Rokusuke Ei
{{short description|Japanese lyricist, composer, author and essayist}}
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{{Infobox classical composer
| name = Rokusuke Ei
| image = Ei Rokusuke.jpg
| caption = Rokusuke Ei
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|04|10}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|07|07|1933|04|10}}
| era = Contemporary
| list_of_works =
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{{nihongo|Rokusuke Ei|永 六輔|Ei Rokusuke|extra= April 10, 1933 – July 7, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201607110065.html |title=Rokusuke Ei, who penned lyrics of hit song 'Sukiyaki,' dies：The Asahi Shimbun |website=Asahi.com |date=2016-07-11 |accessdate=2016-07-20}} was a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist, and television personality of Chinese descent.
Ei wrote the lyrics to the song "Ue o Muite Arukō", known internationally as "Sukiyaki", which has been used in several English language films. He also wrote the lyrics to the song "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" sung by Kyu Sakamoto in 1963. He was a graduate of Waseda University.
Books
- (1985) {{Nihongo3||暴力団ならびに田舎ッペェ諸君!|Bōryokudan narabini Inakappē shokun!}}
- (1986) {{Nihongo3|Six, eight, nine of nine : Kyū Sakamoto story|六・八・九の九 : 坂本九ものがたり|Roku, hachi, kyū no kyū : Sakamoto Kyū Monogatari}}
- (1987) {{Nihongo3||無名人名語録|Mumei-jin mei-goroku}}
- (1990) {{Nihongo3||一般人名語録|Ippan-jin mei-goroku}}
- (1993) {{Nihongo3||もっとしっかり、日本人|Motto shikkari, Nihonjin}}
- (1994) {{Nihongo3|A peaceful death|大往生|Daiōjō}}
- {{Nihongo3|I want to go to far away|遠くへ行きたい|Tōku e ikitai}}
- {{Nihongo3|Amber of crimson|真紅の琥珀|Shinku no kohaku}}
- {{Nihongo3|Letter from chief of Dai-ichi Life PR department|第一生命広報部長からの手紙|Daiichi Seimei Kōhō Buchō kara no tegami}}
TV shows
Radio programs
- {{Nihongo3||誰かとどこかで|Dareka to Dokoka de|}} TBS Radio
- {{Nihongo3|Saturday Variety show Radio TOKYO|土曜ワイドラジオTOKYO|Doyō waido Radio Tōkyō}} TBS Radio
Lyrics
- (1959) "Kuroi hanabira" ({{lang|ja|黒い花びら}}) ; "Black Petals"
- (1961) "Ue o muite arukō" ({{lang|ja|上を向いて歩こう}}) ; "Sukiyaki"
- (1962) "Tōku e ikitai" ({{lang|ja|遠くへ行きたい}}) ; "I want to go to far away"
- (1963) "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o" ({{lang|ja|見上げてごらん夜の星を}})
- (1963) "Wakai kisetsu" ({{lang|ja|若い季節}})
- (1963) "Konnichiwa akachan" ({{lang|ja|こんにちは赤ちゃん}})
- (1965) "Kaerokana" ({{lang|ja|帰ろかな}})
- (1979) "Hajimete no machi de" ({{lang|ja|初めての街で}})
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1498981}}
- [https://www.amazon.com/s/?search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=Rokusuke%20Ei books by Rokusuke Ei] at Amazon.com
- [http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/artists/e/Rokusuke-Ei/index-496812.html Information about use of the song "Sukiyaki" in films]
- [http://www.stinalisa.com/Sukiyaki.html Recording of song "Sukiyaki"]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050120051511/http://www.encoremusic.com/piano/search.html?sep=Rokusuke+Ei Music by Rokusuke Ei]
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Category:Japanese radio personalities
Category:Japanese people of Chinese descent
Category:Waseda University alumni
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