited edition of the single.

When Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, the Isaka collection that includes the two previously mentioned stories and others, was adapted into a film in 2019, Kazuyoshi Saito provided its music.

Kazuyoshi Saito previously provided music to the film adaptations of Isaka's Fish Story, Golden Slumber and Potechi.