Keisuke Kuwata(桑田 佳祐,Kuwata Keisuke?, born February 26, 1956) is a Japanesemusician from Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is a singer-songwriter and Southern All Stars's leader. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Chigasaki (茅ヶ崎市 Chigasaki-shi) is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture and is famous for its ocean beach. ... Kanagawa Prefecture ) is a prefecture located in the southern KantÅ region of HonshÅ«, Japan. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... J-pop (or Jpop) is an abbreviation of Japanese pop. ... Japanese rock is the Japanese form of rock and roll music, often abbreviated to J-Rock or jrock, as J-Pop and jpop are used as an abbreviation of Japanese Pop. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... “Instrumentalist†redirects here. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Victor Entertainment ) is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC) that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Instrumentalist†redirects here. ... Chigasaki (茅ヶ崎市 Chigasaki-shi) is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture and is famous for its ocean beach. ... Kanagawa Prefecture ) is a prefecture located in the southern KantÅ region of HonshÅ«, Japan. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Southern All Stars ) is a Japanese pop rock band formed in Kanagawa, fronted by lead singer and singer-songwriter Keisuke Kuwata. ...
He is a multi-player who performs on guitar, bass, drums and keyboard. 'Suteki na Mirai wo mite hoshii'（素敵な未来を見て欲しい） was recorded entirely by Kuwata Keisuke. He played all the musical instruments on this record.
Kuwata directed the movie Inamura Jane, released in 1990.
His wife, Yuko Hara is also a member of Southern All Stars. She was in the same music circle at their university. She likes blues too and they hit it off in a moment. They have two sons. Yuko Hara (原由å Hara YÅ«ko, b. ...
It was there that in the mid-‘70s that a group of high-school friends put the band together under the leadership of KeisukeKuwata, one of the most charismatic figures on the Japanese scene.
Kuwata and future SAS bassist Kazuyuki Sekiguchi met while members of Aoyama University’s folk song club in 1974 and over the next two years the band gradually took shape with the addition of drummer Hiroshi Matsuda, percussionst Hideyuki Nozawa, and keyboardist Yuko Hara, who was later to become Kuwata’s wife.
A friend of Kuwata’s came up with what turned out to be the inspired name of Southern All Stars after listening to Neil Young’s “Southern Man” and then a cut by the Fania All Stars on the radio.
Their image is very much associated with that of summer, as most of their songs (in particular those around the early years of their career) are about summer, in particular Shounan (which is considered to be Japan's summer beach paradise).
While Kuwata was a student at Aoyama Gakuin University, he was in a band called "Better Days".
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