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Masaharu Fukuyama
福山 雅治
Fukuyama at Golden Melody Awards in 2013
Born	(1969-02-06) February 6, 1969 (age 55) Nagasaki, Japan
Education	Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Technical High School
Occupations	Musician singer-songwriter record producer actor radio personality photographer
Years active	1988–present
Agent	Amuse, Inc.
Partner	Kazue Fukiishi ​(m. 2015)​
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	Pop rock
Instruments	Vocals guitar bass keyboards drums harmonica
Labels	BMG Japan (1990–99) Universal Music (2000–present)
Musical artist
Website	www.fukuyamamasaharu.com

Masaharu Fukuyama (福山 雅治, Fukuyama Masaharu, born February 6, 1969) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor from Nagasaki. He debuted in 1990 with the single "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka".

Fukuyama is represented by the agency Amuse, Inc.

Career

While Fukuyama can also be seen in Japanese television dramas, he is best known for his singing career. His 1992 breakout single "Good night" gained a wide audience because of its tie-in with the TV drama Ai wo Douda. In 1993, he made his first appearance in Kōhaku Uta Gassen, on which only successful J-pop and enka artists are invited to perform. Propelled by the success of his performance in the TV drama Under the Same Roof, in which he played Chinichan, the second older brother in the Kashiwagi family, he had his first million-selling single, "It's Only Love/Sorry Baby", in 1994. His 1995 single "Hello" became the second highest selling single that year.

Fukuyama took a hiatus in 1996, stopping all his entertainment activities except his radio shows. He returned to the entertainment scene in 1998, and his first single after two years hiatus, "Heart/You", landed at number 3 on Oricon chart and sold 569,000 copies. Encouraged by this success, he began his Daikanshasai (Thanksgiving) series of concerts to show his appreciation for his fans.

"Sakura Zaka" and "Niji" are among Masaharu's popular songs. His 2000 single "Sakura Zaka" sold more than 751,000 copies in its first week and remained at the top of the Japanese Oricon chart for 3 consecutive weeks; it sold about 2,299,000 copies on the Oricon charts overall. "Niji" was a theme song for the Japanese drama Water Boys. His triple A-side single "Niji/Himawari/Sore ga Subete sa", released on August 26, 2003, debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon single charts and topped them for five consecutive weeks. His has cemented his status as the best-selling male solo artist in Japan, having sold 21.27 million copies so far.

In 2007, after a four-years absence from drama, Fukuyama returned to television, starring as the brilliant but eccentric physics associate professor, Manabu Yukawa, in the television drama Galileo. He won "Best Actor" at the 55th Television Drama Academy Awards for the role. He also formed a band, KOH+, with his co-star in the drama Kou Shibasaki.

In 2008, NHK selected Fukuyama to portray Sakamoto Ryōma, the title character, in the 2010 year-long prime-time television Taiga drama Ryōmaden.

In 2009, he held his 20th anniversary national arena tour which covered 36 performances in 12 cities over four consecutive months (June to September) with a total audience count of 500,000. Two weeks before the tour started, he held four shows at the Nippon Budokan (May 28, 29 and June 4, 5) his first ever solo concerts there, as part of his almost yearly thanksgiving concert ritual. While the Tour was still ongoing, on August 29 and 30, he went back to his hometown Nagasaki and held two open-air concerts at the Mount Inasa Park outdoor stage, with simultaneous public viewing free of charge for 50,000 Nagasaki citizens at the nearby Nagasaki Baseball Stadium (commonly known as the Big N to locals). Official figures announced a final audience count of 80,000 for the Mount Inasa concerts and Big N public viewing, in just over the two days alone.

The master ringtone (Chaku Uta) download of his song "Hatsukoi" began on November 6, 2009. It sold about 150,000 downloads in five days, and, on November 13, 2009, it was announced that the song would be released as a physical CD single on December 16, 2009. The single debuted at number 1 on the Oricon weekly charts, with sales of around 151,000 copies in the first week of the release. He performed "Hatsukoi" at the 60th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve 2009, his first appearance at the event since 1993 and joined John Woo's upcoming film Manhut

On November 3 2023, It was revealed that he will be voicing King Magnifico in the Japanese dubbing of the Disney film Wish.

Personal life

Fukuyama married fellow actor Kazue Fukiishi on September 28, 2015, the same day as her birthday. Their first child was born on December 22, 2016.

Discography

• 1990: Dengon
• 1991: Lion
• 1991: Bros.
• 1992: Boots
• 1993: Calling
• 1994: On and On
• 1998: Sing a Song
• 2001: F
• 2006: 5 Nen Mono
• 2009: Zankyō
• 2014: Human
• 2015: Tama Riku

Filmography

Films

Japanese dub

TV dramas

Radio

Guitar collection

See also

• List of best-selling music artists in Japan

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External links

• Fukuyama Masaharu's official website (Universal Music) (in Japanese)
• Fukuyama Masaharu's official website (in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean)
• Fukuyama Masaharu AllNightNippon Saturday Special (in Japanese)
• Fukuyama Masaharu Suzuki Talking F.M. (in Japanese)

• 1969 births
• Living people
• Singers from Nagasaki Prefecture
• Actors from Nagasaki Prefecture
• Universal Music Japan artists
• Amuse Inc. talents
• Taiga drama lead actors
• Japanese lead guitarists
• Japanese rhythm guitarists
• 20th-century Japanese male singers
• 20th-century Japanese singers
• 20th-century Japanese guitarists
• 20th-century Japanese male actors
• 21st-century Japanese male singers
• 21st-century Japanese singer-songwriters
• 21st-century Japanese guitarists
• 21st-century Japanese male actors
• Japanese male pop singers
• Japanese male rock singers
• Japanese male singer-songwriters
• Japanese rock guitarists
• Japanese record producers
• Japanese male film actors
• Japanese male television actors
• Japanese radio personalities
• Japanese photographers