Rei Nakanishi

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Rei Nakanishi ( Japanese な か に し 礼 , Nakanishi Rei ; real name Reizō Nakanishi ( 中西 禮 三 , Nakanishi Reizō ); born September 2, 1938 in Mudanjiang , Manchuria ) is a Japanese narrator and songwriter.

Life

Nakanishi was born in Manchuria, but attended elementary and middle school in Tōkyō and Aomori . He studied French literature at Rikkyō University . First, Nakanishi translated French chansons until he met Yūjirō Ishihara on his honeymoon in a hotel bar in Shimoda ( Shizuoka Prefecture ) and then began to write lyrics for Japanese hits ( Kayōkyoku ). Nakanishi applies alongside Saeki Takao ( 佐伯 孝 夫 ), Miyagawa Tetsuo ( 宮 川 哲夫 ) and Aku Yū ( 阿 久 悠) as one of the most important hit writers of the post-war period. He wrote hits like Kyō de owakare ( 今日 で お 別 れ ) and Kita sakaba ( 北 酒 場 ). In 1969, sales of his recordings topped the 10 million mark. The versatile Nakanishi composed, sang, wrote essays and stories, gave concerts and appeared on television and on stage.

The success also had its downsides in Nakanishi's personal life: heart attack, divorce and the debts of his older brother. These experiences find their way into the two stories Kyōdai and Sakura no densetsu .

Since the late 1980s, Nakanishi has concentrated on opera production and essay writing. In February 2006 Nakanishi handed over all rights to his musical work to the KK Nichion ( 株式会社 日 音 ). Nakanishi is currently working as a commentator on the Japanese show Wide! Scramble! ( ワ イ ド! ス ク ラ ン ブ ル ) of the Asahi Television Network .

Awards

  • 1989 22. Nihon Sakushi Taishō (October 17, 1989) for the lyrics to Kaze no bon koiuta ( 風 の 盆 恋歌 ), singer: Ishikawa, Kyūri
  • 1999 122nd Naoki Prize for Nagasaki burabura-bushi ( 長崎 ぶ ら ぶ ら 節 )

Works

Song lyrics

  • 1967 Itoshi no jizaberu ( い と し の ジ ザ ベ ル ), singer: The Golden Cups ( ザ ・ ゴ ー ル デ ン ・ ・ カ ッ プ ス )
  • 1968 Aisuru kimi ni ( 愛 す る 君 に ), singer: The Golden Cups ( ザ ・ ゴ ー ル デ ン ・ カ ッ プ ス )
  • 1970 Anata naru dō suru ( あ な た な ら ど う す る ), singer: Ishida Ayumi
  • 1974 Good by my Love ( グ ッ ド ・ バ イ ・ マ イ ・ ラ ブ , Guddo bai mai rabu), singer: Ann (Linda) Lewis
  • 1976 Aishū no symphony ( 哀愁 の シ ン フ ォ ニ ー , Aishū no shinfonī), singer: Candies
  • 1980 Joyū ( 女優 ), singer: Iwasaki Hiromi
  • 1980 Santa Maria no inori ( サ ン タ マ リ ア の 祈 り ), singer: Saijō Hideki
  • 1984 Matsuri ( ま つ り ), singer: Kitajima Saburō
  • 1989 Kaze no bon koiuta ( 風 の 盆 恋歌 ), singer: Ishikawa, Kyūri
  • 2003 AMBITIOUS JAPAN! , Singer: Tokyo
  • 2003 Eki terminal ( 駅 ・ タ ー ミ ナ ル , Eki tāminaru), singer: Tokyo
  • 2003 Blue Sky blue ( ブ ル ー ス カ イ ・ ブ ル ー , Burū sukai burū), singer: Rythem

Essays

  • 1972 Seishun no ai ni tsuite ( 青春 の 愛 に つ い て )
  • 1987 Ongaku e no koibumi ( 音 楽 へ の 恋 文 )
  • 1997 Aijingaku ( 愛人 学 )
  • 2001 Tenjō no ongaku - daichi no uta ( 天上 の 音 楽 ・ 大地 の 歌 )
  • 2008 Sambyōshi no maryoku ( 三 拍子 の 魔力 )

Literary works

  • 1998 Kyōdai ( 兄弟 )
  • 1999 Nagasaki burabura-bushi ( 長崎 ぶ ら ぶ ら 節 )
  • 2001 Akai tsuki ( 赤 い 月 )
  • 2004 Sakura densetsu ( さ く ら 伝 説 )

Translations

  • 1970 Alphonse Daudet Aishū no Paris Sappho ( 哀愁 の パ リ ・ サ ッ フ ォ ー )
  • 1973 Raymond Radiguet Radiguet shishū ( ラ デ ィ ゲ 詩集 , Radige shishū ) - poetry anthology

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personal data
SURNAME Nakanishi, Rei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES な か に し 礼 (Japanese); Nakanishi, Reizō (real name); 中西 禮 三 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Mudanjiang