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has gained fame as a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All Stars, as well as his own solo band, the Kuwata band. He has also done significant amount of scoring music for films. He went to Aoyama Gakuin University. Kuwata is known for his innovation with differing genres of Western music. As a musician, he performs primarily on lead guitar and lead vocals, although he has experimented with playing in a variety of positions, and released one album in which he played every instrument on the record. In 2010, Southern All Stars was ranked #1, and Kuwata's solo band, the Kuwata Band, ranked #12 on a list of the top 100 musicians in Japan. Kuwata has worked as a record producer, a movie director, has recorded albums as bandleader of his own band, the Kuwata Band, and has worked on projects scoring music to film. == Biographical information == Keisuke Kuwata was born February 26, 1956, and raised in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kuwata's wife, Yuko Hara, is also a member of the Southern All Stars. She is a vocalist and plays keyboards. The two met while in college, where they were in the same circle of musicians. They married in 1982, after the success of the band's single Chako no Kaiganbanashi, and invited 3000 fans of the band to their wedding reception. They share a love of the blues and have two sons together. On July 28, 2010, Kuwata announced that he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.〔(Pop Vocalist Keisuke Kuwata Diagnosed With Cancer )〕 The operation to remove the cancer was successful and he has made several public appearances since June 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keisuke Kuwata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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