Fukuyama Masaharu の Heart

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

1990.03.21
The music industry was booming.
A singles debut by one artist was very quietly put on the market.
“Tsuioku no Ame no Naka” (「追憶の雨の中」 Rains of Recollection)
Since moving to Tokyo in the summer of 1987, it had been 3 years. As for [...]

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

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Although I had passed the Amuse auditions, their terms of “Annual Salary ¥30,000″ had put me in a spot. Seeing no other choice, my flat-mate and I moved to a cheap apartment house in Mitaka. But every night, [...]

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

1998 November
A movie starring Yasuko Tomita (富田靖子) opened to the public. It was a movie about the life and angst of college girls, their youth; love and friendship; and pachinko - “Hon no 5g” (「ほんの５g」). It started with Tomita visiting an apartment [...]

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

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Just when I was resigned to spending the rest of my life at the lumber factory, the factory’s ex-Enka singer Nakanishi-san’s words woke me up - “I’ve got to do something!”
Looking at how my friend got scouted in Tokyo: “Do [...]

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

1987 Summer     From Nagasaki to Tokyo
A pizza delivery man in Shinjuku, met Antionio Inoki-san but was fired after 3 months for not fitting in with the cosmopolitan image. Did I start my music?
An unplanned diversion into physical labour work, built [...]

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

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Having got fired after only 3 months delivering pizzas, I practised my positive thinking - “This type of work is not suitable for me.” Focusing on what lay ahead, I moved into physical labour. Not once did I [...]