山下 達郎 (Tatsuro Yamashita) | en

Yamashita Tatsurō (born on Feb 4, 1953 in Tokyo, Japan) is a well established Japanese singer and composer. Known for his singles to constantly reach super hit status, most of which were released in the 80's, his music incorporates elements of soul-funk, jazz, blues and the occasional disco.In 1973, Yamashita formed the band Sugar Babe with the musicians including 大貫妙子(Taeko Onuki) and 村松邦男(Kunio Muramatsu). His most well-known song is arguably 'Christmas Eve', which has unfailingly received heavy airplay around Christmas time every year since 1983. 'Ride on Time' (1980) and 'Loveland, Island' (1982) were used as the theme songs of...

Yamashita Tomohisa (山下智久) was born in Chiba, Japan on April 9, 1985. He is an idol of Johnny's Entertainment, which he joined at the age of 11. He became part of Johnny's juniors because he greatly respected Takizawa Hideaki of the same agency. He graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo in the spring of 2008. Nicknames for Yamashita include Yamapi (coined by Takizawa Hideaki) or simply "Pi". During his junior time, Yamashita was in two different groups. The first of these groups was B.I.G., and then in a more well known group 4Tops, who also were the elite of the...

山下久美子 (Yamashita Kumiko) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Birthday: January 26, 1959 (age 52) Birthplace: Beppu, Oita Prefecture Yamashita made her debut as a singer in 1980 with the single "Bathroom Kara Ai wo Komete" released under the label Nippon Columbia. But, it wasn't until 1982 that she gained a hit when she released the single "Sekidou Komachi Doki". In 1985, she married BOØWY's guitarist Hotei Tomoyasu but divorced twelve years later in 1997. However, she became a single mother when she gave birth to twin girls in 2000 with the father unknown. In 1991, she switched labels and went...

Born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture in 1974 , 山下康介 (Kousuke Yamashita) graduated from Tokyo College of Music in 1996. His credits include: Getsumen To Heiki Mina (TV) : Music Glass Fleet (TV) : Music Hana Yori Dango: Live-action (TV) : Music Xenosaga: The Animation (TV) : Music Kurosagi (Film) : Music His latest accomplishment are the soundtracks for the popular Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers) drama in 2005 and 2007. .