Keiichi Suzuki
Career. Suzuki was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of actor Akio Suzuki. He has a younger brother, Hirobumi Suzuki. In the early 1970s, Keiichi became involved with the Japanese band Hachimitsu Pie, who released one album in 1973. Later in the 1970s, Suzuki functioned as the occasional leader and regular singer of the Moonriders — the group's first album was in fact credited to "Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders". The band included his brother Hirobumi on bass. Afterward, he collaborated with Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder Yukihiro Takahashi as the duo The Beatniks. He was also a  member of the trio Three Blind Moses. As an actor, Suzuki appeared in the 1980s films; "Body Drop Asphalt", Shunji Iwai's "Swallowtail", and "Love Letter", as well as other films from the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1989, Suzuki cowrote the soundtrack to the video game "Mother". In 1994, he would write more music for the game's sequel, "EarthBound". A few years after "EarthBound", Suzuki provided the music for the audio game "". His song "Satellite Serenade" was remixed by The Orb and was later featured on Sasha & Digweed's "Northern Exposure" and The Orb's "Auntie Aubrey 's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty" compilation. In February 2008, Suzuki released a new solo album "Captain Hate & First Mate Love" in collaboration with Keiichi Sokabe, touring together in late spring 2008. The follow-up "Pirate Radio Seasick" appeared in 2009, and the third part "In Retrospect" in January 2011. Influences. Suzuki cited John Lennon of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Andy Partridge of XTC, Godley & Creme, Miklos Rozsa, and Harry Nilsson as influences, particularly on the tracks he composed for the "Mother" series.