Hisashi " Kyu " Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 九, Hepburn: Sakamoto Hisashi or Sakamoto Kyū; 10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985), legally registered as Hisashi Ōshima (大島 九, Ōshima Hisashi) …

""Ue o Muite Arukō" (上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up As I Walk", alternatively titled "Sukiyaki") is a song recorded by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the...

On August 12, 1985, 520 people onboard JAL Flight 123 tragically lost their lives. Among them was legendary singer Kyu Sakamoto.

Kyû Sakamoto was born on December 10, 1941 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. He was an actor, known for Bullet Train (2022), The Double (2013) and Charlie's Angels (2000). He was married to …

Dec 4, 2017 · Kyu Sakamoto (坂本 九) was a Japanese singer and actor, best known outside of Japan for his international hit song “Ue o Muite Arukō” (known as “Sukiyaki” in English), which was sung in …

Born Hisashi Sakamoto, his nickname was Kyu, which loosely translates as "Nine" (he had eight older brothers and sisters). Growing up just south of Tokyo in Kawasaki, he began singing as an adolscent …

Jun 15, 2025 · The artist in question was Kyu Sakamoto, a longtime favorite in his native Japan by the time his career-defining single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in June, 1963.

Kyu Sakamoto Kyu Sakamoto "坂本九" (real name "Hisasi Osima") was a singer and actor, born on December 10, 1941 in Kanagawa, Japan.

Dec 17, 2025 · 故坂本九がまだ無名なバンドの一員であったころ、その才能に着目して世に出し、国際的にも著名なアーティストとして大成させました。 坂本九音楽事務所とマナセプロダクションは …

Hisashi "Kyu" Sakamoto, legally registered as Hisashi Ōshima since 1956, was a Japanese singer and actor. He was best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō", which...