Kadokawa Hiroshi(角川博) attended Kōryō High School(広陵高校 Kōryō Kōkō), famous for having a strong baseball team. He was a member of the baseball club, though not as a regular, when the team got to the semifinals of the National High School Baseball Championship before losing.
After graduating from high school, he sang at various clubs in Hiroshima and Fukuoka.
He was eventually scouted in Nakasu(中洲) and made a professional debut in April of 1976 with the single Living in Tears(涙ぐらし Namida Gurashi). He won various newcomer's awards that year including the eighteenth Japan Record Award and the ninth Japan Cable Award.
Kadokawa Hiroshi is Itsuki Hiroshi's friend, and has attended his concerts and also has sung various songs composed by Itsuki Hiroshi.
He has appeared on Kōhaku Utagassen three times, in 1978, in 1979, and in 1986.
This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 角川博 which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
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