Career
His range is three and a half octaves. Originally wanting to become a popular singer, Mera now primarily sings classical music from the West but also classical Japanese music He appears frequently as a soloist with the Bach Collegium Japan, which under its conductor Masaaki Suzuki performs Baroque music
His 1998 recital disc "Nightingale" on Sweden"s Bank for International Settlements Records was a major success in Japan.
lieutenant was revealed in a television documentary entitled "米良美一の實話" ("Yoshikazu Mela"s true story") that he was born with congenital osteogenesis imperfecta.
