Keisuke Kuwata is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All Stars, as well of his own solo band, the Kuwata band.
14 Facts About Keisuke Kuwata
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Keisuke Kuwata has done a significant amount of scoring music for films.
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In 2010, Southern All Stars was ranked No 1, and Kuwata's solo band, the Kuwata Band, ranked No 12 on HMV Japan's list of the top 100 musicians in Japan.
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Keisuke Kuwata has worked as a record producer, a movie director, has recorded albums as bandleader of his own band, the Keisuke Kuwata Band, and has worked on projects scoring music to film.
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Keisuke Kuwata was born February 26,1956, and raised in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Keisuke Kuwata's wife, Yuko Hara, is a member of the Southern All Stars.
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On July 28,2010, Keisuke Kuwata announced that he had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
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For one album, Suteki Na Mirai Wo Mite Hoshii, Keisuke Kuwata played every musical instrument and recorded the entire album himself.
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In 1991, Keisuke 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.
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Keisuke Kuwata has performed with his band, and collaborated with several others annually to donate money towards AIDS research and treatment.
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Keisuke Kuwata has been joined in benefit concerts by other bands and musicians.
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Keisuke Kuwata directed the movie, Inamura Jane, for which he composed the music.
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Keisuke Kuwata has written the scores for several Japanese films.
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Keisuke 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.