Rokusuke Ei

Rokusuke Ei
Rokusuke Ei
Born	(1933-04-10)April 10, 1933
Died	July 7, 2016(2016-07-07) (aged 83)
Era	Contemporary

Rokusuke Ei (永えい 六輔ろくすけ, Ei Rokusuke, April 10, 1933 – July 7, 2016) was a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist, and television personality of Chinese descent.

Ei wrote the lyrics to the song "Ue o Muite Arukō", known internationally as "Sukiyaki", which has been used in several English language films. He also wrote the lyrics to the song "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" sung by Kyu Sakamoto in 1963. He was a graduate of Waseda University.

Books

• (1985) Bōryokudan narabini Inakappē shokun! (暴力団ぼうりょくだんならびに田舎いなかッペェ諸君しょくん!)
• (1986) Roku, hachi, kyū no kyū : Sakamoto Kyū Monogatari (六ろく・八はち・九きゅうの九きゅう : 坂本さかもと九きゅうものがたり, Six, eight, nine of nine : Kyū Sakamoto story)
• (1987) Mumei-jin mei-goroku (無む名人めいじん名めい語録ごろく)
• (1990) Ippan-jin mei-goroku (一般人いっぱんじん名めい語録ごろく)
• (1993) Motto shikkari, Nihonjin (もっとしっかり、日本人にっぽんじん)
• (1994) Daiōjō (大だい往生おうじょう, A peaceful death)
• Tōku e ikitai (遠とおくへ行いきたい, I want to go to far away)
• Shinku no kohaku (真紅しんくの琥珀こはく, Amber of crimson)
• Daiichi Seimei Kōhō Buchō kara no tegami (第一生命だいいちせいめい広報こうほう部長ぶちょうからの手紙てがみ, Letter from chief of Dai-ichi Life PR department)

TV shows

• Shichiji ni aimashō

Radio programs

• Dareka to Dokoka de (誰だれかとどこかで) TBS Radio
• Doyō waido Radio Tōkyō (土曜どようワイドラジオTOKYO, Saturday Variety show Radio TOKYO) TBS Radio

Lyrics

• (1959) "Kuroi hanabira" (黒くろい花はなびら) ; "Black Petals"
• (1961) "Ue o muite arukō" (上うえを向むいて歩あるこう) ; "Sukiyaki"
• (1962) "Tōku e ikitai" (遠とおくへ行いきたい) ; "I want to go to far away"
• (1963) "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" (見上みあげてごらん夜よるの星ほしを)
• (1963) "Wakai kisetsu" (若わかい季き節ぶし)
• (1963) "Konnichiwa akachan" (こんにちは赤あかちゃん)
• (1965) "Kaerokana" (帰かえろかな)
• (1979) "Hajimete no machi de" (初はじめての街まちで)

External links

• Rokusuke Ei at IMDb
• books by Rokusuke Ei at Amazon.com
• Information about use of the song "Sukiyaki" in films
• Recording of song "Sukiyaki"
• Music by Rokusuke Ei