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Hideaki Tokunaga, Japan, was suspended due to cerebral basilar artery angiospermia

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Hideaki Tokunaga, Japan, was suspended due to cerebral basilar artery angiospermia

Tokunaga is wise

According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on March 3, the record company of 55-year-old Japanese singer and songwriter Hideaki Tokunaga announced on the 3rd that due to "cerebral basis artery ring occlusion", Deyong suspended activities until the end of March. This is a difficult condition caused by cerebrovascular abnormalities.

According to the record company, Tokunaga said in early February that he was not in good health, and was later diagnosed by doctors with cerebral basilar artery angiospermia. To prevent cerebral infarction, he underwent surgery on the 22nd of the same month. Recuperation is currently under way and activities are planned to resume from April.

Tokunaga also suspended his activities in 2001 due to the same symptoms. Through the record label, he said: "We are doing convalescence for the early return. Please wait a little longer. ”

Tokunaga Hideaki was born on February 27, 1961 in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture. Japanese singer and songwriter. In 1985, Hideaki Tokunaga participated in the second "Blue Ocean Music Festival" singing competition and won the winner's award; In 1986, the first single "Rainy Blue" was released in January, which was covered by Jacky Cheung into the Chinese version of "Blue Rain"; In May 1987, the same single and album "BIRDS" were released, and his album won the first place in the Weekly Chart of the Japanese Public Trust Chart for two consecutive weeks. In July, the single "Eternal Radiance" was released; In 1990, the 10th single "Broken Radio" was released; In 1993, the 18th single "By My Side" was released; In 2001, due to physical health factors, he temporarily left the music scene; In 2005, he released his first cover album VOCALIST, which won the Best Planning Award at the 20th Japan Golden Disc Awards and the Planning Award at the 48th Japan Record Awards.

In 2006, he released his second cover album VOCALIST2, and appeared for the first time in the Japan Red and White Song Society in the same year. In 2007, with "VOCALIST 3", he topped the Weekly List of Japan's Public Trust List for two consecutive weeks, regaining the top spot after 16 years; In 2008, he held his 1000th concert.

In 2010, in honor of Teresa Teresa, Tokunaga released his fourth cover album "VOCALIST 4", which won the first place in the Monthly Chart of the Japanese Public Trust Chart; In 2011, the total sales of albums and singles exceeded 21 million copies; In 2015, the sixth cover album "VOCALIST 6" was released.

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