Sakurai Kazutoshi
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Sakurai Kazutoshi is a Japanese pop/rock singer-songwriter-composer for the group Mr.Children.
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Profile
- Stage Name: Sakurai Kazutoshi (桜井和寿)
- Real Name: 櫻井和寿
- Birth Date: March 8, 1970
- Birth Place: Tokyo, Japan
- Blood Type: O
- Height: 5'6 (172cm)
- Weight: 138 lbs (62.7 kg)
- Martial Status: Married to Yoshino Mika
- Band Status: Vocal, guitar, lyricist, and composer
Trivia
- Hospitalized after blockage in his cerebellum was detected in 2002. All activities were canceled but after recieving word of a good recovery they returned for a 1 night live in December that same year.
- Former employee of recording label
- Ten favorite things:
- Soccer
- surfing
- singing
- drinking
- guitar
- TV
- radio show (Yaruki-Manman)
- sea
- sky
- people
AP Bank
Started in 2003, the AP Bank consists of three people: Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. They loan money to various environmental preservation projects like like natural energy and energy conservation, etc. at a low interest rate. The ap bank is a non-profit financial institution (Specificlly, ap bank is not a really a BANK bank). Since 2005 AP Bank has held two concerts: ap bank fes`05 and soon to be ap bank fes`06.
2006 events
In 2006, Sakurai go together with GAKU-MC (a Japanese rapper). Sakurai and Gaku both have a love for soccer and colaborated on a single. The song titled "Te wo Dasuna!" (手を出すな！) was used for NTV's FIFA World Cup broadcasting program.
Collaborations
- [2001.04.25] N.M.L.(NO MORE LANDMINE) - ZERO LANDMINE
- [2006.03.21] Te wo Dasu na! (手を出すな!)
- [2006.07.19] to U
- [2007.09.01] Harumatsu Ibuki (はるまついぶき)
DVDs
- [2005.12.21] ap bank fes'05
- [2006.12.20] ap bank fes'06
