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Tokyo Tower: Mother’s Day Chapter

Tokyo Tower ~ Me & My Radio, & sometimes My Mom ~
(A semi-autobiography by Fukuyama Masaharu)

1969.02.06
In the small Obstetrics and Gynaecology ward of Port Nagasaki, a beautiful woman who was known as the Sophia Loren of Nagasaki, gave birth to a baby boy.
Weight: A whooping 4 kg
And it was this huge baby made by that [...]

Tokyo Tower: Childhood Chapter

Tokyo Tower ~ Me & My Radio, & sometimes My Mom ~
(A semi-autobiography by Fukuyama Masaharu)
 
1980  Nagasaki Perfecture, Nagasaki City
Mount Inasa-yama, towering 333 metres over the port city.
A big incident that shook up the small town, occurred in a certain elementary school situated there.
“Teacher (sensei), Fukuyama has disappeared!”
Spirited away? Abducted by UFOs?
Indeed, the boy who [...]

Tokyo Tower: Final Chapter Part 2

Tokyo Tower ~Me & My Radio, & sometimes My Mom~
(A semi-autobiography by Fukuyama Masaharu)

Continued from here.

Thinking about it, perhaps those “3 years of silence” was a necessary period, for the boy who ran off from Nagasaki for Tokyo, to grow up into a “mature artist”.
If I had not joined the Amuse auditions at that time…
If [...]

Tokyo Tower: Final Chapter Part 1

Tokyo Tower ~ Me & My Radio, & sometimes My Mom ~
(A semi-autobiography by Fukuyama Masaharu)

1995.11.02   Yokohama Arena
It was the final day of his first Arena Tour. The adoration and passion had hit the highest point.
Ending it all at that moment, the million-sales artist disappeared from public view, all except for the radio.
Since reaching Tokyo [...]

Tokyo Tower: Chapter 7

Tokyo Tower ~Me & My Radio, & sometimes My Mom~
(A semi-autobiography by Fukuyama Masaharu)

TV Drama “Hitotsu Yane no Shita” (「ひとつ屋根の下」Under the Same Roof) - 37.8% maximum viewership
CM songs signed up - 5 compositions within the year *
CMs involved as an actor - 5 CMs within the year
12.31 - Appearance in NHK’s annual “Kohaku Utagassen” (「紅白歌合戦」Red [...]

Tokyo Tower: Chapter 6

Tokyo Tower ~Me & My Radio, & sometimes My Mom~
(A semi-autobiography by Fukuyama Masaharu)

1992.01.10   Thursday Morning 3 am
In the legendary radio programme “All Night Nippon”, a new radio host was born.
Since going to Tokyo in the summer of 1987, it had been 5 years. Having fulfilled one dream, this artist is about to achieve another. [...]