(1970-03-08) March 8, 1970 (age 54) Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Genres
Rock, pop
Occupation(s)
Musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer
Years active
1987–present
Labels
Toy's Factory
Musical artist
Kazutoshi Sakurai (桜井 和寿, Sakurai Kazutoshi, born 櫻井 和寿, March 8, 1970, in Tokyo) is a Japanese musician. He composes and writes almost all of the songs for his band Mr. Children, in addition to writing lyrics and singing for his solo project group Bank Band. In 2006, Sakurai ranked No. 8 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time"[1] and in 2007 was voted No. 4 as the "ideal father image" by Oricon.[2] Also, in 2009, he was chosen as one of the Young Global Leaders in World Economic Forum. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded AP Bank, where he personally provided 1 million dollars of seed money to launch and fund the nonprofit lending group which finances environmentally friendly projects.[3]
^"日本のシンガーTOP30 – 第8位 (Top 30 Japanese singer -Top 30- #8)" (in Japanese). Retrieved July 9, 2007.
^"理想の父親像アーティストランキング、桑田佳祐が1位 (Ideal father image artist rank and Keisuke Kuwata is #1)" (in Japanese). June 16, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
^"TIME Magazine: Moguls & Entrepreneurs – Kazutoshi Sakurai and Takeshi Kobayashi". Time. October 17, 2007. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
KazutoshiSakurai (桜井 和寿, SakuraiKazutoshi, born 櫻井 和寿, March 8, 1970, in Tokyo) is a Japanese musician. He composes and writes almost all of the songs...
Bank Band (バンク バンド) is a Japanese band formed by KazutoshiSakurai and Takeshi Kobayashi. KazutoshiSakurai (樱井和寿) – vocal, guitar Takeshi Kobayashi (小林武史)...
Kazutoshi Wadakura (和田倉 和利, Wadakura Kazutoshi, born 1959) is a Japanese film producer who is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of the...
money was provided by record producer Takeshi Kobayashi, musician KazutoshiSakurai and composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. It channels its finance...
of the novel coronavirus. The song, titled "Smile," is written by KazutoshiSakurai and is produced by Hideaki Takizawa. A movie version of stage play...
"Glay Expo" above). AP Bank, which was founded by Mr. Children's KazutoshiSakurai, composer Takeshi Kobayashi and Sakamoto, is linked to this organization;...
attended AP Bank Fes '07, a conservationist-themed concert, hosted by KazutoshiSakurai of Mr. Children on July 15, 2007. At the end of 2007, Koda released...
Children, and he decided that the lyrics that KazutoshiSakurai had written should be "something that only Sakurai could write, including the clownish parts...
by Toy's Factory on February 5, 1996. The cover of the single is KazutoshiSakurai's face whose tongue was written "no name". "Namonaki Uta" was used...
covered by many artists, especially famous for the interpretation by KazutoshiSakurai and Takeshi Kobayashi's charity supergroup Bank Band. In the middle...
chief singer-songwriter KazutoshiSakurai, he established a non-profit organization called AP Bank in 2003. Kobayashi and Sakurai have formed the charity...
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