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Teruhiko Saigo, one of Showa Era's most popular singers, dies at 75

Feb 22 (Japan Times) - Teruhiko Saigo, who was one of the Big Three male singers of the Showa Era (1926-1989), died of prostate cancer at a Tokyo hospital Sunday morning. He was 75.

Saigo, a native of the city of Kagoshima, was also a popular actor. His real name was Seiki Imagawa.

His early songs "Kimi Dake wo" and "Junanasai no Kono Mune ni" became hits in 1964, when he won the Japan Record Award's New Artist of the Year.

His other hit songs included "Hoshi Musume" and "Hoshi no Flamenco."

Saigo dominated the world of Japanese popular music with fellow Big Three singers Yukio Hashi and Kazuo Funaki. ...continue reading

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