Norihiko Hashida

{{Short description|Japanese singer-songwriter}}

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| native_name = はしだのりひこ

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1945|01|07}}

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| origin = Kyoto, Japan

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| death_place = Kyoto

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| occupation = Singer-songwriter

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| past_member_of = The Folk Crusaders, Norihiko Hashida and the Shoebelts, Climax

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{{nihongo|Norihiko Hashida|はしだのりひこ||7 January 1945 – 2 December 2017}} was a Japanese singer-songwriter. His real name in kanji was {{nihongo2|端田 宣彦}}, but he used the hiragana rendering of his name as his stage name.{{cite news|title=「ザ・フォーク・クルセダーズ」はしだのりひこさん死去|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASKD24G9TKD2UTFL001.html|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=2 December 2017|language=ja}}

Hashida was a Kyoto native and attended Doshisha University. He was invited to join The Folk Crusaders in 1967 and appeared with the band in the 1968 film Three Resurrected Drunkards before the group split. Hashida then led {{ill|Norihiko Hashida and the Shoebelts|ja|はしだのりひことシューベルツ}} until 1970. The song "Hanayome" performed by Norihiko Hashida and Climax reached number 1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart from 15 February to 28 February 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~hbr/JP1_e.htm |title=Japan #1 DISKS by Oricon Hot Singles|accessdate=2008-10-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226082219/http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~hbr/JP1_e.htm |archivedate=2008-12-26 }} Hashida died of Parkinson's disease aged 72, at a hospital in Kyoto.{{cite news|title=元「フォークル」はしだのりひこさん死去、パーキンソン病１０年間患う|url=http://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/171203/ent1712030006-n1.html|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=Sakei Shimbun|date=3 December 2017|language=ja}}{{cite news|title=フォーク歌手、はしだのりひこさん死去...７２歳|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20171202-OYT1T50073.html|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|date=2 December 2017|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171143/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20171202-OYT1T50073.html|archive-date=4 December 2017|url-status=dead}}