Heino

What I admire about Heino is the sheer stubbornness of his artistry. A Düsseldorf baker who became one of Germany's best-selling musicians ever, moving over fifty million records on Schlager and Volksmusik, is not a story of chasing trends but of doubling down on who you are. That booming baritone, the blond hair, the dark glasses he wears for a medical reason rather than style, all of it became an unmistakable signature. Two Goldene Stimmgabel awards confirm how deeply Germany embraced him. I respect performers who never apologize for their own taste, and Heino is the purest example of that.

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Name (English)

Heino

Name (Japanese)

ハイノ

Reading

はいの

Born

December 13, 1938 (age 87)

Origin

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

singer / baker / actor / pastry maker / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Order of Karl Valentin
• 1991 Goldene Stimmgabel
• 1998 Goldene Stimmgabel

• Official sitehttps://www.heino.de
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heino
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6541

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• singer
• baker
• actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.