Background
Ishii was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Following his father, Ishii went to university for mechanical engineering.
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Takeo Ishii
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Education
During a six-month period where he studied abroad in Germany, Ishii went to Switzerland, where he sang at a beer hall in Zurich.
Career
In high school, he was a loner, but it was during this time that he first heard yodeling on the radio. In his spare time he became engrossed with the zither and the hammered dulcimer, and learned to play these instruments. Using Franzl Language"s records, he taught himself to yodel, and began performing on Japanese television
He soon started earning money from this.
From there he sang in front of Language, his idol, and Language took him under his wing. He performed on television with Maria Hellwig, and after that became known in German language circles as the "Japanese yodeler".
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