My favorite singer is Eikichi
Yazawa who I think is an emperor of the Japanese rock music world.
He was born on September 14, 1949 in Hiroshima. When he was three,
his parents divorced and he began to live with his father. In
1956, his father died from the effects of the atomic bomb, and
he began to live with his grandma in poverty. He did a lot of
bad things when he was in a junior high school, but when he was
in the 9th grade, he fell in love and stopped doing bad things.
When he was in a senior high school, he bacame a fan of the Beatles
and had a dream to be a singer. He graduated the high school
in 1969, and he became a member of various amateur rock bands.
Finally he made a debut in a band named 'Carol' in 1972. They
made a big hits like 'Funky Monkey Baby.' After having a nation-wide
tour, the band broke up. Eikichi then made a solo-debut with
a song 'I Love You, OK,' and he was the first rock musician to
hold a concert in the Budo-kan in Tokyo in 1977. Next year, his
song 'Jikann-yo Tomare' reached the top of the charts, and he
became the singer with the highest income of that year. Also,
his book 'Nariagari' became a best seller. Since then, Eikichi
has been called a super star. In 1994, he played the leading
role in a drama 'Ari-yo Saraba.' And last year he again he played
the leading role in a movie named 'Ojuken.'
He is now 50 years old and is still working as a singer.
