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Ryo Kagawa was born on 21 November, 1947 in Hikone, Shiga, Japan, is an A 20th-century japanese male singer. Discover Ryo Kagawa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Occupation Singer-songwriter musician
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 21 November 1947
Birthday 21 November
Birthplace Hikone, Shiga, Japan
Date of death 2017
Died Place Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Ryo Kagawa (加川 良) was a Japanese folk singer and singer-songwriter.

1960

Kagawa was known as a central figure in the Kansai folk-music boom of the late 1960s and early 1970s in Japan, and was a key influence on the early musical development of such major Japanese artists as Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi.

Kagawa was born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan anchored by the major centers of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe.

As a student at Kyoto Sangyo University, Kagawa was active in the school's popular music club, singing in Beatles and Rolling Stones cover bands.

1970

At the start of the 1970s, Kagawa was employed with Art Music Publishers, which handled copyright matters for the Underground Record Club (URC), a record label and distribution company that played a central role in the Kansai folk music boom of the late-1960s and early 1970s.

While working with URC, Kagawa developed a relationship with prominent Kansai folk artist Wataru Takada, and, influenced by Takada and other artists such as Woody Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Hiroshi Iwai, Nobuyasu Okabayashi, and others, Kagawa began singing and composing folk himself.

In 1970 he put in an unscheduled appearance at the 2nd Nakatsugawa Folk Jamboree, where he debuted the anti-war anthem "Kyokun I" ["Lesson I"] that catapulted him into folk's mainstream.

"Kyokun I" would become Kagawa's signature song, and would go on to form the basis for "parody" tunes such as Kenichi Nagira's "Kyokun II" ["Lesson II"] and Kan Mikami's "Kyokun No. 110" ["Lesson No. 110"].

1971

Kagawa made his official record debut from the URC label in 1971 with the release of his album Kyokun [Lessons], and would follow this with 1972's Shin'ai naru Q ni sasagu [Dedicated to My Dear Q] and the live album Yaa [Hey], which he recorded with Nakagawa Isato in 1973.

1972

In addition, folk superstar Takuro Yoshida's 1972 album Genki desu [I'm Fine] featured the song "Kagawa Ryo no tegami" ["A Letter From Kagawa Ryo"], which featured music by Yoshida and lyrics by Kagawa.

1974

In 1974, Kagawa released the album Out of Mind through the Bellwood Records label (ja:ベルウッド・レコード).

1975

In 1975, he appeared in the musical Juugatsu ha tasogare no kuni [October, Land of Twilight], produced by musical theatre troupe Tokyo Kid Brothers, composing the music for the production and serving as its sound producer.

The same year, he would participate in the recording of Nakagawa Isato's omnibus live album Hanauta to otsuki-san [Hummed Tunes and Mister Moon] with fellow artists Ito Takao, Otsuka Masaji, Kanamori Kosuke, Shiba, Nishioka Kyozo and Osada 'Taco' Kazuyoshi in Kobe.

1976

Kagawa would follow these projects with the albums Minami-yuki no haiuei [Southbound Highway], which he recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1976, and Komazawa atari de [Somewhere Around Komazawa], which he recorded with rock band Lazy Hip in 1978.

1990

In the 1990s, Kagawa would go on to record more albums, including One (1991) and 2 (1993).

2001

Over a four-decade career, Kagawa's eclectic musical style incorporated elements of folk, rock, and pop; in an interview with the Asahi Newspaper in 2001, the artist expressed a hope that he "might find my own music by the time I reach 120 years of age or so."

2007

However, he also stated that he sensed an ongoing need for politically critical voices in contemporary Japan, and vowed in 2007 to continue performing "Kyokun I" "until I die."

Kagawa urged anti-patriotism rather than blind faith in the state, and the lyrics of "Kyokun I" call for individuals to reject state demands to sacrifice oneself in war.

Kagawa also noted with unease what he sees as a trend toward emphases on patriotism in Japan in recent years, and suggested that this is precisely the time at which anti-patriotic voices need to be heard.

Nonetheless, he advocated a constructive approach that involves rewiring nationalism in order to build a country in which "everyone accepts one another, everyone is loved. That's what a truly 'beautiful country' means to me."

2016

In December, 2016, Kagawa was admitted to hospital for treatment of acute myelomonocytic leukemia.

2017

He was transferred to a hospital in Tokyo for further treatment in January 2017, but his condition would deteriorate suddenly in the evening of April 4.

Ryo Kagawa died peacefully in hospital on the morning of April 5, 2017.

Despite the artist's roots in Japan's protest folk movement and the highly critical, anti-war sentiment underpinning his signature "Kyokun I," Kagawa claimed in published interviews to be largely ignorant of "politics."