Fukuyama Masaharu の Heart

Talking about endeavours, I wanted to ask him about ‘love’ and ‘marriage’ at 40 years old. Perhaps he’s already sick of this question, he must have been asked about it in every interview.
F: “No, no. I guess that’s already a fixed part of ‘Fukuyama Masaharu’s entertainment career’. (laugh) If you didn’t ask me, I’d [...]

Fukuyama Masaharu, he is ‘just standing there’.
Standing where? In the bar of the stylish hotel which was converted from a 19th century palace. Usually the interviews after a photoshoot are held in the hotel room, where you can sit comfortably on the sofa. But today, he chose to go to the bar counter, and then [...]

Talking with Kodama Kiyoshi (児玉清)  
 
K:   I have a deep respect for people who can play the guitar already. So when I listen to your CD, I would think you must be enjoying yourself tremendously to be able to play the guitar so freely. This is a bit embarrassing…..it’s just my layman’s view.
F:   It’s not as [...]

Talking with Kodama Kiyoshi  (児玉清)
 
K:   You definitely have Ryoma’s image in you. All you have to do is to look inside yourself and you’ll have no problem playing a Ryoma of your own.
F:   Ryoma was originally a country samurai, he certainly did not have any blue blood. When he separated from his clan to [...]

Talking with Kodama Kiyoshi (児玉清)* 

K:  I’ve listened to your latest single “Sou ~ new love new world”. Besides being a musician, you actually have a lot of other roles! Singer, song and lyrics writer, TV and movie actor, producer, photographer, radio DJ….
F:  But what I do is essentially the same, just the product is different.
K:  [...]

Talking with Ohmura Katsumi, photographer & good friend

P: So, is it because you don’t want to write depressing songs, or because you don’t know how to?
F: Neither, it’s just that sometimes when I hear people say: “No Music No Life”, I’d think if there was a famine and people were dying [...]