Kenji Sawada
Pop music, Musical Artist
1948 –
Who is Kenji Sawada?
Kenji Sawada is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor, best known for being the vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers. Nicknamed "Julie" because of his self professed adoration of Julie Andrews, he was born in Tsunoi, Iwami, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto at age 3. He is married to Oshin star Yūko Tanaka, whom he met on the set of Tora-san, the Expert.
As a singer and actor, Sawada prospered greatly on Japanese popular culture in the last three decades of the Showa era. At the end of the 1960s, he had great success as the lead singer of the band The Tigers. After the breakup of The Tigers and another project PYG, he began his own solo career.
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- Born
- Jun 25, 1948
Iwami District, Tottori - Also known as
- Sawada Kenji
- Sawada, Kenji
- Ken Sawada
- Julie
- Parents
- Spouses
- Yūko Tanaka
(1989/11 - ) - Emi Ito
(1975/06/04 - 1987/01)
- Yūko Tanaka
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Lived in
- Tottori Prefecture
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on July 23, 2013
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