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Akeboshi

1978 - Today

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Yoshio Akeboshi (明星嘉男, Akeboshi Yoshio), more commonly known as Akeboshi (アケボシ), is a Japanese folk singer. He is mainly known for the song Wind, used as an ending theme for the first season of the anime Naruto. His surname means "bright star," while his given name means "fine man." Akeboshi was born on July 1, 1978, in Yokohama. He learned to play the piano when he was three years old, later learning to play the guitar. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akeboshi is the 2,933rd most popular singer (down from 2,879th in 2019), the 2,775th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,219th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Japanese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Akeboshi ranks 2,933 out of 4,381Before her are Juicy J, Natalia Lafourcade, Burna Boy, Fish Leong, Rossa, and Ana Soklič. After her are Charlotte Wessels, Jesse McCartney, Obie Trice, Karoline Krüger, Sa Dingding, and Suzuka Nakamoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Akeboshi ranks 576Before her are Deividas Šemberas, Fish Leong, José Luis Abajo, Rossa, Samanta Schweblin, and Bernd Thijs. After her are Suranne Jones, Walter Baseggio, Peter Sunde, François Modesto, Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo, and Lee Chae-yeon.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akeboshi ranks 2,775 out of 6,245Before her are Tadatoshi Masuda (1973), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Shinsuke Shiotani (1970), Shunya Kamiya (1991), Sunao Kasahara (1989), and Sakura Ando (1986). After her are Maaya Uchida (1989), Tetsu Nagasawa (1968), Uta Abe (2000), Masashi Shimamura (1971), Toshi Arai (1966), and Minori Chihara (1980).

Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Akeboshi ranks 44Before her are Rimi Natsukawa (1973), Kyo (1976), Satoshi Ohno (1980), Maki Goto (1985), Sakura Miyawaki (1998), and Yuko Nakazawa (1973). After her are Suzuka Nakamoto (1997), Tomoko Kaneda (1973), Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (1993), Crystal Kay (1986), Nanase Aikawa (1975), and Natsumi Abe (1981).