Yashiki Takajin
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Born in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan,[1][2] to a Zainichi-issei Korean father Gonzaburou ((unknown surname)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 權三郞) and a Japanese mother Mitsuko Yashiki (Template:Langx), 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.[3][4] He also kept a blacklist of people he wouldn't appear with.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". His trademark was sunglasses. He wore them because of his taste and glaucoma.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.[5]
Takajin owned five racehorses between years 1998-2006.[6]
Programs
- Takajin Mune Ippai (Script error: No such module "Nihongo".)
- Takajin No Money (Script error: No such module "Nihongo".)
- Takajin no Sokomade Itte Iinkai (Script error: No such module "Nihongo".)
- Takajin ONE MAN (Script error: No such module "Nihongo".)
- Muhaha no Takajin (Kansai TV)
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- 1949 births
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- 20th-century Japanese musicians
- Culture in Osaka
- Japanese television personalities
- Japanese racehorse owners and breeders
- Deaths from esophageal cancer in Japan
- Japanese people of Korean descent
- People from Nishinari, Osaka
- Singers from Osaka
- Singers from Kyoto
- Musicians from Setagaya
- 20th-century Japanese male singers
- 20th-century Japanese singers
- Zainichi Korean musicians