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Damo Suzuki

1950 - 2024

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Kenji Suzuki (鈴木健次, Suzuki Kenji; 16 January 1950 – 9 February 2024), known as Damo Suzuki (ダモ鈴木), was a Japanese musician best known as the vocalist for the German Krautrock group Can between 1970 and 1973. Born in 1950 in Kobe, Japan, he moved to Europe in the late 1960s where he was spotted busking in Munich, West Germany, by Can bassist Holger Czukay and drummer Jaki Liebezeit. Can had just split with their vocalist Malcolm Mooney, and asked Suzuki to sing over tracks from their 1970 compilation album Soundtracks. Afterwards, he became their full time singer, appearing on the three influential albums Tago Mago (1971), Ege Bamyası (1972) and Future Days (1973). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Damo Suzuki is the 1,205th most popular singer (down from 901st in 2019), the 1,234th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,018th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Damo Suzuki ranks 1,205 out of 4,381. Before him are Désirée Artôt, Randy Crawford, Helene Fischer, Matti Salminen, Lou Rawls, and Mady Mesplé. After him are Tony Renis, Jahn Teigen, Dr. John, Johnny Tillotson, Miguel Fleta, and Leonid Kharitonov.

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Among people born in 1950, Damo Suzuki ranks 354. Before him are Debbie Allen, Christian Zacharias, Ulf Ekman, Liz Chase, Shabana Azmi, and Rubén Ayala. After him are Natalya Bondarchuk, Ahmet Altan, Tina Weymouth, Neil Murray, Om Puri, and Kurt Jara. Among people deceased in 2024, Damo Suzuki ranks 323. Before him are Choe Thae-bok, Jean Petit, Otis Davis, Tony Lo Bianco, Joe Lieberman, and Bob Schul. After him are Yoshiko Kuga, Jorge Toro, Akebono Tarō, Linda Lavin, Dieter Burdenski, and Richard Lewis.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Damo Suzuki ranks 1,234 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideo Nakata (1961), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Sunao Tawara (1873), Michiko Matsuda (1966), Juzo Itami (1933), and Shinichi Kawano (1969). After him are Chūhei Nambu (1904), Koji Kondo (1961), Sadakazu Tanigaki (1945), Peter Takeo Okada (1941), Naoto Ohshima (1964), and Shirase Nobu (1861).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Damo Suzuki ranks 6. Before him are Kyu Sakamoto (1941), Mariya Takeuchi (1955), Miyuki Nakajima (1952), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), and Seiko Matsuda (1962). After him are Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Akina Nakamori (1965), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), Yoko Kanno (1963), Namie Amuro (1977), and Izumi Sakai (1967).

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