Ichirô Mizuki(1948-2022)
- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Ichirô Mizuki is a singer who has been a presence in the music industry for
over thirty years. He is famous for singing theme songs to hundreds of
Japanese animé and sentai shows. He first started singing for Nippon
Columbia studios in 1968. He has also recorded over 1000 songs. He even
performed a record-breaking 1000-song concert in 1999, which was
broadcast live on Fuji Terebi. He has sung the theme songs for many
shows, including Mazinkaiser (2001), Mazinger Z contre le Général Dark (1974), Chôdenji robo Kon-Batorâ bui (1976), Kidô senshi Gandamu (1979), "Kamen Raidâ,"
"Neo Getter Robo," Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman (1994), "Tekkaman," and Urutoraman sutori (1984). With singers like
Hironobu Kageyama, he has performed the songs for the Super Robot Wars game
series, featuring many of the characters from the shows for which he
has sung. More recently, he is recently a member of the band JAM
Project, which was formed in 2000, and is made up of Ichirô Mizuki, Hironobu Kageyama,
Rica Matsumoto, Eizo Sakamoto, and Masâki Endo.
Mizuki has performed in Superhero and Robot Concerts, singing memorable themes to shows like Mazinger Z contre le Général Dark (1974). With the popularity of JAM Project increasing, so does his own work. He recently founded his own production company named YellowBird. Also, he has released an autobiography titled "Aniki Spirits." After over thirty years, Ichirô Mizuki is still going strong.
Mizuki has performed in Superhero and Robot Concerts, singing memorable themes to shows like Mazinger Z contre le Général Dark (1974). With the popularity of JAM Project increasing, so does his own work. He recently founded his own production company named YellowBird. Also, he has released an autobiography titled "Aniki Spirits." After over thirty years, Ichirô Mizuki is still going strong.
