Masafumi Akikawa

Masafumi Akikawa
Born	11 October 1967 (1967-10-11) (age 44)
Origin	Japan
Genres	Opera
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Teichiku Records

Masafumi Akikawa (秋川雅史, Akikawa Masafumi^?) is a Japanese tenor singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genres, from classical to pop.^[1] He appeared on the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast.

His single Sen no Kaze ni Natte (千の風になって^?) (released 24 May 2006) made it to Number 1 on the 22 January 2007 Oricon Singles Weekly Ranking following his appearance on Uta Gassen.^[2] Based on the poem Do not stand at my grave and weep, the single has since sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in Japan.

See also

• Barefoot Gen (TV drama) (2007)

References

1. ^ Summary of appearance on the Eigo de Shabera Night talk show, 22 December 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
2. ^ (Japanese) Oricon Sen no Kaze ni Natte page. Retrieved 17 February 2007.

External links

• (Japanese) Official website

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