In 2019, he will appear on "Eternal Showa Hit Kayo On Stage" in May and July. At the May Concert, youth songs will be played, which is also their starting point, and at the July concert, GS-era songs will be played at downtown. On May 5, 2020, Sony Music released a 5-CD-BOX set of 111 songs, including a new song for the first time in approximately 30 years, as a tribute to Kouki. (The first CD reprint of Hideto Noguchi's song, including hit songs from the Ox era, hit songs after being renamed Hideto Maki, and even "Genki no Hoshi").
As of June 10, only Sony sound sources will be distributed for "euphoria, intoxication, hiding and clause". Serialized in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, interviews with four major newspapers, radio appearances and other activities with Reiwa's Hideto Maki began.
Ai Akamatsu
Ai Akamatsu (赤松愛, "Akamatsu" "Ai", February 14, 1951; {age 69} - ) is a Japanese musician and keyboardist for the Japanese rock band group, the Ox until 1969. His real name is Yoshinobu Akamatsu (赤松義信, "Akamatsu Yoshinobu") and his nickname was Ai-chan (アイちゃん).
Born in Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture in 1951, His father is the president of the company and is the youngest of three siblings. Akamatsu learned the to play a piano from an early age, and when he was in the second year of junior high school, he said, "I want to play jazz," and his mother opposed "that kind of music is bad." However, in the end, he joined Hatari's and became a semi-professional at the dance hall "Fuji" in Osaka at that time. After that, he was invited to join Ox.
The looks of the red brown hair's bob head were lovely, and it became very popular as an idol. However, he disappeared on May 5, 1969 and leave the group. Yoko Ono and Toshimitsu Imai, an old painter, traveled to England on June 23 to "become a disciple of John Lennon" as guardian. While staying in London, he lived a life of hanging out at Apple's office, but during that time he returned to Japan temporarily and played the role of Aoyama with Shoji Ishibashi and others in the stage play "" sponsored by the new national drama from June 3 to 26, 1970. After that, Akamatsu retired from the entertainment world. His father returned to Japan on September 28, 1978 due to a sudden illness. Currently, he takes over the family business and runs an ironworks in Osaka.
After retiring, Akamatsu injured his finger due to the circumstances at the time of withdrawal and an accident during press work in the family business (there was a story that he lost his finger, but as far as the video after that, his finger is normal). He will not appear at all on sporadic reunions on old-fashioned programs (Akamatsu's vocal song is Hideto Maki, organ is represented by an external support member) and GS events, but on May 4, 1989 In addition to interviewing his wife on Fuji TV's idol special feature on the day, he appeared on TBS's GS special feature on October 4, 2003, delighting fans with the same appearance as at that time.
Yûsuke Natsu
Yûsuke Natsu (夏夕介, "Natsu Yûsuke", October 30, 1950; Arao, Kumamoto - January 27, 2010, Tokyo, Japan {age 59} - ), also known as Yuki Taura (田浦 幸, "Taura Yuki") (his former stage name), is a Japanese keyboardist and actor. His real name is Hisayuki Taura (田浦 久幸, "Taura Hisayuki") and his nickname was Yuki (ユキ).
Natsu was in charge of the organ in the Osaka band "Grump Leeds". After graduating from high school in the spring of 1969, he moved to Tokyo after his professional debut with , who was a vocalist for Grumpleys. Yuki Taura was added to the popular group sounds band "Ox" at the time, taking over Ai Akamatsu, who left the group in May of the same year after being bought by HoriPro, the agency of Wada.” In 1970, he changed his stage name to "Yusuke Natsu" while enrolled in "Ox" and made his debut as a solo singer with "Tears Burning". At the same time, he entered the acting business and made his first movie debut with "". In 1971, the Ox was disbanded at the end of May. While appearing in the TV dramas like "How About A Beautiful Woman?", Natsu became a trainee of the theater company NLT.
In 1972, he was selected to play the leading role of Junichiro Iwaki in the unique stage show-style hero program called "" (produced by ), which was broadcast from October to December. In 1974, in "Love Love Rivals" (TBS series), while performing a comical performance, he turned aside and performed a comical performance, while in " (Tokyo 12 channel-current TV), a drama adaptation of the popular comic based on . As the leading role of Makoto Taiga, he played the opposite role of , who made her first acting debut, and became a popular actress. In 1976, he starred in the movie "Ai no Nagisa" (directed by Junzen Nemoto, produced by ) for the first time. In the same year, he played the role of a protagonist again in "" as Joji Hayama / Skyzel, along side with Takeshi Sasaki (who previously portrayed Hayato Ichimonji in Kamen Rider (-TBS series).
After appearing in dramas such as "Red Bond" (TBS) and "People Call It Scandal" (TBS), Natsu has appeared in crime action television drama "Tokusou saizensen" (TV Asahi) as a detective Shunichi Kano since 1980. Regular appearance for 7 years until 1987. After that, he developed a . Although he disappeared from the front stage for a while due to symptoms such as facial nerve paralysis, Natsu overcame this and played an active role as an actor representative of "Gekidan Theater Japan". He died at a hospital in Tokyo on January 27, 2010 due to stomach cancer at the age of 59.
Hiroshi Koshikawa
Hiroshi Koshikawa (越川ひろし, "Koshikawa Hiroshi", April 22, 1946 {age 75}; - ) is a Japanese musician and lead guitarist. He is known as the band leader of The Carnabeats. His two nicknames was Hiro-chan (ヒロちゃん, "Hirochan") and Frog (カエル, "Kaeru").
Former member of "Freelancers", participated in the formation of "Robin Hood" (predecessor of The Carnabeats) with . It is unknown after the dissolution, but for a while he ran a dance hall in .
Currently, while opening a guitar class near on the , he appears irregularly at live houses in , and other cities in Japan.
Keikichi Usui
Keikichi Usui (臼井啓吉, "Usui Keikichi", January 2, 1946 {74}; - ) is a Japanese vocalist for The Carnabeats until he left the group on April 1969. His nickname was Ponta (ポンタ, "Ponta").
At the invitation of Hiroshi Koshikawa, he participated in the formation of "Robin Hood". In April 1969, he left the band. Usui started solo career under his stage name "Kei Aoyama" (青山啓, "Aoyama Kei"). The following year, in September 1970, he made his solo debut with "Mr. Sex's Holiday" written by Kuranosuke Hamaguchi.
Unfortunately, it ended up with just this one song. After that, he retired from the entertainment world. Currently, Usui has taken over the family business and is living well in a certain town in .
Tadao Oka
Tadao Oka (岡忠夫, "Oka Tadao", April 1, 1948 {age 73}, Fukushima Prefecture - ) is a Japanese bass player for Japan's Group Sound band, The Carnabeats. His real name was Motonari Takano (高野元成, "Takano Motonari") and had two nicknames, Dende (デンデ, "Dende") and Goldfish (金魚, "Kingyo").
Oka participated in "Robin Hood" from "Sounds of Wes" which was active in Nagoya. Withdrawal from the band in August 1969. his whereabouts is unknown. His older brother Norio Oka, a member of the "Jukebox" formed in 1970 by .
Jiro Kitamura
Jiro Kitamura (喜多村次郎, "Kitamura Jirō", February 18, 1946 {age 75}; - ) is a Japanese side guitarist for The Carnabeats. His two nicknames are Jiro (ジロー, "Jirō") and Golden Bat (黄金バット, "kogane batto").
He was a member of the electric band "Swing West" before it was converted to GS, and participated in the formation of "Robin Hood". His whereabouts is still unknown after the band was disbanded. Currently, he makes guest appearances at live houses, stages. on an irregular basis, and a joint concert with former Jaguar member Hisayuki Okizu is also held.
Paul Okada