Kyohei Tsutsumi, a composer who composed many famous songs and sent them to the world, died at the age of 80, and sadness spread to the entertainment world. Many singers and related people who have sung the songs Tsutsumi-san has worked on, including Masahiko Kondo (56), posted their comments in response to the news.

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Music critic Kazumasa Tomizawa (69) has several telephone interviews with Tsutsumi. “Even for the first time, he answered me with a lot of effort. Although he was a big man, he didn’t feel intimidating at all and the hit was very light,” he recalled.

Regarding the mark Tsutsumi left in the history of music, he stated: “In a word, he was the strongest composer in history. “In terms of the number of sales, there are 39 songs that took first place in the Oricon ranking. Also, he was a person with a wide range of composition from group sounds (GS) to popular songs, idols, new music and animation.” . ..

Until Tsutsumi appeared, the Japanese-style songs of Masao Koga, Ryoichi Hattori, Toru Funamura, and others were popular. After that, the Beatles appeared and GS went looking for Japanese pop that couldn’t be defeated by western music. “At that time, young people emerged in Japan, and the first was Mr. Tsutsumi. He worked on” Blue Light Yokohama “and” Until the day we meet again “, and after that,” Romance “and” Sneakers “They are really good. I’m doing a lot of songs.”

“Singer-songwriters Takuro Yoshida and Yosui Inoue, who came out of the closet in the 70s, said,” Kayokyoku is Dasai “, and wrote the song by themselves, except for Tsutsumi-san’s. I’m singing.” I regretted. the death of a composer with true skill that would silence even a great artist.