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Anime Song Lyricist Toshio Oka Passes Away at 92

posted on by Egan Loo
Penned songs for Gatchaman F, Casshan, Umi no Triton, Muteking

Prolific lyricist Toshio Oka passed away in a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday at 4:02 a.m. He was 92. He was born in Fukushima Prefecture under the name of Yasukichi Nishiyama. While he was working at a newspaper company after World War II, he began writing lyrics for hit songs from the music company Nippon Columbia. Among the anime and live-action special-effects (tokusatsu) series for which he wrote songs were Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Fighter, Shinzō Ningen Casshan, Umi no Triton, and Tondemo Senshi Muteking.

Source: 47 News

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