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Masashi Akikawa

秋川雅史
Classic music

Masashi Akikawa

Akikawa Masafumi ( born on October 11, 1967 ) is a Japanese male singer with a high voice. While making full use of the experience in learning classical vocal, he currently works mainly in the field of classical music.
He comes from Saijo city, Ehime prefecture. Height 175 cm. Blood type is type A. His father is a vocalist Norihiro Akikawa.

Began to learn violin and piano from the age of 4 in Saijo City Saijo South Junior High School. When he was in 3rd grade, he turned to vocal music under the guidance of his father. After graduating from Ehime Prefectural Komatsu High School, he attended the National Music College, then he had 4 year-training program at Parma in Italy. After returning home, he appeared in numerous concerts including Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. In 1998 he won the first prize at the Canzone Competition and the Japan Classical Music Competition Vocal Music Division respectively.

He has his CD debut as a tenor singer from Nippon Columbia in 2001.

On December 31, 2006, he plays his first appearance in "Cover song" Become a thousand wind "" Kohaku ". "Became a thousand wind" ranked fourth in the Oricon single chart on January 15, 2007. As the tenor singer, he played the first top five rankings in history and became No. 1 on the Oricon chart on January 22. A big hit of this song was appreciated, and "Best Hit Song Festival 2007" won "40th anniversary special prize".

In March 2008, he was in charge of the theme song of the 55th anniversary of Nippon Television's special drama "Tokyo Air Raid" with the song "Loving Ones" written by X JAPAN's YOSHIKI.

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