Hideki Saijo

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Hideki Saijō 西城 秀樹
Background information
Birth name	Tatsuo Kimoto (木本 龍雄, Kimoto Tatsuo)
Born	(1955-04-13)April 13, 1955 Hiroshima, Japan
Died	May 16, 2018(2018-05-16) (aged 63) Yokohama, Japan
Genres	City pop contemporary R&B funk new jack swing J-pop Rock: Glam: Metal: Lounge
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, musician, composer, actor
Years active	1972-2018

Hideki Saijō (西城 秀樹, Saijō Hideki, originally Tatsuo Kimoto (木本 龍雄, Kimoto Tatsuo); April 13, 1955 – May 16, 2018) was a Japanese singer, composer, actor, drummer, voice actor, and television and radio show host. Due to his numerous pioneering achievements throughout Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, he is considered a icon amongst Shōwa era idols.

With on-stage vivacity and highly acclaimed vocals as his defining trademarks, Saijō quickly came to dominate the Japanese charts of the 1970s. He was consistently promoted as part of the Shin-Gosanke (新御三家, "New Big Three") idol trio alongside two other soloists who debuted around the same time: Goro Noguchi and Hiromi Go. Almost seven years into his career, his 28th single "YOUNG MAN (Y.M.C.A.)" (a Japanese cover of the Village People song of the same name) became a social phenomenon in Japan, selling over 1.8 million copies.