Taku Izumi

You almost certainly know his music without knowing his name. Izumi wrote Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o, Te no Hira o Taiyo ni, and the GeGeGe no Kitaro theme, melodies wired straight into postwar Japanese memory, thousands of them by most accounts. Then, late in life, he took a seat in the House of Councillors and held it until his death in 1992.

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Name (English)

Taku Izumi

Name (Japanese)

いずみたく

Reading

いずみ たく

Born

January 20, 1930 – May 11, 1992

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

politician / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse

Active years

1950s - 1992

Works summary

Appearances

305 (1960–1992)

By year

1960: 6, 1961: 1, 1962: 5, 1963: 1, 1964: 5, 1965: 3, 1966: 3, 1967: 6, 1968: 4, 1969: 4, 1970: 3, 1971: 9, 1972: 2, 1973: 1, 1974: 3, 1975: 1, 1976: 9, 1977: 4, 1978: 2, 1979: 4, 1980: 3, 1982: 4, 1983: 4, 1984: 2, 1985: 2, 1986: 2, 1987: 2, 1988: 2, 1989: 2, 1990: 3, 1991: 2, 1992: 1

Debut work

見上げてごらん夜の星を

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%84%E3%81%9A%E3%81%BF%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11259355

Tags

• Tokyo
• politician
• composer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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