Okamura Yoshiyuki

Okamura Yoshiyuki

Yasuyuki Okamura (岡村靖幸) (born 14 August 1965) is a singer-songwriter and music producer active in the Japanese music market. Alternate pen name Eitarō Isono. He started his professional career in 1985, and is known internationally for the City Hunter 2 ending theme "Super Girl", and the Space Dandy opening theme "Viva Namida".

Yasuyuki Okamura was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965, the oldest of two children. His father worked for Air France, and as a result, his family moved frequently throughout Japan, resulting in rotating through seven elementary and junior high schools. He attended Niigata Higashi High School and formed his first band there, but dropped out in 11th grade to pursue a musical career while working part-time at the nightclub Hacoban. After sending out numerous demo tapes and doing composing work for other artists, he was signed by Epic Sony in 1986.

He was highly successful in the late 1980s and early 1990s first promoted as a teen idol. Okamura also claimed during this time that he was most inspired by the singers Seiko Matsuda and Prince. He starred in the film "Peach: I'll Do Anything For You" with Kahori Fujii and Kazuhiko Kanayama. In 1996, he retreated from the media and performing, and started to focus more on producing other artists, including Meg and Chara.

Okamura was arrested in 2003 for possession of stimulant drugs, but released after pleading that they were necessary as a medicine. His record contract with Epic Sony was terminated by the company, and he was later signed by Universal. In April 2005, he was arrested for attempting to use cocaine in a Shibuya record store bathroom, and sentenced to two years in prison. When returning in 2007, Okamura started a comeback visually similar to his 1980s look but was arrested on 5 February 2008 for possession of crystal meth. He was sentenced to two years in prison and returned to live in Tokyo in 2010. He began releasing demos on his official Myspace.

In 2011, Okamura began an official tour again and released the two-part self-cover album, Etiquette Pink and Purple. He returned to producing other artists and touring and begun to speak openly about becoming fully sober. In 2013, he released his first single in six years, "Viva Namida", which was revealed to become the opening theme to Shinichiro Watanabe's Space Dandy. In the music video for this single, an anime version of Okamura dances and sings along with the Space Dandy cast. In 2014 he toured Japan.

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• Nakano Sun Plaza
  中野サンプラザ

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  日本、〒164-0001 東京都中野区中野４丁目１−１  Map

• Zepp Tokyo
  Zepp Tokyo

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  日本、〒135-0064 東京都江東区青海１丁目３−１１  Map

• Kanagawa Prefectural Hall
  神奈川県民ホール

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  日本、〒231-0023 神奈川県横浜市中区山下町３−１  Map

• Osaka Rental Conference Room 【Gran Cube Osaka (Osaka Prefectural International Conference Center)】 Conference Room · Meeting Roo
  大阪府立国際会議場（グランキューブ大阪）

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  日本、〒530-0005 大阪府大阪市北区中之島５丁目３−５１  Map

• Rohm Theater Kyoto
  ロームシアター京都

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  日本、〒606-8342 京都府京都市左京区岡崎最勝寺町１３  Map

• Talk Net Hall Sendai (Sendai City Hall)
  トークネットホール仙台（仙台市民会館）

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  日本、〒980-0823 宮城県仙台市青葉区桜ケ岡公園４−１  Map

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