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Yû Aku (Hiroyuki Fukada (深田 公之)) was born on 7 February, 1937 in Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan, is a Japanese musical artist. Discover Yû Aku'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?

Popular As Hiroyuki Fukada (深田 公之)
Occupation lyricist, poet, novelist
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 7 February 1937
Birthday 7 February
Birthplace Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan
Date of death 1 August, 2007
Died Place Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japan

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1937

Yū Aku (阿久 悠), occasionally credited as You Aku (February 7, 1937 – August 1, 2007), was a Japanese lyricist, poet, and novelist.

Yū Aku was born as Hiroyuki Fukada (深田公之, Fukada Hiroyuki) in Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan.

His parents both originated from the town of Kawaminami in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan.

His father worked as a police constable in Hyogo prefecture.

His father's career necessitated moving every few years, resulting in Aku attending three separate junior high schools.

Yū Aku graduated from Meiji University.

Originally, Yū Aku desired to screenwrite for movies, specifically the then up-and-coming Moonlight Mask series.

Aku started his career in advertisement production, which provided the foundation for his work as a lyricist.

1959

Aku worked on commercial production from 1959 to 1966.

1964

In 1964, he also took up broadcast writing.

1965

His first published work as a lyricist was the 1965 song 'Monkey Dance.'

1966

After his 1966 retirement from advertising, he continued to work as a broadcast writer and also as a lyricist.

1967

Yū Aku was famous for contributing lyrics to many recording artists since 1967.

He was a prolific lyricist, writing more than 5,000 songs.

1968

Over 500 of his compositions which were released as singles have entered the Japanese record chart, and they sold in excess of 68 million copies from 1968 to 2007, making him the most commercially successful Japanese lyricist up to that point.

1970

Mainly during the 1970s, more than 20 of them reached #1 on the Japanese Oricon chart, and seven singles sold more than a million copies.

1977

In 1977, he wrote the lyrics to The TV Asahi Song for the occasion of the television channel's most recent name change.

Throughout his 40-year career as a lyricist, Aku won the Japan Record Award five times.

He was also acclaimed as a novelist, and produced several award-winning works.

1999

In 1999, Aku received the Purple Ribboned Medal of Honor from the Government of Japan, in honor of his long-term contributions to the Japanese entertainment industry.

2001

On September 12, 2001, Aku underwent surgery to remove his kidney cancer.

2007

He continued to work while undergoing chemotherapy until he died of ureteral cancer on August 1, 2007.

2015

As of 2015, total sales of the singles he has written exceed 68.3 million copies, making him the second best-selling lyricist in Japan behind only Yasushi Akimoto.