Global InformationShigeichi Negishi information
Shigeichi Negishi | |
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根岸 重一 | |
| Born | November 29, 1923 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | January 26, 2024 (aged 100) |
| Education | Hosei University |
| Children | 3 |
Shigeichi Negishi (November 29, 1923 – January 26, 2024) was a Japanese engineer who invented the earliest prototype of the karaoke machine. Using a speaker, a microphone, and a tape deck, he was able to simultaneously amplify his voice and play an instrumental backing track. Although Daisuke Inoue receives more international recognition for a similar invention, the All-Japan Karaoke Industrialist Association recognizes Negishi as the first among five independent inventors of the karaoke machine.[1]
- ^ Alt, Matt (March 14, 2024). "Shigeichi Negishi, the Inventor of Karaoke, Dies at 100". The Wall Street Journal.