2006-07-28 04:17:42 · 4 answers · asked by sammy 2 in Sports ➔ Olympics
Life in Tokyo by Japan
2006-07-28 04:24:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual theme of the 1964 Tokyo Games — the first to be held in Asia — was Scientific Olympics. Regarding the theme song: it was "Tokyo Gorin Ondo" by Haruo Minami. Bio follows here:
Haruo Minami (July 19, 1923 - April 14, 2001) was a famous Enka singer in postwar Japan.
He was born Bunji Kitazume in Nagaoka, Niigata.
In 1939, at the age of 16, Minami Haruo debuted as a rokyoku performer.
Minami adopted his stage name in 1957 and started performing Enka. He wrote and performed "Tokyo Gorin Ondo", the theme song of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
In 1992, Minami enjoyed a popularity resurgence when he performed the ending music for the Fuji Television series Super Zugan. Previously popular primarily among the elderly, Enka music gained many new fans of the younger age groups due to this song.
On April 14, 2001, Minami died of prostate cancer at age 77.
2006-07-30 17:03:48 · answer #2 · answered by ginabgood1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turning Japanese by Vapors.
2006-07-30 07:12:54 · answer #3 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good morning tokyo
2006-07-28 11:19:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋