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) …

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...

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 …

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.

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 …

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

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

Mar 22, 2025 · For Sixties Flashbacks No. 1, here is the poignant story of Kyu Sakamoto, an exuberant young singer who took North America by storm with the first Billboard Hot 100 number one hit from …

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...