Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1956(1956-09-07)
Age	68
Birthplace	Hioki
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kagoshima Prefecture
Horoscope	Virgo

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi Biography

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on September 7, 1956 in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. On the 7th of September on 1956 Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi was born, first child of the officer Kuniharu Nagabuchi and his wife Masuko was born in Ijuin, Kagoshima. As a child his body was extremely fragile and he frequently suffered with asthma.

After his debut failed after the failed debut, he signed to Toshiba EMI and made another attempt to make it onto the music scene. His next hit single is “Junrenka”, released on the 5th of October 1978. Later on it was released as another version that was re-recorded and hit the No. one on the Oricon charts. The album he released as his debut Kaze wa Minamikara was released in 1979. The album was followed by a follow-up in the same year. It was sold out to over 580,000 copies and was an initial No. 1 hit single on Oricon. Gyakuryu, the album he released, was the first album to feature his principal track “Junko.” It was initially included as a single in the album. The single was released in 1980, the song climbed to at the top of the Japanese singles chart in August of that same year. Following the success of both the album and single, he was added to in the club of top song-writers and singers in Japan.

In his next three studio albums, Bye Bye, Jidai wa Bokura ni Ame o Furashiteru and Heavy Gauge, he attempted to get rid of the standard folk song style. After two successful albums in the early 1980s, commercial success of his albums and singles declined for about three years. “Goodbye Seishun” in autumn of 1983, his first smash-hit single since “Junko,” was written with Yasushi Akimoto for the TV drama series he starred in. From the other drama program broadcast in 1982, he began acting career as a side job. He has appeared in 14 TV dramas and five movies, starring in several of them. In the 37th film of the movie series Otoko wa Tsurai yo in 1986, he acted with his future wife Etsuko Shihomi.

In 1980, Nagabuchi released another well-known Japanese folk song classic, “Kanpai,” which he wrote for his friend’s wedding. It first appeared on the same-titled album and unreleased as a single; it gradually became famous around the country. In 1988, he recorded a new version for a single and it became his second No. 1 hit on the singles chart.

Nagabuchi loved famous Japanese folk singers, such as Takuro Yoshida Ryo Kagawa Masato Tomobe, and Kenji Endo. A song titled “One Road Straight” changed his perspective on the world. The protest songs of the 1960s enticed him to pursue a career as an artist. The desire to fulfill his ambition led him to purchase an instrument called a gut-guitar when he was of 15. When he was 17 years old, he performed his debut performance as a live show. In 1974, he started the folk duo “Takeshi and Tsuyoshi” and began to gain experience as performer. The year 1975 saw him enrolled in Kyushu Sangyo University but eventually left and went on to pursue a profession of showbusiness. At the time, he performed frequently at late-night clubs. The crowds would boo him and threw bottles towards him. Then, he talked about his youth and claimed that the traumatic event boosted his spirits.

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi Net Worth

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi is one of the richest Singer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (Chang Yuan Gang, Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi born September 7th 1957) is an Japanese singer-songwriter poet, actor and human rights activist, who is a major persona of Japanese the world of popular music.

His professional career as a solo artist started in the mid-1970s. The year 1976 was the first time he competed in the famous Yamaha Popular Music Song Contest in which he sang the hit song “Ame no Arashiyama” and took home the top prize. In the following year, the track became his debut single on JVC Victor Records (credited as Go Nagabuchi) but did not chart. The style of “Ame no Arashiyama” arranged by Motoki Funayama was enka-style , and Nagabuchi was keen to steer clear of such an unorthodox style. However, the song came out and was released in spite of his reservations about the music. Because of this it is said that he dislikes the first single he released and wants to conceal the existence of the song.

He disliked his own voice. To change it, he gargled with shōchū, and sang in an intentionally coarse voice. His voice gradually changed to a hoarse sound like Bob Dylan, whom he respected. The change of voice expression intensified his characteristics more and more. Thanks to such characteristic expression, he built deep-rooted popularity in the mid-1980s. From the 1987 album License to Captain of the Ship in 1993, his six studio albums consistently reached No. 1 on the Oricon album chart. In particular, Japan in 1991 sold over a million copies and became his most successful record. Similarly, on Shabondama, “Tombo,” the first single cut from this album became a million-seller.

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Who is Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Tsuyoshi Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.