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Yashiki Takajin

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Takajin Yashiki (やしき たかじん, Yashiki Takajin, real name Takaji Yashiki (家いえ鋪しき 隆りゅう仁ひとし, Yashiki Takaji)[1]), often referred to as simply Takajin (たかじん), (5 October 1949 – 3 January 2014) was a Japanese singer and television personality.

Born in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan,[2][3] to a Zainichi-issei Korean father Gonzaburou ((unknown surname) 權けん三郞さぶろう) and a Japanese mother Mitsuko Yashiki (Japanese: 家いえ鋪しき光子こうし), he started his singing career in the 1970s in Gion, Kyoto, and then moved to Shimokitazawa, Tokyo in 1980.

In 1981, he sang the theme song of the first movie of the Mobile Suit Gundam, Suna no Jūjika and it sold thirteen thousand CDs. He moved back to Osaka in 1982 and had been active mainly in the Kansai region since then. He sang many songs about Osaka such as Yappa Suki Yanen (1986), Osaka Koi Monogatari (1989), Nametonka (1990) and Tokyo (1993). He was popular in Kansai as a frank television presenter. Having made public his dislike of Tokyo, Takajin rarely made appearances on TV stations in Tokyo.[4][5] He also kept a blacklist of people he wouldn't appear with.[citation needed] His trademark was sunglasses. He wore them because of his taste and glaucoma.[citation needed]

In January 2012, he announced that he had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and that he would take a leave and concentrate on its treatment. He made a short comeback in 2013, but he died on January 3, 2014.[6]

Takajin owned five racehorses between years 1998-2006.[7]

Programs

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  • Takajin Mune Ippai (Kansai TV (関西かんさいテレビ))
  • Takajin No Money (TV Osaka (テレビ大阪てれびおおさか))
  • Takajin no Sokomade Itte Iinkai (Yomiuri TV (読売よみうりテレビ))
  • Takajin ONE MAN (MBS (毎日放送まいにちほうそう))
  • Muhaha no Takajin (Kansai TV)

References

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  1. ^ "たかじんさん本名ほんみょうは「やしきたかじ（家いえ鋪しき隆りゅう仁ひとし）」？ (Is Takajin-san's real name 'Takaji Yashiki'?)" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports Shinbunsha. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  2. ^ "やしきたかじん初はつメガホン…「映画えいがを撮とる」と明言めいげん (Dust or palms have been the first megaphone ... "a film" and stated)" (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. February 8, 2009. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  3. ^ やしきたかじんさん死去しきょ 再さい復帰ふっきかなわず (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Cancer claims Osaka-based TV celebrity, singer Takajin, aged 64". Japan Times. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. ^ "やしきたかじんさん、知名度ちめいどが東京とうきょうで低ひくい理由りゆうとは". Huffington Post. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Singer, TV Personality Takajin Yashiki Passes Away". Anime News Network. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. ^ "家か鋪しき隆りゅう仁ひとしの年度ねんど別べつ成績せいせき". netkeiba.com. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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