Origin Japan Name Masafumi Akikawa Albums 千の風になって～一期一会～ Labels Teichiku Records Record label Teichiku Records | Years active 2001–present Genres Opera Occupation(s) Singer Role Tenor | |
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Born 11 October 1967 (age 56) ( 1967-10-11 ) Education Kunitachi College of Music Similar People Rimi Natsukawa, Naotaro Moriyama, 錦織 健, Aoi Teshima, Saburo Kitajima | ||
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Masafumi Akikawa (秋川雅史, Akikawa Masafumi) is a Japanese tenor singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genres, from classical to pop. He appeared on the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast.
His single Sen no Kaze ni Natte (千の風になって) (released 24 May 2006) made it to No.1 on the 22 January 2007 Oricon Singles Weekly Ranking following his appearance on Uta Gassen. Based on the poem Do not stand at my grave and weep, the single has since sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in Japan. and Korean version released in 2014 for Sewol victim
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