1. Kiyoshiro Imawano, born Kiyoshi Kurihara, was a Japanese rock musician, lyricist, composer, musical producer, and actor from Tokyo, Japan.
12 Facts About Kiyoshiro Imawano
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Kiyoshiro Imawano formed and led the influential rock band RC Succession.
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Kiyoshiro Imawano wrote many anti-nuclear songs following the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
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Kiyoshiro Imawano was known for pioneering the adoption of linguistic characteristics of the Japanese language into his songs.
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In 1982, Kiyoshiro collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto and released the single "Ikenai Rouge Magic" which became a top hit on the Oricon chart.
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Kiyoshiro Imawano recorded and performed under various unit names apart from his own such as Danger, Razor Sharp, HIS, 2 3's, Ruffy Tuffy, Mitsukiyo and Screaming Revue.
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Kiyoshiro Imawano dubbed the voice of the Lord Royal Highness of Atlantis in the Japanese version of "SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis" on Nickelodeon Japan Channel.
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On July 3,2006, Kiyoshiro Imawano confessed on his official website that he was diagnosed with throat cancer and canceled all the concerts to focus on the treatment.
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Kiyoshiro Imawano's funeral took place at Aoyama Sougisho on May 9,2009.
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The funeral ceremony was titled The Aoyama Rock n' Roll Show and Kiyoshiro Imawano's band played in front of 1,000 people including Keisuke Kuwata, Shinobu Otake, Naoto Takenaka.
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The version sung by Kiyoshiro Imawano was recorded all by himself at his studio "Rock n' Roll Kenkyujo" sometime in early 2009, and was intended as a demo.
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The Fuji Rock tribute featured many famous Japanese and international artists speaking about Kiyoshiro Imawano and singing either his songs or their own in memory of him.