Masafumi Akikawa

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Masafumi Akikawa
Born 11 October 1967 (1967-10-11) (age 40)
Origin Japan
Genre(s) Opera
Occupation(s) Singer
Voice type(s) Tenor
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Teichiku Records

Masafumi Akikawa (秋川雅史 Akikawa Masafumi?) is a Japanese tenor singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genres, from classical to pop.[1] He appeared on the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast.

His single Sen no Kaze ni Natte (千の風になって?) (released 24 May 2006) made it to Number 1 on the 22 January 2007 Oricon Singles Weekly Ranking following his appearance on Uta Gassen.[2] Based on the poem Do not stand at my grave and weep, the single has since sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in Japan.

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  1. ^ Summary of appearance on the Eigo de Shabera Night talk show, 22 December 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
  2. ^ (Japanese) Oricon Sen no Kaze ni Natte page. Retrieved 17 February 2007.

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