Kyu Sakamoto (坂本 九, Sakamoto Kyū, born Hisashi Oshima (大島 九, Ōshima Hisashi), 10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985) was a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as "Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached number one in the United States Billboard Hot 100 in June 1963, making Sakamoto the first Asian recording artist to have a number one song on the chart. Sakamoto died on August 12, 1985, in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history.
Kyu Sakamoto was born in 1941, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture to Hiroshi Sakamoto, a cargo tender officer, and his wife Iku Oshima. He was the youngest of his father's nine children, which is why he was nicknamed Kyūchan (九ちゃん), meaning "nine". It is also an alternate reading of the kanji of his given name Hisashi (九).
Shina no yoru
Shina no yoru yo
Minato no akari
Murasaki no yo ni
Noboru janku no
Yume no fune
Aa wasurarenu
Kokyu no ne
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Yume no yoru
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Yanagi no mado ni
Lantan yurete
Akai torikago
Shina musume
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Ai no uta
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Yume no yoru
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Kimi matsu yoru wa
Obashima no ame ni
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