Teruhiko Saigō

Teruhiko Saigō was one of the Gosanke, the trio of young male singers, with Yukio Hashi and Kazuo Funaki, who dominated Japanese pop in the 1960s. He came out of Taniyama in Kagoshima, went to a commercial high school there, and took a stage name borrowed from Saigō Takamori, the region's great Meiji-era figure. What I respect is that he did not stay a teen idol. Songs like Hoshi no Flamenco made his name, but he moved into acting, carried the television drama Doterai Yatsu, and later won the Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award for his stage work. Very few singers of that generation earned real critical respect in the theatre. He died in February 2022, two weeks after turning 75. A long working life, quietly built.

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Name (English)

Teruhiko Saigō

Name (Japanese)

西郷輝彦

Reading

さいごう てるひこ

Born

February 5, 1947 – February 20, 2022

Origin

Taniyama, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

singer / actor / composer / lyricist / television presenter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

Blood type

A

Agency

誠和プロ

Active years

1964 - 2022

High school

Kagoshima Commercial High School

Awards & achievements

• Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō

Spouse

辺見マリ

Works summary

Appearances

404 (1961–2023)

By year

1961: 1, 1964: 15, 1965: 28, 1966: 26, 1967: 18, 1968: 17, 1969: 11, 1970: 7, 1971: 8, 1972: 8, 1973: 12, 1974: 7, 1975: 2, 1976: 2, 1977: 5, 1978: 7, 1979: 3, 1980: 6, 1981: 4, 1982: 9, 1983: 6, 1984: 5, 1985: 6, 1986: 1, 1987: 5, 1988: 5, 1989: 6, 1990: 7, 1991: 5, 1992: 5, 1993: 7, 1994: 5, 1995: 6, 1996: 5, 1997: 6, 1998: 6, 1999: 5, 2000: 9, 2001: 4, 2002: 2, 2003: 4, 2004: 6, 2005: 2, 2006: 4, 2007: 3, 2008: 5, 2009: 8, 2010: 3, 2011: 5, 2012: 5, 2013: 7, 2014: 1, 2015: 3, 2016: 2, 2017: 2, 2018: 1, 2019: 4, 2020: 3, 2022: 3, 2023: 11

Debut work

若い季節

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.saigo.tv/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/teruhiko_saigo/
• Xhttps://x.com/teruhikosaigo
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruhiko%20Saig%C5%8D
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%83%B7%E8%BC%9D%E5%BD%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1092085

Tags

• Kagoshima Prefecture
• singer
• actor
• composer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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