Career
His first musical act was in The Happenings Four, and also performed writing contributions to Tokyo Kid Brothers’ version of Throw Away the Books, We"re Going Out On the Streets. His first solo album, Kirikyogen, featured Hideki Ishima and Joe Yamanaka of the Flower Travellin" Band, and includes an early version of the song "Map", later released as a single by them and even later featured on Civil Defense reissues of Satori.