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Japanese singer and composer (born )

Musical artist

Hiroshi Itsuki (五木ひろし, Itsuki Hiroshi, born March 14, ) is a Japanese singer and composer. As of , he had sold 20 million singles and 4 million LP albums.^[1]

Itsuki is usually regarded as an enka singer, but he has also released a cover version of Southern All Stars' J-pop song "Tsunami".^[2]

Career

In , Itsuki debuted under the stage name "Masaru Matsuyama," but did not initially achieve commercial success.

Although he changed his stage name to "Eiichi Ichijō" in , and then to "Ken Mitani" in , there was no improvement in his music's commercial sales. In , he changed his name to "Hiroshi Itsuki" and was given the song "Yokohama Tasogare" (よこはま・たそがれ) by Masaaki Hirao.

Written by lyricist Yoko Yamaguchi, "Yokohama Tasogare" reached the top of the Oricon weekly single chart.^[3]

His single "Takasebune" debuted at number 9 on the Oricon charts, becoming his first Top 10 singl