Kiyoshiro Imawano
Kiyoshiro Imawano
忌野清志郎
Born1951-04-02
Died2009-05-02 (aged 58)
Years active1970-2009
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Kiyoshiro Imawano , born Kiyoshi Kurihara , was a Japanese rock musician, lyricist, composer, musical producer, and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was dubbed "Japan's King of Rock". He formed and led the influential rock band RC Succession. He wrote many anti-nuclear songs following the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. He was known for pioneering the adoption of linguistic characteristics of the Japanese language into his songs. – Wikipedia