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kiyoshiro imawano -lrb- 2003 -rrb- -lsb- http://www.kiyoshiro.co.jp/ kiyoshiro.co.jp -rsb- rc haruomi hosono , fuyumi sakamoto , ryuichi sakamoto , akiko succession yano , kazutoki umezu , leyona , booker t. & , the m.g. 's reichi nakaido , shigeru izumiya , 2 may 2009 1968 -- 2009 nakano , tokyo , japan toshiba , swim records , avex io , warner music japan emi , polydor japan , universal music japan kiyoshiro imawano solo_singer 2 april 1951 vocals guitars harmonica rock , r & b , folk rock kiyoshiro_0ct82003 . jpg kiyoshiro imawano
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kiyoshiro imawano

, born , was a japanese rock musician , lyricist , composer , musical producer , and actor from tokyo , japan .
he was dubbed `` japan 's king of rock '' .
he formed and led the influential rock band rc succession .
he wrote many anti-nuclear songs following the chernobyl disaster in 1986 .
he was known for pioneering the adoption of linguistic characteristics of the japanese language into his songs .
