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Daisuke Inoue (singer)

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Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist (1941–2000)
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Daisuke Inoue
井上大輔
Born13 September 1941 (1941-09-13)
Tokyo, Japan
Died30 May 2000 (2000-05-31) (aged 58)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesTadao Inoue

Daisuke Inoue (Japanese: 井上大輔; 13 September 1941 - 30 May 2000), stage name of Tadao Inoue (Japanese: 井上 忠夫) was a Japanese singer, composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Life and career

Born in Tokyo, Inoue started his musical career in 1960 as a member of the group Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets, serving as multi-instrumentist, vocalist and often also as composer. Among others, he penned the group's major hit "Blue Chateau" (ブルー・シャトウ, "Burū shatō"), which won a Japan Record Award and sold over one million copies. After the group disbanded, Inoue started a career as a solo singer and as a composer for other artists, notably Finger 5 and Hiromi Go. In 1981 he adopted the stage name Daisuke Inoue to mark a fresh start to his career. Among his major hits is "Ai Senshi", the theme song of the Mobile Suit Gundam film trilogy. He also composed music for commercials, notably the popular tune "I Feel Coke" for a series of 1980s-1990s Coca-Cola commercials.

Suffering from a retinal detachment that was not resolved by a recent surgery, and with his wife seriously ill, Inoue committed suicide by hanging on 30 May 2000, at the age of 58. His wife hanged herself one year later.

References

  1. ^ "ブルーコメッツ井上忠夫さん自殺". Shikoku News. 19 August 2000. Archived from the original on 2014-09-02. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. Makaino, Motohiro (2018). Shōwa kayō shokugyō sakkyokuka gaido (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō. ISBN 978-4-401-64371-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. "故井上忠夫さんの妻死亡／都内の自宅で死後数カ月". Nikkan Sports. 19 August 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-08-19. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

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