Norihiko Hashida

Norihiko Hashida はしだのりひこ 7 January 1945 2 December 2017 was a Japanese singersongwriter His real name in kanji was 端田 宣彦 but he used the hiragana rendering of his name as his stage name Hashida was a Kyoto native and attended Doshisha University He was invited to join The Folk Crusaders in 1967 and appeared with the band in the 1968 film Three Resurrected Drunkards before the group split Hashida then led Norihiko Hashida and the Shoebelts until 1970 The song Hanayome performed by Norihiko Hashida and Climax reached number 1 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart from 15 February to 28 February 1971 Hashida died of Parkinsons disease aged 72 at a hospital in Kyoto